
Charles Gray
Known for Acting · 116 credits
- Born
- 1928-08-29
- Died
- 2000-03-07
- Place of birth
- Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as
- Чарльз Грей · Donald Marshall 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

Omnibus
1967
as Narrator

Play for Today
1970

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes

No Hiding Place
1959

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Charles Strickland / Richard Greatham / Field-Marshall Allenby / Gayev / Antonio / Lord Augustus / Adrian Blenderbland / Mr. Beebe / Sir Harcourt Courtly

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Detective Inspector Waugh / Bertrand Asquith / Knox
TV Shows (51)

Omnibus
1967
as Narrator

Play for Today
1970

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes

No Hiding Place
1959

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Charles Strickland / Richard Greatham / Field-Marshall Allenby / Gayev / Antonio / Lord Augustus / Adrian Blenderbland / Mr. Beebe / Sir Harcourt Courtly

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Detective Inspector Waugh / Bertrand Asquith / Knox

Gunsmoke
1955
as Sheriff / Tyler / Bob Gringle

Highway Patrol
1955
as Officer Edwards (#1430)

Bergerac
1981
as Bart Bellow

Maigret
1960

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Sir Edwin Partridge
Drama 61-67
1961
as David

Danger Man
1960
as Alex / Zameda
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self

Thriller
1973
as Hilary Vance

ScreenPlay
1986
as Storyteller(voice)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Eugene Valmont

Performance
1991
as Maurice Hussey

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Mikail Zigorin

Churchill's People
1974
as Duke of Portland

The New Statesman
1987
as Roland Gidleigh-Park
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Major Templeton

Suspense
1962
as Verdon

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Rodzianko

C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985

Scarlett
1994
as The Judge

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Narrator

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bounine

Hannay
1988
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Delaforce
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Madingley / Quill
Menace
1970
as Micky

Longitude
2000
as Admiral Balchen

The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Duke of York / Julius Caesar

Ike
1979
as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand

Whicker's World
1959

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Mycroft Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Philip Comely / Stuart Marlowe / Felix Hull

Out of This World
1962
as Abel Jones

Madson
1996
as Sir Ranald Hearnley
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as The Storyteller

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as Charles

Blackeyes
1989
as Sebastian

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Mycroft Holmes
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Hugo Vardon

Porterhouse Blue
1987
as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
Heartland
1979
as Mr. Wheeler
The Nineteenth Hole
1989
as Col. Westray
The Upper Crusts
1973
as Lord Robin Seacroft
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
as Admiral Dennis De'Ath
Movies (65)

You Only Live Twice
1967
as Dikko Henderson

Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as The Criminologist

The Night of the Generals
1967
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler

Ike
1979
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

The Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Bates, The Butler

Theatre of Blood
1973
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

The Executioner
1970
as Vaughan Jones

The Merchant of Venice
1972
as Antonio

Tea Party
1965

The Devil Rides Out
1968
as Mocata

The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

Cromwell
1970
as The Earl of Essex

Absolute Hell
1991
as Maurice Hussey

When Eight Bells Toll
1971
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

Ticket to Heaven
1981
as Musician

An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Claudius (Charles)

The File of the Golden Goose
1969
as Harrison, 'The Owl'

Silver Bears
1977
as Charles Cook

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Mycroft Holmes

Mosquito Squadron
1969
as Air Commodore Hufford

Man in the Moon
1960
as Leo

Love Don't Come Easy
2008
as Mr. Fairbanks

The Jigsaw Man
1983
as Sir James Chorley

The Millionairess
1972
as Adrian Blenderbland

The Comedy of Errors
1983
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

Shock Treatment
1981
as Judge Oliver Wright

The Beast Must Die
1974
as Bennington

The Entertainer
1960
as Columnist

Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
as Santander

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)

Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Pandarus

Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)

The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Gen. Lischke

Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Rogers

The Legacy
1978
as Karl Liebnecht

The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Arundell

I Accuse!
1958
as Captain Brossard

The Merchant of Venice
1969
as Antonio

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
1987
as Jason Klein

Richard II
1978
as Duke of York

Follow a Star
1959
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

Firestar: First Contact
1991
as Commodore Vandross

One Man Band
1999
as Tailor

Heart of a Child
1958
as Fritz Heiss
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Harold Charles

The Man Outside
1967
as Charles Griddon

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Earl Spencer

Julius Caesar
1979
as Julius Caesar

Masquerade
1965
as Benson

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Narrator (voice)

Cariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Narrator

On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice)

Harry and Harriet
1990
as Satan

Casey at the Bat
1986
as Mr. Dent

The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Gayev

Tommy the Toreador
1959
as Gomez

Schalcken the Painter
1979
as Narrator

Night Is the Time for Killing
1975
as Hilary Vance

The Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969
as Narrator

The Desperate Man
1959
as Lawson

The Gourmet
1986
as Manley Kingston
The Philanthropist
1975
as Braham

Passing Through
2021

Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977
as The Director
About 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. With 116 credits spanning from 1951 to 2021, Charles Gray has appeared in 65 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Gray Movies
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — as Dikko Henderson
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) — as The Criminologist
- The Night of the Generals (1967) — as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
- Ike (1979) — as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
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