Fernando Rey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 September 1917 · A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
- Died
- 9 March 1994
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
Acting 210
- 2026Señores del espacio
- 2019El Quijote desde la platea as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
- 2000Speaking of Buñuel as Self (archive footage)
- 1998Les paradoxes de Buñuel as Self (archive footage)
- 1994El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? as Gregorio
- 1994On the Far Side of the Tunnel as Miguel
- 1993Madregilda as Franco's Father
- 1992The Sow as Fray Juan
- 1992L'Atlantide as Father Mauritius
- 1992Paco, mi padre
- 1992After the Dream as Ramiro Lanza
- 1992Blood and Dust as Sultan Saladin
- 19921492: Conquest of Paradise as Marchena
- 1992Don Quixote as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1992El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes as Don Quijote
- 1990Drums of Fire as Papa Pablo V
- 1990Breath of Life as Gran Magno
- 1990Naked Tango as Judge Torres
- 1990Pictures of Europe as Self
- 1989Esmeralda Bay as Ramos
- 1989La moglie ingenua e il marito malato as Il professor Rune
- 1989Le Grand Secret as Paul Corbet
- 1989Buñuel as Self
- 1988Scent of a Crime as Fayón
- 1988Winter Diary as Padre
- 1988Pasodoble as Don Nuño
- 1988The Tunnel as Allende
- 1987The Enchanted Forest as Mr. D'Abondo
- 1987Mi general as Director Almirante
- 1986Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos as Self
- 1986Saving Grace as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
- 1986Paradise Hotel as Joseph
- 1985Star Knight as Fray Lupo
- 1985The House of Ulloa
- 1985Black Arrow as Warwick
- 1985Angel of Death as Ohmei Felsberg
- 1985Rustlers' Rhapsody as Railroad Colonel
- 1985Our Father as Cardinal
- 1984A Strange Passion as Piacchi
- 1984The Hit as Policeman
- 1984The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel as Self
- 1983Bearn as Don Antonio
- 1982Monsignor as Cardinal Santoni
- 1982Looking for Jesus as Don Filippo
- 1982A Estrangeira as André
- 1981Trágala, perro as Juez
- 1981Chaste and Pure as Antonio Di Maggio
- 1981The Crime of Cuenca as Contreras
- 1981Honey as Editor
- 1981Lady of the Camelias as Count Stackelberg
- 1980Memorias de Leticia Valle as Don Fernando Valle
- 1980Caboblanco as Police Captain Torredo
- 1979Quintet as Grigor
- 1979Traffic Jam as Carlo
- 1978Rebeldía as Don Luis
- 1978Playmate
- 1978The Last Romantic Lover as Max
- 1977That Obscure Object of Desire as Mathieu Faber
- 1977The Assignment as Bidara
- 1977Eyes Behind the Wall as Ivano
- 1977Elisa, My Life as Luis
- 1976Voyage of the Damned as President Bru
- 1976The Desert of the Tartars as Nathanson
- 1976A Matter of Time as Charles Van Maar
- 1976Manuela as Don Ramón
- 1976Illustrious Corpses as Security Minister
- 1976Striptease as Alfonso
- 1976El segundo poder as Cardenal
- 1975Seven Beauties as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
- 1975French Connection II as Alain Charnier
- 1975Smiling Maniacs as Judge Vanini
- 1974The Woman with Red Boots as Perrot
- 1974The Murri Affair as Prof. Murri
- 1974Say it with Flowers as Jacques Berger
- 1974Violent Blood Bath as Oscar
- 1974¿... Y el prójimo? as Luis Ignacio
- 1973White Fang as Father Oatley
- 1973Fall of a Body as M. Nansoit
- 1973One Way as Mr. David
- 1973High Crime as Cafiero
- 1973Tarot as Arthur
- 1972The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie as Don Rafael
- 1972La duda as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
- 1972Canticle as Padrino Elisa
- 1972White Sister as le directeur de l'hôpital
- 1972Antony and Cleopatra as Lepidus
- 1972The Two Faces of Fear as Inspector Nardi
- 1972This Kind of Love as Giovanna's father
- 1971A Town Called Bastard as Old Blind Man
- 1971The French Connection as Alain Charnier
- 1971The Light at the Edge of the World as Captain Moriz
- 1971Cold Eyes of Fear as Juez Flower
- 1971The Great Swindle as Luis
- 1970Compañeros as Prof. Xantos
- 1970Wrath of the Wind as Don Antonio
- 1970Aoom
- 1970Tristana as Don Lope
- 1970The Adventurers as Jaime Xenos
- 1970El mejillón gallego
- 1969The Price of Power as Pinkerton
- 1969A Candidate for a Killing as Marco Augusto
- 1969Land Raiders as Priest
- 1969Guns of the Magnificent Seven as Quintero
- 1968The Immortal Story as Merchant
- 1968Villa Rides as Fuentes
