Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey is known for acting, with films including 1492: Conquest of Paradise, The French Connection, French Connection II. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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."

Filmography

• 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
• The French Connection (1971)
• French Connection II (1975)
• That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
• Voyage of the Damned (1976)
• Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
• Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
• Return of the Seven (1966)
• Chimes at Midnight (1965)
• Tristana (1970)
• The Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
• Compañeros (1970)
• Viridiana (1962)
• White Fang (1973)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
• Villa Rides (1968)
• Navajo Joe (1966)
• Seven Beauties (1975)
• The Hit (1984)
• Illustrious Corpses (1976)
• The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
• The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
• Traffic Jam (1979)
• The Immortal Story (1968)
• Quintet (1979)