Fernando Rey
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."
220 acting credits
Acting · 220
Film '72
1971
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
Honey
1981
A.D.
1985
The French Connection
1971
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
Origins of the Mafia
1976
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
I promessi sposi
1989
Villa Rides
1968
French Connection II
1975
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
Viridiana
1962
Scheherazade
1963
Return of the Seven
1966
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
The Hit
1984
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
Le Grand Secret
1989
Chimes at Midnight
1965
Blaues Blut
1989
Voyage of the Damned
1976
High Crime
1973
Tristana
1970
White Fang
1973
Arnau
1994
Drums of Fire
1990
Mission of Love
1993
Compañeros
1970
Caboblanco
1980
Navajo Joe
1966
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
The Adventurers
1970
Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965
Don Quijote de la Mancha
1992
Il ricatto
1989
The House of Ulloa
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
A Town Called Bastard
1971
The Running Man
1963
Monsignor
1982
Illustrious Corpses
1976
Seven Beauties
1975
Saving Grace
1986
Chaste and Pure
1981
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
My Son, the Hero
1962
Mi general
1987
The Ceremony
1963
Eyes Behind the Wall
1977
Star Knight
1985
The Amazing Doctor G
1965
El señor de La Salle
1964
Elisa, My Life
1977
The Immortal Story
1968
The Night Heaven Fell
1958
Lady of the Camelias
1981
Imágenes perdidas
1991
Land Raiders
1969
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971
Madregilda
1993
The Woman with Red Boots
1974
Traffic Jam
1979
Tarot
1973
The Castilian
1963
Revenge
1958
La hora incógnita
1963
Naked Tango
1990
Don Quixote
1947
Scent of a Crime
1988
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
Quintet
1979
The Price of Power
1969
The Savage Guns
1961
The Tunnel
1988
Don Juan
1956
L'Atlantide
1992
Striptease
1976
Pictures of Europe
1990
Goliath Against the Giants
1961
Son of a Gunfighter
1965
Wrath of the Wind
1970
The Sow
1992
The Palomos
1964
Angel of Death
1985
Smiling Maniacs
1975
Black Arrow
1985
The Last Romantic Lover
1978
A Matter of Time
1976
The Assignment
1977
Agustina of Aragon
1950
Air Lashings
1951
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
Historia de la frivolidad
1967
Legacy of the Incas
1965
Mare nostrum
1948
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
Backfire
1964
Esmeralda Bay
1989
Comedians
1954
The Crime of Cuenca
1981
Reina santa
1947
Manuela
1976
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994
Our Father
1985
Sonatas
1959
El Quijote desde la platea
2019
Don Quixote
1992
The New Cinderella
1964
Rogelia
1962
The Enchanted Forest
1987
Fin de semana
1964
¡Viva lo imposible!
1958
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967
El Greco
1966
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
Cabaret
1953
Looking for Jesus
1982
Faustina
1957
Pasodoble
1988
Breath of Life
1990
Attack of the Robots
1966
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
Face of Terror
1962
Buñuel
1989
Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980
A Strange Passion
1984
Don Quijote
1965
Airport
1953
White Sister
1972
The Murri Affair
1974
The Desperate Ones
1967
Locura de amor
1948
El rey que rabió
1940
The Two Faces of Fear
1972
El segundo poder
1976
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948
Aoom
1970
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
Los últimos de Filipinas
1945
Crimen en el entreacto
1954
Black Sky
1951
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
The Singer from Mexico
1957
This Kind of Love
1972
Samson and Gideon
1965
Say it with Flowers
1974
Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
Culpables
1960
Rebeldía
1954
Teresa
1961
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986
The Viscount
1967
Bearn
1983
Trágala, perro
1981
Blood and Dust
1992
The Great Swindle
1971
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960
Playa prohibida
1956
La pródiga
1946
El alcalde de Zalamea
1954
Amor en el aire
1967
A Candidate for a Killing
1969
La vida en un bloc
1956
Rebeldía
1978
One Way
1973
Flamenco
1952
Paradise Hotel
1986
The Devil Also Cries
1965
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965
Madrugada
1957
Canticle
1972
Torerillos, 61
1962
Violent Blood Bath
1974
Espionage in Lisbon
1965
A Estrangeira
1982
The Rash One
1964
Los cuatro robinsones
1939
Las últimas banderas
1954
Run Like a Thief
1967
After the Dream
1992
Zampo y yo
1966
La señora de Fátima
1951
Parque de Madrid
1959
La Rana Verde
1958
Siempre es domingo
1961
Eugenia de Montijo
1944
Poison at 2:30
1959
Leyenda rota
1940
España insólita
1965
Cristo
1954
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
Fuenteovejuna
1947
La duda
1972
Los preparativos
1968
Noche de reyes
1948
Fantasmas en la casa
1961
Sabela De Cambados
1949
Le Grand Secret
1989
Mission in Morocco
1959
Fall of a Body
1973
La laguna negra
1952
The Devil's Roundup
1952
Noche de Reyes
1949
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949
Winter Diary
1988
Day of Fear
1957
La aventura de Api
1964
Billete para Tánger
1955
Vida sin risas
1960
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
El mejillón gallego
1970
Sevilla Penitente
1958
Señores del espacio
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