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Fernando Rey
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."
As actor
El Quijote desde la platea
Speaking of Buñuel
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
On the Far Side of the Tunnel
El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche?
Madregilda
1492: Conquest of Paradise
The Sow
L'Atlantide
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
Blood and Dust
After the Dream
Don Quixote
Paco, mi padre
Naked Tango
Pictures of Europe
Drums of Fire
Breath of Life
Esmeralda Bay
Le Grand Secret
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Buñuel
Winter Diary
The Tunnel
Pasodoble
Scent of a Crime
Mi general
The Enchanted Forest
Saving Grace
Paradise Hotel