Person

Charles Gray

Acting · 1928–2000 · Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

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.

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  Play for Today

  1970

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  Sherlock Holmes

  Mycroft Holmes

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  BBC Play of the Month

  Charles Strickland

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  Highway Patrol

  Officer Edwards (#1430)

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  Bergerac

  Bart Bellow

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  Omnibus

  Narrator

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  Gunsmoke

  Sheriff

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  ScreenPlay

  Storyteller(voice)

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  No Hiding Place

  1959

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  Danger Man

  Alex

• 2021Passing Through
• 2008Love Don't Come EasyMr. Fairbanks
• 2000LongitudeAdmiral Balchen
• 1999The Tichborne ClaimantArundell
• 1999One Man BandTailor
• 1999Where Are They Now?Self
• 1996MadsonSir Ranald Hearnley
• 1995Orson Welles: The One-Man BandSelf (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
• 1994ScarlettThe Judge
• 1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes
• 1992Tales from the Poop DeckAdmiral Dennis De'Ath
• 1991Absolute HellMaurice Hussey
• 1991PerformanceMaurice Hussey
• 1991Firestar: First ContactCommodore Vandross
• 1990Harry and HarrietSatan
• 1989BlackeyesSebastian
• 1989The Nineteenth HoleCol. Westray
• 1988Hannay
• 1987Dreams Lost, Dreams FoundJason Klein
• 1987The New StatesmanRoland Gidleigh-Park
• 1987Cariani and the CourtesansNarrator
• 1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodNarrator (voice)
• 1987Porterhouse BlueSir Cathcart D'Eath
• 1986ScreenPlayStoryteller(voice)
• 1986The Return of Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes
• 1986Casey at the BatMr. Dent
• 1986The GourmetManley Kingston
• 1985C.A.T.S. Eyes
• 1984Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes
• 1984The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesMycroft Holmes
• 1983The Comedy of ErrorsSolinus, Duke of Ephesus
• 1983An Englishman AbroadClaudius (Charles)
• 1983The Jigsaw ManSir James Chorley
• 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryEarl Spencer
• 1981Troilus & CressidaPandarus
• 1981BergeracBart Bellow
• 1981Ticket to HeavenMusician
• 1981Shock TreatmentJudge Oliver Wright
• 1980The Mirror Crack'dBates, The Butler
• 1979Schalcken the PainterNarrator
• 1979Mrs. R's DaughterRogers
• 1979HeartlandMr. Wheeler
• 1979The House on Garibaldi StreetGen. Lischke
• 1979IkeGen. "Freddie" de Guingand
• 1979IkeGen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
• 1979Julius CaesarJulius Caesar
• 1978Richard IIDuke of York
• 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareDuke of York
• 1978The LegacyKarl Liebnecht
• 1978Across a Crowded RoomHarold Charles
• 1977Six Characters in Search of an AuthorThe Director
• 1977Three Dangerous LadiesSantander
• 1977Silver BearsCharles Cook
• 1977The Sunday DramaDelaforce
• 1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseCharles
• 1976The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionMycroft Holmes
• 1975The PhilanthropistBraham
• 1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowThe Criminologist
• 1975Night Is the Time for KillingHilary Vance
• 1974Churchill's PeopleDuke of Portland
• 1974Dial M for MurderHugo Vardon
• 1974The Beast Must DieBennington
• 1974Fall of EaglesRodzianko
• 1974On the GameNarrator (voice)
• 1973Tales That Witness MadnessNicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
• 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesMikail Zigorin
• 1973ThrillerHilary Vance
• 1973Theatre of BloodSolomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
• 1973The Upper CrustsLord Robin Seacroft
• 1972The MillionairessAdrian Blenderbland
• 1972The Merchant of VeniceAntonio
• 1971A Ghost Story for ChristmasNarrator
• 1971The Cherry OrchardGayev
• 1971Diamonds Are ForeverErnst Stavro Blofeld
• 1971Upstairs, DownstairsSir Edwin Partridge
• 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesEugene Valmont
• 1971When Eight Bells TollSir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
• 1970Play for Today
• 1970MenaceMicky
• 1970The ExecutionerVaughan Jones
• 1970CromwellThe Earl of Essex
• 1969The Merchant of VeniceAntonio
• 1969The File of the Golden GooseHarrison, 'The Owl'
• 1969Mosquito SquadronAir Commodore Hufford
• 1969W. Somerset MaughamThe Storyteller
• 1969The Nine Ages of NakednessNarrator
• 1968The Devil Rides OutMocata
• 1968The Secret War of Harry FriggGen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
• 1967OmnibusNarrator
• 1967The Man OutsideCharles Griddon
• 1967You Only Live TwiceDikko Henderson
• 1967The Night of the GeneralsGeneral von Seidlitz-Gabler
• 1965BBC Play of the MonthCharles Strickland
• 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreDetective Inspector Waugh
• 1965MasqueradeBenson
• 1965Tea Party
• 1962Out of This WorldAbel Jones
• 1962SuspenseVerdon
• 1961Drama 61-67David
• 1960Man in the MoonLeo
• 1960Maigret
• 1960Danger ManAlex
• 1960The EntertainerColumnist
• 1960Armchair Mystery TheatreMadingley
• 1960Somerset Maugham HourMajor Templeton
• 1959Tommy the ToreadorGomez
• 1959The Desperate ManLawson
• 1959No Hiding Place
• 1959Whicker's World
• 1959Follow a StarTaciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
• 1958Heart of a ChildFritz Heiss
• 1958I Accuse!Captain Brossard
• 1956Armchair TheatrePhilip Comely
• 1955Highway PatrolOfficer Edwards (#1430)
• 1955GunsmokeSheriff
• 1951Hallmark Hall of FameBounine