Alejandro Rey
{{Short description|American actor and television director (1930–1987)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alejandro Rey
| image = Alenadjiorey3087.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|2|8}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|5|21|1930|2|8}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Cristina Rudy|1966|1968|end=divorced}}
- {{marriage|Joyce Bowman|1969|1980|end=divorced}}}}
| occupation = Actor, director
| children = 1
| yearsactive = 1953–1986
}}
Alejandro Rey (February 8, 1930 – May 21, 1987) was an Argentine-American actor and television director.
Career
=Early work=
Rey was born in Buenos Aires and studied acting under Hedwig Schlichter and Milagros de la Vega. He became known as an actor in Argentine movies. In 1957, he participated in the film El Diablo de vacaciones, directed by Ferruccio Cerio, with Nelly Panizza and Ana María Cassan, embarking on the ship Yapeyu to travel around the world, but filming did not conclude.{{cite book| last1=Manrupe| first1=Raul| last2=Portela| first2=Maria Alejandra| title=Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995)| year=2001| language= Spanish|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina| publisher=Editorial Corregidor| isbn=978-9-5005-0896-4}} In 1960, he began working with Ana Casares forming the main couple of the television program María Trastorno y yo, but within three months, production was interrupted after he was hired in the United States for a small role in Battle at Bloody Beach.{{cite book| last1=Blanco Pazos| first1=Roberto| last2=Clemente| first2=Raul| title=Diccionario de actores del cine argentino 1933–1997| year=1997| language=Spanish|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina| publisher=Ediciones Corregidor| isbn=978-9-5005-1205-3| page=375}}
=1960 to 1986=
In 1961, Rey made a guest appearance on the courtroom series Perry Mason as murder victim and title character Vincent Danielli in "The Case of the Injured Innocent". He had supporting and leading roles in two episodes of Thriller titled "Guillotine" (1961) and "La Strega" (1962). One of Rey's most visible film roles came in Fun in Acapulco (1963).
Rey's best known role was that of casino owner and playboy Carlos Ramirez on the television series The Flying Nun (1967–70), which became an international success. He played a South American patriot in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode "The Mist of Silence". He portrayed a Spanish sergeant on a 1966 episode of Daniel Boone. He also appeared in a season one episode of The Fugitive titled "Smoke Screen".{{IMDb name|0721031}} He appeared in an episode of Route 66, as a jai alai player in Florida and brother to one of Fidel Castro's junior officers, hoping to be reunited with his brother.
Rey's only credited lead in a film in the United States was in The Stepmother (1972). He remained busy on television, playing the role of Karl Duval on Days of Our Lives from 1976 to 1977. He was also a frequent panelist on the game shows Tattletales, He Said, She Said, Hollywood Squares and Match Game. He appeared as part of an ensemble cast in William Peter Blatty's film The Ninth Configuration (1980). In 1986, he played Captain Luis Rueda on Dallas. He also directed for television, with credits on Villa Allegre, The Facts of Life and Forever Fernwood.
