Charles Gray

Known for

Acting

Born

August 29, 1928

Birthplace

Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

Died

March 7, 2000 (aged 71)

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.

Best known work

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

You Only Live Twice

1967

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

Sherlock Holmes

1984

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

Theatre of Blood

1973

The Devil Rides Out

1968

The Night of the Generals

1967

Gunsmoke

1955

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

Filmography

2000
LongitudeTV
as Admiral Balchen (1 episode)
1999
The Tichborne Claimant
as Arundell
1999
One Man Band
as Tailor
1999
Where Are They Now?TV
as Self (1 episode)
1996
MadsonTV
as Sir Ranald Hearnley (5 episodes)
1995
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
1994
ScarlettTV
as The Judge (1 episode)
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesTV
as Mycroft Holmes (2 episodes)
1992
Tales from the Poop DeckTV
as Admiral Dennis De'Ath (2 episodes)
1991
Absolute Hell
as Maurice Hussey
1991
PerformanceTV
as Maurice Hussey (1 episode)
1991
ShrinksTV
as Lord Rissington (1 episode)
1991
Firestar: First Contact
as Commodore Vandross
1990
The Paper ManTV
as Prime Minister (2 episodes)
1990
Harry and Harriet
as Satan
1989
BlackeyesTV
as Sebastian (1 episode)
1989
The Nineteenth HoleTV
as Col. Westray (1 episode)
1988
Blind JusticeTV
as Judge Langtry (1 episode)
1988
Small WorldTV
as Rudyard Parkinson (6 episodes)
1988
HannayTV
as Commander Nevil (1 episode)
1987
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
as Jason Klein
1987
The New StatesmanTV
as Roland Gidleigh-Park (2 episodes)
1987
Cariani and the Courtesans
as Narrator
1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Narrator (voice)
1987
Porterhouse BlueTV
as Sir Cathcart D'Eath (4 episodes)