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Charles Gray
Charles Gray

Charles Gray

ActingBorn August 29, 1928Died March 7, 2000 (age 71)Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Biography

Charles Gray (29 August 1928 - 7 March 2000) was an English actor who was well-known for roles including the arch-villain Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes in the Granada television series, and as the narrator of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975.

Filmography

2008
Love Don't Come Easy

as Mr. Fairbanks

Movie
2000
Longitude

as Admiral Balchen

TV
1999Movie
1999
One Man Band

as Tailor

Movie
1999TV
1996
Madson

as Sir Ranald Hearnley

TV
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)

Movie
1994
Scarlett

as The Judge

TV
1994TV
1992
Tales from the Poop Deck

as Admiral Dennis De'Ath

TV
1991
Absolute Hell

as Maurice Hussey

Movie
1991
Performance

as Maurice Hussey

TV
1991
Firestar: First Contact

as Commodore Vandross

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Blackeyes

as Sebastian

TV
1989
The Nineteenth Hole

as Col. Westray

TV
1988TV
1987Movie
1987
The New Statesman

as Roland Gidleigh-Park

TV
1987Movie
1987Movie
1987
Porterhouse Blue

as Sir Cathcart D'Eath

TV
1986
ScreenPlay

as Storyteller(voice)

TV
1986TV
1986
Casey at the Bat

as Mr. Dent

Movie
1986
The Gourmet

as Manley Kingston

Movie
1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Mycroft Holmes

TV
1984TV
1983
The Comedy of Errors

as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

Movie
1983
An Englishman Abroad

as Claudius (Charles)

Movie
1983
The Jigsaw Man

as Sir James Chorley

Movie
1982Movie
1981Movie
1981
Bergerac

as Bart Bellow

TV
1981
Ticket to Heaven

as Musician

Movie
1981
Shock Treatment

as Judge Oliver Wright

Movie
1980
The Mirror Crack'd

as Bates, The Butler

Movie
1979Movie
1979Movie
1979
Heartland

as Mr. Wheeler

TV
1979Movie
1979
Ike

as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

Movie
1979
Ike

as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand

TV
1979
Julius Caesar

as Julius Caesar

Movie
1978
Richard II

as Duke of York

Movie
1978TV
1978TV
1978
The Legacy

as Karl Liebnecht

Movie
1978
Across a Crowded Room

as Harold Charles

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Silver Bears

as Charles Cook

Movie
1977
The Sunday Drama

as Delaforce

TV
1976Movie
1975Movie
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

as The Criminologist

Movie
1975Movie
1974
Churchill's People

as Duke of Portland

TV
1974
Dial M for Murder

as Hugo Vardon

TV
1974
The Beast Must Die

as Bennington

Movie
1974
Fall of Eagles

as Rodzianko

TV
1974
On the Game

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1973
Tales That Witness Madness

as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1973TV
1973
Thriller

as Hilary Vance

TV
1973
Theatre of Blood

as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1973
The Upper Crusts

as Lord Robin Seacroft

TV
1972
The Millionairess

as Adrian Blenderbland

Movie
1972Movie
1971Movie
1971
Diamonds Are Forever

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Movie
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs

as Sir Edwin Partridge

TV
1971TV
1971
When Eight Bells Toll

as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1970
Menace

as Micky

TV
1970
The Executioner

as Vaughan Jones

Movie
1970
Cromwell

as The Earl of Essex

Movie
1969Movie
1969
The File of the Golden Goose

as Harrison, 'The Owl'

Movie
1969
Mosquito Squadron

as Air Commodore Hufford

Movie
1969
W. Somerset Maugham

as The Storyteller

TV
1969Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg

as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

Movie
1967
Omnibus

as Narrator

TV
1967
The Man Outside

as Charles Griddon

Movie
1967
You Only Live Twice

as Dikko Henderson

Movie
1967
The Night of the Generals

as General von Seidlitz-Gabler

Movie
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Charles Strickland

TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Richard Greatham

TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Field-Marshall Allenby

TV
1965TV
1965TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Lord Augustus

TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Adrian Blenderbland

TV
1965TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Sir Harcourt Courtly

TV
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Detective Inspector Waugh

TV
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Inspector Waugh

TV
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Bertrand Asquith

TV
1965
Masquerade

as Benson

Movie
1965Movie
1962
Out of This World

as Abel Jones

TV
1962
Suspense

as Verdon

TV
1961
Drama 61-67

as David

TV
1960Movie
1960TV
1960
Danger Man

as Alex

TV
1960
Danger Man

as Zameda

TV
1960
The Entertainer

as Columnist

Movie
1960TV
1960
Somerset Maugham Hour

as Major Templeton

TV
1959Movie
1959Movie
1959
Follow a Star

as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

Movie
1958
Heart of a Child

as Fritz Heiss

Movie
1958
I Accuse!

as Captain Brossard

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Philip Comely

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Stuart Marlowe

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Felix Hull

TV
1955
Highway Patrol

as Officer Edwards (#1430)

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Sheriff

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Tyler

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Bob Gringle

TV
1951TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 29, 1928
Day of DeathMarch 7, 2000
Place of BirthBournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Popularity0.9