Charles Gray

Charles Gray

Birthday: 1928-08-29
Deathday: 2000-03-07
Place of birth: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Also know as: Oliver 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.

Filmography

You Only Live Twice

1967

As Dikko Henderson

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

As Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Masquerade

1965

As Benson

Cromwell

1970

As The Earl of Essex

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968

As Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

Shock Treatment

1981

As Judge Oliver Wright

Theatre of Blood

1973

As Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

The Legacy

1978

As Karl Liebnecht

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

As The Criminologist

The Night of the Generals

1967

As General von Seidlitz-Gabler

The Devil Rides Out

1968

As Mocata

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995

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

The File of the Golden Goose

1969

As Harrison, 'The Owl'

Man in the Moon

1960

As Leo

The Comedy of Errors

1983

As Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

Tea Party

1965

As

Harry and Harriet

1990

As Satan

The Executioner

1970

As Vaughan Jones

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

1969

As narrator

Mosquito Squadron

1969

As Air Commodore Hufford

Troilus & Cressida

1981

As Pandarus

Julius Caesar

1979

As Julius Caesar

Richard II

1978

As Duke of York

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

As Mycroft Holmes

The Man Outside

1967

As Charles Griddon

On the Game

1974

As Narrator (voice)

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

As Bates, The Butler

The Jigsaw Man

1983

As Sir James Chorley

The Merchant of Venice

1969

As Antonio

The Beast Must Die

1974

As Bennington

Absolute Hell

1991

As Maurice Hussey

Ticket to Heaven

1981

As Musician

An Englishman Abroad

2009

As Claudius (Charles)

The Millionairess

1972

As Adrian Blenderbland

The Merchant of Venice

1972

As Antonio

Firestar: First Contact

1991

As Commodore Vandross

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

1987

As Jason Klein

Night is the Time For Killing

1975

As Hilary Vance

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979

As Gen. Lischke

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979

As Rogers

When Eight Bells Toll

1971

As Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977

As Santander

London

1971

As Mr. Mapleton, Tailor

The Tichborne Claimant

1998

As Arundell

Schalcken the Painter

1979

As Narrator

The Entertainer

1960

As Columnist

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

As Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)

The Gourmet

1986

As Manley Kingston

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

As Narrator (voice)

I Accuse!

1958

As Captain Brossard

Silver Bears

1977

As Charles Cook

Heart of a Child

1958

As Fritz Heiss

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

1982

As Earl Spencer

Passing Through

2021

As

Casey at the Bat

1986

As Mr. Dent

The Desperate Man

1959

As Lawson

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

As Narrator

Bond Girls Are Forever

2002

As Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Exotic Locations of 'Diamonds Are Forever'

2006

As Blofeld (archive footage)

Ike

1979

As Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

Tommy the Toreador

1959

As Gomez

The Cherry Orchard

1971

As Gayev

The Philanthropist

1975

As Braham

Love Don't Come Easy

2008

As Mr. Fairbanks