Fernando Rey

Actor

20 de septiembre de 1917 — 9 de marzo de 1994 (76 years)
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."

Películas y series en Plex

  • Jesús de Nazaret
    Jesús de Nazaret4 episodes
  • La venganza (The Hit)
    La venganza (The Hit)1984
  • Los compañeros
    Los compañeros1970
  • Joe, el implacable
    Joe, el implacable1966
  • El viaje de los malditos
    El viaje de los malditos1976
  • La luz del fin del mundo
    La luz del fin del mundo1971
  • Marco Antonio y Cleopatra
    Marco Antonio y Cleopatra1972
  • Los fríos ojos del miedo
    Los fríos ojos del miedo1971
  • Colmillo Blanco
    Colmillo Blanco1973
  • La cólera del viento
    La cólera del viento1970
  • La muerte de un presidente
    La muerte de un presidente1969
  • Una ciudad llamada Bastarda
    Una ciudad llamada Bastarda1971
  • El caballero del dragón
    El caballero del dragón1985
  • Dulce piel de mujer
    Dulce piel de mujer1981
  • Pena de muerte
    Pena de muerte1974
  • Cartas boca arriba
    Cartas boca arriba1966

Conocido por

  • El discreto encanto de la burguesía
    El discreto encanto de la burguesía1972
  • French Connection, contra el imperio de la droga
    French Connection, contra el imperio de la droga1971
  • Ese oscuro objeto del deseo
    Ese oscuro objeto del deseo1977
  • French Connection II
    French Connection II1975
  • Viridiana
    Viridiana1961
  • 1492: La conquista del paraíso
    1492: La conquista del paraíso1992
  • Pasqualino. Siete bellezas
    Pasqualino. Siete bellezas1975
  • Elisa, vida mía
    Elisa, vida mía1977
  • Presidente por accidente
    Presidente por accidente1988
  • Los compañeros
    Los compañeros1970
  • Quinteto
    Quinteto1979
  • Joe, el implacable
    Joe, el implacable1966
  • El regreso de los siete magníficos
    El regreso de los siete magníficos1966
  • Una Historia Inmortal
    Una Historia Inmortal1968
  • Esos locos cuatreros
    Esos locos cuatreros1985
  • Los últimos días de Pompeya
    Los últimos días de Pompeya1959
  • El gran atasco
    El gran atasco1979
  • El Desierto de los Tártaros
    El Desierto de los Tártaros1976
  • La luz del fin del mundo
    La luz del fin del mundo1971
  • Único mérito
    Único mérito1986

