Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 29, 1928
Place of Birth:
Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
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Charles 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Passing Through | |
| 2008 | Love Don't Come Easy | Mr. Fairbanks |
| 2002 | Bond Girls Are Forever | Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1998 | The Tichborne Claimant | Arundell |
| 1995 | Orson Welles: The One-Man Band | Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Absolute Hell | Maurice Hussey |
| 1991 | Firestar: First Contact | Commodore Vandross |
| 1990 | Harry and Harriet | Satan |
| 1987 | Cariani and the Courtesans | Narrator |
| 1987 | Dreams Lost, Dreams Found | Jason Klein |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | Casey at the Bat | Mr. Dent |
| 1986 | The Gourmet | Manley Kingston |
| 1983 | The Comedy of Errors | Solinus, Duke of Ephesus |
| 1983 | An Englishman Abroad | Claudius (Charles) |
| 1983 | The Jigsaw Man | Sir James Chorley |
| 1982 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Earl Spencer |
| 1981 | Shock Treatment | Judge Oliver Wright |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida | Pandarus |
| 1981 | Ticket to Heaven | Musician |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Bates, The Butler |
| 1979 | Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Gen. Lischke |
| 1979 | Mrs. R's Daughter | Rogers |
| 1979 | Schalcken the Painter | Narrator |
| 1978 | The Legacy | Karl Liebnecht |
| 1978 | Richard II | Duke of York |
| 1978 | Across a Crowded Room | Harold Charles |
| 1977 | Three Dangerous Ladies | Santander |
| 1977 | Silver Bears | Charles Cook |
| 1977 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | The Director |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Mycroft Holmes |
| 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | The Criminologist |
| 1975 | The Philanthropist | Braham |
| 1975 | Night is the Time For Killing | Hilary Vance |
| 1974 | On the Game | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | The Beast Must Die | Bennington |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) |
| 1972 | The Millionairess | Adrian Blenderbland |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio |
| 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| 1971 | The Cherry Orchard | Gayev |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll | Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1971 | London | Mr. Mapleton, Tailor |
| 1970 | Cromwell | The Earl of Essex |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Vaughan Jones |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose | Harrison, 'The Owl' |
| 1969 | The Nine Ages of Nakedness | Narrator |
| 1969 | Mosquito Squadron | Air Commodore Hufford |
| 1969 | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts |
| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Mocata |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Dikko Henderson |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General von Seidlitz-Gabler |
| 1967 | The Man Outside | Charles Griddon |
| 1965 | Masquerade | Benson |
| 1965 | Tea Party | |
| 1960 | Man in the Moon | Leo |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Columnist |
| 1959 | Tommy the Toreador | Gomez |
| 1959 | The Desperate Man | Lawson |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Captain Brossard |
| 1958 | Heart of a Child | Fritz Heiss |