Fernando Rey
Born September 20, 1917 (Age: 108)
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A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Biography
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."
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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Filmography
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 80
Madregilda
1993
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as Franco's Father
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Age: 76
The Sow
1992
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as Fray Juan
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Age: 75
L'Atlantide
1992
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as Father Mauritius
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Age: 75
After the Dream
1992
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as Ramiro Lanza
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Age: 74
Blood and Dust
1992
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as Sultan Saladin
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Age: 74
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
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as Marchena
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Age: 74
Don Quixote
1992
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as Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 74
El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes
1992
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as Don Quijote
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Age: 74
Drums of Fire
1990
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as Papa Pablo V
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Age: 73
Breath of Life
1990
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as Gran Magno
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Age: 73
Naked Tango
1990
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as Judge Torres
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Age: 73
Pictures of Europe
1990
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as Self
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Age: 72
Esmeralda Bay
1989
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as Ramos
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Age: 71
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
1989
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as Il professor Rune
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Age: 71
Le Grand Secret
1989
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as Paul Corbet
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Age: 71
Buñuel
1989
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as Self
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Age: 71
Scent of a Crime
1988
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as Fayón
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Age: 71
Winter Diary
1988
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as Padre
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Age: 71
Pasodoble
1988
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as Don Nuño
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Age: 70
The Tunnel
1988
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as Allende
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Age: 70
The Enchanted Forest
1987
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as Mr. D'Abondo
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Age: 70
Mi general
1987
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as Director Almirante
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Age: 69
Saving Grace
1986
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as Cardinal Stefano Biondi
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Age: 68
Star Knight
1985
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as Fray Lupo
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Age: 68
Black Arrow
1985
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as Warwick
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Age: 68
Angel of Death
1985
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as Ohmei Felsberg
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Age: 67
Rustlers' Rhapsody
1985
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as Railroad Colonel
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Age: 67
Our Father
1985
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as Cardinal
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Age: 67
The Hit
1984
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as Policeman
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Age: 66
Trágala, perro
1981
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as Juez
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Age: 64
Chaste and Pure
1981
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as Antonio Di Maggio
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Age: 64
The Crime of Cuenca
1981
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as Contreras
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Age: 63
Honey
1981
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as Editor
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Age: 63
Lady of the Camelias
1981
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as Count Stackelberg
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Age: 63
Memorias de Leticia Valle
1980
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as Don Fernando Valle
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Age: 62
Caboblanco
1980
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as Police Captain Torredo
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Age: 62
Rebeldía
1978
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as Don Luis
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Age: 61
The Last Romantic Lover
1978
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as Max
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Age: 60
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977
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as Mathieu Faber
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Age: 59
French Connection II
1975
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as Alain Charnier
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Age: 57
The Woman with Red Boots
1974
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as Perrot
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Age: 57
The Murri Affair
1974
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as Prof. Murri
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Age: 57
Say it with Flowers
1974
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as Jacques Berger
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Age: 56
Violent Blood Bath
1974
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as Oscar
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Age: 56
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
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as Luis Ignacio
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Age: 56
White Fang
1973
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as Father Oatley
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Age: 56
Fall of a Body
1973
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as M. Nansoit
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Age: 56
One Way
1973
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as Mr. David
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Age: 56
High Crime
1973
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as Cafiero
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Age: 55
Tarot
1973
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as Arthur
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Age: 55
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972
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as Don Rafael
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Age: 54
La duda
1972
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as Don Rodrigo - Conde de Albrit
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Age: 54
Canticle
1972
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as Padrino Elisa
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Age: 54
White Sister
1972
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as le directeur de l'hôpital
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Age: 54
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
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as Lepidus
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Age: 54
The Two Faces of Fear
1972
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as Inspector Nardi
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Age: 54
This Kind of Love
1972
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as Giovanna's father
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Age: 54
The French Connection
1971
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as Alain Charnier
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Age: 54
No Image
El mejillón gallego
1970
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as
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Age: 52
The Price of Power
1969
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as Pinkerton
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Age: 52
A Candidate for a Killing
1969
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as Marco Augusto
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Age: 51
Land Raiders
1969
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as Priest
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Age: 51
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
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as Quintero
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Age: 51
