Career Highlights: Moscow on the Hudson, Fun in Acapulco, High Velocity
First Major Screen Credit: Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
Biography
Launching his career in South American films and television programs, Argentinean actor Alejandro Rey spent most of his professional life in Hollywood. At first just another handsome Latin type, Rey emerged into a dynamic character actor, as witness his solid performance as Russian immigrant Robin Williams' attorney/protector in Moscow on the Hudson (1984). Rey's television activities included directing dozens of episodic TV programs. Alejandro Rey is most familiar to 1960s TV addicts for his three-year stint as Puerto Rican nightclub owner Carlos Ramirez in the Sally Field vehicle The Flying Nun. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Rey was born in Buenos Aires and became famous as an actor in Argentine movies before making the decision to emigrate to the United States in 1960. He was most famous for his roles in movies like Fun in Acapulco with Elvis Presley (1963), as well as the lead in The Stepmother (1972). On television, he was most famous for his role as Carlos Ramirez the entrepreneur, casino owner, bachelor and ladies man in The Flying Nun, a role he played from 1967 to 1970. He went on to play Karl Duval on Days of our Lives from 1976 to 1977. Rey was also a frequent panelist on the game shows Tattletales and Match Game.
In 1967, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He married Joyce Bowman on 24 May 1969 in Los Angeles, CA. She was the adopted daughter of attorney and long-time president of the Santa Ana School District Frank Bowman and his wife Dorothy. They had one son Brandon A. Rey who was born 9 February1973 in Los Angeles, CA.