Fernando Rey
ActingAlso Known As
Fernando Casado Arambillet, Фернандо Рей
Biography
Fernando Rey (September 20, 1917 – March 9, 1994) — best known as Fernando Rey — was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as a drug lord in The French Connection (1971), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century. The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest notoriety after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told The Times of Madrid in 1973. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobes in the bullring. Then your life is all before you to enjoy it."
Movies
(206 total)
The French Connection
as Alain Charnier
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
Viridiana
as Don Jaime
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber
Return of the Seven
as Priest
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
Tristana
as Don Lope
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
The Hit
as Policeman
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
The Immortal Story
as Merchant
Traffic Jam
as Carlo
TV Shows
(13 total)
Jesus of Nazareth
as Gaspar
A.D.
as Seneca
I promessi sposi
as Conte zio
Don Quijote de la Mancha
as Don Quijote
The House of Ulloa
as Sr. De La Lage
Don Quijote von der Mancha
as Der Herzog / le duc
Mission of Love
as Pacheco
Arnau
as Compte de Barcelona
Origins of the Mafia
as Baron Della Spina
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet