Charles Gray

Acting

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

Died: 2000-03-07

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.

Acting

You Only Live Twice

Dikko Henderson

Diamonds Are Forever

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Masquerade

Benson

Cromwell

The Earl of Essex

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

Shock Treatment

Judge Oliver Wright

Theatre of Blood

Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

The Legacy

Karl Liebnecht

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Criminologist

The Night of the Generals

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

The Devil Rides Out

Mocata

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

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

The File of the Golden Goose

Harrison, 'The Owl'

Man in the Moon

Leo

Tommy the Toreador

Gomez

The Comedy of Errors

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

The Cherry Orchard

Gayev

The Philanthropist

Braham

Tea Party

Harry and Harriet

Satan

The Executioner

Vaughan Jones

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

Narrator

Julius Caesar

Richard II

Duke of York

Mosquito Squadron

Air Commodore Hufford

Troilus & Cressida

Pandarus

The Man Outside

Charles Griddon

Casey at the Bat

Mr. Dent

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Mycroft Holmes

An Englishman Abroad

Claudius (Charles)

Love Don't Come Easy

Mr. Fairbanks

The Desperate Man

Lawson

Cariani and the Courtesans

Narrator

On the Game

Narrator (voice)

The Mirror Crack'd

Bates, The Butler

Ike

Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

The Jigsaw Man

Sir James Chorley

The Beast Must Die

Bennington

The Merchant of Venice

Antonio

Absolute Hell

Maurice Hussey

Ticket to Heaven

Musician

The Millionairess

Adrian Blenderbland

The Merchant of Venice

Antonio

Firestar: First Contact

Commodore Vandross

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

Jason Klein

Night Is the Time for Killing

Hilary Vance

The House on Garibaldi Street

Gen. Lischke

Mrs. R's Daughter

Rogers

When Eight Bells Toll

Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

Three Dangerous Ladies

Santander

The Tichborne Claimant

Arundell

Schalcken the Painter

Narrator

The Entertainer

Columnist

Tales That Witness Madness

Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)

The Gourmet

Manley Kingston

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Narrator (voice)

I Accuse!

Captain Brossard

Silver Bears

Charles Cook

Heart of a Child

Fritz Heiss

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Earl Spencer

Passing Through

Six Characters in Search of an Author

The Director

Across a Crowded Room

Harold Charles

Follow a Star

Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

The Wind in the Willows

The Stranger (voice)

One Man Band

Tailor

You Only Live Twice

Dikko Henderson

Diamonds Are Forever

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Masquerade

Benson

Cromwell

The Earl of Essex

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

Shock Treatment

Judge Oliver Wright

Theatre of Blood

Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

The Legacy

Karl Liebnecht

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Criminologist

The Night of the Generals

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

The Devil Rides Out

Mocata

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

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

The File of the Golden Goose

Harrison, 'The Owl'

Man in the Moon

Leo

Tommy the Toreador

Gomez

The Comedy of Errors

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

The Cherry Orchard

Gayev

The Philanthropist

Braham

Tea Party

Harry and Harriet

Satan

The Executioner

Vaughan Jones

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

Narrator

Julius Caesar

Richard II

Duke of York

Mosquito Squadron

Air Commodore Hufford

Troilus & Cressida

Pandarus

The Man Outside

Charles Griddon

Casey at the Bat

Mr. Dent

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Mycroft Holmes

An Englishman Abroad

Claudius (Charles)

Love Don't Come Easy

Mr. Fairbanks

The Desperate Man

Lawson

Cariani and the Courtesans

Narrator

On the Game

Narrator (voice)

The Mirror Crack'd

Bates, The Butler

Ike

Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

The Jigsaw Man

Sir James Chorley

The Beast Must Die

Bennington

The Merchant of Venice

Antonio

Absolute Hell

Maurice Hussey

Ticket to Heaven

Musician

The Millionairess

Adrian Blenderbland

The Merchant of Venice

Antonio

Firestar: First Contact

Commodore Vandross

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

Jason Klein

Night Is the Time for Killing

Hilary Vance

The House on Garibaldi Street

Gen. Lischke

Mrs. R's Daughter

Rogers

When Eight Bells Toll

Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

Three Dangerous Ladies

Santander

The Tichborne Claimant

Arundell

Schalcken the Painter

Narrator

The Entertainer

Columnist

Tales That Witness Madness

Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)

The Gourmet

Manley Kingston

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Narrator (voice)

I Accuse!

Captain Brossard

Silver Bears

Charles Cook

Heart of a Child

Fritz Heiss

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Earl Spencer

Passing Through

Six Characters in Search of an Author

The Director

Across a Crowded Room

Harold Charles

Follow a Star

Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

The Wind in the Willows

The Stranger (voice)

One Man Band

Tailor