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Fernando Rey
Spanish actor
Also known as: Fernando Casado Arambillet Veiga
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“The French Connection”
- In The French Connection
…criminal mastermind Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey). In Brooklyn, Detective Jimmy (“Popeye”) Doyle (Gene Hackman), dressed as a street-corner Santa, and his partner, Buddy (“Cloudy”) Russo (Roy Scheider), roust a small-time drug dealer from a bar and beat him up, trying to get him to name his supplier. After work,…
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“Viridiana”
- In Viridiana
…visit her uncle (played by Fernando Rey), who has long been her benefactor. Once at his estate, Viridiana becomes the victim of her depraved uncle’s lust, owing to her resemblance to his late wife, who died on their wedding night. After she refuses to capitulate to his drugged seduction, Viridiana’s…
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