Highest rated as cast or director
Fernando Rey's 11 titles from the 1970s have a median Balasaur Score of 71, led by The French Connection (84) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (84), against 53 for those from the 1980s.
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."
Acted in 204
1990s
- 1994
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Gregorio
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Miguel
Arnau
Compte de Barcelona · 5 episodes
- 1993
Madregilda
Franco's Father
Mission of Love
Pacheco · 3 episodes
- 1992
The Sow
Fray Juan
L'Atlantide
Father Mauritius
Paco, mi padre
Movie
Blood and Dust
Sultan Saladin
Don Quixote
Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quijote
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quijote · 5 episodes
- 1990
Drums of Fire
Papa Pablo V
Breath of Life
Gran Magno
Naked Tango
Judge Torres
1980s
- 1989
I promessi sposi
Conte zio · 5 episodes
Esmeralda Bay
Ramos
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Il professor Rune
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet
Le Grand Secret
Paul Corbet · 6 episodes
- 1988
Scent of a Crime
Fayón
Winter Diary
Padre
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
The Tunnel
Allende
- 1987
The Enchanted Forest
Mr. D'Abondo
- 1986
Paradise Hotel
Joseph
- 1985
The House of Ulloa
Sr. De La Lage · 4 episodes
Black Arrow
Warwick
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Railroad Colonel
Our Father
Cardinal
A.D.
Seneca · 5 episodes
- 1984
A Strange Passion
Piacchi
- 1983
Bearn
Don Antonio
- 1982
Monsignor
Cardinal Santoni
Looking for Jesus
Don Filippo
A Estrangeira
André
- 1981
Trágala, perro
Juez
Chaste and Pure
Antonio Di Maggio
The Crime of Cuenca
Contreras
Lady of the Camelias
Count Stackelberg
- 1980
Memorias de Leticia Valle
Don Fernando Valle
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Rebeldía
Don Luis
The Last Romantic Lover
Max
- 1977
The Assignment
Bidara
Eyes Behind the Wall
Ivano
Elisa, My Life
Luis
- 1976
Origins of the Mafia
Baron Della Spina · 1 episode
The Desert of the Tartars
Nathanson
A Matter of Time
Charles Van Maar
Manuela
Don Ramón
Striptease
Alfonso
El segundo poder
Cardenal
- 1975
Smiling Maniacs
Judge Vanini
- 1974
The Woman with Red Boots
Perrot
The Murri Affair
Prof. Murri
Say it with Flowers
Jacques Berger
¿... Y el prójimo?
Luis Ignacio
- 1973
Fall of a Body
M. Nansoit
One Way
Mr. David
High Crime
Cafiero
Tarot
Arthur
- 1972
La duda
Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
Canticle
Padrino Elisa
White Sister
le directeur de l'hôpital
The Two Faces of Fear
Inspector Nardi
This Kind of Love
Giovanna's father
Historia de España: La noche de los tiempos
Narrador (voz) · 23 episodes
- 1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
Captain Moriz
The Great Swindle
Luis
- 1970
Aoom
Movie
The Adventurers
Jaime Xenos
1960s
- 1969
A Candidate for a Killing
Marco Augusto
Land Raiders
Priest
- 1968
The Immortal Story
Merchant
Un pequeño colonizador verde
Movie
- 1967
Amor en el aire
Carlos Mª Saldiez
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Filipe II
Run Like a Thief
Col. Romero
The Desperate Ones
Ibram
The Viscount
Marco Demoygne
Historia de la frivolidad
Gent
- 1966
El Greco
Re Filippo II
Zampo y yo
Zampo
Attack of the Robots
Sir Percy
- 1965
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
Verleger Ramos
Espionage in Lisbon
Agent of the New World Organization
The Amazing Doctor G
Goldginger
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Der Herzog / le duc · 4 episodes
Legacy of the Incas
President Castillo
Son of a Gunfighter
Don Pedro Fortuna
España insólita
(voice)
The Devil Also Cries
Ramòn Quiroga
Don Quijote
Der Herzog
Samson and Gideon
Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
- 1964
Fin de semana
Entrevistador
The Palomos
Don Alberto
The New Cinderella
Juan Echarre
Backfire
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
El señor de La Salle
Luis XIV
La aventura de Api
Movie
- 1963
The Ceremony
Sanchez
La hora incógnita
Movie
The Running Man
Police Official
Scheherazade
Al Fakid
The Castilian
Ramiro II, rey de León
- 1962
Face of Terror
Dr. Charles Taylor
My Son, the Hero
High Priest (uncredited)
Viridiana
Don Jaime
Rogelia
Máximo García
- 1961
Siempre es domingo
Juez Andonelli
Fantasmas en la casa
Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
Goliath Against the Giants
Bokan the Usurper
Teresa
Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
- 1960
The Revolt of the Slaves
Valerio
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
Señor Aguilar
Vida sin risas
Movie
Culpables
Mario
1950s
- 1959
Poison at 2:30
Ramón
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Sonatas
Captain Casares
Parque de Madrid
Don Luis
- 1958
Revenge
Writer
The Night Heaven Fell
Tío (alternate version)
- 1957
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Paco
Madrugada
Mauricio (voice) (uncredited)
Day of Fear
Movie
Faustina
Valentín
The Singer from Mexico
Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited)
- 1956
Don Juan
Don Iñigo
Playa prohibida
Movie
The Adventures of Gil Blas
Captain Rolando
La vida en un bloc
(voice) (uncredited)
- 1955
Billete para Tánger
Inspector
- 1954
Comedians
Miguel
Rebeldía
Capellán
El alcalde de Zalamea
El Rey
Crimen en el entreacto
Movie
Cristo
Movie
Las últimas banderas
Miguel Bermejo
- 1953
Airport
Fernando
Cabaret
Carlos Jiménez
The Lovers of Toledo
Movie
- 1952
La laguna negra
Miguel
Flamenco
(voz)
The Devil's Roundup
Atracador
- 1951
La señora de Fátima
Lorenzo Duarte
Air Lashings
Narrador (voz)
Black Sky
Ángel López Veiga
- 1950
Agustina of Aragon
General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
1940s
- 1949
Aventuras de Juan Lucas
Juan Lucas
- 1948
Mare nostrum
Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
Noche de reyes
Movie
Locura de amor
Don Felipe "el Hermoso"
La próxima vez que vivamos
Óscar Mulden
Si te hubieses casado conmigo
Enrique Marín Rubio
- 1947
Fuenteovejuna
Frondoso
La princesa de los Ursinos
Felipe V
Don Quixote
Sansón Carrasco
Reina santa
Infante Alfonso
- 1946
- 1945
Los últimos de Filipinas
Juan Chamizo
- 1944
Eugenia de Montijo
Duque de Alba
- 1940
El rey que rabió
Extra (uncredited)
Leyenda rota
Extra (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
The Four Robinsons
Movie
Appearances11
2010s
- 2019
El Quijote desde la platea
Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
2000s
- 2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1998
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Self (archive footage)
- 1990
Pictures of Europe
Self
1980s
- 1989
Buñuel
Self
- 1984
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Self
1970s
- 1978
1960s
- 1967
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950s
- 1958
¡Viva lo imposible!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
La Rana Verde
Narrator (voice)
1940s
- 1949
Sabela De Cambados
Narrator (voice)