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
(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
(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)
Casey at the Bat
as Mr. Dent
(1986)
The Gourmet
as Manley Kingston
(1983)
The Jigsaw Man
as Sir James Chorley
(1983)
An Englishman Abroad
as Claudius (Charles)
(1983)
The Comedy of Errors
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
(1982)
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Earl Spencer
(1981)
Shock Treatment
as Judge Oliver Wright
(1981)
Troilus & Cressida
as Pandarus
(1981)
Ticket to Heaven
as Musician
(1980)
The Mirror Crack'd
as Bates, The Butler
(1979)
Ike
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
(1979)
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
(1979)
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Rogers
(1979)
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Gen. Lischke
(1979)
Schalcken the Painter
as Narrator
(1978)
The Legacy
as Karl Liebnecht
(1978)
Richard II
as Duke of York
(1977)
Silver Bears
as Charles Cook
(1977)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
as The Director
(1977)
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Santander
(1976)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Mycroft Holmes
(1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Criminologist
(1975)
The Philanthropist
as Braham
(1975)
Night is the Time For Killing
as Hilary Vance
(1974)
The Beast Must Die
as Bennington
(1974)
On the Game
as Narrator (voice)
(1973)
Theatre of Blood
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
(1973)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)
(1972)
The Millionairess
as Adrian Blenderbland
(1972)
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
(1971)
Diamonds Are Forever
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
(1971)
When Eight Bells Toll
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
(1971)
London
as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor
(1971)
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
(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 Devil Rides Out
as Mocata
(1968)
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
(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
(1958)
I Accuse!
as Captain Brossard
(1958)
Heart of a Child
as Fritz Heiss