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Fernando Casado Arambillet, best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television 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 and as the drug lord Alain Charnier in The French Connection (1971) and French Connection II (1975), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century.
Birth Name
Fernando Casado Arambillet
Born
Thursday, 20 September 1917
Died
Wednesday, 09 March 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Regresa El Cepa | Contreras | 2019 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Spanish Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2010 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Alain Charnier | 2008 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Alain Charnier | 2000 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1995 |
| Al otro lado del túnel | Miguel | 1994 |
| Madregilda | Padre de Franco / Franco's Father | 1993 |
| La marrana | Fray Juan | 1992 |
| L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Regresa El Cepa | Contreras | 2019 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Spanish Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2010 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Alain Charnier | 2008 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Alain Charnier | 2000 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1995 |
| Al otro lado del túnel | Miguel | 1994 |
| Madregilda | Padre de Franco / Franco's Father | 1993 |
| La marrana | Fray Juan | 1992 |
| L'Atlantide | Father Mauritius | 1992 |
| Después del sueño | Ramiro Lanza | 1992 |
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Marchena | 1992 |
| Don Quijote de la Mancha | Don Quijote | 1992 |
| Don Quixote | Closing Scene Narrator | 1992 |
| Blood and Dust | Sahaladin / Sultan Saladin | 1992 |
| Imágenes perdidas | Self | 1991 |
| Naked Tango | Judge Torres | 1991 |
| La batalla de los Tres Reyes | Papa Pablo V | 1990 |
| Breath of Life | Gran Magno | 1990 |
| I promessi sposi | Conte zio | 1989 |
| The Betrothed | Attilio's Uncle | 1989 |
| Countdown to Esmeralda Bay | Ramos | 1989 |
| Blaues Blut | Dekker | 1989 |
| Le grand secret | Monsieur Corbet / Paul Corbet | 1989 |
| Scent of a Crime | Fayón | 1988 |
| Diario de invierno | Padre | 1988 |
| Moon Over Parador | Alejandro | 1988 |
| The Tunnel | Allende | 1988 |
| Pasodoble | Don Nuño | 1988 |
| Captain James Cook | Hawke | 1987 |
| The Enchanted Forest | Sr. D'Abondo | 1987 |
| Mi general | Director Almirante | 1987 |
| Angel of Death | Ohmei Felsberg | 1987 |
| Saving Grace | Cardinal Stefano Biondi | 1986 |
| Star Knight | Fray Lupo | 1985 |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Railroad Colonel | 1985 |
| Padre nuestro | Cardinal / Cardenal | 1985 |
| A.D. | Seneca | 1985 |
| Black Arrow | Warwick | 1985 |
| Un amour interdit | Piacchi | 1984 |
| The Hit | Senior Policeman / Policeman | 1984 |
| Bearn o la sala de las muñecas | Don Antonio | 1983 |
| Monsignor | Santoni / Cardinal Santoni | 1982 |
| Looking for Jesus | Don Filippo | 1982 |
| The Confessions of Felix Krull | Professor Kuckuck | 1982 |
| Trágala, perro | Juez | 1981 |
| Chaste and Pure | Antonio Di Maggio | 1981 |
| The Cuenca Crime | Contreras | 1980 |
| Honey | Editor | 1981 |
| Memoirs of Leticia Valle | Don Fernando Valle | 1980 |
| Cabo Blanco | Terredo / Police Captain Torredo | 1980 |
