Fernando Rey
Birthday
1917/09/20
Day of death
1994/03/09 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Also know as
Fernando Casado Arambillet, Фернандо Рей
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...Read more
Acting
(1965) Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester
(1971) The French Connection
as Alain Charnier
(1992) 1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena
(1971) The Great Swindle
as Luis
(1974) Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar
(1975) French Connection II
as Alain Charnier
(1972) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael
(1962) Viridiana
as Don Jaime
(1966) Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan
(1977) That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber
(1980) Caboblanco
as Police Captain Torredo
(1985) Angel of Death
as Ohmei Felsberg
(1969) Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero
(1966) Return of the Seven
as Priest
(1966) Attack of the Robots
as Sir Percy
(1970) Tristana
as Don Lope
(1962) Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor
(1959) The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
(1970) Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos
(1990) Naked Tango
as Judge Torres
(1975) Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
(1976) Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister
(1979) Quintet
as Grigor
(1959) Mission in Morocco
as Princ Achmed
(1970) Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio
(1973) Tarot
as Arthur
(1964) El señor de La Salle
as Luis XIV
(1984) The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
as Self
(1976) The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson
(1971) A Town Called Hell
as Old Blind Man
(1968) Villa Rides
as Fuentes
(1984) The Hit
as Policeman
(1974) The Murri Affair
as Prof. Murri
(1965) Legacy of the Incas
as President Castillo
(1985) Star Knight
as Fray Lupo
(1979) Traffic Jam
as Carlo
(1971) The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz
(1969) The Price of Power
as Pinkerton
(1973) Fall of a Body
as M. Nansoit
(1992) The Sow
as Fray Juan
(1976) Voyage of the Damned
as President Bru
(1947) Don Quixote
as Sansón Carrasco
(1973) White Fang
as Father Oatley
(1972) La duda
as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
(1973) High Crime
as Cafiero
(1953) The Lovers of Toledo
as ---
(1954) Comedians
as Miguel
(1953) Airport
as Fernando
(1986) Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
(1983) Bearn
as Don Antonio
(1967) Amor en el aire
as Carlos Mª Saldiez
(1974) Say it with Flowers
as Jacques Berger
(1994) On the Far Side of the Tunnel
as Miguel
(1944) Eugenia de Montijo
as Duque de Alba
(1947) Fuenteovejuna
as Frondoso
(1977) Eyes Behind the Wall
as Ivano
(1978) Rebeldía
as Don Luis
(1954) El alcalde de Zalamea
as El Rey
(1970) The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos
(1971) Cold Eyes of Fear
as Juez Flower
(1961) The Savage Guns
as Don Hernán
(1982) Monsignor
as Cardinal Santoni
(1977) Elisa, My Life
as Luis
(1965) Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna
(1965) Espionage in Lisbon
as Agent of the New World Organization
(1959) Sonatas
as Captain Casares
(1959) Poison at 2:30
as Ramón
(1962) My Son, the Hero
as Hoher Priester
(1974) The Woman with Red Boots
as Perrot
(1987) Mi general
as Director Almirante
(1963) The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León
(1964) Backfire
as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
(1964) The Palomos
as Don Alberto
(1990) Pictures of Europe
as Self
(1956) Don Juan
as Don Iñigo
(1957) Faustina
as Valentín
(1960) Culpables
as Mario
(1993) Madregilda
as Franco's Father
(1965) The Devil Also Cries
as Ramòn Quiroga
(1960) The Revolt of the Slaves
as Valerio
(1963) Scheherazade
as Al Fakid
(1988) Winter Diary
as Padre
(1988) The Tunnel
as Allende
(1984) A Strange Passion
as Piacchi
(1948) Locura de amor
as Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
(1969) A Candidate for a Killing
as Marco Augusto
(1961) Fantasmas en la casa
as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
(1964) The New Cinderella
as Juan Echarre
(1952) The Devil's Roundup
as Atracador
(1972) This Kind of Love
as Giovanna's father
(1961) Teresa
as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
(1955) The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador
(1972) Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus
(1985) Our Father
as Cardinal
(1966) El Greco
as Re Filippo II
(1976) A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar
(1978) The Last Romantic Lover
as Max
(1989) Esmeralda Bay
as Ramos
(1975) Smiling Maniacs
as Judge Vanini
(1985) The House of Ulloa
as ---
(1981) Chaste and Pure
as Antonio Di Maggio
(1992) L'Atlantide
as Father Mauritius
(1976) Manuela
as Don Ramón
(1969) Land Raiders
as Priest
(1954) Cristo
as ---
(1974) ¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luis Ignacio
