
Fernando Rey
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography

El Quijote desde la platea
2019
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)

Speaking of Buñuel
2000
as Self (archive footage)

Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
as Self (archive footage)

On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994
as Miguel

El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994
as Gregorio

Arnau
1994
as Compte de Barcelona

Madregilda
1993
as Franco's Father

Mission of Love
1993
as Pacheco

1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
as Marchena

The Sow
1992
as Fray Juan

L'Atlantide
1992
as Father Mauritius

El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
as Don Quijote

Blood and Dust
1992
as Sultan Saladin

After the Dream
1992
as Ramiro Lanza

Don Quixote
1992
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Paco, mi padre
1992

Don Quijote de la Mancha
1992
as Don Quijote
Imágenes perdidas
1991
as Himself - Narrator

Naked Tango
1990
as Judge Torres

Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self

Drums of Fire
1990
as Papa Pablo V

Breath of Life
1990
as Gran Magno

Esmeralda Bay
1989
as Ramos

Le Grand Secret
1989
as Paul Corbet

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
as Il professor Rune

Buñuel
1989
as Self
Blaues Blut
1989
as Dekker

I promessi sposi
1989
as Conte zio

Le Grand Secret
1989
as Paul Corbet
Il ricatto
1989
as Magistrato Di Nola

Winter Diary
1988
as Padre

The Tunnel
1988
as Allende

Pasodoble
1988
as Don Nuño

Scent of a Crime
1988
as Fayón

Mi general
1987
as Director Almirante

The Enchanted Forest
1987
as Mr. D'Abondo

Saving Grace
1986
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi

Paradise Hotel
1986
as Joseph
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986
as Self

Angel of Death
1985
as Ohmei Felsberg

Star Knight
1985
as Fray Lupo

Our Father
1985
as Cardinal

Black Arrow
1985
as Warwick

Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
as Railroad Colonel

A.D.
1985
as Seneca

The House of Ulloa
1985
as Sr. De La Lage

The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984
as Self

The Hit
1984
as Policeman

A Strange Passion
1984
as Piacchi

Bearn
1983
as Don Antonio

Monsignor
1982
as Cardinal Santoni

A Estrangeira
1982
as André

Looking for Jesus
1982
as Don Filippo

Chaste and Pure
1981
as Antonio Di Maggio

Honey
1981
as Editor

Lady of the Camelias
1981
as Count Stackelberg

Trágala, perro
1981
as Juez

The Crime of Cuenca
1981
as Contreras

Caboblanco
1980
as Police Captain Torredo

Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980
as Don Fernando Valle

Quintet
1979
as Grigor

Traffic Jam
1979
as Carlo

Rebeldía
1978
as Don Luis

The Last Romantic Lover
1978
as Max

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
as Mathieu Faber

Eyes Behind the Wall
1977
as Ivano

Elisa, My Life
1977
as Luis

The Assignment
1977
as Bidara

Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as Gaspar

Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Security Minister

The Desert of the Tartars
1976
as Nathanson

Voyage of the Damned
1976
as President Bru

A Matter of Time
1976
as Charles Van Maar

Manuela
1976
as Don Ramón

Striptease
1976
as Alfonso

El segundo poder
1976
as Cardenal

Origins of the Mafia
1976
as Baron Della Spina

French Connection II
1975
as Alain Charnier

Seven Beauties
1975
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner

Smiling Maniacs
1975
as Judge Vanini

Violent Blood Bath
1974
as Oscar

The Murri Affair
1974
as Prof. Murri

Say it with Flowers
1974
as Jacques Berger

The Woman with Red Boots
1974
as Perrot

¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
as Luis Ignacio

Tarot
1973
as Arthur

Fall of a Body
1973
as M. Nansoit

White Fang
1973
as Father Oatley

High Crime
1973
as Cafiero

One Way
1973
as Mr. David

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
as Don Rafael

La duda
1972
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit

This Kind of Love
1972
as Giovanna's father

Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Lepidus

White Sister
1972
as le directeur de l'hôpital

Canticle
1972
as Padrino Elisa

The Two Faces of Fear
1972
as Inspector Nardi

Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
1972
as Narrador (voz)

The French Connection
1971
as Alain Charnier

The Great Swindle
1971
as Luis

A Town Called Bastard
1971
as Old Blind Man

The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
as Captain Moriz

Cold Eyes of Fear
1971
as Juez Flower
Film '72
1971
as Self

Tristana
1970
as Don Lope

Compañeros
1970
as Prof. Xantos

Wrath of the Wind
1970
as Don Antonio

The Adventurers
1970
as Jaime Xenos

Aoom
1970
El mejillón gallego
1970

Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
as Quintero

The Price of Power
1969
as Pinkerton

A Candidate for a Killing
1969
as Marco Augusto

Land Raiders
1969
as Priest

Villa Rides
1968
as Fuentes

The Immortal Story
1968
as Merchant

Los preparativos
1968

Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968

Amor en el aire
1967
as Carlos Mª Saldiez

The Viscount
1967
as Marco Demoygne

The Desperate Ones
1967
as Ibram

Run Like a Thief
1967
as Col. Romero

Historia de la frivolidad
1967
as Gent

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
as Filipe II

Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
1967
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Navajo Joe
1966
as Reverend Rattigan