| Quintet | Grigor | 1979 |
| Traffic Jam | Carlo | 1979 |
| The Last Romantic Lover | Max | 1978 |
| That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber | 1977 |
| The Assignment | Bidara | 1977 |
| Eyes Behind the Wall | Ivano | 1977 |
| Elisa, My Life | Luis | 1977 |
| Jesus of Nazareth | Gaspar | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | President Bru | 1976 |
| The Desert of the Tartars | Colonel Nathanson / Nathanson | 1976 |
| A Matter of Time | Charles Van Maar | 1976 |
| Matter of Time, A | Charles Van Maar | 1976 |
| Origins of the Mafia | Baron Della Spina | 1976 |
| Illustrious Corpses | Security Minister | 1976 |
| The Second Power | Cardenal | 1976 |
| Seven Beauties | Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner / Pedro | 1975 |
| Arena | Self | 1975 |
| French Connection II | Alain Charnier | 1975 |
| Smiling Maniacs | Judge Vanini | 1975 |
| The Woman in Red Boots | Perrot | 1974 |
| The Murri Affair | Il professore Augusto Murri / Prof. Murri | 1974 |
| Say It with Flowers | Jacques Berger | 1974 |
| White Fang | Father Oatley | 1973 |
| Fall of a Body | M. Nansoit | 1973 |
| One Way | Mr. David | 1973 |
| High Crime | Cafiero | 1973 |
| Violent Blood Bath | Oscar / Oscar Bataille | 1973 |
| Game of Murder | Arthur / boss | 1973 |
| The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Don Rafael Acosta / Don Rafael | 1972 |
| La duda | Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit | 1972 |
| White Sister | Primario / le directeur de l'hôpital | 1972 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | Lepidus | 1972 |
| The Two Faces of Fear | Inspector Nardi | 1972 |
| This Kind of Love | Padre di Giovanna / Giovanna's father | 1972 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| The French Connection | Alain Charnier | 1971 |
| The Light at the Edge of the World | Captain Moriz | 1971 |
| A Town Called Hell | Old blind man | 1971 |
| Cold Eyes of Fear | Judge Bedell / Juez Flower | 1971 |
| The Great Swindle | Luis | 1971 |
| Compañeros | Prof. Xantos / Prof. Vitaliano Xantos | 1970 |
| Trinity Sees Red | Don Antonio | 1970 |
| Aoom | 1970 | |
| Tristana | Don Lope | 1970 |
| The Adventurers | Jaime Xenos | 1970 |
| The Price of Power | Pinkerton | 1969 |
| A Candidate for a Killing | Marco Augusto | 1969 |
| Land Raiders | Priest | 1969 |
| Guns of the Magnificent Seven | Quintero | 1969 |
| Villa Rides | Fuentes | 1968 |
| The Immortal Story | Merchant / Merchant telling Clay's history | 1968 |
| Love in Flight | Carlos Mª Saldiez | 1967 |
| The Young Rebel | Filipe II | 1967 |
| Run Like a Thief | Col. Romero | 1967 |
| The Viscount | Marco Demoygne | 1967 |
| Historia de la frivolidad | Caballero / Gent | 1967 |
| Beyond the Mountains | Ibram | 1967 |
| Navajo Joe | Rev. Rattigan / Reverend Rattigan | 1966 |
| Return of the Seven | Priest | 1966 |
| El Greco | Felipe II / Felipe II. | 1966 |
| Zampo y yo | Luis 'Zampo' | 1966 |
| Cartes sur table | Sir Percy | 1966 |
| El marqués | Publisher Ramos / Verleger Ramos | 1965 |
| Espionage in Lisbon | Agent of the New World Organization | 1965 |
| The Amazing Doctor G | Goldginger | 1965 |
| Don Quijote von der Mancha | Der Herzog / le duc / Herzog | 1965 |
| Legacy of the Incas | President Castillo | 1965 |
| Son of a Gunfighter | Don Pedro Fortuna | 1965 |
| Chimes at Midnight | Worcester | 1965 |
