- One of Martin Scorsese's favorite filmmakers.
- He was the model for the Oscar statuette. Cedric Gibbons, MGM's art director who was an original Academy member, was tasked with creating the trophy. In need of a model for his statuette, Gibbons was introduced by his future wife, Dolores Del Río, to Fernández. Reportedly, he had to be persuaded to pose nude.
- He has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Wild Bunch (1969). He has also directed one film that is in the registry: The Pearl (1947).
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