Fernando Rey
Acting
Born September 20, 1917 · A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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."
Films (205)
El Quijote desde la platea
2019
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994
Madregilda
1993
The Sow
1992
L'Atlantide
1992
After the Dream
1992
Blood and Dust
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
Don Quixote
1992
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Drums of Fire
1990
Breath of Life
1990
Naked Tango
1990
Pictures of Europe
1990
Esmeralda Bay
1989
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
Le Grand Secret
1989
Buñuel
1989
Scent of a Crime
1988
Winter Diary
1988
Pasodoble
1988
The Tunnel
1988
The Enchanted Forest
1987
Mi general
1987
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986
Saving Grace
1986
Paradise Hotel
1986
Star Knight
1985
Black Arrow
1985
Angel of Death
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
Our Father
1985
A Strange Passion
1984
The Hit
1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
Bearn
1983
Monsignor
1982
Looking for Jesus
1982
A Estrangeira
1982
Trágala, perro
1981
Chaste and Pure
1981
The Crime of Cuenca
1981
Honey
1981
Lady of the Camelias
1981
Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980
Caboblanco
1980
Quintet
1979
Traffic Jam
1979
Rebeldía
1978
The Last Romantic Lover
1978
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
The Assignment
1977
Eyes Behind the Wall
1977
Elisa, My Life
1977
Voyage of the Damned
1976
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
A Matter of Time
1976
Manuela
1976
Illustrious Corpses
1976
Striptease
1976
El segundo poder
1976
Seven Beauties
1975
French Connection II
1975
Smiling Maniacs
1975
The Woman with Red Boots
1974
The Murri Affair
1974
Say it with Flowers
1974
Violent Blood Bath
1974
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
White Fang
1973
Fall of a Body
1973
One Way
1973
High Crime
1973
Tarot
1973
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
La duda
1972
Canticle
1972
White Sister
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
The Two Faces of Fear
1972
This Kind of Love
1972
A Town Called Bastard
1971
The French Connection
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971
The Great Swindle
1971
Compañeros
1970
Wrath of the Wind
1970
Aoom
1970
Tristana
1970
The Adventurers
1970
El mejillón gallego
1970
The Price of Power
1969
A Candidate for a Killing
1969
Land Raiders
1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
The Immortal Story
1968
Villa Rides
1968
Los preparativos
1968
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
Amor en el aire
1967
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
Run Like a Thief
1967
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967
The Desperate Ones
1967
The Viscount
1967
Historia de la frivolidad
1967
Navajo Joe
1966
Return of the Seven
1966
El Greco
1966
Zampo y yo
1966
Attack of the Robots
1966
Chimes at Midnight
1965
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965
Espionage in Lisbon
1965
The Amazing Doctor G
1965
Legacy of the Incas
1965
Son of a Gunfighter
1965
España insólita
1965
The Devil Also Cries
1965
Don Quijote
1965
Samson and Gideon
1965
Fin de semana
1964
The Palomos
1964
The New Cinderella
1964
The Rash One
1964
Backfire
1964
El señor de La Salle
1964
La aventura de Api
1964
The Ceremony
1963
La hora incógnita
1963
The Running Man
1963
Scheherazade
1963
The Castilian
1963
Face of Terror
1962
My Son, the Hero
1962
Viridiana
1962
Rogelia
1962
Torerillos, 61
1962
The Savage Guns
1961
Siempre es domingo
1961
Fantasmas en la casa
1961
Goliath Against the Giants
1961
Teresa
1961
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
Vida sin risas
1960
Culpables
1960
Poison at 2:30
1959
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
Sonatas
1959
Mission in Morocco
1959
Parque de Madrid
1959
¡Viva lo imposible!
1958
La Rana Verde
1958
Revenge
1958
The Night Heaven Fell
1958
Sevilla Penitente
1958
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
Madrugada
1957
Day of Fear
1957
Faustina
1957
The Singer from Mexico
1957
Don Juan
1956
Playa prohibida
1956
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
La vida en un bloc
1956
Billete para Tánger
1955
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
Comedians
1954
Rebeldía
1954
El alcalde de Zalamea
1954
Crimen en el entreacto
1954
Cristo
1954
Las últimas banderas
1954
Airport
1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
Cabaret
1953
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
La laguna negra
1952
Flamenco
1952
The Devil's Roundup
1952
La señora de Fátima
1951
Air Lashings
1951
Black Sky
1951
Agustina of Aragon
1950
Sabela De Cambados
1949
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949
Noche de Reyes
1949
Mare nostrum
1948
Noche de reyes
1948
Locura de amor
1948
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948
Fuenteovejuna
1947
Don Quixote
1947
Reina santa
1947
La pródiga
1946
Los últimos de Filipinas
1945
Eugenia de Montijo
1944
El rey que rabió
1940
Leyenda rota
1940
Los cuatro robinsones
1939