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Charles Gray

Actor

Charles Gray

Born August 29, 1928 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UKDied March 7, 200062 films

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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The Rocky Horror Picture Show posterFirst watchThe Rocky Horror Picture Show19757.4as The CriminologistAfter getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
You Only Live Twice poster6.6You Only Live Twice1967Diamonds Are Forever poster6.4Diamonds Are Forever1971Theatre of Blood poster6.7Theatre of Blood1973The Night of the Generals poster6.8The Night of the Generals1967The Devil Rides Out poster6.6The Devil Rides Out1968The Mirror Crack'd poster6.1The Mirror Crack'd1980Cromwell poster6.6Cromwell1970The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster6.2The Seven-Per-Cent Solution1976

Filmography

62 films as actor
  1. 1999The Tichborne ClaimantArundell
  2. 1999One Man BandTailor
  3. 1991Absolute HellMaurice Hussey
  4. 1991Firestar: First ContactCommodore Vandross
  5. 1990Harry and HarrietSatan
  6. 1987Dreams Lost, Dreams FoundJason Klein
  7. 1987Cariani and the CourtesansNarrator
  8. 1986The GourmetManley Kingston
  9. 1983The Comedy of ErrorsSolinus, Duke of Ephesus
  10. 1983An Englishman AbroadClaudius (Charles)
  11. 1983The Jigsaw ManSir James Chorley
  12. 1982Charles & Diana: A Royal Love StoryEarl Spencer
  13. 1981Troilus & CressidaPandarus
  14. 1981Ticket to HeavenMusician
  15. 1981Shock TreatmentJudge Oliver Wright
  16. 1980The Mirror Crack'dBates, The Butler
  17. 1979Schalcken the PainterNarrator
  18. 1979Mrs. R's DaughterRogers
  19. 1979The House on Garibaldi StreetGen. Lischke
  20. 1979IkeGen. "Freddie" de Guingand
  21. 1979Julius CaesarJulius Caesar
  22. 1978Richard IIDuke of York
  23. 1978The LegacyKarl Liebnecht
  24. 1978Across a Crowded RoomHarold Charles
  25. 1977Six Characters in Search of an AuthorThe Director
  26. 1977Three Dangerous LadiesSantander
  27. 1977Silver BearsCharles Cook
  28. 1976The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionMycroft Holmes
  29. 1976Seven Nights in JapanHenry Hollander
  30. 1976The IslandMr. Santander
  31. 1975The PhilanthropistBraham
  32. 1975The Rocky Horror Picture ShowThe Criminologist
  33. 1975Night Is the Time for KillingHilary Vance
  34. 1974The Beast Must DieBennington
  35. 1974On the GameNarrator (voice)
  36. 1973Tales That Witness MadnessNicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
  37. 1973Theatre of BloodSolomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
  38. 1972The MillionairessAdrian Blenderbland
  39. 1972The Merchant of VeniceAntonio
  40. 1971The Cherry OrchardGayev
  41. 1971Diamonds Are ForeverErnst Stavro Blofeld
  42. 1971When Eight Bells TollSir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
  43. 1970The ExecutionerVaughan Jones
  44. 1970CromwellThe Earl of Essex
  45. 1969The Merchant of VeniceAntonio
  46. 1969The File of the Golden GooseHarrison, 'The Owl'
  47. 1969Mosquito SquadronAir Commodore Hufford
  48. 1969The Nine Ages of NakednessNarrator
  49. 1968The Devil Rides OutMocata
  50. 1968The Secret War of Harry FriggGen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
  51. 1967The Man OutsideCharles Griddon
  52. 1967You Only Live TwiceDikko Henderson
  53. 1967The Night of the GeneralsGeneral von Seidlitz-Gabler
  54. 1965MasqueradeBenson
  55. 1965Tea PartyWilly
  56. 1960Man in the MoonLeo
  57. 1960The EntertainerColumnist
  58. 1959Tommy the ToreadorGomez
  59. 1959The Desperate ManLawson
  60. 1959Follow a StarTaciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
  61. 1958Heart of a ChildFritz Heiss
  62. 1958I Accuse!Captain Brossard