Fernando Rey

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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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2019
El Quijote desde la platea
Movie Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage)
2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Movie Self (archive footage)
1998
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Movie Self (archive footage)
1994
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Movie Gregorio
1994
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
Movie Miguel
1994
Arnau
TV show Compte de Barcelona
1993
Madregilda
Movie Franco's Father
1993
Mission of Love
TV show Pacheco
1992
The Sow
Movie Fray Juan
1992
L'Atlantide
Movie Father Mauritius
1992
Paco, mi padre
Movie
1992
After the Dream
Movie Ramiro Lanza
1992
Blood and Dust
Movie Sultan Saladin
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Movie Marchena
1992
Don Quixote
Movie Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1992
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Movie Don Quijote