Alejandro Rey

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. 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 had to be interrupted, after he was hired in the United States for a small role in Battle at Bloody Beach. 1960 to 1986 Rey was most famous for his roles in movies such as Fun in Acapulco with Elvis Presley (1963), where his time on screen corresponds to that of a starring role. On television, he had memorable supporting and leading roles in two episodes of Thriller titled "Guillotine" (1961) and "La Strega" (1962). In 1961, he 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".