Fernando Rey
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 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."
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)
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
1994
as Gregorio
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
1994
as Miguel
Madregilda
1993
as Franco's Father
The Sow
1992
as Fray Juan
L'Atlantide
1992
as Father Mauritius
Paco, mi padre
1992
After the Dream
1992
as Ramiro Lanza
Blood and Dust
1992
as Sultan Saladin
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
as Marchena
Don Quixote
1992
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
as Don Quijote
Drums of Fire
1990
as Papa Pablo V
Breath of Life
1990
as Gran Magno
Naked Tango
1990
as Judge Torres
Pictures of Europe
1990
as Self
Esmeralda Bay
1989
as Ramos
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
as Il professor Rune
Le Grand Secret
1989
as Paul Corbet
Buñuel
1989
as Self
Scent of a Crime
1988
as Fayón
Winter Diary
1988
as Padre