Filmography

2019
Regresa El Cepa · as Contreras
2008
The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Alain Charnier
2000
1994
1994
1993
Madregilda · as Franco's Father
1993
Missione d'amore · as Pacheco
1993
Los ladrones van a la oficina · as Duque De Glanston
1992
L'Atlantide · as Father Mauritius
1992
La marrana · as Fray Juan
1992
Después del sueño · as Ramiro Lanza
1992
1992
Don Quixote · as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992
1991
Don Quijote de la Mancha · as Don Quijote
1990
La batalla de los Tres Reyes · as Papa Pablo V
1990
Breath of Life · as Gran Magno
1990
Naked Tango · as Judge Torres
1989
I promessi sposi · as Conte Zio
1989
1989
The Big Secret · as Paul Corbet
1988
Blaues Blut · as Dekker
1988
Scent of a Crime · as Fayón
1988
Diario de invierno · as Padre
1988
Moon Over Parador · as Alejandro
1988
Pasodoble · as Don Nuño
1988
The Tunnel · as Allende
1987
Captain James Cook · as Hawke
1987
The Enchanted Forest · as Mr. D'abondo
1987
Mi general · as Director Almirante
1986
Saving Grace · as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
1985
Star Knight · as Fray LupoEn Plex
1985
Los Pazos de Ulloa · as Sr. De La Lage
1985
Padre nuestro · as Cardinal
1985
Angel of Death · as Ohmei Felsberg
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody · as Railroad Colonel
1985
A.D. - Anno Domini · as Seneca
1985
Black Arrow · as Warwick
1984
Un amour interdit · as Piacchi
1984
The Hit · as PolicemanEn Plex
1983
1982
Monsignor · as Cardinal Santoni
1982
The Confessions of Felix Krull · as Professor Kuckuck
1982
Looking for Jesus · as Don Filippo
1981
Trágala, perro · as Juez
1981
Chaste and Pure · as Antonio Di Maggio
1981
Honey · as EditorEn Plex
1981
Lady of the Camelias · as Count Stackelberg
1980
The Cuenca Crime · as Contreras
1980
Cabo Blanco · as Police Captain Torredo
1979
Memoirs of Leticia Valle · as Don Fernando Valle
1979
Quintet · as Grigor
1979
Traffic Jam · as Carlo
1978
Rebeldía · as Don Luis
1978
1977
That Obscure Object of Desire · as Mathieu Faber
1977
The Assignment · as Bidara
1977
1977
Elisa, My Life · as Luis
1977
Jesus of Nazareth · as GasparEn Plex
1977
Striptease · as Alfonso
1976
Voyage of the Damned · as President BruEn Plex
1976
A Matter of Time · as Charles Van Maar
1976
1976
Origins of the Mafia · as Baron Della Spina
1976
Manuela · as Don Ramón
1976
Illustrious Corpses · as Security Minister
1976
The Second Power · as Cardenal
1975
Seven Beauties · as Pedro The Anarchist Prisoner
1975
French Connection II · as Alain Charnier
1975
Smiling Maniacs · as Judge Vanini
1974
1974
The Murri Affair · as Prof. Murri
1974
Say It with Flowers · as Jacques Berger
1974
Violent Blood Bath · as OscarEn Plex
1973
White Fang · as Father OatleyEn Plex
1973
Fall of a Body · as M. Nansoit
1973
One Way · as Mr. David
1973
High Crime · as Cafiero
1973
Game of Murder · as Arthur
1972
1972
La duda · as Don Rodrigo - Conde De Albrit
1972
White Sister · as Le Directeur De L'hôpital
1972
The Two Faces of Fear · as Inspector Nardi
1972
Antony and Cleopatra · as LepidusEn Plex
1972
This Kind of Love · as Giovanna's Father
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World · as Captain MorizEn Plex
1971
The French Connection · as Alain Charnier
1971
A Town Called Hell · as Old Blind ManEn Plex
1971
Cold Eyes of Fear · as Juez FlowerEn Plex
1971
1970
Compañeros · as Prof. XantosEn Plex
1970
The Wind's Fierce · as Don AntonioEn Plex
1970
Canticle · as Padrino Elisa
1970
1970
Tristana · as Don Lope
1970
The Adventurers · as Jaime Xenos
1969
The Price of Power · as PinkertonEn Plex
1969
Land Raiders · as Priest
1969
A Candidate for a Killing · as Marco Augusto
1969
1968
The Immortal Story · as Merchant
1968
Villa Rides · as Fuentes
1968
Fábulas · as Antonio
1967
Love in Flight · as Carlos Mª Saldiez
1967
The Young Rebel · as Filipe Ii
1967
Pero... ¿en qué país vivimos? · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1967
1967
The Viscount · as Marco Demoygne
1967
1966
Navajo Joe · as Reverend RattiganEn Plex
1966
Return of the Seven · as Priest
1966
El Greco · as Re Filippo Ii
1966
Zampo y yo · as Zampo
1966
Cartes sur table · as Sir PercyEn Plex
1965
Chimes at Midnight · as Worcester
1965
El marqués · as Verleger Ramos
1965
Espionage in Lisbon · as Agent Of The New World Organization
1965
The Amazing Doctor G · as Goldginger
1965
I grandi condottieri · as Lo Straniero / The Stranger - Angel Of The Lord
1965
Don Quijote von der Mancha · as Der Herzog / Le Duc
1965
Estudio 1 · as Boris Trigorin
1965
Legacy of the Incas · as President Castillo
1965
Son of a Gunfighter · as Don Pedro Fortuna
1964
1964
Weekend · as Entrevistador
1964
Los Palomos · as Don Alberto
1964
La nueva Cenicienta · as Juan Echarre
1964
The Rash One · as El Rico Pintor
1964
Backfire! · as Commissioner Of Beirut Harbor
1964
1963
Novela · as Jarvis
1963
The Ceremony · as Sanchez
1963
The Running Man · as Police Official
1963
Scorching Sands · as Al Fakid
1963
The Castilian · as Ramiro Ii, Rey De León
1962
Face of Terror · as Dr. Charles Taylor
1962
My Son, the Hero · as High Priest (uncredited)
1962
Rogelia · as Máximo García
1961
The Savage Guns · as Don Hernán
1961
Siempre es domingo · as Juez Andonelli
1961
El pobre García · as Narrador
1961
Viridiana · as Don Jaime
1961
Goliath Against the Giants · as Bokan The Usurper
1961
Teresa · as Profesor Héctor De La Barrera
1960
1960
Don Lucio y el hermano Pío · as Señor Aguilar
1960
Culpables · as Mario
1960
Mission in Morocco · as Princ Achmed
1959
Poison at 2:30 · as Ramón
1959
The Last Days of Pompeii · as Arbaces, High Priest Of Isis
1959
Sonatas · as Captain Casares
1958
¡Viva lo imposible! · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1958
Vengeance · as Writer
1958
The Night Heaven Fell · as Tío (alternate Version)
1957
1957
Madrugada · as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
1957
Faustina · as Valentín
1956
Le chanteur de Mexico · as Cartoni - L'impresario (uncredited)
1956
Main Street · as Federico Rivas
1956
Don Juan · as Don Iñigo
1956
La vida en un bloc · as (voice) (uncredited)
1955
The Miracle of Marcelino · as Monje Narrador
1955
Billete para Tánger · as Inspector
1954
Cómicos · as Miguel
1954
Rebeldía · as Capellán
1954
1954
1953
Aeropuerto · as Fernando
1953
Welcome Mr. Marshall! · as Narrador (voz)
1953
1952
La laguna negra · as Miguel
1952
Flamenco · as (voz)
1951
La trinca del aire · as Narrador (voz)
1951
Séptima página · as Narrator
1951
La señora de Fátima · as Lorenzo Duarte
1951
Cielo Negro · as Ángel López Veiga
1950
The Siege · as General Palafox/lorenzo, El Pastor
1949
Aventuras de Juan Lucas · as Juan Lucas
1949
Si te hubieses casado conmigo · as Enrique Marín Rubio
1948
Mare nostrum · as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
1948
Madness of Love · as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
1947
Fuenteovejuna · as Frondoso
1947
1947
The Holy Queen · as Infante Alfonso
1947
Don Quijote de la Mancha · as Sansón Carrasco
1946
The Prodigal Woman · as José
1945
Los últimos de Filipinas · as Juan Chamizo
1940
La Dolores · as Extra

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