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

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Night of the Generals

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2021	Passing Through
2008	Love Don't Come Easy	Mr. Fairbanks
2006	The Exotic Locations of 'Diamonds Are Forever'	Blofeld (archive footage)
2002	Bond Girls Are Forever	Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999	Where Are They Now?	Self
1998	The Tichborne Claimant	Arundell
1995	Orson Welles: The One-Man Band	Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
1994	Scarlett
1992	Tales From The Poop Deck
1991	Absolute Hell	Maurice Hussey
1991	Firestar: First Contact	Commodore Vandross
1991	Performance	Maurice Hussey
1990	Harry and Harriet	Satan
1989	Blackeyes	Sebastian
1988	Hannay
1987	The New Statesman	Roland Gidleigh-Park
1987	Porterhouse Blue	Sir Cathcart D'Eath
1987	Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood	Narrator (voice)
1987	Dreams Lost, Dreams Found	Jason Klein
1987	Cariani and the Courtesans	Narrator
1986	The Gourmet	Manley Kingston
1986	Casey at the Bat	Mr. Dent
1985	C.A.T.S. Eyes
1984	Sherlock Holmes	Mycroft Holmes
1983	The Jigsaw Man	Sir James Chorley
1983	An Englishman Abroad	Claudius (Charles)
1983	The Comedy of Errors	Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
1982	Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story	Earl Spencer
1981	Shock Treatment	Judge Oliver Wright
1981	Bergerac	Bart Bellow
1981	Ticket to Heaven	Musician
1981	Troilus & Cressida	Pandarus
1980	The Mirror Crack'd	Bates, The Butler
1979	Schalcken the Painter	Narrator
1979	Julius Caesar	Julius Caesar
1979	Ike	Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
1979	The House on Garibaldi Street	Gen. Lischke
1979	Ike	Gen. 'Freddie' DeGuingand
1979	Mrs. R's Daughter	Rogers
1978	The Legacy	Karl Liebnecht
1978	BBC Television Shakespeare	Duke of York
1978	Hazell
1978	Richard II	Duke of York
1977	Silver Bears	Charles Cook
1977	Three Dangerous Ladies	Santander
1977	The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Mycroft Holmes
1975	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	The Criminologist
1975	Night is the Time For Killing	Hilary Vance
1975	The Philanthropist	Braham
1975	The Venturers
1974	The Beast Must Die	Bennington
1974	Fall of Eagles	Rodzianko
1974	On the Game	Narrator (voice)
1973	Theatre of Blood	Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
1973	Tales That Witness Madness	Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)
1973	Thriller	Hilary Vance
1973	The Upper Crusts
1972	The Millionairess	Adrian Blenderbland
1972	The Merchant of Venice	Antonio
1971	Diamonds Are Forever	Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1971	When Eight Bells Toll	Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
1971	Upstairs, Downstairs	Sir Edwin Partridge
1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	Eugene Valmont
1971	The Cherry Orchard	Gayev
1971	London	Mr. Mapleton, Tailor
1970	Cromwell	The Earl of Essex
1970	The Executioner	Vaughan Jones
1970	Play for Today
1969	Mosquito Squadron	Air Commodore Hufford
1969	The File of the Golden Goose	Harrison, 'The Owl'
1969	The Merchant of Venice	Antonio
1969	The Nine Ages of Nakedness	narrator
1968	The Devil Rides Out	Mocata
1968	The Secret War of Harry Frigg	Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
1968	The Jazz Age
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	BBC Play of the Month	Gayev
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Adrian Blenderbland
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mr. Beebe
1965	Tea Party
1962	Out of This World
1961	Gunslinger	Pico McGuire
1960	The Entertainer	Columnist
1960	Maigret
1960	Man in the Moon	Leo
1959	No Hiding Place
1959	Tommy the Toreador	Gomez
1959	The Desperate Man	Lawson
1958	I Accuse!	Captain Brossard
1958	Heart of a Child	Fritz Heiss
1955	Gunsmoke	Sheriff
1955	Gunsmoke	Tyler
1955	Gunsmoke	Bob Gringle
1955	Highway Patrol	Officer Edwards (#1430)
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Bounine