Fernando Rey
Acting
Born 1917-09-20
Died 1994-03-09
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
223 credits
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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."
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Ciné regards
Film '72
Jesus of Nazareth
The French Connection
1492: Conquest of Paradise
After the Dream
A.D.
That Obscure Object of Desire
French Connection II
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Return of the Seven
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Origins of the Mafia
I promessi sposi
Viridiana
Voyage of the Damned
Villa Rides
The Rash One
The Miracle of Marcelino
Scheherazade
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
Tristana
The Running Man
The Hit
Lady of the Camelias
Chimes at Midnight
Navajo Joe
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
La pródiga
Rustlers' Rhapsody
The Last Days of Pompeii
Antony and Cleopatra
Compañeros
Our Father
White Fang
The Desert of the Tartars
Quintet
Violent Blood Bath
Drums of Fire
Blaues Blut
Seven Beauties
The Savage Guns
Don Quijote de la Mancha
The Light at the Edge of the World
Caboblanco
Traffic Jam
Mi general
The Immortal Story
Backfire
Illustrious Corpses
Monsignor
The Adventurers
Angel of Death
Le Grand Secret
Fuenteovejuna
The House of Ulloa
Don Juan
Locura de amor
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