Fernando Rey
Born September 20, 1917 (Age: 108)
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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."
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
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
Madregilda
1993
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as Franco's Father
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Age: 76
The Sow
1992
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as Fray Juan
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Age: 75
Blood and Dust
1992
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as Sultan Saladin
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Age: 74
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
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as Marchena
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Age: 74
Pictures of Europe
1990
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as Self
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Age: 72
Esmeralda Bay
1989
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as Ramos
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Age: 71
Saving Grace
1986
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as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
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Age: 68
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
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as Railroad Colonel
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Age: 67
The Hit
1984
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as Policeman
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Age: 66
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
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as Mathieu Faber
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Age: 59
French Connection II
1975
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as Alain Charnier
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Age: 57
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
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as Luis Ignacio
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Age: 56
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
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as Don Rafael
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Age: 54
The French Connection
1971
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as Alain Charnier
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Age: 54
No Image
El mejillón gallego
1970
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as
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Age: 52
Los preparativos
1968
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as
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Age: 50
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
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as
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Age: 50
Return of the Seven
1966
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as Priest
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Age: 49
No Image
La aventura de Api
1964
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as
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Age: 46
Viridiana
1962
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as Don Jaime
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Age: 44
The Savage Guns
1961
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as Don Hernán
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Age: 44
Siempre es domingo
1961
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as Juez Andonelli
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Age: 44
Fantasmas en la casa
1961
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as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
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Age: 43
Goliath Against the Giants
1961
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as Bokan the Usurper
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Age: 43
Teresa
1961
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as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
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Age: 43
Vida sin risas
1960
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as
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Age: 42
Poison at 2:30
1959
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as Ramón
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Age: 42
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
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as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
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Age: 42
Sonatas
1959
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as Captain Casares
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Age: 42
Mission in Morocco
1959
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as Princ Achmed
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Age: 41
Parque de Madrid
1959
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as Don Luis
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Age: 41
La Rana Verde
1958
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 40
No Image
Sevilla Penitente
1958
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as
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Age: 40
Playa prohibida
1956
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as
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Age: 38
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
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as Captain Rolando
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Age: 38
La vida en un bloc
1956
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as (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Billete para Tánger
1955
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as Inspector
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Age: 37
Cabaret
1953
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as Carlos Jiménez
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Age: 35