Un pequeño colonizador verde
1968
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as
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Age: 50
Los preparativos
1968
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as
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Age: 50
Return of the Seven
1966
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as Priest
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Age: 49
Chimes at Midnight
1965
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as Worcester
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Age: 48
Der Marquis - der Mann, der sich verkaufen wollte
1965
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as Verleger Ramos
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Age: 48
Espionage in Lisbon
1965
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as Agent of the New World Organization
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Age: 48
The Amazing Doctor G
1965
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as Goldginger
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Age: 48
Legacy of the Incas
1965
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as President Castillo
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Age: 47
Son of a Gunfighter
1965
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as Don Pedro Fortuna
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Age: 47
España insólita
1965
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as (voice)
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Age: 47
The Devil Also Cries
1965
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as Ramòn Quiroga
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Age: 47
Samson and Gideon
1965
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as Lo straniero / The Stranger - Angel of the Lord
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Age: 47
Don Quijote
1965
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as Der Herzog
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Age: 47
Fin de semana
1964
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as Entrevistador
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Age: 47
The Palomos
1964
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as Don Alberto
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Age: 47
The New Cinderella
1964
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as Juan Echarre
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Age: 46
The Rash One
1964
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as El Rico Pintor
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Age: 46
Backfire
1964
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as Commissioner of Beirut harbor
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Age: 46
No Image
La aventura de Api
1964
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as
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Age: 46
El señor de La Salle
1964
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as Luis XIV
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Age: 46
The Ceremony
1963
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as Sanchez
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Age: 46
La hora incógnita
1963
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as
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Age: 46
The Running Man
1963
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as Police Official
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Age: 46
Scheherazade
1963
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as Al Fakid
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Age: 45
The Castilian
1963
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as Ramiro II, rey de León
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Age: 45
Face of Terror
1962
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as Dr. Charles Taylor
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Age: 45
My Son, the Hero
1962
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as High Priest (uncredited)
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Age: 44
Viridiana
1962
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as Don Jaime
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Age: 44
Rogelia
1962
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as Máximo García
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Age: 44
No Image
Torerillos, 61
1962
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 44
The Savage Guns
1961
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as Don Hernán
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Age: 44
Siempre es domingo
1961
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as Juez Andonelli
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Age: 44
Fantasmas en la casa
1961
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as Raimundo Rodríguez de Toledo
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Age: 43
Goliath Against the Giants
1961
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as Bokan the Usurper
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Age: 43
Teresa
1961
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as Profesor Héctor de la Barrera
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Age: 43
The Revolt of the Slaves
1960
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as Valerio
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Age: 43
Don Lucio and Brother Pío
1960
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as Señor Aguilar
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Age: 43
Vida sin risas
1960
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as
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Age: 42
Culpables
1960
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as Mario
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Age: 42
Poison at 2:30
1959
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as Ramón
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Age: 42
The Last Days of Pompeii
1959
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as Arbaces, High Priest of Isis
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Age: 42
Sonatas
1959
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as Captain Casares
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Age: 42
Mission in Morocco
1959
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as Princ Achmed
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Age: 41
Parque de Madrid
1959
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as Don Luis
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Age: 41
¡Viva lo imposible!
1958
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as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 40
La Rana Verde
1958
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 40
Revenge
1958
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as Writer
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Age: 40
The Night Heaven Fell
1958
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as Tío (alternate version)
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Age: 40
No Image
Sevilla Penitente
1958
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as
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Age: 40
Don Juan
1956
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as Don Iñigo
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Age: 38
Playa prohibida
1956
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as
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Age: 38
The Adventures of Gil Blas
1956
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as Captain Rolando
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Age: 38
La vida en un bloc
1956
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as (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Billete para Tánger
1955
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as Inspector
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Age: 37
The Miracle of Marcelino
1955
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as Monje narrador
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Age: 37
Comedians
1954
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as Miguel
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Age: 36
Rebeldía
1954
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as Capellán
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Age: 36
El alcalde de Zalamea
1954
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as El Rey
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Age: 36
Crimen en el entreacto
1954
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as
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Age: 36
Las últimas banderas
1954
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as Miguel Bermejo
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Age: 36
Cristo
1954
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as
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Age: 36
Airport
1953
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as Fernando
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Age: 35
Welcome Mr. Marshall!
1953
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as Narrador (voz)
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Age: 35
Cabaret
1953
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as Carlos Jiménez
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Age: 35
The Lovers of Toledo
1953
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as
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Age: 35
Agustina of Aragon
1950
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as General Palafox/Lorenzo, el pastor
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Age: 33
Los últimos de Filipinas
1945
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as Juan Chamizo
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Age: 27