Charles Gray

Known for: Acting

Born: 1928-08-29 – 2000-03-07 (aged 71)

From: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

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 (145)

TV★ 7.0
Longitude
2000
as Admiral Balchen
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Arundell
MOVIE★ 8.0
One Man Band
1999
as Tailor
TV★ 7.5
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Madson
1996
as Sir Ranald Hearnley
MOVIE★ 6.7
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
TV★ 6.6
Scarlett
1994
as The Judge
TV★ 8.7
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Mycroft Holmes
TV★ 7.0
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
as Admiral Dennis De'Ath
MOVIE★ 6.0
Absolute Hell
1991
as Maurice Hussey
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Maurice Hussey
TV
Shrinks
1991
as Lord Rissington
MOVIE★ 4.5
Firestar: First Contact
1991
as Commodore Vandross
TV★ 9.0
The Paper Man
1990
as Prime Minister
MOVIE★ 4.7
Harry and Harriet
1990
as Satan
TV★ 5.9
Blackeyes
1989
as Sebastian
TV★ 6.7
The Nineteenth Hole
1989
as Col. Westray
TV★ 7.5
Blind Justice
1988
as Judge Langtry
TV★ 8.0
Small World
1988
as Rudyard Parkinson
TV★ 6.5
Hannay
1988
as Commander Nevil
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
1987
as Jason Klein
TV★ 7.5
The New Statesman
1987
as Roland Gidleigh-Park
MOVIE★ 7.0
Cariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Porterhouse Blue
1987
as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
TV★ 7.0
Tickets for the Titanic
1987
as The Earl of Albany
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as Storyteller(voice)
TV★ 8.4
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Mycroft Holmes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Casey at the Bat
1986
as Mr. Dent
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Gourmet
1986
as Manley Kingston
TV★ 6.0
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Mr Dent
TV★ 6.0
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
as Sir Jack Fenn
TV★ 7.8
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as The Stranger (voice)
TV★ 8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes
TV★ 10.0
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Comedy of Errors
1983
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
MOVIE★ 6.1
An Englishman Abroad
1983
as Claudius (Charles)
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Jigsaw Man
1983
as Sir James Chorley
MOVIE★ 4.0
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Earl Spencer
MOVIE★ 8.0
Troilus & Cressida
1981
as Pandarus
TV★ 7.0
Bergerac
1981
as Bart Bellow
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ticket to Heaven
1981
as Musician
MOVIE★ 5.9
Shock Treatment
1981
as Judge Oliver Wright
TV
We, the Accused
1980
as Sir Hayman Drewer
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Bates, The Butler
MOVIE★ 5.7
Schalcken the Painter
1979
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.5
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Rogers
TV
Heartland
1979
as Mr. Wheeler
MOVIE★ 6.3
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Gen. Lischke
MOVIE★ 6.8
Ike
1979
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
TV★ 7.3
Ike
1979
as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
MOVIE★ 8.7
Julius Caesar
1979
as Julius Caesar
MOVIE★ 8.0
Richard II
1978
as Duke of York
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Duke of York
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Legacy
1978
as Karl Liebnecht
MOVIE
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Harold Charles
TV★ 5.2
Hazell
1978
as Brownhill
MOVIE
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977
as The Director
MOVIE★ 6.0
Three Dangerous Ladies
1977
as Santander
MOVIE★ 6.1
Silver Bears
1977
as Charles Cook
TV★ 5.0
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Delaforce
TV
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as Charles
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Mycroft Holmes
MOVIE★ 6.2
Seven Nights in Japan
1976
as Henry Hollander
MOVIE
The Island
1976
as Mr. Santander
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Philanthropist
1975
as Braham
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as The Criminologist
MOVIE★ 6.0
Night Is the Time for Killing
1975
as Hilary Vance
TV★ 7.0
The Venturers
1975
as Tony Challon
TV★ 5.0
Churchill's People
1974
as Duke of Portland
TV
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Hugo Vardon
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Beast Must Die
1974
as Bennington
TV★ 7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Rodzianko
MOVIE★ 3.7
On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Mikail Zigorin
TV
The Song of Songs
1973
as Count Von Mertzbach
TV★ 7.0
Thriller
1973
as Hilary Vance
MOVIE★ 6.7
Theatre of Blood
1973
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
TV
The Upper Crusts
1973
as Lord Robin Seacroft
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Millionairess
1972
as Adrian Blenderbland
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Merchant of Venice
1972
as Antonio
TV★ 7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cherry Orchard
1971
as Gayev
MOVIE★ 6.4
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
TV★ 7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Sir Edwin Partridge
TV★ 7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Eugene Valmont
MOVIE★ 5.7
When Eight Bells Toll
1971
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 5.0
Doctor at Large
1971
as Man
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Oxlade
TV
Menace
1970
as Micky
TV
Oh In Colour
1970
as Actor
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Executioner
1970
as Vaughan Jones
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cromwell
1970
as The Earl of Essex
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Merchant of Venice
1969
as Antonio
TV★ 6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Her Majesty's Inspector Sharp
MOVIE★ 5.7
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mosquito Squadron
1969
as Air Commodore Hufford
TV
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as The Storyteller
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Devil Rides Out
1968
as Mocata
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
TV★ 7.2
Omnibus
1967
as Narrator
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Admiral Ranking
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Man Outside
1967
as Charles Griddon
MOVIE★ 6.6
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Dikko Henderson
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Night of the Generals
1967
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
TV★ 5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Charles Strickland
TV★ 4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Detective Inspector Waugh
TV★ 7.3
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Michael Rennane
MOVIE★ 5.0
Masquerade
1965
as Benson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tea Party
1965
as Willy
TV
Love Story
1963
as John Trewardine
TV★ 5.8
Out of This World
1962
as Abel Jones
TV★ 6.7
Suspense
1962
as Verdon
TV
Drama 61-67
1961
as David
MOVIE★ 6.7
Man in the Moon
1960
as Leo
TV★ 7.1
Maigret
1960
as Mazeron
TV★ 6.5
Michael Shayne
1960
as Dr Bill Logan
TV★ 7.3
Danger Man
1960
as Alex
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Entertainer
1960
as Columnist
TV★ 9.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Madingley
TV
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Major Templeton
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tommy the Toreador
1959
as Gomez
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Desperate Man
1959
as Lawson
TV★ 7.7
The Four Just Men
1959
as Sadik Bey
TV★ 4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
as Sir Miles
TV★ 7.0
Probation Officer
1959
as Richard Bates
TV
Crime Sheet
1959
as Actor
TV★ 7.2
Whicker's World
1959
MOVIE★ 6.2
Follow a Star
1959
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
TV★ 7.3
The Invisible Man
1958
as Thal
MOVIE★ 6.7
Heart of a Child
1958
as Fritz Heiss
MOVIE★ 6.6
I Accuse!
1958
as Captain Brossard
TV★ 6.5
Sword of Freedom
1958
as Varenza
TV★ 6.2
Bachelor Father
1957
as Frank Gibbs
TV
Theatre Night
1957
as Capt. Cyril Mavors
TV★ 10.0
Boyd Q.C.
1956
as Tickle
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Philip Comely
TV★ 6.2
Highway Patrol
1955
as Officer Edwards (#1430)
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Sir Blaise
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sheriff
TV★ 6.8
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Escalus- Prince of Verona
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bounine
TV★ 3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Waring