Fernando Rey
AKA: Fernando Casado Arambillet
Birthday: 1917-09-20
Died: 1994-03-09
Birthplace: A 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."
Filmography
Character: Alain Charnier
Character: Alain Charnier
Character: Ohmei Felsberg
Character: Reverend Rattigan
Character: Police Captain Torredo
Character: Dr. Charles Taylor
Character: Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Character: Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
Character: Security Minister
Character: President Castillo
Character: Sansón Carrasco
Character: Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Character: Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Character: Carlos Mª Saldiez
Character: Jacques Berger
Character: Cardinal Santoni
Character: Captain Casares
Character: Agent of the New World Organization
Character: Don Pedro Fortuna
Character: Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
Character: Director Almirante
Character: Commissioner of Beirut harbor
Character: Ramiro II, rey de León
Character: Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Character: Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Character: Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
Character: Monje narrador
Character: Charles Van Maar
Character: Father Mauritius
Character: le directeur de l'hôpital
Character: Tío (alternate version)
Character: Count Stackelberg
Character: Franco's Father
Character: Narrador (voice)
Character: Police Official
Character: Bokan the Usurper
Character: Hoher Priester
Character: Verleger Ramos
Character: Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Character: Antonio Di Maggio
Character: El Rico Pintor
Character: Carlos Jiménez
Character: Giovanna's father
Character: Ángel López Veiga
Character: Enrique Marín Rubio
Character: Don Fernando Valle
Character: Il professor Rune
Character: Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
Character: Railroad Colonel
Character: Inspector Nardi
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Juez Andonelli
Character: Infante Alfonso
Character: Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Character: (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
Character: Sultan Saladin