Death
Rey died from lung cancer on May 21, 1987, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at age 57. He is buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-23-mn-1947-story.html| title=Alejandro Rey, 57, Dies of Cancer; 'Flying Nun' Actor, TV Director| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=1987-05-23| access-date=2014-01-04| df=mdy-all}}
Filmography
=Movies=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1953
| Dock Sud | | |
| 1954
| Guacho | | |
| rowspan="3"| 1956
| Graciela | Friend | |
| Enigma de mujer
| Felipe | |
| Cubitos de hielo
| | |
| rowspan="3"| 1957
| Julian | |
| Alfonsina
| | |
| El Diablo de vacaciones
| | Filming did not conclude |
| 1959
| Sittar | Uncredited |
| 1960
| Bajo el cielo andaluz | Antonio | |
| rowspan="2"| 1961
| | |
| Battle at Bloody Beach
| Julio Fontana | |
| 1963
| Moreno | |
| 1965
| Synanon | Chris | |
| 1966
| Arthur Vincenti | |
| 1971
| Fray Jose Pedro | |
| 1972
| The Stepmother | Frank Delgado | |
| rowspan="2"| 1974
| Larry Mendoza | |
| | The Pacific Connection
| The Governor | |
| 1975
| Breakout | Sanchez | |
| 1976
| Alejandro Martel | |
| 1978
| Dr. Tomas Martinez | |
| rowspan="2"| 1979
| Sunburn | Fons | |
| Cuba
| Faustino | |
| 1980
| Lieutenant Gomez | |
| 1984
| Orlando Ramirez | |
| 1986
| Spiro | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| rowspan="4" | 1961
| Tony Ricardo | Episode: Spinout at Sebring, S01 E32 (aired May 8, 1961). |
| Perry Mason
| Vincent Danielli | Episode: The Case of the Injured Innocent, S05 E10 (aired Nov. 18, 1961). |
| Thriller
|Robert Lamont |Episode: Guillotine, S02 E02 (aired Sept. 26, 1961). |
| The Dick Powell Theatre
|Ramon |Episode: John J. Diggs, S01 E04 (aired Oct. 17, 1961). |
| rowspan="8" | 1962
| Thriller | Tonio Bellini | Episode: La Strega, S02 E17 (aired Jan. 15, 1962). |
| rowspan="3" |The Dick Powell Theatre
|Isidro |Episode: Death in a Village, S01 E15 (aired Jan. 2, 1962). |
| Perez
| Episode: Price of Tomatoes, S01 E17 (aired Jan.16, 1962). |
| Ysidro Astouga
|Episode: The Doomsday Boys, S02 E04 (aired Oct. 16, 1962). |
| The Wide Country
| Manny | Episode: Who Killed Edde Gannon?, S01 E04 (aired Oct. 11, 1962). |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show
| Ion | Episode: Wheresoever I Enter, S01 E01 (aired Sept. 11. 1962). |
| Outlaws
| Frank Vincente | Episode: A Day to Kill, S02 E19 |
| The Real McCoys
| Mario | Episode: Made in Italy, S05 E28 (aired Feb. 22, 1962). |
| rowspan="5"| 1963
| Paco Alvarez | Episode: Smoke Screen, S01 E07 |
| Route 66
| Quiepo Varella | Episode: Peace, Pity, Pardon, S03 E26 |
| Death Valley Days
| Tiburcio Vasquez | Episode: The Debt, S11 E22 |
| Naked City
| Jaime deJesus | Episode: Bringing Far Places Together, S04 E22 |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
| Alfredo Farino | Episode: Who Did William Tell?, S04 E14 |
| rowspan="6"| 1964
| Juano Herrera | Episode: That He Should Weep for Her, S02 E04 (aired Nov. 6, 1964) |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
| Juan Diaz | Episode: The Life Work of Juan Diaz, S03 E04 (aired Oct. 26, 1964). |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
| Ricardo | Episode: The Mist of Silence, S01 E04 (aired Oct. 5, 1964). |
| Slattery's People
| Mike Valera | 10 episodes |
| Arrest and Trial
| Rudy Sanchez | Episode: The Best There Is, S01 E21 (aired Feb. 16, 1964). |
| The Trials of O'Brien
| Francisco Perez | Episode: The Only Game in Town, S01 E22 (aired Mar. 18, 1966). |
| 1965
| Chico | 1 Episode, Where the Wire Ends |
| rowspan="6"| 1966
| Komatah | 1 Episode, Pawnee Warrior |
| Run for Your Life
| Mario Cudero | 1 Episode, Edge of the Volcano |
| The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
| Paco Herrera | 1 Episode, The Horns-of-the-Dilemma Affair |
| Daniel Boone
| The Sergeant | 1 Episode, Cibola |
| I Spy
| Ferenc | 1 Episode, My Mother, the Spy |
| The Trials of O'Brien
| Francisco Perez | 1 Episode, The Only Game in Town |
| rowspan="5" | 1967
| Three for Danger | Alan | TV movie |
| The Iron Horse
| Francisco Gomez | 1 Episode, The Passenger |
| My Three Sons
| Manuello | 1 Episode, My Son, the Bullfighter, S07 E21 |
| That Girl
|Eduardo Guzmán |1 Episode, The Mating Game |
| The F.B.I.