(1985) Black Arrow
as Warwick
(1990) Drums of Fire
as Papa Pablo V
(1992) El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
as Don Quijote
(1982) A Estrangeira
as André
(1972) White Sister
as le directeur de l'hôpital
(1989) Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
(1965) España insólita
as (voice)
(1981) Honey
as Editor
(1965) Don Quijote
as Der Herzog
(1956) The Adventures of Gil Blas
as Capitán Rolando
(1958) The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version)
(1957) The Singer from Mexico
as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
(1981) Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg
(1973) One Way
as Mr. David
(1967) The Viscount
as ---
(1962) Rogelia
as Máximo García
(1964) La hora incógnita
as Sacerdote
(1953) Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz)
(1966) Zampo y yo
as Zampo
(1972) Canticle
as Padrino Elisa
(1961) Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper
(1963) The Running Man
as Police Official
(1986) Paradise Hotel
as Joseph
(1968) The Immortal Story
as Merchant
(1992) Blood and Dust
as Sultan Saladin
(1976) Striptease
as Alfonso
(1988) Pasodoble
as Don Nuño
(1965) Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
as Verleger Ramos
(1965) Samson and Gideon
as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
(1950) Agustina of Aragon
as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
(1982) Looking for Jesus
as Don Filippo
(1948) Noche de reyes
as ---
(1954) Las últimas banderas
as Miguel Bermejo
(1990) Breath of Life
as Gran Magno
(1964) The Rash One
as El Rico Pintor
(1953) Cabaret
as Carlos Jiménez
(1948) Mare nostrum
as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
(1987) The Enchanted Forest
as Sr. D'Abondo
(1946) La pródiga
as José
(1939) Los cuatro robinsones
as ---
(1981) Trágala, perro
as Juez
(1949) Aventuras de Juan Lucas
as Juan Lucas
(1963) The Ceremony
as Sanchez
(1951) Black Sky
as Ángel López Veiga
(1948) Si te hubieses casado conmigo
as Enrique Marín Rubio
(1957) Un marido de ida y vuelta
as Paco
(1980) Memorias de Leticia Valle
as Don Fernando Valle
(1976) El segundo poder
as Cardenal
(1967) The Desperate Ones
as Ibram
(1960) Don Lucio and Brother Pío
as Señor Aguilar
(1986) Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
as Himself
(1951) La señora de Fátima
as Lorenzo Duarte
(1952) La laguna negra
as Miguel
(1945) Los últimos de Filipinas
as Juan Chamizo
(1994) El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
as Gregorio
(1967) Run Like a Thief
as Col. Romero
(1967) Historia de la frivolidad
as Gent
(1967) Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Filipe II
(1989) La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
as Il professor Rune
(2019) El Quijote desde la platea
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
(1989) Buñuel
as Self
(1992) After the Dream
as Ramiro Lanza
(1985) Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel
(1965) The Amazing Doctor G
as Goldginger
(1958) Sevilla Penitente
as ---
(1972) The Two Faces of Fear
as Inspector Nardi
(1977) The Assignment
as Bidara
(1958) La Rana Verde
as Narrator (voice)
(1960) Vida sin risas
as ---
(1951) Air Lashings
as Narrador (voz)
(1961) Siempre es domingo
as Juez Andonelli
(1970) Aoom
as ---
(1964) Fin de semana
as Entrevistador
(1981) The Crime of Cuenca
as Contreras
(1957) Day of Fear
as ---
(1947) Reina santa
as Infante Alfonso
(1954) Crimen en el entreacto
as ---
(1988) Scent of a Crime
as Fayón
(1959) Parque de Madrid
as Don Luis
(1957) Madrugada
as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
(1956) La vida en un bloc
as (voice) (uncredited)
(1958) ¡Viva lo imposible!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1940) El rey que rabió
as Extra (uncredited)
(1940) Leyenda rota
as Extra (uncredited)
(1958) Revenge
as Writer
(1949) Sabela De Cambados
as Narrator (voice)
(1992) Don Quixote
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1956) Playa prohibida
as ---
(1967) Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1952) Flamenco
as (voz)
(1954) Rebeldía
as Capellán
(1955) Billete para Tánger
as Inspector
(2000) Speaking of Buñuel
as Self (archive footage)
Señores del espacio
as ---
(1968) Los preparativos
as ---
(1949) Noche de Reyes
as ---
(1964) La aventura de Api
as ---
(1968) Un pequeño colonizador verde
as ---
(1970) El mejillón gallego
as ---
(1962) Torerillos, 61
as Narrator (voice)
(1977) Jesus of Nazareth
as Gaspar
(1993) Mission of Love
as Pacheco
(1989) Blaues Blut
as Dekker
(1994) Arnau
as Compte de Barcelona
(1989) I promessi sposi
as Conte zio
(1985) A.D.
as Seneca
(1976) Origins of the Mafia
as Baron Della Spina
(1991) Imágenes perdidas
as Himself - Narrator
(1989) Le Grand Secret
as Paul Corbet
(1989) Il ricatto
as Magistrato Di Nola
(1985) Los Pazos de Ulloa
as Sr. De La Lage
(1992) Don Quijote de la Mancha
as Don Quijote
(1965) Don Quijote von der Mancha
as Der Herzog / le duc