Charles Gray
Acting1928Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
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
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Criminologist
You Only Live Twice
Dikko Henderson
Diamonds Are Forever
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Sherlock Holmes
Mycroft Holmes
Theatre of Blood
Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Mirror Crack'd
Bates, The Butler
The Devil Rides Out
Mocata
The Night of the Generals
General von Seidlitz-Gabler
Acting History
2000
Where Are They Now?
TVas Self• 1 eps
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
1994
Scarlett
TVas The Judge
1991
Absolute Hell
as Maurice Hussey
Firestar: First Contact
as Commodore Vandross
Performance
TVas Maurice Hussey• 1 eps
1990
Harry and Harriet
as Satan
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Narrator (voice)
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
as Jason Klein
The New Statesman
TVas Roland Gidleigh-Park• 2 eps
1986
The Gourmet
as Manley Kingston
1985
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Mycroft Holmes• 4 eps
Bergerac
TVas Bart Bellow• 1 eps
1983
The Jigsaw Man
as Sir James Chorley
An Englishman Abroad
as Claudius (Charles)
The Comedy of Errors
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
1981
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
as Bates, The Butler
1979
Ike
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
Schalcken the Painter
as Narrator
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Gen. Lischke
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Rogers
Omnibus
TVas Narrator• 1 eps
1978
Richard II
as Duke of York
The Legacy
as Karl Liebnecht
1977
Silver Bears
as Charles Cook
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Santander
1976
The 7% Solution
as Mycroft Holmes
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Sir Harcourt Courtly• 1 eps
1975
The Philanthropist
as Braham
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Criminologist
Night Is the Time for Killing
as Hilary Vance
Thriller
TVas Hilary Vance• 1 eps
1974
The Beast Must Die
as Bennington
On the Game
as Narrator (voice)
Fall of Eagles
TVas Rodzianko
Churchill's People
TVas Duke of Portland
1973
Theatre of Blood
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TVas Eugene Valmont• 1 eps
1972
The Millionairess
as Adrian Blenderbland
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
Upstairs, Downstairs
TVas Sir Edwin Partridge• 1 eps
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Orson's Bag: London
as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor
When Eight Bells Toll
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TVas Narrator
1970
Cromwell
as The Earl of Essex
The Executioner
as Vaughan Jones
1969
Mosquito Squadron
as Air Commodore Hufford
The File of the Golden Goose
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
as Narrator
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
1968
The Devil Rides Out
as Mocata
1967
You Only Live Twice
as Dikko Henderson
The Night of the Generals
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Man Outside
as Charles Griddon
1965
Masquerade
as Benson
1963
Suspense
TVas Verdon• 1 eps
1962
Out of This World
TVas Abel Jones
1961
Drama 61-67
TVas David
1960
1959
1958
1956
Highway Patrol
TVas Officer Edwards (#1430)• 1 eps