- 1968Los preparativos
- 1968Un pequeño colonizador verde
- 1967Amor en el aire as Carlos Mª Saldiez
- 1967Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes as Filipe II
- 1967Run Like a Thief as Col. Romero
- 1967Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1967The Desperate Ones as Ibram
- 1967The Viscount as Marco Demoygne
- 1967Historia de la frivolidad as Gent
- 1966Navajo Joe as Reverend Rattigan
- 1966Return of the Seven as Priest
- 1966El Greco as Re Filippo II
- 1966Zampo y yo as Zampo
- 1966Attack of the Robots as Sir Percy
- 1965Chimes at Midnight as Worcester
- 1965Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte as Verleger Ramos
- 1965Espionage in Lisbon as Agent of the New World Organization
- 1965The Amazing Doctor G as Goldginger
- 1965Legacy of the Incas as President Castillo
- 1965Son of a Gunfighter as Don Pedro Fortuna
- 1965España insólita as (voice)
- 1965The Devil Also Cries as Ramòn Quiroga
- 1965Samson and Gideon as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
- 1965Don Quijote as Der Herzog
- 1964Fin de semana as Entrevistador
- 1964The Palomos as Don Alberto
- 1964The New Cinderella as Juan Echarre
- 1964The Rash One as El Rico Pintor
- 1964Backfire as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
- 1964La aventura de Api
- 1964El señor de La Salle as Luis XIV
- 1963The Ceremony as Sanchez
- 1963La hora incógnita
- 1963The Running Man as Police Official
- 1963Scheherazade as Al Fakid
- 1963The Castilian as Ramiro II, rey de León
- 1962Face of Terror as Dr. Charles Taylor
- 1962My Son, the Hero as High Priest (uncredited)
- 1962Viridiana as Don Jaime
- 1962Rogelia as Máximo García
- 1962Torerillos, 61 as Narrator (voice)
- 1961The Savage Guns as Don Hernán
- 1961Siempre es domingo as Juez Andonelli
- 1961Fantasmas en la casa as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
- 1961Goliath Against the Giants as Bokan the Usurper
- 1961Teresa as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
- 1960The Revolt of the Slaves as Valerio
- 1960Don Lucio and Brother Pío as Señor Aguilar
- 1960Vida sin risas
- 1960Culpables as Mario
- 1959Poison at 2:30 as Ramón
- 1959The Last Days of Pompeii as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
- 1959Sonatas as Captain Casares
- 1959Mission in Morocco as Princ Achmed
- 1959Parque de Madrid as Don Luis
- 1958¡Viva lo imposible! as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1958La Rana Verde as Narrator (voice)
- 1958Revenge as Writer
- 1958The Night Heaven Fell as Tío (alternate version)
- 1958Sevilla Penitente
- 1957Un marido de ida y vuelta as Paco
- 1957Madrugada as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
- 1957Day of Fear
- 1957Faustina as Valentín
- 1957The Singer from Mexico as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
- 1956Don Juan as Don Iñigo
- 1956Playa prohibida
- 1956The Adventures of Gil Blas as Captain Rolando
- 1956La vida en un bloc as (voice) (uncredited)
- 1955Billete para Tánger as Inspector
- 1955The Miracle of Marcelino as Monje narrador
- 1954Comedians as Miguel
- 1954Rebeldía as Capellán
- 1954El alcalde de Zalamea as El Rey
- 1954Crimen en el entreacto
- 1954Cristo
- 1954Las últimas banderas as Miguel Bermejo
- 1953Airport as Fernando
- 1953Welcome Mr. Marshall! as Narrador (voz)
- 1953Cabaret as Carlos Jiménez
- 1953The Lovers of Toledo
- 1952La laguna negra as Miguel
- 1952Flamenco as (voz)
- 1952The Devil's Roundup as Atracador
- 1951La señora de Fátima as Lorenzo Duarte
- 1951Air Lashings as Narrador (voz)
- 1951Black Sky as Ángel López Veiga
- 1950Agustina of Aragon as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
- 1949Sabela De Cambados as Narrator (voice)
- 1949Aventuras de Juan Lucas as Juan Lucas
- 1949Noche de Reyes
- 1948Mare nostrum as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
- 1948Noche de reyes
- 1948Locura de amor as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
- 1948Si te hubieses casado conmigo as Enrique Marín Rubio
- 1947Fuenteovejuna as Frondoso
- 1947La princesa de los Ursinos as Felipe V
- 1947Don Quixote as Sansón Carrasco
- 1947Reina santa as Infante Alfonso
- 1946La pródiga as José
- 1945Los últimos de Filipinas as Juan Chamizo
- 1944Eugenia de Montijo as Duque de Alba
- 1940El rey que rabió as Extra (uncredited)
- 1940Leyenda rota as Extra (uncredited)
- 1939Los cuatro robinsones