09/20/1917
A Coruña, Galicia, Spain:
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."
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El Quijote desde la platea (2019) as Self - Actor / Don Quixote (archive footage) |
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A propósito de Buñuel (2000) as Self (archive footage) |
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Les paradoxes de Buñuel (1998) as Self (archive footage) |
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El cianuro… ¿solo o con leche? (1994) as Gregorio |
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Al otro lado del túnel (1994) as Miguel |
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Madregilda (1993) as Franco's Father |
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La marrana (1992) as Fray Juan |
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L'Atlantide (1992) as Father Mauritius |
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Después del sueño (1992) as Ramiro Lanza |
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De terre et de sang (1992) as Sultan Saladin |
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1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) as Marchena |
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Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992) as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes (1992) as Don Quijote |
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La batalla de los tres reyes (1990) as Papa Pablo V |
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Diceria dell'untore (1990) as Gran Magno |
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Naked Tango (1990) as Judge Torres |
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Pictures of Europe (1990) as Self |
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La bahía esmeralda (1989) as Ramos |
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La moglie ingenua e il marito malato (1989) as Il professor Rune |
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Le Grand Secret (1989) as Paul Corbet |
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Buñuel (1989) as Self |
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El aire de un crimen (1988) as Fayón |
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Diario de invierno (1988) as Padre |
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Pasodoble (1988) as Don Nuño |
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El túnel (1988) as Allende |
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El bosque animado (1987) as Mr. D'Abondo |
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Mi general (1987) as Director Almirante |
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Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos (1986) as Self |
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Saving Grace (1986) as Cardinal Stefano Biondi |
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Hôtel du Paradis (1986) as Joseph |
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El caballero del dragón (1985) as Fray Lupo |
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Black Arrow (1985) as Warwick |
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Commando Mengele (1985) as Ohmei Felsberg |
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Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985) as Railroad Colonel |
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Padre nuestro (1985) as Cardinal |
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Un amour interdit (1984) as Piacchi |
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The Hit (1984) as Policeman |
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The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1984) as Self |
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Bearn o la sala de las muñecas (1983) as Don Antonio |
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Monsignor (1982) as Cardinal Santoni |
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Cercasi Gesù (1982) as Don Filippo |
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A Estrangeira (1982) as André |
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Trágala, perro (1981) as Juez |
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Casta e pura (1981) as Antonio Di Maggio |
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El crimen de Cuenca (1981) as Contreras |
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Miele di donna (1981) as Editor |
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La storia vera della signora dalle camelie (1981) as Count Stackelberg |
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Memorias de Leticia Valle (1980) as Don Fernando Valle |
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Caboblanco (1980) as Police Captain Torredo |
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Quintet (1979) as Grigor |
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L'ingorgo (1979) as Carlo |
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Rebeldía (1978) as Don Luis |
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Le Dernier Amant romantique (1978) as Max |
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Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) as Mathieu Faber |
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Uppdraget (1977) as Bidara |
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L'occhio dietro la parete (1977) as Ivano |
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Elisa, vida mía (1977) as Luis |
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Voyage of the Damned (1976) as President Bru |
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Il deserto dei Tartari (1976) as Nathanson |
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A Matter of Time (1976) as Charles Van Maar |
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Manuela (1976) as Don Ramón |
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Cadaveri eccellenti (1976) as Security Minister |
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Striptease (1976) as Alfonso |
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El segundo poder (1976) as Cardenal |
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Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975) as Pedro the Anarchist Prisoner |
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French Connection II (1975) as Alain Charnier |
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Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (1975) as Judge Vanini |
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La Femme aux bottes rouges (1974) as Perrot |
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Fatti di gente perbene (1974) as Prof. Murri |
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Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974) as Jacques Berger |
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Pena de muerte (1974) as Oscar |
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¿... Y el prójimo? (1974) as Luis Ignacio |
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Zanna Bianca (1973) as Father Oatley |
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La Chute d'un corps (1973) as M. Nansoit |
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One Way (1973) as Mr. David |
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La polizia incrimina la legge assolve (1973) as Cafiero |
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Tarot (1973) as Arthur |
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Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972) as Don Rafael |
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La duda (1972) as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit |
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Chicas de club (1972) as Padrino Elisa |
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Bianco, rosso e... (1972) as le directeur de l'hôpital |
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Antony and Cleopatra (1972) as Lepidus |
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Coartada en disco rojo (1972) as Inspector Nardi |
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Questa specie d'amore (1972) as Giovanna's father |
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A Town Called Bastard (1971) as Old Blind Man |
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The French Connection (1971) as Alain Charnier |
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The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) as Captain Moriz |
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Gli occhi freddi della paura (1971) as Juez Flower |
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Historia de una traición (1971) as Luis |
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Vamos a matar, compañeros (1970) as Prof. Xantos |
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La collera del vento (1970) as Don Antonio |
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Aoom (1970) as |
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Tristana (1970) as Don Lope |
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The Adventurers (1970) as Jaime Xenos |
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El mejillón gallego (1970) as |
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Il prezzo del potere (1969) as Pinkerton |
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Un sudario a la medida (1969) as Marco Augusto |
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Land Raiders (1969) as Priest |
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Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) as Quintero |
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The Immortal Story (1968) as Merchant |
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Villa Rides (1968) as Fuentes |
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Los preparativos (1968) as |
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Un pequeño colonizador verde (1968) as |
