Charles Gray
Born in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK — Aug 29 1928• Died Mar 07 2000
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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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Bergerac
Bart Bellow
BBC Play of the Month
Charles Strickland
Sherlock Holmes
Mycroft Holmes
Omnibus
Narrator
Performance
Maurice Hussey
No Hiding Place
Upstairs, Downstairs
Sir Edwin Partridge
Gunsmoke
Sheriff
Thriller
Hilary Vance
Drama 61-67
David
Highway Patrol
Officer Edwards (#1430)
Churchill's People
Duke of Portland
Where Are They Now?
Self
Maigret
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Eugene Valmont
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Narrator
Fall of Eagles
Rodzianko
The New Statesman
Roland Gidleigh-Park
You Only Live Twice
Dikko Henderson
Scarlett
The Judge
Longitude
Admiral Balchen
Out of This World
Abel Jones
Suspense
Verdon
Somerset Maugham Hour
Major Templeton
Ike
Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Criminologist
Diamonds Are Forever
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bounine
Hannay
C.A.T.S. Eyes
Madson
Sir Ranald Hearnley
Blackeyes
Sebastian
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Madingley
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Charles
The Night of the Generals
General von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Nineteenth Hole
Col. Westray
Armchair Theatre
Philip Comely
Theatre of Blood
Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Mirror Crack'd
Bates, The Butler
The Legacy
Karl Liebnecht
Cromwell
The Earl of Essex
Porterhouse Blue
Sir Cathcart D'Eath
The House on Garibaldi Street
Gen. Lischke
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Mycroft Holmes
Ticket to Heaven
Musician
Richard II
Duke of York
Silver Bears
Charles Cook
The Beast Must Die
Bennington
I Accuse!
Captain Brossard
The Jigsaw Man
Sir James Chorley
Man in the Moon
Leo
The Entertainer
Columnist
The Executioner
Vaughan Jones
Absolute Hell
Maurice Hussey
Shock Treatment
Judge Oliver Wright
The Millionairess
Adrian Blenderbland
Heart of a Child
Fritz Heiss
Ike
Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Poop Deck
Admiral Dennis De'Ath
The File of the Golden Goose
Harrison, 'The Owl'
The Gourmet
Manley Kingston
On the Game
Narrator (voice)
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
Jason Klein
When Eight Bells Toll
Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
The Desperate Man
Lawson
Harry and Harriet
Satan
The Tichborne Claimant
Arundell
Tommy the Toreador
Gomez
Tea Party
Casey at the Bat
Mr. Dent
Troilus & Cressida
Pandarus
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
Tales That Witness Madness
Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
The Man Outside
Charles Griddon
The Philanthropist
Braham
The Devil Rides Out
Mocata
Cariani and the Courtesans
Narrator
Schalcken the Painter
Narrator
Masquerade
Benson
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Follow a Star
Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
Mosquito Squadron
Air Commodore Hufford
The Wind in the Willows
The Stranger (voice)
Mrs. R's Daughter
Rogers
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Narrator
The Comedy of Errors
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
The Cherry Orchard
Gayev
The Upper Crusts
Lord Robin Seacroft
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Earl Spencer
Night Is the Time for Killing
Hilary Vance
Three Dangerous Ladies
Santander
An Englishman Abroad
Claudius (Charles)
Love Don't Come Easy
Mr. Fairbanks
Firestar: First Contact
Commodore Vandross
Passing Through
Across a Crowded Room
Harold Charles
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
One Man Band
Tailor
Six Characters in Search of an Author
The Director