Charles Gray

Charles Gray

Deceased · Born: Aug 29, 1928 · Died: Mar 7, 2000

1981

Known For

Diamonds Are Forever Diamonds Are Forever
The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show
You Only Live Twice You Only Live Twice
The Night of the Generals The Night of the Generals
The Devil's Bride The Devil's Bride
The Mirror Crack'd The Mirror Crack'd

Personal Details

Born Aug 29, 1928 Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Parents
  • Donald Gray
  • Maude Elizabeth Marshall

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.

Career

1998
The Tichborne Claimant
The Tichborne Claimant as Arundell
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1994
Scarlett
Scarlett
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1991
Performance
Performance as Maurice Hussey
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Firestar: First Contact
Firestar: First Contact as Commodore Vandross
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1989
Blackeyes
Blackeyes as Sebastian
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1987
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found as Jason Klein
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood!
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! as Narrator
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Porterhouse Blue
Porterhouse Blue as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
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The New Statesman
The New Statesman as Roland Gidleigh-Park
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1985
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
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Bergerac
Bergerac as Bart Bellow
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1984
The Jigsaw Man
The Jigsaw Man as Sir James Chorley
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1983
An Englishman Abroad
An Englishman Abroad as Claudius
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The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
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1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Earl Spencer
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1981
Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment as Judge Oliver Wright
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Troilus & Cressida
Troilus & Cressida as Pandarus
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1980
The Mirror Crack'd
The Mirror Crack'd as Bates, The Butler
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1979
Schalcken the Painter
Schalcken the Painter as Narrator
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The House on Garibaldi Street
The House on Garibaldi Street as Gen. Lischke
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare as Julius Caesar
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1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare as Duke of York
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The Legacy
The Legacy as Karl Liebnecht
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1977
Silver Bears
Silver Bears as Charles Cook
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Three Dangerous Ladies
Three Dangerous Ladies as Santander
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1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Mycroft Holmes
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Seven Nights in Japan
Seven Nights in Japan as Henry Hollander
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1975
The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist as Braham
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Criminologist
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1974
Sex Through the Ages
Sex Through the Ages as Narrator (voice)
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The Beast Must Die
The Beast Must Die as Bennington
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1973
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Eugene Valmont
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1972
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month as Antonio
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Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs, Downstairs as Sir Edwin Partridge
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1971
Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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1970
The Executioner
The Executioner as Vaughan Jones
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Cromwell
Cromwell as The Earl of Essex
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1969
The File of the Golden Goose
The File of the Golden Goose as Harrison, 'The Owl'
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Mosquito Squadron
Mosquito Squadron as Air Commodore Hufford
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The Nine Ages of Nakedness
The Nine Ages of Nakedness as narrator
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1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
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The Devil's Bride
The Devil's Bride as Mocata
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1967
The Man Outside
The Man Outside as Charles Griddon
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The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
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1965
Tea Party
Tea Party
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Masquerade
Masquerade as Benson
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1960
Man in the Moon
Man in the Moon as Leo
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1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
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