Fernando Rey
b. 1917 — d. 1994 (aged 77)
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Actor
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
Filmography
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Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1997 Self
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★ 5.8
Al otro lado del túnel
1994 Actor
Miguel
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★ 4.4
El cianuro... ¿solo o con leche?
1994 Actor
Gregorio
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★ 6.0
Madregilda
1993 Actor
Padre de Franco
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★ 6.4
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 Actor
Marchena
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★ 6.0
La marrana
1992 Actor
Fray Juan
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★ 6.8
Blood and Dust
1992 Actor
Sultan Saladin
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Queridos cómicos
1992 Self
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★ 7.3
Don Quijote de la Mancha
1991 Actor
Don Quijote
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Acompáñame
1991 Self
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★ 5.7
Naked Tango
1990 Actor
Judge Torres
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★ 6.4
Breath of Life
1990 Actor
Gran Magro
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★ 6.2
La batalla de los Tres Reyes
1990 Actor
Papa Pablo V
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★ 6.8
Fantômes en héritage
1990 Actor
Sir Edwards
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★ 6.4
The Betrothed
1989 Actor
Conte Zio
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★ 3.8
Countdown to Esmeralda Bay
1989 Actor
Ramos
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★ 9.6
XXXVII Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián - Ceremonia de clausura
1989 Self
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★ 7.5
Le grand secret
1989 Actor
Monsieur Corbet
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★ 4.5
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989 Actor
Professor Silvio Rune
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★ 6.0
Moon Over Parador
1988 Actor
Alejandro
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★ 5.3
The Tunnel
1988 Actor
Allende
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★ 5.7
Diario de invierno
1988 Actor
Padre
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★ 6.1
Pasodoble
1988 Actor
Don Nuño
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★ 6.2
Il ricatto
1988 Actor
Magistrato Di Nola
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★ 7.3
The Enchanted Forest
1987 Actor
Sr. D'Abondo
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★ 8.1
Captain James Cook
1987 Actor
Hawke
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★ 6.2
Mi general
1987 Actor
Director Almirante
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★ 5.8
I premios Goya
1987 Self
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★ 7.1
Saving Grace
1986 Actor
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
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★ 6.9
L'été 36
1986 Actor
The General
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★ 5.7
Hôtel du Paradis
1986 Actor
Joseph
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La memoria fértil
1986 Self
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Elogio della pazzia
1986 Actor
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★ 6.4
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985 Actor
Railroad Colonel
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★ 4.1
Star Knight
1985 Actor
Fray Lupo
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★ 6.3
Black Arrow
1985 Actor
Warwick
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★ 3.8
Angel of Death
1985 Actor
Ohmei Felsberg
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★ 6.2
Padre nuestro
1985 Actor
Cardenal
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★ 7.2
Los pazos de Ulloa
1985 Actor
Sr. De La Lage
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★ 5.0
Un amour interdit
1984 Actor
Piacchi
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España, historia inmediata
1984 Self
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★ 5.9
Bearn o la sala de las muñecas
1983 Actor
Don Antonio
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★ 3.8
Arabesque
1983 Actor
(1983)
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★ 5.1
Monsignor
1982 Actor
Santoni
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★ 5.9
Looking for Jesus
1982 Actor
Don Filippo
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★ 6.6
The Confessions of Felix Krull
1982 Actor
Professor Kuckuck
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★ 6.9
A Estrangeira
1982 Actor
André
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★ 5.0
Honey
1981 Actor
Editor
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★ 4.5
Chaste and Pure
1981 Actor
Antonio Di Maggio
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★ 5.0
Trágala, perro
1981 Actor
Juez
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Pablo Picasso Painter
1981 Actor
Narrator (Spanish version)
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Le bouffon
1981 Actor
M. Georges
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★ 5.3
Cabo Blanco
1980 Actor
Terredo
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Racconto d'autunno
1980 Actor
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The Making of Cabo Blanco
1980 Self
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Feliz Nochebuena
1980 Self
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De cerca
1980 Self
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★ 5.0
Quintet
1979 Actor
Grigor
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★ 6.9
Traffic Jam
1979 Actor
Carlo
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★ 6.1
Memoirs of Leticia Valle
1979 Actor
Don Fernando Valle
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Vestire gli ignudi
1979 Actor
Ludovico Nota
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★ 5.4
The Last Romantic Lover
1978 Actor
Max
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★ 4.8
Rebeldía
1978 Actor
Don Luis
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★ 4.2
I problemi di Don Isidro
1978 Actor
Don Isidro Parodi
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Memorias del cine español
1978 Self
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★ 7.8
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977 Actor
Mathieu Faber
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★ 7.3
Elisa, My Life
1977 Actor
Luis - Padre de Elisa
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★ 5.8
Eyes Behind the Wall
1977 Actor
Ivano
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★ 5.6
The Assignment
1977 Actor
Roberto Bidara
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★ 4.7
Striptease
1977 Actor
Alfonso
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Existió otra humanidad
1977 Actor
Presenter
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★ 7.5
The Desert of the Tartars
1976 Actor
Il collonnelo Nathanson
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★ 5.1
A Matter of Time
1976 Actor
Charles Van Maar
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★ 5.8
Manuela
1976 Actor
Don Ramón
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★ 4.4
The Second Power
1976 Actor
Cardenal
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★ 6.7
French Connection II
1975 Actor
Alain Charnier
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★ 7.7
Seven Beauties
1975 Actor
Pedro
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★ 5.6
Smiling Maniacs
1975 Actor
Judge Vanini
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★ 6.1
The Woman in Red Boots
1974 Actor
Perrot
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★ 5.6
Violent Blood Bath
1974 Actor
Oscar Bataille
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★ 6.4
The Murri Affair
1974 Actor
Il professore Augusto Murri
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★ 5.7
Say It with Flowers
1974 Actor
Jacques Berger
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★ 5.4
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974 Actor
Dr. Beltrán
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★ 6.8
High Crime
1973 Actor
Cafiero
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★ 6.0
White Fang
1973 Actor
Father Oatley
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★ 5.0
Game of Murder
1973 Actor
Arthur
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★ 5.6
Fall of a Body
1973 Actor
M. Nansoit
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★ 5.5
One Way
1973 Actor
Mr. David
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★ 7.7
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 Actor
Don Rafael Acosta
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★ 5.8
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 Actor
Lepidus
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★ 5.4
White Sister
1972 Actor
Primario
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★ 5.5
The Two Faces of Fear
1972 Actor
Inspector Nardi
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★ 6.6
La duda
1972 Actor
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
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★ 7.6
The French Connection
1971 Actor
Alain Charnier
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★ 6.0
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971 Actor
Captain Moriz
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★ 5.4
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971 Actor
Judge Bedell
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★ 5.0
A Town Called Hell
1971 Actor
Old blind man
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★ 5.5
The Great Swindle
1971 Actor
Luis
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★ 7.4
Tristana
1970 Actor
Don Lope
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★ 7.2
Compañeros
1970 Actor
Prof. Vitaliano Xantos