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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 20, 1917
Died
March 9, 1994
Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Also Known As
- Fernando Casado Arambillet
- Фернандо Рей
Fernando Rey
1.6 Popularity
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."
Known For
4.5
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
El Quijote desde la platea
2019
5.9
Self (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
3.8
Gregorio
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994
4.0
Miguel
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994
0.0
Compte de Barcelona
Arnau
1994
5.0
Franco's Father
Madregilda
1993
0.0
Pacheco
Mission of Love
1993
5.8
Fray Juan
The Sow
1992
5.0
Father Mauritius
L'Atlantide
1992
Credits
El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
2019
4.5
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
2000
5.9
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
1998
0.0
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
as Gregorio
1994
3.8
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
as Miguel
1994
4.0
Arnau
as Compte de Barcelona
1994
0.0
Madregilda
as Franco's Father
1993
5.0
Mission of Love
as Pacheco
1993
0.0
The Sow
as Fray Juan
1992
5.8
L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
1992
5.0
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
1992
6.3
After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
1992
5.0
Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
1992
0.0
Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992
6.1
Don Quijote de la Mancha
as Don Quijote
1992
5.4
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
1992
8.5
🎬
Imágenes perdidas
as Himself - Narrator
1991
0.0
Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
1990
5.9
Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
1990
0.0
Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
1990
6.4
Pictures of Europe
as Self
1990
0.0
I promessi sposi
as Conte zio
1989
6.4
Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
1989
4.4
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Il ricatto
as Magistrato Di Nola
1989
0.0
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
1989
0.0
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Blaues Blut
as Dekker
1989
0.0
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
1989
0.0
Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
1989
0.0
Buñuel
as Self
1989
0.0
Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
1988
3.8
Winter Diary
as Padre
1988
5.0
Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
1988
4.9
The Tunnel
as Allende
1988
4.7
The Enchanted Forest
as Mr. D'Abondo
1987
6.9
Mi general
as Director Almirante
1987
5.0
🎬
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
1986
6.0
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
1986
6.1
Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
1986
0.0
Star Knight
as Fray Lupo
1985
4.1
The House of Ulloa
as Sr. De La Lage
1985
4.5
Black Arrow
as Warwick
1985
6.5
Angel of Death
as Ohmei Felsberg
1985
4.1
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel
1985
5.5
Our Father
as Cardinal
1985
4.3
A.D.
as Seneca
1985
5.1
A Strange Passion
as Piacchi
1984
4.0
The Hit
as Policeman
1984
6.4
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Self
1984
7.0
Bearn
as Don Antonio
1983
5.5
Monsignor
as Cardinal Santoni
1982
4.2
Looking for Jesus
as Don Filippo
1982
5.2
A Estrangeira
as André
1982
7.0
Trágala, perro
as Juez
1981
6.3
Chaste and Pure
as Antonio Di Maggio
1981
4.0
The Crime of Cuenca
as Contreras
1981
6.8
Honey
as Editor
1981
4.4
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg
1981
6.0
Memorias de Leticia Valle
as Don Fernando Valle
1980
6.0
Caboblanco
as Police Captain Torredo
1980
5.3
Quintet
as Grigor
1979
5.1
Traffic Jam
as Carlo
1979
6.8
Rebeldía
as Don Luis
1978
0.0
The Last Romantic Lover
as Max
1978
3.5
Playmate
1978
0.0
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber
1977
7.4
The Assignment
as Bidara
1977
6.0
Eyes Behind the Wall
as Ivano
1977
6.1
Elisa, My Life
as Luis
1977
6.5
Jesus of Nazareth
as Gaspar
1977
7.8
Voyage of the Damned
as President Bru
1976
6.0
Origins of the Mafia
as Baron Della Spina
1976
0.0
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
1976
6.8
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
1976
4.8
Manuela
as Don Ramón
1976
5.0
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
1976
6.8
Striptease
as Alfonso
1976
4.6
El segundo poder
as Cardenal
1976
5.2
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
1975
7.4
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
1975
6.8
Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Vanini
1975
0.0
The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
1974
5.5
The Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
1974
6.6
Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
1974
4.0
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
1974
5.9
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
1974
0.0
White Fang
as Father Oatley
1973
6.4
Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
1973
5.4
One Way
as Mr. David
1973
6.2
High Crime
as Cafiero
1973
6.5
Tarot
as Arthur
1973
4.4
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
1972
7.5
La duda
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
1972
0.0
Canticle
as Padrino Elisa
1972
3.5
White Sister
as le directeur de l'hôpital
1972
6.0
Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus
1972
5.5
The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
1972
4.6
This Kind of Love
as Giovanna's father
1972
5.5
A Town Called Bastard
as Old Blind Man
1971
5.0
The French Connection
as Alain Charnier
1971
7.5
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz
1971
6.0
Cold Eyes of Fear
as Juez Flower
1971
4.7
The Great Swindle
