Acting

Charles Gray

Born: 1928-08-29
Died: 2000-03-07
Birthplace: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

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

Filmography

145 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

Longitude

2000 · TV Show

Admiral Balchen

One Man Band

1999 · Movie

Tailor

The Tichborne Claimant

1999 · Movie

Arundell

Where Are They Now?

1999 · TV Show

Self

Madson

1996 · TV Show

Sir Ranald Hearnley

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995 · Movie

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

Scarlett

1994 · TV Show

The Judge

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

1994 · TV Show

Mycroft Holmes

Tales from the Poop Deck

1992 · TV Show

Admiral Dennis De'Ath

Absolute Hell

1991 · Movie

Maurice Hussey

Firestar: First Contact

1991 · Movie

Commodore Vandross

Performance

1991 · TV Show

Maurice Hussey

Shrinks

1991 · TV Show

Lord Rissington

Harry and Harriet

1990 · Movie

Satan

The Paper Man

1990 · TV Show

Prime Minister

Blackeyes

1989 · TV Show

Sebastian

The Nineteenth Hole

1989 · TV Show

Col. Westray

Blind Justice

1988 · TV Show

Judge Langtry

Hannay

1988 · TV Show

Commander Nevil

Small World

1988 · TV Show

Rudyard Parkinson

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987 · Movie

Narrator

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

1987 · Movie

Jason Klein

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

Porterhouse Blue

1987 · TV Show

Sir Cathcart D'Eath

The New Statesman

1987 · TV Show

Roland Gidleigh-Park

Tickets for the Titanic

1987 · TV Show

The Earl of Albany

ScreenPlay

1986 · TV Show

Storyteller(voice)

The Gourmet

1986 · Movie

Manley Kingston

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1986 · TV Show

Mycroft Holmes

C.A.T.S. Eyes

1985 · TV Show

Sir Jack Fenn

Tall Tales & Legends

1985 · TV Show

Mr Dent

Sherlock Holmes

1984 · TV Show

Mycroft Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1984 · TV Show

Mycroft Holmes

The Wind in the Willows

1984 · TV Show

The Stranger (voice)

An Englishman Abroad

1983 · Movie

Claudius (Charles)

The Comedy of Errors

1983 · Movie

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

The Jigsaw Man

1983 · Movie

Sir James Chorley

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

1982 · Movie

Earl Spencer

Bergerac

1981 · TV Show

Bart Bellow

Shock Treatment

1981 · Movie

Judge Oliver Wright

Ticket to Heaven

1981 · Movie

Musician

Troilus & Cressida

1981 · Movie

Pandarus

The Mirror Crack'd

1980 · Movie

Bates, The Butler

We, the Accused

1980 · TV Show

Sir Hayman Drewer

Heartland

1979 · TV Show

Mr. Wheeler

Ike

1979 · Movie

Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

Ike

1979 · TV Show

Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand

Julius Caesar

1979 · Movie

Julius Caesar

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979 · Movie

Rogers

Schalcken the Painter

1979 · Movie

Narrator

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979 · Movie

Gen. Lischke

Across a Crowded Room

1978 · Movie

Harold Charles

Hazell

1978 · TV Show

Brownhill

Richard II

1978 · Movie

Duke of York

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978 · TV Show

Duke of York · Julius Caesar

The Legacy

1978 · Movie

Karl Liebnecht

Silver Bears

1977 · Movie

Charles Cook

Six Characters in Search of an Author

1977 · Movie

The Director

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977 · TV Show

Charles

The Sunday Drama

1977 · TV Show

Delaforce

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977 · Movie

Santander

Seven Nights in Japan

1976 · Movie

Henry Hollander

The Island

1976 · Movie

Mr. Santander

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976 · Movie

Mycroft Holmes

Night Is the Time for Killing

1975 · Movie

Hilary Vance

The Philanthropist

1975 · Movie

Braham

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975 · Movie

The Criminologist

The Venturers

1975 · TV Show

Tony Challon

Churchill's People

1974 · TV Show

Duke of Portland

Dial M for Murder

1974 · TV Show

Hugo Vardon

Fall of Eagles

1974 · TV Show

Rodzianko

On the Game

1974 · Movie

Narrator (voice)

The Beast Must Die

1974 · Movie

Bennington

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973 · TV Show

Mikail Zigorin

Tales That Witness Madness

1973 · Movie

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

The Song of Songs

1973 · TV Show

Count Von Mertzbach

The Upper Crusts

1973 · TV Show

Lord Robin Seacroft

Theatre of Blood

1973 · Movie

Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

Thriller

1973 · TV Show

Hilary Vance

The Merchant of Venice

1972 · Movie

Antonio

The Millionairess

1972 · Movie

Adrian Blenderbland

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971 · TV Show

Narrator

Diamonds Are Forever

1971 · Movie

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Doctor at Large

1971 · TV Show

Man

The Cherry Orchard

1971 · Movie

Gayev

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971 · TV Show

Eugene Valmont

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971 · TV Show

Sir Edwin Partridge

When Eight Bells Toll

1971 · Movie

Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

Cromwell

1970 · Movie

The Earl of Essex

Menace

1970 · TV Show

Micky

Oh In Colour

1970 · TV Show

Actor

Play for Today

1970 · TV Show

Oxlade

The Executioner

1970 · Movie

Vaughan Jones

Mosquito Squadron

1969 · Movie

Air Commodore Hufford

Softly Softly: Task Force

1969 · TV Show

Her Majesty's Inspector Sharp · Tailor

The File of the Golden Goose

1969 · Movie

Harrison, 'The Owl'

The Merchant of Venice

1969 · Movie

Antonio

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

1969 · Movie

Narrator

W. Somerset Maugham

1969 · TV Show

The Storyteller

The Devil Rides Out

1968 · Movie

Mocata

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968 · Movie

Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

ITV Playhouse

1967 · TV Show

Admiral Ranking

Omnibus

1967 · TV Show

Narrator

The Man Outside

1967 · Movie

Charles Griddon

The Night of the Generals

1967 · Movie

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

You Only Live Twice

1967 · Movie

Dikko Henderson

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · TV Show

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