| El diablo también llora | Ramòn Quiroga | 1965 |
| I grandi condottieri | Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord | 1965 |
| La hora incógnita | Sacerdote | 1964 |
| Weekend | Entrevistador | 1964 |
| Los Palomos | Don Alberto | 1964 |
| La nueva Cenicienta | Juan Echarre | 1964 |
| Backfire | Commissioner of Beirut harbor | 1964 |
| The Rash One | El Rico Pintor | 1964 |
| El señor de La Salle | Luis XIV | 1964 |
| The Ceremony | Sanchez | 1963 |
| The Running Man | Police Official | 1963 |
| Scheherazade | Al Fakid | 1963 |
| The Castilian | Ramiro II, rey de León | 1963 |
| Face of Terror | Dr. Charles Taylor | 1962 |
| My Son, the Hero | Hoher Priester / Sumo Sacerdote / High Priest | 1962 |
| Rogelia | Máximo García | 1962 |
| The Savage Guns | Don Hernán | 1961 |
| Siempre es domingo | Juez Andonelli | 1961 |
| El pobre García | Narrador | 1961 |
| Viridiana | Don Jaime | 1961 |
| Goliath Against the Giants | Bokan the Usurper / Bokan, i usurpario | 1961 |
| Teresa | Profesor Héctor de la Barrera / Prof. Héctor de la Barrera | 1961 |
| The Revolt of the Slaves | Valerio | 1960 |
| Don Lucio y el hermano Pío | Señor Aguilar | 1960 |
| Culpables | Mario | 1960 |
| Día de muertos | (voice) | 1960 |
| Poison at 2:30 | Ramón | 1959 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | Arbaces, High Priest of Isis | 1959 |
| Sonatas | Capitán Casares / Captain Casares | 1959 |
| Mission in Morocco | Princ Achmed | 1959 |
| Parque de Madrid | Don Luis | 1959 |
| ¡Viva lo imposible! | Narrator | 1958 |
| La Rana Verde | Narrator (voice) | 1958 |
| La venganza | Escritor | 1958 |
| The Night Heaven Fell | Tío (alternate version) | 1958 |
| Un marido de ida y vuelta | Paco | 1957 |
| Madrugada | Mauricio | 1957 |
| Horas de pánico | 1957 | |
| Faustina | Valentín | 1957 |
| Le chanteur de Mexico | Cartoni - l'impresario | 1956 |
| Main Street | Federico Rivas | 1956 |
| Don Juan | Don Iñigo | 1956 |
| Billete para Tánger | Inspector | 1955 |
| The Miracle of Marcelino | Narrator Monk / Monje narrador | 1955 |
| Rebeldía | Capellán / Don Luis | 1954 |
| Cómicos | Miguel Solís / Miguel | 1954 |
| El alcalde de Zalamea | El Rey | 1954 |
| Welcome Mr. Marshall! | Narrador (voice) / Narrador | 1953 |
| Cabaret | Carlos Jiménez | 1953 |
| The Lovers of Toledo | (voice) | 1953 |
| La laguna negra | Miguel | 1952 |
| El cerco del diablo | Atracador | 1952 |
| Flamenco | (voice) | 1952 |
| La señora de Fátima | Lorenzo Duarte | 1951 |
| La trinca del aire | Narrador | 1951 |
| The Siege | General Palafox / Lorenzo el pastor | 1950 |
| Sabela de Cambados | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1949 |
| Aventuras de Juan Lucas | Juan Lucas | 1949 |
| Mare nostrum | Ulises / Capitán Ferragut | 1948 |
| Locura de amor | Felipe el Hermoso / Don Felipe "el Hermoso" | 1948 |
| Princess of the Ursinos | Felipe V | 1948 |
| Si te hubieses casado conmigo | Enrique Marín Rubio | 1948 |
| Fuenteovejuna | Frondoso | 1947 |
| The Holy Queen | Infante Alfonso | 1947 |
| La pródiga | José | 1946 |
| Misión blanca | Carlos | 1946 |
| Los últimos de Filipinas | Juan Chamizo | 1945 |
| Tierra sedienta | Carlos | 1945 |
| Eugenia de Montijo | Duque de Alba | 1944 |
| La gitanilla | Extra | 1943 |
| Escuadrilla | Extra | 1941 |
| ¡A mí no me mire usted! | Viajero | 1941 |
| La Dolores | Extra | 1940 |
| Los cuatro robinsones | 1939 | |
| Nuestra Natacha | 1936 |
