Fernando Rey

Known for ActingBorn 1917-09-20Died 1994-03-09A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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."Read more

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Arnau

Breath of Life

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

¿... Y el prójimo?

Espionage in Lisbon

The Castilian

Vida sin risas

Mission in Morocco

Cristo

Rebeldía

Los cuatro robinsones

Les paradoxes de Buñuel

Paradise Hotel

Los preparativos

The Adventures of Gil Blas

Aventuras de Juan Lucas

El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes

Blaues Blut

Il ricatto

Rebeldía

La laguna negra

Origins of the Mafia

The Desperate Ones

Jesus of Nazareth

Billete para Tánger

El alcalde de Zalamea

Don Lucio and Brother Pío

El rey que rabió

Leyenda rota

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

A Estrangeira

Viridiana

That Obscure Object of Desire

Seven Beauties

The French Connection

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Samson and Gideon

Don Quijote von der Mancha

Scheherazade

Fantasmas en la casa

Historia de la frivolidad

I promessi sposi

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Mission of Love

The Miracle of Marcelino

Tristana

Blood and Dust

El señor de La Salle