Charles Gray

Person

Charles Gray

Born 29 August 1928 Died 7 March 2000, aged 71 Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK TMDB ↗

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 numbers

Computed from the record
23age in their first credit on record (1951)
70years on screen and counting
15credits in 1965, their busiest year
127dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Passing Through poster Age: 92

Passing Through

2021
Love Don't Come Easy poster Age: 79

Love Don't Come Easy

2008
as Mr. Fairbanks
The Tichborne Claimant poster Age: 71

The Tichborne Claimant

1999
as Arundell
One Man Band poster Age: 71

One Man Band

1999
as Tailor
Absolute Hell poster Age: 63

Absolute Hell

1991
as Maurice Hussey
Firestar: First Contact poster Age: 62

Firestar: First Contact

1991
as Commodore Vandross
Harry and Harriet poster Age: 61

Harry and Harriet

1990
as Satan
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found poster Age: 59

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

1987
as Jason Klein
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster Age: 58

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987
as Narrator (voice)
Casey at the Bat poster Age: 57

Casey at the Bat

1986
as Mr. Dent
The Gourmet poster Age: 57

The Gourmet

1986
as Manley Kingston
The Comedy of Errors poster Age: 55

The Comedy of Errors

1983
as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
An Englishman Abroad poster Age: 55

An Englishman Abroad

1983
as Claudius (Charles)
The Jigsaw Man poster Age: 55

The Jigsaw Man

1983
as Sir James Chorley
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story poster Age: 54

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

1982
as Earl Spencer
Troilus & Cressida poster Age: 53

Troilus & Cressida

1981
as Pandarus
Ticket to Heaven poster Age: 53

Ticket to Heaven

1981
as Musician
Shock Treatment poster Age: 52

Shock Treatment

1981
as Judge Oliver Wright
The Mirror Crack'd poster Age: 51

The Mirror Crack'd

1980
as Bates, The Butler
Mrs. R's Daughter poster Age: 51

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979
as Rogers
The House on Garibaldi Street poster Age: 50

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979
as Gen. Lischke
Ike poster Age: 50

Ike

1979
as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
Julius Caesar poster Age: 50

Julius Caesar

1979
as Julius Caesar
Richard II poster Age: 50

Richard II

1978
as Duke of York
The Legacy poster Age: 50

The Legacy

1978
as Karl Liebnecht
No poster
Age: 49

Across a Crowded Room

1978
as Harold Charles
Six Characters in Search of an Author poster Age: 48

Six Characters in Search of an Author

1977
as The Director
Three Dangerous Ladies poster Age: 48

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977
as Santander
Silver Bears poster Age: 48

Silver Bears

1977
as Charles Cook
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster Age: 48

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976
as Mycroft Holmes
No poster
Age: 47

The Philanthropist

1975
as Braham
The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster Age: 46

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975
as The Criminologist
Night Is the Time for Killing poster Age: 46

Night Is the Time for Killing

1975
as Hilary Vance
The Beast Must Die poster Age: 45

The Beast Must Die

1974
as Bennington
On the Game poster Age: 45

On the Game

1974
as Narrator (voice)
Tales That Witness Madness poster Age: 45

Tales That Witness Madness

1973
as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
Theatre of Blood poster Age: 44

Theatre of Blood

1973
as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Millionairess poster Age: 44

The Millionairess

1972
as Adrian Blenderbland
The Merchant of Venice poster Age: 43

The Merchant of Venice

1972
as Antonio
The Cherry Orchard poster Age: 43

The Cherry Orchard

1971
as Gayev
Diamonds Are Forever poster Age: 43

Diamonds Are Forever

1971
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
When Eight Bells Toll poster Age: 42

When Eight Bells Toll

1971
as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
The Executioner poster Age: 42

The Executioner

1970
as Vaughan Jones
Cromwell poster Age: 41

Cromwell

1970
as The Earl of Essex
The Merchant of Venice poster Age: 41

The Merchant of Venice

1969
as Antonio
The File of the Golden Goose poster Age: 41

The File of the Golden Goose

1969
as Harrison, 'The Owl'
Mosquito Squadron poster Age: 40

Mosquito Squadron

1969
as Air Commodore Hufford
The Devil Rides Out poster Age: 39

The Devil Rides Out

1968
as Mocata
The Secret War of Harry Frigg poster Age: 39

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968
as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
The Man Outside poster Age: 38

The Man Outside

1967
as Charles Griddon
You Only Live Twice poster Age: 38

You Only Live Twice

1967
as Dikko Henderson
The Night of the Generals poster Age: 38

The Night of the Generals

1967
as General von Seidlitz-Gabler
Masquerade poster Age: 36

Masquerade

1965
as Benson
Tea Party poster Age: 36

Tea Party

1965
Man in the Moon poster Age: 32

Man in the Moon

1960
as Leo
The Entertainer poster Age: 31

The Entertainer

1960
as Columnist
Tommy the Toreador poster Age: 31

Tommy the Toreador

1959
as Gomez
The Desperate Man poster Age: 31

The Desperate Man

1959
as Lawson
Follow a Star poster Age: 30

Follow a Star

1959
as Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
Heart of a Child poster Age: 29

Heart of a Child

1958
as Fritz Heiss
I Accuse! poster Age: 29

I Accuse!

