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Fernando Rey
Fernando Casado Arambillet, better known as Fernando Rey, was a renowned Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, with over half a century of acting experience. A suave international figure, he worked in both Europe and the United States, and was known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel and as the drug lord Alain Charnier in The French Connection. He appeared in more than 150 films over his substantial career.
Rey was known to have begun his career in films as an extra, choosing his stage name Fernando Rey. His career was rich and varied, with a prolific run in film, radio, theatre, and television. Rey also shone through his work as a dubbing actor for Spanish television. He acted in four film versions of Don Quixote in different roles. Fernando Rey's international career took off in 1958 and he worked with esteemed directors like Roger Vadim, Orson Welles, and Luis Buñuel, the latter of whom he became both the preferred actor and close friend. He starred in acclaimed films like Viridiana, Tristana, and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. He reprised his role as the French villain Alain Charnier in the sequel to The French Connection. The later years of his career saw Rey working more in Spain, with his last screen appearance being in the Spanish black comedy El cianuro ... ¿sólo o con leche?. Rey turned heads throughout his career, winning awards like the Best Actor award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival for Elisa, vida mía.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Fernando Casado Arambillet
Born: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Citizenship: Spanish
Birthday: September 20, 1917
Occupations: Film actor, Theatre actor, Television actor
Years Active: 1935–1994
Children: 2
Spouses: Mabel Karr
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Movies Featuring Fernando Rey
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [re-release]
Tristana (re-release)
That Obscure Object of Desire
1492: Conquest of Paradise
French Connection II
Navajo Joe
The French Connection
Speaking of Buñuel
Caboblanco
Chaste and Pure
Naked Tango
The Crime of Cuenca
Lady of the Camelias
Looking for Jesus
A.D.
Our Father
Rustlers’ Rhapsody
Angel of Death
Black Arrow
Monsignor
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Saving Grace
Scent of a Crime
Esmeralda Bay
Bearn
Mi general
The Tunnel
Pasodoble
The Enchanted Forest
Honey
Star Knight
Bearn
Mi general
The Tunnel
Pasodoble
Quintet
My Son, the Hero
Seven Beauties
The Amazing Doctor G
Flamenco
The Woman with Red Boots
Son of a Gunfighter
Scheherazade
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Locura de amor
Say it with Flowers
Aoom
Star Knight
La laguna negra
Manuela
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Culpables
Violent Blood Bath
Cold Eyes of Fear
Antony and Cleopatra
Villa Rides
A Town Called Hell
Historia de la frivolidad
The Ceremony
Comedians
A Candidate for a Killing
El señor de La Salle
Agustina of Aragon
The Savage Guns
El Greco
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
High Crime
Mare nostrum
The Immortal Story
Return of the Seven
The Castilian
The Revolt of the Slaves
Faustina
Torerillos, 61
Tristana
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
The Last Romantic Lover
Un marido de ida y vuelta
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Traffic Jam
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
The Singer from Mexico
The Light at the Edge of the World
Compañeros
This Kind of Love
Attack of the Robots
The Murri Affair
Don Juan
Elisa, My Life
Legacy of the Incas
Illustrious Corpses
Fuenteovejuna
The Last Days of Pompeii
Viridiana
Backfire
Los últimos de Filipinas
White Sister
Don Quixote
Jesus of Nazareth
Face of Terror
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
The Two Faces of Fear
The Running Man
Black Sky
A Matter of Time
Eyes Behind the Wall
Poison at 2:30
Land Raiders
That Obscure Object of Desire
Amor en el aire
The New Cinderella
The Palomos
The Assignment
Fall of a Body
Revenge
Smiling Maniacs
Madrugada
The Desert of the Tartars
Madregilda
Sonatas
La vida en un bloc
The Great Swindle
The Miracle of Marcelino
Don Quijote de la Mancha
Zampo y yo
Career Timeline
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1988
Scent of a Crime
Fayón
The Tunnel
Allende
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
The Tunnel
Allende
Pasodoble
Don Nuño
1985
Our Father
Cardinal
Rustlers’ Rhapsody
Railroad Colonel
Angel of Death
Ohmei Felsberg
Black Arrow
Warwick
Star Knight
Fray Lupo
Star Knight
Fray Lupo
1977
Elisa, My Life
Luis
Eyes Behind the Wall
Ivano
That Obscure Object of Desire
Mathieu Faber
The Assignment
Bidara
1976
Manuela
Don Ramón
Illustrious Corpses
Security Minister
A Matter of Time
Charles Van Maar
The Desert of the Tartars
Nathanson
1974
The Woman with Red Boots
Perrot
Say it with Flowers
Jacques Berger
Violent Blood Bath
Oscar
The Murri Affair
Prof. Murri
1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Don Rafael
Antony and Cleopatra
Lepidus
This Kind of Love
Giovanna's father
White Sister
le directeur de l'hôpital
The Two Faces of Fear
Inspector Nardi
1971
The French Connection
Cold Eyes of Fear
Juez Flower
A Town Called Hell
Old Blind Man
The Light at the Edge of the World
Captain Moriz
The Great Swindle
Luis
1969
A Candidate for a Killing
Marco Augusto
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Quintero
Land Raiders
Priest
1967
Navajo Joe
Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Historia de la frivolidad
Gent
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
Filipe II
Amor en el aire
Carlos Mª Saldiez
1966
El Greco
Re Filippo II
Return of the Seven
Priest
Attack of the Robots
Sir Percy
Zampo y yo
Zampo
1965
The Amazing Doctor G
Goldginger
Son of a Gunfighter
Don Pedro Fortuna
Legacy of the Incas
President Castillo
1964
El señor de La Salle
Luis XIV
Backfire
Commissioner of Beirut harbor
The New Cinderella
Juan Echarre
The Palomos
Don Alberto
1963
Scheherazade
Al Fakid
The Ceremony
Sanchez
The Castilian
Ramiro II, rey de León
The Running Man
Police Official
1962
My Son, the Hero
High Priest (uncredited)
Torerillos, 61
Narrator (voice)
Face of Terror
Dr. Charles Taylor
1959
The Last Days of Pompeii
Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
Poison at 2:30
Ramón
Sonatas
Captain Casares
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