Portrait of Charles Gray

Charles Gray

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.

Born: August 29, 1928

Place of Birth: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Filmography

2008
Love Don't Come Easy

as Mr. Fairbanks

2000
Longitude

as Admiral Balchen

1999
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)

1991
Performance

as Maurice Hussey

1991
Absolute Hell

as Maurice Hussey

1991
Firestar: First Contact

as Commodore Vandross

1990
1989
Blackeyes

as Sebastian

1988
1987
The New Statesman

as Roland Gidleigh-Park

1987
1987
Porterhouse Blue

as Sir Cathcart D'Eath

1986
Casey at the Bat

as Mr. Dent

1986
The Gourmet

as Manley Kingston

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Mycroft Holmes

1983
The Comedy of Errors

as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

1983
An Englishman Abroad

as Claudius (Charles)

1983
The Jigsaw Man

as Sir James Chorley

1981
1981
Bergerac

as Bart Bellow

1981
Ticket to Heaven

as Musician

1981
Shock Treatment

as Judge Oliver Wright

1980
The Mirror Crack'd

as Bates, The Butler

1979
1979
1979
Ike

as Gen. 'Freddie' DeGuingand

1979
Ike

as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

1979
Julius Caesar

as Julius Caesar

1978
Richard II

as Duke of York

1978
The Legacy

as Karl Liebnecht

1978
1977
1977
Silver Bears

as Charles Cook

1976
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

as The Criminologist

1974
The Beast Must Die

as Bennington

1974
Fall of Eagles

as Rodzianko

1974
On the Game

as Narrator (voice)

1973
Tales That Witness Madness

as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)

1973
Thriller

as Hilary Vance

1973
Theatre of Blood

as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

1972
The Millionairess

as Adrian Blenderbland

1971
London

as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor

1971
1971
Diamonds Are Forever

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1971
Upstairs, Downstairs

as Sir Edwin Partridge

1971
1971
When Eight Bells Toll

as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

1970
The Executioner

as Vaughan Jones

1970
Cromwell

as The Earl of Essex

1969
The File of the Golden Goose

as Harrison, 'The Owl'

1969
Mosquito Squadron

as Air Commodore Hufford

1968
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg

as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

1967
The Man Outside

as Charles Griddon

1967
You Only Live Twice

as Dikko Henderson

1967
The Night of the Generals

as General von Seidlitz-Gabler

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Charles Strickland

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Richard Greatham

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Field-Marshall Allenby

1965
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Lord Augustus

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Adrian Blenderbland

1965
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Sir Harcourt Courtly

1965
Masquerade

as Benson

1961
Gunslinger

as Pico McGuire

1960
1960
The Entertainer

as Columnist

1959
1959
1959
Follow a Star

as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

1958
Heart of a Child

as Fritz Heiss

1958
I Accuse!

as Captain Brossard

1955
Highway Patrol

as Officer Edwards (#1430)

1955
Gunsmoke

as Sheriff

1955
Gunsmoke

as Tyler

1955
Gunsmoke

as Bob Gringle

1951