Fernando Rey
Gender: Male
Born: 20th September 1917
Died: 9th March 1994
Nationality: Spain
TV programs: Jesus of Nazareth
Movies: Chimes at Midnight, Quintet, Rustlers' Rhapsody, Seven Beauties, That Obscure Object of Desire, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The French Connection, The Immortal Story, The Light at the Edge of the World, Tristana, Viridiana, Navajo Joe, Antony and Cleopatra, French Connection II, Compañeros, High Crime, Saving Grace, Monsignor, Cómicos, Elisa, vida mía, Locura de amor, Los últimos de Filipinas, La venganza, The Price of Power, A Matter of Time, The Adventurers, The Night Heaven Fell, Savage Guns, 1492 Conquest of Paradise, Naked Tango, Caboblanco, Faustina, Winter Diary , Moon Over Parador, Marcelino Pan y Vino, The Murri Affair, The Desert of the Tartars, Don Quixote, Return of the Seven, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, The Last Days of Pompeii, Great Leaders of the Bible, The Woman with Red Boots, The Ceremony, The Revolt of the Slaves, Star Knight, Cold Eyes of Fear, Black Arrow, The Assignment, Breath of Life, Land Raiders, Le Chanteur de Mexico, The Castilian, Black Sky, On the Far Side of the Tunnel, Don Quixote de la Mancha
Fernando Casado Arambillet (20 September 1917 – 9 March 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."
Rey was born in La Coruña, Spain, the son of Captain Casado Veiga. He studied architecture, but the Spanish Civil War interrupted his university studies which led him to his success.
In 1936, Rey began his career in movies as an extra, sometimes even getting credited. It was then that he chose his
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