Charles Gray

Personal Info

Birthday

August 29, 1928

Day of Death

2000-03-07

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Also Known As

Чарльз Грей

Donald Marshall Gray

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.

Known For

Sherlock Holmes

Bergerac

Highway Patrol

BBC Play of the Month

Gunsmoke

Upstairs, Downstairs

Performance

Thriller

Filmography

2008
Love Don't Come Easy
as Mr. Fairbanks
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
The Tichborne Claimant
as Arundell
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
1991
Absolute Hell
as Maurice Hussey
Firestar: First Contact
as Commodore Vandross
1990
Harry and Harriet
as Satan
1987
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
as Jason Klein
Cariani and the Courtesans
as Narrator
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Narrator (voice)
1986
Casey at the Bat
as Mr. Dent
The Gourmet
as Manley Kingston
1983
The Comedy of Errors
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
An Englishman Abroad
as Claudius (Charles)
The Jigsaw Man
as Sir James Chorley
1982
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Earl Spencer
1981
Troilus & Cressida
as Pandarus
Ticket to Heaven
as Musician
Shock Treatment
as Judge Oliver Wright
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
as Bates, The Butler
1979
Schalcken the Painter
as Narrator
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Rogers
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Gen. Lischke
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
1978
Richard II
as Duke of York
The Legacy
as Karl Liebnecht
Across a Crowded Room
as Harold Charles
1977
Six Characters in Search of an Author
as The Director
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Santander
Silver Bears
as Charles Cook
1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Mycroft Holmes
1975
The Philanthropist
as Braham
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Criminologist
Night Is the Time for Killing
as Hilary Vance
1974
The Beast Must Die
as Bennington
On the Game
as Narrator (voice)
1973
Tales That Witness Madness
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)
Theatre of Blood
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
1972
The Millionairess
as Adrian Blenderbland
1971
London
as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
Diamonds Are Forever
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
When Eight Bells Toll
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
1970
The Executioner
as Vaughan Jones
Cromwell
as The Earl of Essex
1969
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
The File of the Golden Goose
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
Mosquito Squadron
as Air Commodore Hufford
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
as Narrator
1968
The Devil Rides Out
as Mocata
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
1967
The Man Outside
as Charles Griddon
You Only Live Twice
as Dikko Henderson
The Night of the Generals
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
1965
Masquerade
as Benson
1960
Man in the Moon
as Leo
The Entertainer
as Columnist
1959
Tommy the Toreador
as Gomez
The Desperate Man
as Lawson
1958
Heart of a Child
as Fritz Heiss
I Accuse!
as Captain Brossard