Fernando Rey
Actor
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."
Filmography
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena 1992
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael 1972
Viridiana
as Don Jaime 1962
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier 1975
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber 1977
Return of the Seven
as Priest 1966
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador 1955
Tristana
as Don Lope 1970
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester 1965
The Hit
as Policeman 1984
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner 1975
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
as Narrador (voz) 1953
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan 1966
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos 1970
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero 1969
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister 1976