1958
as Captain Brossard
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TV credits

Newest first
Longitude poster Age: 71

Longitude

2000
as Admiral Balchen
Madson poster Age: 67

Madson

1996
as Sir Ranald Hearnley
Scarlett poster Age: 66

Scarlett

1994
as The Judge
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes poster Age: 65

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

1994
as Mycroft Holmes
No poster
Age: 63

Tales from the Poop Deck

1992
as Admiral Dennis De'Ath
Performance poster Age: 63

Performance

1991
as Maurice Hussey
Blackeyes poster Age: 61

Blackeyes

1989
as Sebastian
No poster
Age: 60

The Nineteenth Hole

1989
as Col. Westray
Hannay poster Age: 59

Hannay

1988
The New Statesman poster Age: 59

The New Statesman

1987
as Roland Gidleigh-Park
Porterhouse Blue poster Age: 58

Porterhouse Blue

1987
as Sir Cathcart D'Eath
ScreenPlay poster Age: 57

ScreenPlay

1986
as Storyteller(voice)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes poster Age: 57

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1986
as Mycroft Holmes
C.A.T.S. Eyes poster Age: 56

C.A.T.S. Eyes

1985
Sherlock Holmes poster Age: 55

Sherlock Holmes

1984
as Mycroft Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes poster Age: 55

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1984
as Mycroft Holmes
Bergerac poster Age: 53

Bergerac

1981
as Bart Bellow
No poster
Age: 50

Heartland

1979
as Mr. Wheeler
Ike poster Age: 50

Ike

1979
as Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster Age: 50

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978
as Duke of York
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster Age: 50

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978
as Julius Caesar
No poster
Age: 48

The Sunday Drama

1977
as Delaforce
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse poster Age: 48

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

1977
as Charles
Churchill's People poster Age: 46

Churchill's People

1974
as Duke of Portland
No poster
Age: 45

Dial M for Murder

1974
as Hugo Vardon
Fall of Eagles poster Age: 45

Fall of Eagles

1974
as Rodzianko
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster Age: 45

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973
as Mikail Zigorin
Thriller poster Age: 44

Thriller

1973
as Hilary Vance
No poster
Age: 44

The Upper Crusts

1973
as Lord Robin Seacroft
Upstairs, Downstairs poster Age: 43

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971
as Sir Edwin Partridge
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster Age: 43

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

1971
as Eugene Valmont
Play for Today poster Age: 42

Play for Today

1970
No poster
Age: 42

Menace

1970
as Micky
No poster
Age: 40

W. Somerset Maugham

1969
as The Storyteller
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Charles Strickland
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Richard Greatham
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Field-Marshall Allenby
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Gayev
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Antonio
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Lord Augustus
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Adrian Blenderbland
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Mr. Beebe
BBC Play of the Month poster Age: 37

BBC Play of the Month

1965
as Sir Harcourt Courtly
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 37

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Detective Inspector Waugh
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 37

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Inspector Waugh
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 37

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Bertrand Asquith
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster Age: 37

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965
as Knox
Out of This World poster Age: 33

Out of This World

1962
as Abel Jones
Suspense poster Age: 33

Suspense

1962
as Verdon
No poster
Age: 32

Drama 61-67

1961
as David
Maigret poster Age: 32

Maigret

1960
Danger Man poster Age: 32

Danger Man

1960
as Alex
Danger Man poster Age: 32

Danger Man

1960
as Zameda
No poster
Age: 31

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960
as Madingley
No poster
Age: 31

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960
as Quill
No poster
Age: 31

Somerset Maugham Hour

1960
as Major Templeton
No Hiding Place poster Age: 31

No Hiding Place

1959
Whicker's World poster Age: 30

Whicker's World

1959
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 27

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Philip Comely
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 27

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Stuart Marlowe
Armchair Theatre poster Age: 27

Armchair Theatre

1956
as Felix Hull
Highway Patrol poster Age: 27

Highway Patrol

1955
as Officer Edwards (#1430)
Gunsmoke poster Age: 27

Gunsmoke

1955
as Sheriff
Gunsmoke poster Age: 27

Gunsmoke

1955
as Tyler
Gunsmoke poster Age: 27

Gunsmoke

1955
as Bob Gringle
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster Age: 23

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951
as Bounine
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