Fernando Rey
Acting
- Born:
- 1917-09-20
- Died:
- 1994-03-09
- Place of birth:
- A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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."
Known For
Filmography
200 Lives, Paco Rabal
El Quijote desde la platea
Speaking of Buñuel
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Arnau
Madregilda
Mission of Love
The Sow
L'Atlantide
Paco, mi padre
After the Dream
Blood and Dust
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Don Quixote
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Imágenes perdidas
Drums of Fire
Breath of Life
Naked Tango
Pictures of Europe
I promessi sposi
Esmeralda Bay
Il ricatto
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Blaues Blut
Le Grand Secret
Le Grand Secret
Buñuel
Scent of a Crime
Winter Diary
Pasodoble
The Tunnel
The Enchanted Forest
Mi general
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
Saving Grace
Paradise Hotel
Star Knight
The House of Ulloa
Black Arrow
Angel of Death
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Our Father
A.D.
A Strange Passion
The Hit
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Bearn
Monsignor
Looking for Jesus
A Estrangeira
Trágala, perro
Chaste and Pure
The Crime of Cuenca
Honey
Lady of the Camelias
Memorias de Leticia Valle