Charles Gray

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

29 August 1928, 97 years old

Known For

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

You Only Live Twice

Diamonds Are Forever

Theatre of Blood

The Mirror Crack'd

The Devil Rides Out

The Night of the Generals

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Shock Treatment

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Passing Through

2021

Love Don't Come Easy

Mr. Fairbanks

2008

The Tichborne Claimant

Arundell

1999

One Man Band

Tailor

1999

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

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

1995

Absolute Hell

Maurice Hussey

1991

Firestar: First Contact

Commodore Vandross

1991

Harry and Harriet

Satan

1990

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

Jason Klein

1987

Cariani and the Courtesans

Narrator

1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Narrator (voice)

1987

Casey at the Bat

Mr. Dent

1986

The Gourmet

Manley Kingston

1986

The Wind in the Willows

The Stranger (voice)

1984

The Comedy of Errors

Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

1983

An Englishman Abroad

Claudius (Charles)

1983

The Jigsaw Man

Sir James Chorley

1983

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Earl Spencer

1982

Troilus & Cressida

Pandarus

1981

Ticket to Heaven

Musician

1981

Shock Treatment

Judge Oliver Wright

1981

The Mirror Crack'd

Bates, The Butler

1980

Schalcken the Painter

Narrator

1979

Mrs. R's Daughter

Rogers

1979

The House on Garibaldi Street

Gen. Lischke

1979

Ike

Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

1979

Julius Caesar

1979

Richard II

Duke of York

1978

The Legacy

Karl Liebnecht

1978

Across a Crowded Room

Harold Charles

1978

Six Characters in Search of an Author

The Director

1977

Three Dangerous Ladies

Santander

1977

Silver Bears

Charles Cook

1977

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Mycroft Holmes

1976

The Philanthropist

Braham

1975

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Criminologist

1975

Night Is the Time for Killing

Hilary Vance

1975

The Beast Must Die

Bennington

1974

On the Game

Narrator (voice)

1974

Tales That Witness Madness

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

1973

Theatre of Blood

Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

1973

The Millionairess

Adrian Blenderbland

1972

The Merchant of Venice

Antonio

1972

Orson's Bag: London

Mr. Mapleton, Tailor

1971

The Cherry Orchard

Gayev

1971

Diamonds Are Forever

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1971

When Eight Bells Toll

Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

1971

The Executioner

Vaughan Jones

1970

Cromwell

The Earl of Essex

1970

The Merchant of Venice

Antonio

1969

The File of the Golden Goose

Harrison, 'The Owl'

1969

Mosquito Squadron

Air Commodore Hufford

1969

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

Narrator

1969

The Devil Rides Out

Mocata

1968

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

1968

The Man Outside

Charles Griddon

1967

You Only Live Twice

Dikko Henderson

1967

The Night of the Generals

General von Seidlitz-Gabler

1967

Masquerade

Benson

1965

Tea Party

1965

Man in the Moon

Leo

1960

The Entertainer

Columnist

1960

Tommy the Toreador

Gomez

1959

The Desperate Man

Lawson

1959

Follow a Star

Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)

1959

Heart of a Child

Fritz Heiss

1958

I Accuse!

Captain Brossard

1958