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."
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Full filmography
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The French Connection (1971) as Alain Charnier
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Gaspar
- Honey (1981) as Editor
- A.D. (1985) as Seneca
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) as Marchena
- Origins of the Mafia (1976) as Baron Della Spina
- I promessi sposi (1989) as Conte zio
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) as Mathieu Faber
- Tristana (1970) as Don Lope
- Chimes at Midnight (1965) as Worcester
- Villa Rides (1968) as Fuentes
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) as Don Rafael
- Return of the Seven (1966) as Priest
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) as Quintero
- Scheherazade (1963) as Al Fakid
- French Connection II (1975) as Alain Charnier
- The Miracle of Marcelino (1955) as Monje narrador
- The Hit (1984) as Policeman
- Black Arrow (1985) as Warwick
- Antony and Cleopatra (1972) as Lepidus
- Viridiana (1962) as Don Jaime
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) as President Bru
- Blaues Blut (1989) as Dekker