Charles Gray
Known for acting · Born 29 August 1928 · Died 7 March 2000 · aged 71 · Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
144 credits
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
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
The Devil Rides Out
1968
Shock Treatment
1981
Mosquito Squadron
1969
The Beast Must Die
1974
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
The Jigsaw Man
1983
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
An Englishman Abroad
1983
Acting (144)
2000LongitudeAdmiral BalchenSeries
1999The Tichborne ClaimantArundellFilm
1999Where Are They Now?SelfSeries
1999One Man BandTailorFilm
1996MadsonSir Ranald Hearnley · 5 episodesSeries
1995Orson Welles: The One-Man BandSelf (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)Film
1994ScarlettThe JudgeSeries
1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes · 2 episodesSeries
1992Tales from the Poop DeckAdmiral Dennis De'Ath · 2 episodesSeries
1991Absolute HellMaurice HusseyFilm
1991Firestar: First ContactCommodore VandrossFilm
1991PerformanceMaurice HusseySeries
1991ShrinksLord RissingtonSeries
1990Harry and HarrietSatanFilm
1990The Paper ManPrime Minister · 2 episodesSeries
1989BlackeyesSebastianSeries
1989The Nineteenth HoleCol. WestraySeries
1988HannayCommander NevilSeries
1988Blind JusticeJudge LangtrySeries
1988Small WorldRudyard Parkinson · 6 episodesSeries
1987The New StatesmanRoland Gidleigh-Park · 2 episodesSeries
1987Porterhouse BlueSir Cathcart D'Eath · 4 episodesSeries
1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodNarrator (voice)Film
1987Dreams Lost, Dreams FoundJason KleinFilm
1987Cariani and the CourtesansNarratorFilm
1987Tickets for the TitanicThe Earl of AlbanySeries
1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesMycroft HolmesSeries
1986The GourmetManley KingstonFilm
1986ScreenPlayStoryteller(voice)Series
1985Tall Tales & LegendsMr DentSeries
1985C.A.T.S. EyesSir Jack FennSeries
1984Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes · 4 episodesSeries
1984The Wind in the WillowsThe Stranger (voice)Series
1984The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesMycroft HolmesSeries
1983The Jigsaw ManSir James ChorleyFilm
1983An Englishman AbroadClaudius (Charles)Film
1983The Comedy of ErrorsSolinus, Duke of EphesusFilm
1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryEarl SpencerFilm
1981Shock TreatmentJudge Oliver WrightFilm
1981BergeracBart BellowSeries
1981Ticket to HeavenMusicianFilm
1981Troilus & CressidaPandarusFilm
1980The Mirror Crack'dBates, The ButlerFilm
1980We, the AccusedSir Hayman DrewerSeries
1979Schalcken the PainterNarratorFilm
1979Julius CaesarJulius CaesarFilm
1979IkeGen. "Freddie" de GuingandFilm
1979The House on Garibaldi StreetGen. LischkeFilm
1979IkeGen. 'Freddie' de GuingandSeries
1979Mrs. R's DaughterRogersFilm
1979HeartlandMr. WheelerSeries
1978The LegacyKarl LiebnechtFilm
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareDuke of York, Julius CaesarSeries
1978HazellBrownhillSeries
1978Richard IIDuke of YorkFilm
1978Across a Crowded RoomHarold CharlesFilm
1977Silver BearsCharles CookFilm
1977Three Dangerous LadiesSantanderFilm
1977The Sunday DramaDelaforceSeries
1977Six Characters in Search of an AuthorThe DirectorFilm
1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseCharlesSeries
1976The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionMycroft HolmesFilm
1976Seven Nights in JapanHenry HollanderFilm
1976The IslandMr. SantanderFilm
1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowThe CriminologistFilm
1975The PhilanthropistBrahamFilm
1975Night Is the Time for KillingHilary VanceFilm
