Acting
Charles Gray
EN, DE cinema · 65 credits
Born
29 August 1928
Died
7 March 2000 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
Also known as Чарльз Грей · Donald Marshall Gray
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
The Tichborne Claimant
as Arundell
One Man Band
as Tailor
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
Absolute Hell
as Maurice Hussey
Firestar: First Contact
as Commodore Vandross
Harry and Harriet
as Satan
Cariani and the Courtesans
as Narrator
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
as Jason Klein
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Narrator (voice)
The Gourmet
as Manley Kingston
The Comedy of Errors
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
An Englishman Abroad
as Claudius (Charles)
The Jigsaw Man
as Sir James Chorley
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
as Earl Spencer
Shock Treatment
as Judge Oliver Wright
Troilus & Cressida
as Pandarus
Ticket to Heaven
as Musician
The Mirror Crack'd
as Bates, The Butler
Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
Ike
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Gen. Lischke
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Rogers
Schalcken the Painter
as Narrator
The Legacy
as Karl Liebnecht
Richard II
as Duke of York
Across a Crowded Room
1978
Across a Crowded Room
as Harold Charles
Three Dangerous Ladies
as Santander
Silver Bears
as Charles Cook
Six Characters in Search of an Author
as The Director
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Mycroft Holmes
Seven Nights in Japan
as Henry Hollander
The Island
1976
The Island
as Mr. Santander
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Criminologist
Night Is the Time for Killing
as Hilary Vance
On the Game
as Narrator (voice)
The Beast Must Die
as Bennington
Theatre of Blood
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
Tales That Witness Madness
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
The Millionairess
as Adrian Blenderbland
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
Diamonds Are Forever
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Cherry Orchard
as Gayev
When Eight Bells Toll
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
Cromwell
as The Earl of Essex
The Executioner
as Vaughan Jones
The File of the Golden Goose
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
as Narrator
Mosquito Squadron
as Air Commodore Hufford
The Merchant of Venice
as Antonio
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
The Devil Rides Out
as Mocata
You Only Live Twice
as Dikko Henderson
The Night of the Generals
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Man Outside
as Charles Griddon
Masquerade
as Benson
Tea Party
as Willy
Lawrence of Arabia
as General Allenby (voice) (uncredited)
The Entertainer
as Columnist
Tommy the Toreador
as Gomez
The Desperate Man
as Lawson
Follow a Star
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
I Accuse!
as Captain Brossard
Heart of a Child
as Fritz Heiss