In "Flying Nun", Carlos Ramirez was played by Alejandro Rey, an Argentine-born acting veteran who spoke five languages. The part—and it was the only regular man's role in a female dominated series built around a Puerto Rican convent—seemed quite natural for Alejandro Rey — a dashing young gentleman from the Argentine. On holiday he tried to see every show on Broadway before returning to another season of being victimized weekly by Sister Bertrille in the series. Alejandro was an actor with a pretty broad experience, having appeared in stage productions of serious dramas like "Tea and Sympathy" and attracting attention, playing a tragic young Puerto Rican in a episode of "Naked City." He thought that perhaps his "Flying Nun" role with its curious limitations might make greater demands than anything he has ever before tackled.
A network biography claimed he had worked and lived on every continent (we have our doubts about Antarctica), had gone swimming in every major sea in the world (we wonder about a handful of frigid polar seas in which man can survive for only seconds) and enjoyed a fast game of tennis (that we'll believe). Alejandro (pronunced Ah-leh-HAN-droh) started acting in films when he was 17. He starred in "Gaucho," his first success in Argentina which made him a star throughout the Spanish-speaking world and an award-winner at the Venice Film Festival. He starred in film and on stage on both sides of the Atlantic. He came to this country in 1960 for the movie "Battle of the Bloody Beach" and had to learn his English lines phonetically. They say he had learned English since then but you might find it hard to believe in "The Flying Nun." His other languages were Spanish. Portuguese Italian and French Other films included "Fun in Acapulco," "Synanon," "Blindfold." He co-starred in the short-lived TV series "Slattery's People" and guest starred in a handful of others. Rey re-married Christina Rudey on March 31, 1967 after a short divorce and even shorter marriage. The couple lived in Hollywood.
