Charles Gray

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Known For

Acting

Born

1928-08-29

Place of Birth

Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
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Charles Gray

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.

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Acting History

2021
Passing Through
2008
Love Don't Come Easy as Mr. Fairbanks
2000
Longitude as Admiral Balchen
1999
The Tichborne Claimant as Arundell
1999
Where Are They Now? as Self
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
1994
Scarlett as The Judge
1992
Tales from the Poop Deck as Admiral Dennis De'Ath
1991
Performance as Maurice Hussey
1991
Absolute Hell as Maurice Hussey
1991
Firestar: First Contact as Commodore Vandross
1990
Harry and Harriet as Satan
1989
Blackeyes as Sebastian
1989
The Nineteenth Hole as Col. Westray
1988
Hannay
1987
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found as Jason Klein
1987
The New Statesman as Roland Gidleigh-Park
1987
Cariani and the Courtesans as Narrator
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Narrator (voice)
1987
Porterhouse Blue as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
1986
Casey at the Bat as Mr. Dent
1986
The Gourmet as Manley Kingston
1985
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1984
The Wind in the Willows as The Stranger (voice)
1984
Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
1983
The Comedy of Errors as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
1983
An Englishman Abroad as Claudius (Charles)
1983
The Jigsaw Man as Sir James Chorley
1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Earl Spencer
1981
Troilus & Cressida as Pandarus
1981
Bergerac as Bart Bellow
1981
Ticket to Heaven as Musician
1981
Shock Treatment as Judge Oliver Wright
1980
The Mirror Crack'd as Bates, The Butler
1979
Schalcken the Painter as Narrator
1979
Mrs. R's Daughter as Rogers
1979
The House on Garibaldi Street as Gen. Lischke
1979
Ike as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
1979
Ike as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
1979
Julius Caesar as Julius Caesar
1978
Richard II as Duke of York
1978
The Legacy as Karl Liebnecht
1978
Across a Crowded Room as Harold Charles
1977
Six Characters in Search of an Author as The Director
1977
Three Dangerous Ladies as Santander
1977
Silver Bears as Charles Cook
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Charles
1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Mycroft Holmes
1975
The Philanthropist as Braham
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Criminologist
1975
The Venturers
1975
Night Is the Time for Killing as Hilary Vance
1974
Churchill's People as Duke of Portland
1974
The Beast Must Die as Bennington
1974
Fall of Eagles as Rodzianko
1974
On the Game as Narrator (voice)
1973
Tales That Witness Madness as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
1973
Thriller as Hilary Vance
1973
Theatre of Blood as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
1973
The Upper Crusts
1972
The Millionairess as Adrian Blenderbland
1972
The Merchant of Venice as Antonio
1971
London as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas as Narrator
1971
The Cherry Orchard as Gayev
1971
Diamonds Are Forever as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs as Sir Edwin Partridge
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Eugene Valmont
1971
When Eight Bells Toll as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
1970
Play for Today
1970
The Executioner as Vaughan Jones
1970
Cromwell as The Earl of Essex
1969
The Merchant of Venice as Antonio
1969
The File of the Golden Goose as Harrison, 'The Owl'
1969
Mosquito Squadron as Air Commodore Hufford
1969
The Nine Ages of Nakedness as Narrator
1968
The Devil Rides Out as Mocata
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
1967
The Man Outside as Charles Griddon
1967
You Only Live Twice as Dikko Henderson
1967
The Night of the Generals as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Charles Strickland
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Richard Greatham
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Field-Marshall Allenby
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Gayev
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Antonio
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Lord Augustus
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Adrian Blenderbland
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Mr. Beebe
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Sir Harcourt Courtly
1965
Masquerade as Benson
1965
Tea Party
1962
Out of This World as Abel Jones
1962
Suspense as Verdon
1960
Maigret
1960
Man in the Moon as Leo
1960
The Entertainer as Columnist
1960
Somerset Maugham Hour as Major Templeton
1959
Tommy the Toreador as Gomez
1959
The Desperate Man as Lawson
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
Follow a Star as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
1958
Heart of a Child as Fritz Heiss
1958
I Accuse! as Captain Brossard
1955
Highway Patrol as Officer Edwards (#1430)
1955
Gunsmoke as Sheriff
1955
Gunsmoke as Tyler
1955
Gunsmoke as Bob Gringle
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Bounine