Fernando Rey

Age: 95 Birthdate: 1917-09-20 Birthplace: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Fernando Rey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Marchena
1976 Seven Beauties Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner
1966 Return of the Seven Priest

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By DAVE KEHR
4/30/2013 4:11:50 AM
Catherine Deneuve plays a woman initially dominated by an aristocrat played by Fernando Rey, but who then dominates him in Luis Buñuel’s “Tristana” (1970), now on Blu-ray.
ArtsBeat: ‘I Thought I Was Bulletproof’: William Friedkin Looks Back on the ’70s
4/29/2013 8:36:57 PM
William Friedkin, whose films include “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Sorcerer” and “Cruising,” talks about an up-and-down period of his career that will be celebrated in a retrospective at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.        
‘I Thought I Was Bulletproof’: William Friedkin Looks Back on the ’70s
4/29/2013 7:42:06 PM
William Friedkin, whose films include "The French Connection," "The Exorcist," "Sorcerer" and "Cruising," talks about an up-and-down period of his career that will be celebrated in a retrospective at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Dogs Versus Hunters in the Backcountry
4/9/2013 7:02:05 AM
Is there potential for another incident involving dogs and hunters? A closer look at the issues facing both sides when out on the trails.
By John Seal
4/8/2013 10:02:30 PM
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