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Amor en el aire (1967) as Carlos Mª Saldiez |
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Cervantes (1967) as Filipe II |
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Run Like a Thief (1967) as Col. Romero |
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Pero… ¡en qué país vivimos! (1967) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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The Desperate Ones (1967) as Ibram |
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Le vicomte règle ses comptes (1967) as Marco Demoygne |
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Historia de la frivolidad (1967) as Gent |
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Navajo Joe (1966) as Reverend Rattigan |
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Return of the Seven (1966) as Priest |
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El Greco (1966) as Re Filippo II |
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Zampo y yo (1966) as Zampo |
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Cartes sur table (1966) as Sir Percy |
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Campanadas a medianoche (1965) as Worcester |
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Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte (1965) as Verleger Ramos |
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Misión Lisboa (1965) as Agent of the New World Organization |
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2 mafiosi contro Goldginger (1965) as Goldginger |
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Das Vermächtnis des Inka (1965) as President Castillo |
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Son of a Gunfighter (1965) as Don Pedro Fortuna |
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España insólita (1965) as (voice) |
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El diablo también llora (1965) as Ramòn Quiroga |
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Don Quijote (1965) as Der Herzog |
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I grandi condottieri (1965) as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord |
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Fin de semana (1964) as Entrevistador |
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Los Palomos (1964) as Don Alberto |
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La nueva Cenicienta (1964) as Juan Echarre |
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El espontáneo (1964) as El Rico Pintor |
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Échappement libre (1964) as Commissioner of Beirut harbor |
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El señor de La Salle (1964) as Luis XIV |
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La aventura de Api (1964) as |
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The Ceremony (1963) as Sanchez |
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La hora incógnita (1963) as |
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The Running Man (1963) as Police Official |
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Shéhérazade (1963) as Al Fakid |
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El valle de las espadas (1963) as Ramiro II, rey de León |
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La cara del terror (1962) as Dr. Charles Taylor |
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Arrivano i titani (1962) as High Priest (uncredited) |
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Viridiana (1962) as Don Jaime |
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Rogelia (1962) as Máximo García |
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Torerillos, 61 (1962) as Narrator (voice) |
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Tierra brutal (1961) as Don Hernán |
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Siempre es domingo (1961) as Juez Andonelli |
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Fantasmas en la casa (1961) as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo |
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Goliath contro i giganti (1961) as Bokan the Usurper |
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Teresa (1961) as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera |
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La rivolta degli schiavi (1960) as Valerio |
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Don Lucio y el hermano pío (1960) as Señor Aguilar |
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Vida sin risas (1960) as |
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Culpables (1960) as Mario |
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Las dos y media y... veneno (1959) as Ramón |
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Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1959) as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis |
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Sonatas (1959) as Captain Casares |
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Mission in Morocco (1959) as Princ Achmed |
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Parque de Madrid (1959) as Don Luis |
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¡Viva lo imposible! (1958) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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La Rana Verde (1958) as Narrator (voice) |
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La venganza (1958) as Writer |
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Les Bijoutiers du clair de lune (1958) as Tío (alternate version) |
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Sevilla Penitente (1958) as |
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Un marido de ida y vuelta (1957) as Paco |
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Madrugada (1957) as Mauricio (voice) (uncredited) |
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Horas de pánico (1957) as |
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Faustina (1957) as Valentín |
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Le Chanteur de Mexico (1957) as Cartoni - l'impresario (uncredited) |
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Don Juan (1956) as Don Iñigo |
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Playa prohibida (1956) as |
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Una aventura de Gil Blas (1956) as Captain Rolando |
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La vida en un bloc (1956) as (voice) (uncredited) |
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Billete para Tánger (1955) as Inspector |
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Marcelino pan y vino (1955) as Monje narrador |
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Cómicos (1954) as Miguel |
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Rebeldía (1954) as Capellán |
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El alcalde de Zalamea (1954) as El Rey |
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Crimen en el entreacto (1954) as |
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Cristo (1954) as |
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Las últimas banderas (1954) as Miguel Bermejo |
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Aeropuerto (1953) as Fernando |
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¡Bienvenido, Mister Marshall! (1953) as Narrador (voz) |
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Cabaret (1953) as Carlos Jiménez |
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Les Amants de Tolède (1953) as |
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La laguna negra (1952) as Miguel |
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Duende y misterio del flamenco (1952) as (voz) |
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El cerco del diablo (1952) as Atracador |
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La señora de Fátima (1951) as Lorenzo Duarte |
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La trinca del aire (1951) as Narrador (voz) |
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Cielo negro (1951) as Ángel López Veiga |
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Agustina de Aragón (1950) as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor |
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Sabela De Cambados (1949) as Narrator (voice) |
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Aventuras de Juan Lucas (1949) as Juan Lucas |
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Noche de Reyes (1949) as |
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Mare nostrum (1948) as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut |
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Noche de reyes (1948) as |
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Locura de amor (1948) as Don Felipe "el Hermoso" |
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Si te hubieses casado conmigo (1948) as Enrique Marín Rubio |
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Fuenteovejuna (1947) as Frondoso |
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Don Quijote de la Mancha (1947) as Sansón Carrasco |
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Reina santa (1947) as Infante Alfonso |
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La pródiga (1946) as José |
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Los últimos de Filipinas (1945) as Juan Chamizo |
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Eugenia de Montijo (1944) as Duque de Alba |
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Leyenda rota (1940) as Extra (uncredited) |
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El rey que rabió (1940) as Extra (uncredited) |
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Los cuatro robinsones (1939) as |
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Señores del espacio () as |