1975The VenturersTony ChallonSeries
1974The Beast Must DieBenningtonFilm
1974Fall of EaglesRodziankoSeries
1974On the GameNarrator (voice)Film
1974Churchill's PeopleDuke of PortlandSeries
1974Dial M for MurderHugo VardonSeries
1973Theatre of BloodSolomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)Film
1973Tales That Witness MadnessNicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)Film
1973ThrillerHilary VanceSeries
1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesMikail ZigorinSeries
1973The Upper CrustsLord Robin Seacroft · 6 episodesSeries
1973The Song of SongsCount Von Mertzbach · 5 episodesSeries
1972The MillionairessAdrian BlenderblandFilm
1972The Merchant of VeniceAntonioFilm
1971Diamonds Are ForeverErnst Stavro BlofeldFilm
1971When Eight Bells TollSir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)Film
1971Upstairs, DownstairsSir Edwin PartridgeSeries
1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesEugene ValmontSeries
1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasNarratorSeries
1971Doctor at LargeManSeries
1971The Cherry OrchardGayevFilm
1970CromwellThe Earl of EssexFilm
1970The ExecutionerVaughan JonesFilm
1970Play for TodayOxladeSeries
1970MenaceMickySeries
1970Oh In ColourActorSeries
1969Mosquito SquadronAir Commodore HuffordFilm
1969The File of the Golden GooseHarrison, 'The Owl'Film
1969The Nine Ages of NakednessNarratorFilm
1969The Merchant of VeniceAntonioFilm
1969Softly Softly: Task ForceHer Majesty's Inspector Sharp, TailorSeries
1969W. Somerset MaughamThe StorytellerSeries
1968The Devil Rides OutMocataFilm
1968The Secret War of Harry FriggGen. Adrian Cox-RobertsFilm
1967You Only Live TwiceDikko HendersonFilm
1967The Night of the GeneralsGeneral von Seidlitz-GablerFilm
1967OmnibusNarratorSeries
1967The Man OutsideCharles GriddonFilm
1967ITV PlayhouseAdmiral RankingSeries
1965MasqueradeBensonFilm
1965BBC Play of the MonthCharles Strickland, Richard Greatham, Field-Marshall Allenby, Gayev, Antonio, Lord Augustus, Adrian Blenderbland, Mr. Beebe, Sir Harcourt CourtlySeries
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreDetective Inspector Waugh, Inspector Waugh · 2 episodes, Bertrand Asquith, KnoxSeries
1965The TroubleshootersMichael RennaneSeries
1965Tea PartyWillyFilm
1963Love StoryJohn Trewardine, BenderSeries
1962Out of This WorldAbel JonesSeries
1962SuspenseVerdonSeries
1961Drama 61-67DavidSeries
1960The EntertainerColumnistFilm
1960Danger ManAlex, ZamedaSeries
1960MaigretMazeronSeries
1960Man in the MoonLeoFilm
1960Michael ShayneDr Bill LoganSeries
1960Armchair Mystery TheatreMadingley, QuillSeries
1960Somerset Maugham HourMajor Templeton, Tom RamseySeries
1959Follow a StarTaciturn Man at Party (uncredited)Film
1959No Hiding PlaceSir MilesSeries
1959Whicker's WorldSeries
1959Tommy the ToreadorGomezFilm
1959The Four Just MenSadik Bey, Paul Lederer, DominguezSeries
1959The Desperate ManLawsonFilm
1959Probation OfficerRichard BatesSeries
1959Crime SheetActorSeries
1958The Invisible ManThalSeries
1958I Accuse!Captain BrossardFilm
1958Heart of a ChildFritz HeissFilm
1958Sword of FreedomVarenza, Pierre De FoixSeries
1957Bachelor FatherFrank GibbsSeries
1957Theatre NightCapt. Cyril MavorsSeries
1956Armchair TheatrePhilip Comely, Stuart Marlowe, Felix HullSeries
1956Boyd Q.C.TickleSeries
1955GunsmokeSheriff, Tyler, Bob GringleSeries
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodSir BlaiseSeries
1955Highway PatrolOfficer Edwards (#1430)Series
1954Producers' ShowcaseEscalus- Prince of VeronaSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameBounineSeries
1950Sunday Night TheatreWaringSeries