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Fernando Rey

1917 - 1994

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Fernando Casado Arambillet (20 September 1917 – 9 March 1994), 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 (Viridiana, 1961; Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) 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. The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest fame after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told the Los Angeles Times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Rey is the 550th most popular actor (down from 495th in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Spain (down from 254th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Actor.

Fernando Rey is most famous for his role as the French detective Pepe Le Moko in the film "Casbah" (1948).

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Among actors, Fernando Rey ranks 550 out of 13,578. Before him are Mike Wallace, Donnie Yen, Steve Buscemi, Michelle Williams, Geneviève Page, and Carole Lombard. After him are Derek Jacobi, Jean Simmons, Carole Bouquet, Robert Wagner, Sonny Chiba, and Bourvil.

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Among people born in 1917, Fernando Rey ranks 47. Before him are Ko Arima, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Yukio Tsuda, Tove Ditlevsen, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Jean-Pierre Melville. After him are Bourvil, George Gaynes, Sven Hassel, Chung Il-kwon, Danielle Darrieux, and Hirokazu Ninomiya. Among people deceased in 1994, Fernando Rey ranks 49. Before him are Gian Maria Volonté, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Paul Delvaux, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Julian Schwinger, and Juvénal Habyarimana. After him are Pujie, Sylva Koscina, Robert Doisneau, Sergei Bondarchuk, Chung Il-kwon, and György Cziffra.

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Among people born in Spain, Fernando Rey ranks 259 out of 3,355. Before him are Jesús Franco (1930), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Pompeia Plotina (65), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), and Fernando Alonso (1981). After him are Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Antonio Machado (1875), George Santayana (1863), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), Ibn Zuhr (1091), and Isidore the Laborer (1080).

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Among ACTORS In Spain

Among actors born in Spain, Fernando Rey ranks 7. Before him are Antonio Banderas (1960), Carmen Amaya (1913), Marisa Paredes (1946), Penélope Cruz (1974), Javier Bardem (1969), and Carmen Maura (1945). After him are María Casares (1922), Francisco Rabal (1926), Sara Montiel (1928), El Risitas (1956), Victoria Abril (1959), and Ángela Molina (1955).

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