Fernando Rey was born on September 20, 1917 in A Coruna,
Galicia, Spain. Fernando Rey passed away on March 9, 1994
in Madrid, Spain from cancer. Fernando Rey's birth name was
Fernando Casado Arambille.
Fernando Rey was the first Spanish actor who gained international
fame.
From 1992-1994 Frenando Rey was the President of the Spanish
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Fernando studied at Madrid's School of Architecture before
joining his father, a Republican Army officer, in battle during
the Spanish Civil War.
Fernando Rey found work as a movie extra and then became
noted for dubbing the voices of stars like Tyrone Power and
Laurence Olivier into Spanish.
Fernando is best known to American audiences in the Oscar-winning
thriller THE
FRENCH CONNECTION (1971).
Fernando Rey's other notable credits include...
