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Fernando Rey
Known for: ActingFernando 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 52
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Marchena 
The French Connection
as Alain Charnier 
Quintet
as Grigor 
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber 
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Don Rafael 
Return of the Seven
as Priest 
Compañeros
as Prof. Xantos 
French Connection II
as Alain Charnier 
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Quintero 
The Miracle of Marcelino
as Monje narrador 
Honey
as Editor 
Villa Rides
as Fuentes 
Chimes at Midnight
as Worcester 
The Hit
as Policeman 
Viridiana
as Don Jaime 
White Fang
as Father Oatley 
Tristana
as Don Lope 
Scheherazade
as Al Fakid 
Navajo Joe
as Reverend Rattigan 
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis 
Antony and Cleopatra
as Lepidus 
The Desert of the Tartars
as Nathanson 
High Crime
as Cafiero 
Illustrious Corpses
as Security Minister 
My Son, the Hero
as High Priest (uncredited) 
The Night Heaven Fell
as Tío (alternate version) 
The Running Man
as Police Official 
Wrath of the Wind
as Don Antonio 
Star Knight
as Fray Lupo 
A Town Called Bastard
as Old Blind Man 
Seven Beauties
as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner 
The Immortal Story
as Merchant 
Lady of the Camelias
as Count Stackelberg 
The Last Romantic Lover
as Max 
The Adventurers
as Jaime Xenos 
Son of a Gunfighter
as Don Pedro Fortuna 
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Captain Moriz 
Caboblanco
as Police Captain Torredo 
Land Raiders
as Priest 
A Matter of Time
as Charles Van Maar 
The Price of Power
as Pinkerton 
Cold Eyes of Fear
as Juez Flower 
Goliath Against the Giants
as Bokan the Usurper 
The Revolt of the Slaves
as Valerio 
Rustlers' Rhapsody
as Railroad Colonel 
Saving Grace
as Cardinal Stefano Biondi 
Memorias de Leticia Valle
as Don Fernando Valle 
Violent Blood Bath
as Oscar 
The Ceremony
as Sanchez 
La señora de Fátima
as Lorenzo Duarte 
Face of Terror
as Dr. Charles Taylor 
The Castilian
as Ramiro II, rey de León