| Carlos Avila | 1 Episode, The Gray Passenger |
| 1967–1970
| Carlos Ramirez | 82 episodes |
| 1968
| Ruy | 2 Episodes |
| rowspan="5" | 1969
| Ramon Rohas | TV movie |
| The Outcasts
| Miguel Otero | 1 Episode, And Then There Was One |
| The F.B.I.
| Miguel Torres | 1 Episode, The Catalyst |
| The Mike Douglas Show
|Self |1 Episode, Co-Host, S08 E168, aired April 30, 1969. |
| It Takes a Thief
| Mendoza | 1 Episode, Guess Who's Coming to Rio |
| rowspan="2"| 1970
| Felix | 1 Episode, That Señorita |
| The High Chaparral
| Diego de la Paula | 1 Episode, An Anger Greater Than Mine |
| rowspan="3"| 1971
| Gunsmoke | Father Sanchez | 3 Episodes (S17 E12-14 - The Bullet (Part 1, 2 and 3) |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
| Jose Borotra | 1 Episode, Eighteen Years Next April |
| The Good Life
| Rico | 1 Episode, Jane's Double Life |
| rowspan="2"| 1972
| Ramon Cordoba | 1 Episode, The Clementine Ingredient |
| Cannon
| Father Joseph | 1 Episode, Treasure of San Ignacio |
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| Money to Burn | Caesar Rodriguez | TV movie |
| Night Gallery
| Raphael | 1 Episode, The Doll of Death |
| rowspan="2"| 1974
| | 1 Episode, #1.1 |
| Police Story
| Metrano | 1 Episode, Across the Line |
| rowspan="2"| 1975
| Kung Fu | Matteo | 1 Episode, A Lamb to the Slaughter |
| Satan's Triangle
| Father Peter Martin | TV movie |
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| Miguel Esteban | 1 Episode, Greed |
| The Bionic Woman
| Carlos Scappini | 1 Episode, Winning Is Everything |
| 1976–1977
| Karl Duval | |
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| President Calderon | 1 Episode, Escort to Danger |
| Flying High
| Cortez | 1 Episode, The Marcy Connection |
| 1980
| Fernando Castilla | TV movie |
| rowspan="2" |1981
| Lorca | 2 Episodes |
| The Love Boat
| Carlos Jose Ramon Raul Sebastian Battista Ramirez | 1 Episode, The Duel/Two for Julie/Aunt Hilly |
| rowspan="6" |1982
|Pepe Garcia |1 Episode, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold |
| Cassie & Co.
| Victor Ramos | 1 Episode, The Golden Silence |
| Herbie, the Love Bug
| Sergio | 1 Episode, My House Is Your House |
| Bring 'Em Back Alive
| Count Markoff | 1 Episode, There's One Born Every Minute |
| The Devlin Connection
| Rene Patric | 1 Episode, Arsenic and Old Caviar |
| Knight Rider
| Rudy del Fuego | 1 Episode, Forget Me Not |
| rowspan="5" |1983
|Eduard Firenze |1 Episode, Manhunter |
| Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
| Eduardo Cansino | TV movie |
| Hotel
| King Fernando | 1 Episode, Hotel |
| Grace Kelly
| Oleg Cassini | TV movie |
| We Got It Made
| Victor | 2 Episodes |
| rowspan="4"| 1984
| Don Juan | 1 Episode, Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu |
| Masquerade
| Castillo | 1 Episode, Spanish Gambit |
| Santa Barbara
| Dr. Ramirez | 3 Episodes |
| E/R
| Paolo Fuentes | 1 Episode, Sentimental Journey |
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| Cover Up | Carlos Medina | 1 Episode, Healthy, Wealthy and Dead |
| Wildside
| Ambassador Pintador | 1 Episode, Buffalo Who? |
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| Dallas | Captain Luis Rueda | 7 Episodes |
| The A-Team
| Commandent | 1 Episode, The Theory of Revolution, (final appearance) |
References
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Category:American male soap opera actors
Category:Argentine emigrants to the United States
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Category:Deaths from lung cancer in California
Category:Male actors from Buenos Aires