Charles Gray

Actor Aug 29 (died age 71) Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK 1951–2021 (70 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Criminologist

Film

You Only Live Twice

Dikko Henderson

Film

Diamonds Are Forever

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Film

Theatre of Blood

Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Night of the Generals

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

Film

The Devil Rides Out

Mocata

Film

The Mirror Crack'd

Bates, The Butler

Film

Cromwell

The Earl of Essex

Filmography

Acting (104)

Movies (67)

Passing Through

2021

Love Don't Come Easy

2008

as Mr. Fairbanks

The Tichborne Claimant

1999

as Arundell

8.0

One Man Band

1999

as Tailor

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995

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

6.4

Absolute Hell

1991

as Maurice Hussey

5.7

Firestar: First Contact

1991

as Commodore Vandross

4.5

Harry and Harriet

1990

as Satan

4.2

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

as Narrator

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

as Narrator (voice)

6.4

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

as Jason Klein

The Gourmet

as Manley Kingston

Casey at the Bat

as Mr. Dent

The Wind in the Willows

1984

as The Stranger (voice)

The Jigsaw Man

1983

as Sir James Chorley

4.9

An Englishman Abroad

1983

as Claudius (Charles)

5.7

The Comedy of Errors

1983

as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

6.0

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

as Earl Spencer

Ticket to Heaven

as Musician

Shock Treatment

as Judge Oliver Wright

Troilus & Cressida

as Pandarus

The Mirror Crack'd

as Bates, The Butler

Ike

as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

6.2

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979

as Gen. Lischke

5.5

Schalcken the Painter

as Narrator

Julius Caesar

as Julius Caesar

Mrs. R's Daughter

as Rogers

Richard II

as Duke of York

The Legacy

as Karl Liebnecht

Across a Crowded Room

1978

as Harold Charles

Silver Bears

1977

as Charles Cook

5.9

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977

as Santander

5.0

Six Characters in Search of an Author

1977

as The Director

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

as Mycroft Holmes

6.2

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

as The Criminologist

7.4

The Philanthropist

1975

as Braham

Night Is the Time for Killing

as Hilary Vance

The Beast Must Die

as Bennington

On the Game

as Narrator (voice)

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

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

5.4

Theatre of Blood

1973

as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

6.7

The Millionairess

1972

as Adrian Blenderbland

8.5

The Merchant of Venice

1972

as Antonio

7.0

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

6.4

When Eight Bells Toll

1971

as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

5.7

Orson's Bag: London

1971

as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor

The Cherry Orchard

1971

as Gayev

Cromwell

as The Earl of Essex

The Executioner

as Vaughan Jones

The File of the Golden Goose

1969

as Harrison, 'The Owl'

5.2

Mosquito Squadron

1969

as Air Commodore Hufford

5.4

The Merchant of Venice

1969

as Antonio

8.0

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

as Narrator

The Devil Rides Out

as Mocata

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968

as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

6.0

You Only Live Twice

1967

as Dikko Henderson

6.6

The Night of the Generals

1967

as General von Seidlitz-Gabler

The Man Outside

as Charles Griddon

Masquerade

as Benson

Tea Party

Man in the Moon

as Leo

The Entertainer

as Columnist

The Desperate Man

as Lawson

Follow a Star

as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

Tommy the Toreador

as Gomez

Heart of a Child

as Fritz Heiss

I Accuse!

as Captain Brossard

Television (37)

Longitude

as Admiral Balchen

Where Are They Now?

as Self

Scarlett

as The Judge

Tales from the Poop Deck

1992

as Admiral Dennis De'Ath

Performance

as Maurice Hussey

Blackeyes

as Sebastian

Blackeyes

as Sebastian

The Nineteenth Hole

as Col. Westray

Hannay

The New Statesman

as Roland Gidleigh-Park

7.4

Porterhouse Blue

1987

as Sir Cathcart D'Eath

C.A.T.S. Eyes

Sherlock Holmes

as Mycroft Holmes

Bergerac

as Bart Bellow

Ike

as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand

6.5

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977

as Charles

Churchill's People

as Duke of Portland

Fall of Eagles

as Rodzianko

Thriller

as Hilary Vance

The Upper Crusts

as Lord Robin Seacroft

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

as Sir Edwin Partridge

7.8

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

as Narrator

7.4

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Eugene Valmont

Play for Today

Omnibus

as Narrator

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Charles Strickland

Out of This World

as Abel Jones

Suspense

as Verdon

Drama 61-67

as David

Maigret

1960

7.2

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Madingley

Somerset Maugham Hour

1960

as Major Templeton

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

as Philip Comely

Gunsmoke

as Sheriff

Highway Patrol

as Officer Edwards (#1430)

5.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Bounine

8.6