Return of the Seven
1966
as Priest

Attack of the Robots
1966
as Sir Percy

El Greco
1966
as Re Filippo II

Zampo y yo
1966
as Zampo

Chimes at Midnight
1965
as Worcester

Legacy of the Incas
1965
as President Castillo

Son of a Gunfighter
1965
as Don Pedro Fortuna

Espionage in Lisbon
1965
as Agent of the New World Organization

The Devil Also Cries
1965
as Ramòn Quiroga

España insólita
1965
as (voice)

Don Quijote
1965
as Der Herzog

Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965
as Verleger Ramos

Samson and Gideon
1965
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord

The Amazing Doctor G
1965
as Goldginger

Don Quijote von der Mancha
1965
as Der Herzog / le duc

El señor de La Salle
1964
as Luis XIV

Backfire
1964
as Commissioner of Beirut harbor

The Palomos
1964
as Don Alberto

The New Cinderella
1964
as Juan Echarre

The Rash One
1964
as El Rico Pintor

Fin de semana
1964
as Entrevistador
La aventura de Api
1964

The Castilian
1963
as Ramiro II, rey de León

Scheherazade
1963
as Al Fakid

La hora incógnita
1963

The Running Man
1963
as Police Official

The Ceremony
1963
as Sanchez

Viridiana
1962
as Don Jaime

Face of Terror
1962
as Dr. Charles Taylor

Rogelia
1962
as Máximo García
Torerillos, 61
1962
as Narrator (voice)

My Son, the Hero
1962
as High Priest (uncredited)

The Savage Guns
1961
as Don Hernán

Fantasmas en la casa
1961
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo

Teresa
1961
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera

Goliath Against the Giants
1961
as Bokan the Usurper

Siempre es domingo
1961
as Juez Andonelli

Culpables
1960
as Mario

The Revolt of the Slaves
1960
as Valerio

Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
as Señor Aguilar

Vida sin risas
1960

The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis

Mission in Morocco
1959
as Princ Achmed

Sonatas
1959
as Captain Casares

Poison at 2:30
1959
as Ramón

Parque de Madrid
1959
as Don Luis

The Night Heaven Fell
1958
as Tío (alternate version)
Sevilla Penitente
1958

La Rana Verde
1958
as Narrator (voice)

¡Viva lo imposible!
1958
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Revenge
1958
as Writer

Faustina
1957
as Valentín

The Singer from Mexico
1957
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)

Un marido de ida y vuelta
1957
as Paco

Day of Fear
1957

Madrugada
1957
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)

Don Juan
1956
as Don Iñigo

The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
as Captain Rolando

La vida en un bloc
1956
as (voice) (uncredited)

Playa prohibida
1956

The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
as Monje narrador

Billete para Tánger
1955
as Inspector

Comedians
1954
as Miguel

El alcalde de Zalamea
1954
as El Rey

Cristo
1954

Las últimas banderas
1954
as Miguel Bermejo

Crimen en el entreacto
1954

Rebeldía
1954
as Capellán

The Lovers of Toledo
1953

Airport
1953
as Fernando

Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
as Narrador (voz)

Cabaret
1953
as Carlos Jiménez

The Devil's Roundup
1952
as Atracador

La laguna negra
1952
as Miguel

Flamenco
1952
as (voz)

Black Sky
1951
as Ángel López Veiga

La señora de Fátima
1951
as Lorenzo Duarte

Air Lashings
1951
as Narrador (voz)

Agustina of Aragon
1950
as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor

Aventuras de Juan Lucas
1949
as Juan Lucas

Sabela De Cambados
1949
as Narrator (voice)

Locura de amor
1948
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"

Noche de reyes
1948

Mare nostrum
1948
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut

Si te hubieses casado conmigo
1948
as Enrique Marín Rubio

Don Quixote
1947
as Sansón Carrasco

Fuenteovejuna
1947
as Frondoso

Reina santa
1947
as Infante Alfonso

La princesa de los Ursinos
1947
as Felipe V

La pródiga
1946
as José

Los últimos de Filipinas
1945
as Juan Chamizo

Eugenia de Montijo
1944
as Duque de Alba

El rey que rabió
1940
as Extra (uncredited)

Leyenda rota
1940
as Extra (uncredited)

Los cuatro robinsones
1939