- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1928
- Place of Birth
- Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
- Died
- March 7, 2000
Charles Gray
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
moviePassing Through
2021
movieLove Don't Come Easy
2008 · Mr. Fairbanks
tvLongitude
2000 · Admiral Balchen
movieThe Tichborne Claimant
1999 · Arundell
movieOne Man Band
1999 · Tailor
Where Are They Now?
tvWhere Are They Now?
1999 · Self
tvMadson
1996 · Sir Ranald Hearnley
movieOrson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995 · Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
tvScarlett
1994 · The Judge
tvThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Mycroft Holmes
Tales from the Poop Deck
tvTales from the Poop Deck
1992 · Admiral Dennis De'Ath
movieAbsolute Hell
1991 · Maurice Hussey
tvPerformance
1991 · Maurice Hussey
movieFirestar: First Contact
1991 · Commodore Vandross
movieHarry and Harriet
1990 · Satan
tvBlackeyes
1989 · Sebastian
The Nineteenth Hole
tvThe Nineteenth Hole
1989 · Col. Westray
tvHannay
1988
movieDreams Lost, Dreams Found
1987 · Jason Klein
tvThe New Statesman
1987 · Roland Gidleigh-Park
movieCariani and the Courtesans
1987 · Narrator
movieHammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Narrator (voice)
tvPorterhouse Blue
1987 · Sir Cathcart D'Eath
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Storyteller(voice)
tvThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986 · Mycroft Holmes
movieCasey at the Bat
1986 · Mr. Dent
movieThe Gourmet
1986 · Manley Kingston
tvC.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
tvSherlock Holmes
1984 · Mycroft Holmes
tvThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Mycroft Holmes
movieThe Comedy of Errors
1983 · Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
movieAn Englishman Abroad
1983 · Claudius (Charles)
movieThe Jigsaw Man
1983 · Sir James Chorley
movieCharles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982 · Earl Spencer
movieTroilus & Cressida
1981 · Pandarus
tvBergerac
1981 · Bart Bellow
movieTicket to Heaven
1981 · Musician
movieShock Treatment
1981 · Judge Oliver Wright
movieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Bates, The Butler
movieSchalcken the Painter
1979 · Narrator
movieMrs. R's Daughter
1979 · Rogers
Heartland
tvHeartland
1979 · Mr. Wheeler
movieThe House on Garibaldi Street
1979 · Gen. Lischke
movieIke
1979 · Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
tvIke
1979 · Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
movieJulius Caesar
1979 · Julius Caesar
movieRichard II
1978 · Duke of York
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Duke of York, Julius Caesar
movieThe Legacy
1978 · Karl Liebnecht
Across a Crowded Room
movieAcross a Crowded Room
1978 · Harold Charles
movieSix Characters in Search of an Author
1977 · The Director
movieThree Dangerous Ladies
1977 · Santander
movieSilver Bears
1977 · Charles Cook
The Sunday Drama
tvThe Sunday Drama
1977 · Delaforce
tvThe Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · Charles
movieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976 · Mycroft Holmes
The Philanthropist
movieThe Philanthropist
1975 · Braham
movieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · The Criminologist
movieNight Is the Time for Killing
1975 · Hilary Vance
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Duke of Portland
Dial M for Murder
tvDial M for Murder
1974 · Hugo Vardon
movieThe Beast Must Die
1974 · Bennington
tvFall of Eagles
1974 · Rodzianko
movieOn the Game
1974 · Narrator (voice)
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973 · Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
tvOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Mikail Zigorin
tvThriller
1973 · Hilary Vance
movieTheatre of Blood
1973 · Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Upper Crusts
tvThe Upper Crusts
1973 · Lord Robin Seacroft
movieThe Millionairess
1972 · Adrian Blenderbland
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1972 · Antonio
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Narrator
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1971 · Gayev
movieDiamonds Are Forever
1971 · Ernst Stavro Blofeld
tvUpstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Sir Edwin Partridge
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Eugene Valmont
movieWhen Eight Bells Toll
1971 · Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
tvPlay for Today
1970
Menace
tvMenace
1970 · Micky
movieThe Executioner
1970 · Vaughan Jones
movieCromwell
1970 · The Earl of Essex
movieThe Merchant of Venice
1969 · Antonio
movieThe File of the Golden Goose
1969 · Harrison, 'The Owl'
movieMosquito Squadron
1969 · Air Commodore Hufford
W. Somerset Maugham
tvW. Somerset Maugham
1969 · The Storyteller
movieThe Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969 · Narrator
movieThe Devil Rides Out
1968 · Mocata
movieThe Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968 · Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
tvOmnibus
1967 · Narrator
movieThe Man Outside
1967 · Charles Griddon
movieYou Only Live Twice
1967 · Dikko Henderson
movieThe Night of the Generals
1967 · General von Seidlitz-Gabler
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Charles Strickland, Richard Greatham, Field-Marshall Allenby, Gayev, Antonio, Lord Augustus, Adrian Blenderbland, Mr. Beebe, Sir Harcourt Courtly
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Detective Inspector Waugh, Bertrand Asquith, Knox
movieMasquerade
1965 · Benson
movieTea Party
1965
tvOut of This World
1962 · Abel Jones
tvSuspense
1962 · Verdon
Drama 61-67
tvDrama 61-67
1961 · David
movieMan in the Moon
1960 · Leo
tvMaigret
1960
tvDanger Man
1960 · Alex, Zameda
movieThe Entertainer
1960 · Columnist
Armchair Mystery Theatre
tvArmchair Mystery Theatre
1960 · Madingley, Quill
Somerset Maugham Hour
tvSomerset Maugham Hour
1960 · Major Templeton
movieTommy the Toreador
1959 · Gomez
movieThe Desperate Man
1959 · Lawson
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
tvWhicker's World
1959
movieFollow a Star
1959 · Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
movieHeart of a Child
1958 · Fritz Heiss
movieI Accuse!
1958 · Captain Brossard
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Philip Comely, Stuart Marlowe, Felix Hull
tvHighway Patrol
1955 · Officer Edwards (#1430)
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Sheriff, Tyler, Bob Gringle
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Bounine