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

Play for Today

Bergerac

Sherlock Holmes

BBC Play of the Month

All Movies (65)

Passing Through2021
Love Don't Come Easy2008 · as Mr. Fairbanks
The Tichborne Claimant1999 · as Arundell
One Man Band1999 · as Tailor
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band1995 · as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
Absolute Hell1991 · as Maurice Hussey
Firestar: First Contact1991 · as Commodore Vandross
Harry and Harriet1990 · as Satan
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found1987 · as Jason Klein
Cariani and the Courtesans1987 · as Narrator
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood1987 · as Narrator (voice)
Casey at the Bat1986 · as Mr. Dent
The Gourmet1986 · as Manley Kingston
The Comedy of Errors1983 · as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
An Englishman Abroad1983 · as Claudius (Charles)
The Jigsaw Man1983 · as Sir James Chorley
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story1982 · as Earl Spencer
Troilus & Cressida1981 · as Pandarus
Ticket to Heaven1981 · as Musician
Shock Treatment1981 · as Judge Oliver Wright
The Mirror Crack'd1980 · as Bates, The Butler
Schalcken the Painter1979 · as Narrator
Mrs. R's Daughter1979 · as Rogers
The House on Garibaldi Street1979 · as Gen. Lischke
Ike1979 · as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
Julius Caesar1979 · as Julius Caesar
Richard II1978 · as Duke of York
The Legacy1978 · as Karl Liebnecht
Across a Crowded Room1978 · as Harold Charles
Six Characters in Search of an Author1977 · as The Director
Three Dangerous Ladies1977 · as Santander
Silver Bears1977 · as Charles Cook
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution1976 · as Mycroft Holmes
The Philanthropist1975 · as Braham
The Rocky Horror Picture Show1975 · as The Criminologist
Night Is the Time for Killing1975 · as Hilary Vance
The Beast Must Die1974 · as Bennington
On the Game1974 · as Narrator (voice)
Tales That Witness Madness1973 · as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
Theatre of Blood1973 · as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Millionairess1972 · as Adrian Blenderbland
The Merchant of Venice1972 · as Antonio
The Cherry Orchard1971 · as Gayev
Diamonds Are Forever1971 · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
When Eight Bells Toll1971 · as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
The Executioner1970 · as Vaughan Jones
Cromwell1970 · as The Earl of Essex
The Merchant of Venice1969 · as Antonio
The File of the Golden Goose1969 · as Harrison, 'The Owl'
Mosquito Squadron1969 · as Air Commodore Hufford
The Nine Ages of Nakedness1969 · as Narrator
The Devil Rides Out1968 · as Mocata
The Secret War of Harry Frigg1968 · as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
The Man Outside1967 · as Charles Griddon
You Only Live Twice1967 · as Dikko Henderson
The Night of the Generals1967 · as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
Masquerade1965 · as Benson
Tea Party1965
Man in the Moon1960 · as Leo
The Entertainer1960 · as Columnist
Tommy the Toreador1959 · as Gomez
The Desperate Man1959 · as Lawson
Follow a Star1959 · as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
Heart of a Child1958 · as Fritz Heiss
I Accuse!1958 · as Captain Brossard

All TV Shows (68)

Longitude2000 · as Admiral Balchen
Where Are They Now?1999 · as Self
Madson1996 · as Sir Ranald Hearnley
Scarlett1994 · as The Judge
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994 · as Mycroft Holmes
Tales from the Poop Deck1992 · as Admiral Dennis De'Ath
Performance1991 · as Maurice Hussey
Blackeyes1989 · as Sebastian
The Nineteenth Hole1989 · as Col. Westray
Hannay1988
The New Statesman1987 · as Roland Gidleigh-Park
Porterhouse Blue1987 · as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
ScreenPlay1986 · as Storyteller(voice)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1986 · as Mycroft Holmes
C.A.T.S. Eyes1985
Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Mycroft Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Mycroft Holmes
Bergerac1981 · as Bart Bellow
Heartland1979 · as Mr. Wheeler
Ike1979 · as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Duke of York
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Julius Caesar
The Sunday Drama1977 · as Delaforce
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse1977 · as Charles
Churchill's People1974 · as Duke of Portland
Dial M for Murder1974 · as Hugo Vardon
Fall of Eagles1974 · as Rodzianko
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Mikail Zigorin
Thriller1973 · as Hilary Vance
The Upper Crusts1973 · as Lord Robin Seacroft
A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as Narrator
Upstairs, Downstairs1971 · as Sir Edwin Partridge
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Eugene Valmont
Play for Today1970
Menace1970 · as Micky
W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as The Storyteller
Omnibus1967 · as Narrator
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Charles Strickland
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Richard Greatham
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Field-Marshall Allenby
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Gayev
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Antonio
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Lord Augustus
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Adrian Blenderbland
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Mr. Beebe
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Sir Harcourt Courtly
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Detective Inspector Waugh
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Inspector Waugh
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Bertrand Asquith
Out of This World1962 · as Abel Jones
Suspense1962 · as Verdon
Drama 61-671961 · as David
Maigret1960
Danger Man1960 · as Alex
Danger Man1960 · as Zameda
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Madingley
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Quill
Somerset Maugham Hour1960 · as Major Templeton
No Hiding Place1959
Whicker's World1959
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Philip Comely
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Stuart Marlowe
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Felix Hull
Highway Patrol1955 · as Officer Edwards (#1430)
Gunsmoke1955 · as Sheriff
Gunsmoke1955 · as Tyler
Gunsmoke1955 · as Bob Gringle
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Bounine