Charles Gray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-08-29
Day of Death
2000-03-07 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
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
Acting
(2021)
(2008)
Love Don't Come Easy
as Mr. Fairbanks
(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
(1991)
Firestar: First Contact
as Commodore Vandross
(1990)
Harry and Harriet
as Satan
(1987)
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
as Jason Klein
(1987)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Narrator (voice)
(1987)
Cariani and the Courtesans
as Narrator
(1986)
The Gourmet
as Manley Kingston
(1986)
Casey at the Bat
as Mr. Dent
(1984)
The Wind in the Willows
as The Stranger (voice)
(1983)
An Englishman Abroad
as Claudius (Charles)
(1983)
The Jigsaw Man
as Sir James Chorley
(1983)
The Comedy of Errors
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
(1982)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Earl Spencer
(1981)
Ticket to Heaven
as Musician
(1981)
Troilus & Cressida
as Pandarus
(1981)
Shock Treatment
as Judge Oliver Wright
(1980)
The Mirror Crack'd
as Bates, The Butler
(1979)
Ike
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
(1979)
Schalcken the Painter
as Narrator
(1979)
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
(1979)
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Rogers
(1979)
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Gen. Lischke
(1978)
Richard II
as Duke of York
(1978)
The Legacy
as Karl Liebnecht
(1978)
Across a Crowded Room
as Harold Charles
(1977)
Silver Bears
as Charles Cook
(1977)
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Santander
(1977)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
as The Director
(1976)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Mycroft Holmes
(1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Criminologist
(1975)
Night Is the Time for Killing
as Hilary Vance
(1975)
The Philanthropist
as Braham
(1974)
The Beast Must Die
as Bennington
(1974)
On the Game
as Narrator (voice)
(1973)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)
(1973)
Theatre of Blood
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
(1972)
The Millionairess
as Adrian Blenderbland
(1972)
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
(1971)
Diamonds Are Forever
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(1971)
London
as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor
(1971)
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
(1971)
When Eight Bells Toll
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
(1970)
Cromwell
as The Earl of Essex
(1970)
The Executioner
as Vaughan Jones
(1969)
Mosquito Squadron
as Air Commodore Hufford
(1969)
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
(1969)
The File of the Golden Goose
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
(1969)
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
as Narrator
(1968)
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
(1968)
The Devil Rides Out
as Mocata
(1967)
You Only Live Twice
as Dikko Henderson
(1967)
The Night of the Generals
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
(1967)
The Man Outside
as Charles Griddon
(1965)
Masquerade
as Benson
(1965)
(1960)
The Entertainer
as Columnist
(1960)
Man in the Moon
as Leo
(1959)
Tommy the Toreador
as Gomez
(1959)
The Desperate Man
as Lawson
(1959)
Follow a Star
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
(1958)
I Accuse!
as Captain Brossard
(1958)
Heart of a Child
as Fritz Heiss