Fernando Rey
Birthday: 1917-09-20 | Place of Birth: A Coruña, Galicia, SpainFernando 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
Acting
Role
as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
as Don Lope
as Miguel
as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Don Quijote
as Fray Juan
as Marchena
as Sultan Saladin
as Judge Torres
as Gran Magno
as Papa Pablo V
as Self
as Paul Corbet
as Ramos
as Self
as Allende
as Don Nuño
as Sr. D'Abondo
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
as Fray Lupo
as Ohmei Felsberg
as Policeman
as Railroad Colonel
as Sr. De La Lage
as Warwick
as Piacchi
