Person Details

Birthday: 1917-09-20 20:32:37

Death: 1994-03-09 20:32:37

Aliases: Fernando Casado Arambillet

Gender: Male

Place of birth: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

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Movie Involvements: 131

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

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."

Most Famous Work

A.D.
Average
4

A.D.

(1985) Seneca
Jesus of Nazareth
Average
8

Jesus of Nazareth

(1977) Gaspar
Il ricatto
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0

Il ricatto

(1989) Magistrato Di Nola
The French Connection
Average
8

The French Connection

(1971) Alain Charnier
I promessi sposi
Average
6

I promessi sposi

(1989) Conte zio
Mission of Love
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0

Mission of Love

(1993) Pacheco
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Average
6

1492: Conquest of Paradise

(1992) Marchena
Le Grand Secret
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0

Le Grand Secret

(1989) Paul Corbet

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
1994 Gregorio
Miguel
Compte de Barcelona
1993 Franco's Father
Pacheco
1992 Fray Juan
Father Mauritius
Marchena
Ramiro Lanza
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Don Quijote
Don Quijote
1991 Himself - Narrator
1990 Papa Pablo V
Gran Magno
Judge Torres
Self
1989 Conte zio
Ramos
Magistrato Di Nola
Il professor Rune
Dekker
Paul Corbet
Paul Corbet
Self
1988 Fayón
Padre
Don Nuño
Allende
1987 Sr. D'Abondo
Director Almirante
1986 Himself
Cardinal Stefano Biondi
Joseph
1985 Fray Lupo
N/A
Sr. De La Lage
Warwick
Ohmei Felsberg
Railroad Colonel
Cardinal
Seneca
1984 Piacchi
Policeman
1983 Self
Don Antonio
1982 Cardinal Santoni
Don Filippo
André
1981 Juez
Antonio Di Maggio
Contreras
Editor
Count Stackelberg
1980 Police Captain Torredo
Don Fernando Valle
1979 Grigor
Carlo
1978 Don Luis
Max
1977 Mathieu Faber
Bidara
Ivano
Luis
Gaspar
1976 President Bru
Baron Della Spina
Nathanson
Charles Van Maar
Don Ramón
Security Minister
Alfonso
Cardenal
1975 Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
Alain Charnier
Judge Vanini
1974 Perrot
Prof. Murri
Jacques Berger
Luis Ignacio
1973 Father Oatley
M. Nansoit
Mr. David
Cafiero
Arthur
Oscar
1972 Don Rafael
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Padrino Elisa
le directeur de l'hôpital
Lepidus
Inspector Nardi
Giovanna's father
1971 Old Blind Man
Alain Charnier
Captain Moriz
Juez Flower
Luis
1970 Prof. Xantos
Don Antonio
N/A
Don Lope
Jaime Xenos
1969 Pinkerton
Marco Augusto
Priest
Quintero
1968 Merchant
Fuentes
1967 Carlos Mª Saldiez
Filipe II
Col. Romero
Gent
Ibram
1966 Reverend Rattigan
Priest
Felipe II.
Sir Percy
1965 Worcester
Verleger Ramos
Agent of the New World Organization
Goldginger
Der Herzog / le duc
President Castillo
Don Pedro Fortuna
(voice)
Ramòn Quiroga
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
Der Herzog
1964 Sacerdote
Entrevistador
Don Alberto
Juan Echarre
El Rico Pintor
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
Luis XIV
1963 Sanchez
Police Official
Al Fakid
Ramiro II, rey de León
1962 Dr. Charles Taylor
Hoher Priester
Don Jaime
Máximo García
1961 Don Hernán
Juez Andonelli
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Bokan the Usurper
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
1960 Valerio
Señor Aguilar
N/A
Mario
1959 Ramón
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Captain Casares
Princ Achmed
Don Luis
1958 Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice)
Writer
Tío (alternate version)
N/A
1957 Paco
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
N/A
Valentín
1956 Don Iñigo
N/A
(voice) (uncredited)
1955 Monje narrador
1954 Miguel
N/A
N/A
N/A
1953 Fernando
Narrador (voice)
Carlos Jiménez
N/A
1952 Miguel
N/A
1951 N/A
N/A
Ángel López Veiga
1949 Narrator (voice)
Juan Lucas
1948 Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
N/A
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
Enrique Marín Rubio
1947 Frondoso
Sansón Carrasco
Infante Alfonso
1946 José
1945 Juan Chamizo
1944 Duque de Alba
1940 Extra (uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)
1939 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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