Charles Gray

Born: 1928-08-29 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Died: 2000-03-07

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2000

Longitude as Admiral Balchen

1999

Where Are They Now? as Self
The Tichborne Claimant as Arundell
One Man Band as Tailor

1996

Madson as Sir Ranald Hearnley

1995

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)

1994

Scarlett as The Judge
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes

1992

Tales from the Poop Deck as Admiral Dennis De'Ath

1991

Performance as Maurice Hussey
Absolute Hell as Maurice Hussey
Shrinks as Lord Rissington
Firestar: First Contact as Commodore Vandross

1990

The Paper Man as Prime Minister
Harry and Harriet as Satan

1989

Blackeyes as Sebastian
The Nineteenth Hole as Col. Westray

1988

Hannay as Commander Nevil
Blind Justice as Judge Langtry
Small World as Rudyard Parkinson

1987

The New Statesman as Roland Gidleigh-Park
Porterhouse Blue as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
Tickets for the Titanic as The Earl of Albany
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Narrator (voice)
Cariani and the Courtesans as Narrator
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found as Jason Klein

1986

ScreenPlay as Storyteller(voice)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
The Gourmet as Manley Kingston
Casey at the Bat as Mr. Dent

1985

Tall Tales & Legends as Mr Dent
C.A.T.S. Eyes as Sir Jack Fenn

1984

Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
The Wind in the Willows as The Stranger (voice)

1983

The Jigsaw Man as Sir James Chorley
An Englishman Abroad as Claudius (Charles)
The Comedy of Errors as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

1982

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story as Earl Spencer

1981

Bergerac as Bart Bellow
Shock Treatment as Judge Oliver Wright
Ticket to Heaven as Musician
Troilus & Cressida as Pandarus

1980

The Mirror Crack'd as Bates, The Butler
We, the Accused as Sir Hayman Drewer

1979

Ike as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
Ike as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
Heartland as Mr. Wheeler
Schalcken the Painter as Narrator
The House on Garibaldi Street as Gen. Lischke
Julius Caesar as Julius Caesar
Mrs. R's Daughter as Rogers

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare as Duke of York
Hazell as Brownhill
The Legacy as Karl Liebnecht
Richard II as Duke of York
Across a Crowded Room as Harold Charles

1977

The Sunday Drama as Delaforce
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as Charles
Silver Bears as Charles Cook
Three Dangerous Ladies as Santander
Six Characters in Search of an Author as The Director

1976

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Mycroft Holmes
The Island as Mr. Santander
Seven Nights in Japan as Henry Hollander

1975

The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Criminologist
The Venturers as Tony Challon
Night Is the Time for Killing as Hilary Vance
The Philanthropist as Braham

1974

Churchill's People as Duke of Portland
Fall of Eagles as Rodzianko
Dial M for Murder as Hugo Vardon
The Beast Must Die as Bennington
On the Game as Narrator (voice)

1973

Thriller as Hilary Vance
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Mikail Zigorin
Theatre of Blood as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
Tales That Witness Madness as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
The Upper Crusts as Lord Robin Seacroft
The Song of Songs as Count Von Mertzbach

1972

The Merchant of Venice as Antonio
The Millionairess as Adrian Blenderbland

1971

Upstairs, Downstairs as Sir Edwin Partridge
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Eugene Valmont
Diamonds Are Forever as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
A Ghost Story for Christmas as Narrator
Doctor at Large as Man
When Eight Bells Toll as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
The Cherry Orchard as Gayev

1970

Play for Today as Oxlade
Cromwell as The Earl of Essex
Menace as Micky
The Executioner as Vaughan Jones
Oh In Colour as Actor

1969

Softly Softly: Task Force as Her Majesty's Inspector Sharp
W. Somerset Maugham as The Storyteller
Mosquito Squadron as Air Commodore Hufford
The File of the Golden Goose as Harrison, 'The Owl'
The Merchant of Venice as Antonio
The Nine Ages of Nakedness as Narrator

1968

The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
The Devil Rides Out as Mocata

1967

Omnibus as Narrator
ITV Playhouse as Admiral Ranking
You Only Live Twice as Dikko Henderson
The Night of the Generals as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Man Outside as Charles Griddon

1965

BBC Play of the Month as Charles Strickland
Thirty-Minute Theatre as Detective Inspector Waugh
The Troubleshooters as Michael Rennane
Tea Party as Willy
Masquerade as Benson

1963

Love Story as John Trewardine

1962

Suspense as Verdon
Out of This World as Abel Jones

1961

Drama 61-67 as David

1960

Maigret as Mazeron
Danger Man as Alex
Armchair Mystery Theatre as Madingley
Somerset Maugham Hour as Major Templeton
Michael Shayne as Dr Bill Logan
The Entertainer as Columnist
Man in the Moon as Leo

1959

No Hiding Place as Sir Miles
Probation Officer as Richard Bates
Whicker's World
The Four Just Men as Sadik Bey
Crime Sheet as Actor
Follow a Star as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
Tommy the Toreador as Gomez
The Desperate Man as Lawson

1958

The Invisible Man as Thal
Sword of Freedom as Varenza
I Accuse! as Captain Brossard
Heart of a Child as Fritz Heiss

1957

Bachelor Father as Frank Gibbs
Theatre Night as Capt. Cyril Mavors

1956

Armchair Theatre as Philip Comely
Boyd Q.C. as Tickle

1955

Highway Patrol as Officer Edwards (#1430)
Gunsmoke as Sheriff
The Adventures of Robin Hood as Sir Blaise

1954

Producers' Showcase as Escalus- Prince of Verona

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Bounine

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as Waring