as Luis
1971
4.0
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
1970
6.5
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
1970
5.1
Aoom
1970
5.4
Tristana
as Don Lope
1970
7.2
The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos
1970
4.2
🎬
El mejillón gallego
1970
0.0
The Price of Power
as Pinkerton
1969
6.0
A Candidate for a Killing
as Marco Augusto
1969
4.3
Land Raiders
as Priest
1969
5.4
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
1969
5.3
The Immortal Story
as Merchant
1968
7.2
Villa Rides
as Fuentes
1968
6.2
Los preparativos
1968
0.0
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
0.0
Amor en el aire
as Carlos Mª Saldiez
1967
5.2
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Filipe II
1967
7.5
Run Like a Thief
as Col. Romero
1967
0.0
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1967
5.0
The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
1967
0.0
The Viscount
as Marco Demoygne
1967
5.2
Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
1967
7.0
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
1966
6.2
Return of the Seven
as Priest
1966
6.1
El Greco
as Re Filippo II
1966
5.0
Zampo y yo
as Zampo
1966
5.2
Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
1966
5.1
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
1965
7.2
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
as Verleger Ramos
1965
3.0
Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
1965
0.0
The Amazing Doctor G
as Goldginger
1965
5.5
Don Quijote von der Mancha
as Der Herzog / le duc
1965
7.5
Legacy of the Incas
as President Castillo
1965
6.3
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
1965
4.0
España insólita
as (voice)
1965
6.0
The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
1965
5.8
Samson and Gideon
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
1965
6.0
Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
1965
0.0
Fin de semana
as Entrevistador
1964
6.0
The Palomos
as Don Alberto
1964
7.0
The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
1964
5.8
The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
1964
5.5
Backfire
as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
1964
6.2
El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
1964
7.3
🎬
La aventura de Api
1964
0.0
The Ceremony
as Sanchez
1963
5.2
La hora incógnita
1963
4.6
The Running Man
as Police Official
1963
6.6
Scheherazade
as Al Fakid
1963
7.5
The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León
1963
0.0
Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor
1962
5.8
My Son, the Hero
as High Priest (uncredited)
1962
5.7
Viridiana
as Don Jaime
1962
7.6
🎬
Torerillos, 61
as Narrator (voice)
1962
5.0
Rogelia
as Máximo García
1962
2.7
The Savage Guns
as Don Hernán
1961
3.3
Siempre es domingo
as Juez Andonelli
1961
5.0
Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
1961
7.3
Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper
1961
5.7
Teresa
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
1961
7.1
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Valerio
1960
5.6
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Señor Aguilar
1960
7.2
Vida sin risas
1960
0.0
Culpables
as Mario
1960
5.7
Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
1959
6.0
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
1959
6.2
Sonatas
as Captain Casares
1959
4.6
Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
1959
0.0
Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
1959
6.0
¡Viva lo imposible!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1958
5.5
La Rana Verde
as Narrator (voice)
1958
0.0
Revenge
as Writer
1958
6.0
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
1958
4.8
🎬
Sevilla Penitente
1958
0.0
Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
1957
4.0
Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
1957
5.0
Day of Fear
1957
0.0
Faustina
as Valentín
1957
5.7
The Singer from Mexico
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
1957
6.5
Don Juan
as Don Iñigo
1956
5.9
Playa prohibida
1956
5.0
The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Captain Rolando
1956
0.0
La vida en un bloc
as (voice) (uncredited)
1956
5.0
Billete para Tánger
as Inspector
1955
0.0
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
1955
7.3
Comedians
as Miguel
1954
5.8
Rebeldía
as Capellán
1954
0.0
El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
1954
7.5
Crimen en el entreacto
1954
0.0
Cristo
1954
0.0
Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
1954
0.0
Airport
as Fernando
1953
5.3
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
1953
7.4
Cabaret
as Carlos Jiménez
1953
4.5
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
1.0
La laguna negra
as Miguel
1952
9.0
Flamenco
as (voz)
1952
6.6
The Devil's Roundup
as Atracador
1952
0.0
La señora de Fátima
as Lorenzo Duarte
1951
5.8
Air Lashings
as Narrador (voz)
1951
3.0
Black Sky
as Ángel López Veiga
1951
6.1
Agustina of Aragon
as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
1950
5.2
Sabela De Cambados
as Narrator (voice)
1949
5.0
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
as Juan Lucas
1949
0.0
Noche de Reyes
1949
0.0
Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
1948
5.7
Noche de reyes
1948
0.0
Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
1948
5.1
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
1948
5.2
Fuenteovejuna
as Frondoso
1947
5.7
Don Quixote
as Sansón Carrasco
1947
5.8
Reina santa
as Infante Alfonso
1947
3.8
La pródiga
as José
1946
0.0
Los últimos de Filipinas
as Juan Chamizo
1945
6.5
Eugenia de Montijo
as Duque de Alba
1944
5.0
El rey que rabió
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
0.0
Leyenda rota
as Extra (uncredited)
1940
0.0
Los cuatro robinsones
1939
0.0
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Señores del espacio
N/A
0.0