Acting · Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Born August 29, 1928
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.
MoviePassing Through
2021
MovieLove Don't Come Easy
2008
as Mr. Fairbanks
TVLongitude
2000
as Admiral Balchen
MovieThe Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Arundell
MovieOne Man Band
1999
as Tailor
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TVMadson
1996
as Sir Ranald Hearnley
MovieOrson Welles: The One-Man Band
1995
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
TVScarlett
1994
as The Judge
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Mycroft Holmes
Tales from the Poop Deck
1992
as Admiral Dennis De'Ath
MovieAbsolute Hell
1991
as Maurice Hussey
TVPerformance
1991
as Maurice Hussey
MovieFirestar: First Contact
1991
as Commodore Vandross
MovieHarry and Harriet
1990
as Satan
TVBlackeyes
1989
as Sebastian
The Nineteenth Hole
1989
as Col. Westray
TVHannay
1988
MovieDreams Lost, Dreams Found
1987
as Jason Klein
TVThe New Statesman
1987
as Roland Gidleigh-Park
MovieCariani and the Courtesans
1987
as Narrator
MovieHammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as Narrator (voice)
TVPorterhouse Blue
1987
as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Storyteller(voice)
TVThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Mycroft Holmes
MovieCasey at the Bat
1986
as Mr. Dent
MovieThe Gourmet
1986
as Manley Kingston
TVC.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes
TVThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mycroft Holmes
MovieThe Comedy of Errors
1983
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
MovieAn Englishman Abroad
1983
as Claudius (Charles)
MovieThe Jigsaw Man
1983
as Sir James Chorley
MovieCharles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
1982
as Earl Spencer
MovieTroilus & Cressida
1981
as Pandarus
TVBergerac
1981
as Bart Bellow
MovieTicket to Heaven
1981
as Musician
MovieShock Treatment
1981
as Judge Oliver Wright
MovieThe Mirror Crack'd
1980
as Bates, The Butler
MovieSchalcken the Painter
1979
as Narrator
MovieMrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Rogers
Heartland
1979
as Mr. Wheeler
MovieThe House on Garibaldi Street
1979
as Gen. Lischke
MovieIke
1979
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
TVIke
1979
as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
MovieJulius Caesar
1979
as Julius Caesar
MovieRichard II
1978
as Duke of York
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Duke of York
MovieThe Legacy
1978
as Karl Liebnecht
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Harold Charles
MovieSix Characters in Search of an Author
1977
as The Director
MovieThree Dangerous Ladies
1977
as Santander
MovieSilver Bears
1977
as Charles Cook
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Delaforce
TVThe Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as Charles
MovieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Mycroft Holmes
The Philanthropist
1975
as Braham
MovieThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
as The Criminologist
MovieNight Is the Time for Killing
1975
as Hilary Vance
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Duke of Portland
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Hugo Vardon
MovieThe Beast Must Die
1974
as Bennington
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as Rodzianko
MovieOn the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice)
MovieTales That Witness Madness
1973
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Mikail Zigorin
TVThriller
1973
as Hilary Vance
MovieTheatre of Blood
1973
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Upper Crusts
1973
as Lord Robin Seacroft
MovieThe Millionairess
1972
as Adrian Blenderbland
MovieThe Merchant of Venice
1972
as Antonio
TVA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Narrator
MovieThe Cherry Orchard
1971
as Gayev
MovieDiamonds Are Forever
1971
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
TVUpstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Sir Edwin Partridge
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Eugene Valmont
MovieWhen Eight Bells Toll
1971
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
TVPlay for Today
1970
Menace
1970
as Micky
MovieThe Executioner
1970
as Vaughan Jones
MovieCromwell
1970
as The Earl of Essex
MovieThe Merchant of Venice
1969
as Antonio
MovieThe File of the Golden Goose
1969
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
MovieMosquito Squadron
1969
as Air Commodore Hufford
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as The Storyteller
MovieThe Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969
as Narrator
MovieThe Devil Rides Out
1968
as Mocata
MovieThe Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
TVOmnibus
1967
as Narrator
MovieThe Man Outside
1967
as Charles Griddon
MovieYou Only Live Twice
1967
as Dikko Henderson
MovieThe Night of the Generals
1967
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Charles Strickland
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Detective Inspector Waugh
MovieMasquerade
1965
as Benson
MovieTea Party
1965
TVOut of This World
1962
as Abel Jones
TVSuspense
1962
as Verdon
Drama 61-67
1961
as David
MovieMan in the Moon
1960
as Leo
TVMaigret
1960
TVDanger Man
1960
as Alex
MovieThe Entertainer
1960
as Columnist
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
as Madingley
Somerset Maugham Hour
1960
as Major Templeton
MovieTommy the Toreador
1959
as Gomez
MovieThe Desperate Man
1959
as Lawson
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
TVWhicker's World
1959
MovieFollow a Star
1959
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
MovieHeart of a Child
1958
as Fritz Heiss
MovieI Accuse!
1958
as Captain Brossard
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Philip Comely
TVHighway Patrol
1955
as Officer Edwards (#1430)
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Sheriff
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bounine
