Charles Gray
ActingCharles 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.
Known For
You Only Live Twice
Dikko Henderson
Diamonds Are Forever
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Criminologist
The Night of the Generals
General von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Mirror Crack'd
Bates, The Butler
Cromwell
The Earl of Essex
Ticket to Heaven
Musician
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Mycroft Holmes
When Eight Bells Toll
Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
The Legacy
Karl Liebnecht
Filmography — Acting
You Only Live Twice
Dikko Henderson
Diamonds Are Forever
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Criminologist
The Night of the Generals
General von Seidlitz-Gabler
The Mirror Crack'd
Bates, The Butler
Cromwell
The Earl of Essex
Ticket to Heaven
Musician
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Mycroft Holmes
When Eight Bells Toll
Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)
The Legacy
Karl Liebnecht
Ike
Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand
Silver Bears
Charles Cook
The Jigsaw Man
Sir James Chorley
Theatre of Blood
Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
The Beast Must Die
Bennington
The Entertainer
Columnist
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
I Accuse!
Captain Brossard
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Narrator (voice)
The House on Garibaldi Street
Gen. Lischke
The File of the Golden Goose
Harrison, 'The Owl'
The Devil Rides Out
Mocata
The Tichborne Claimant
Arundell
Casey at the Bat
Mr. Dent
Shock Treatment
Judge Oliver Wright
Mosquito Squadron
Air Commodore Hufford
Follow a Star
Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
Harry and Harriet
Satan
Heart of a Child
Fritz Heiss
Troilus & Cressida
Pandarus
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
Jason Klein
On the Game
Narrator (voice)
The Millionairess
Adrian Blenderbland
Cariani and the Courtesans
Narrator
Tales That Witness Madness
Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited)
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
Masquerade
Benson
Mrs. R's Daughter
Rogers
Absolute Hell
Maurice Hussey
An Englishman Abroad
Claudius (Charles)
The Executioner
Vaughan Jones
The Philanthropist
Braham
The Comedy of Errors
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
The Man Outside
Charles Griddon
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
Richard II
Duke of York
Man in the Moon
Leo
Tea Party
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Earl Spencer
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Narrator
The Desperate Man
Lawson
The Cherry Orchard
Gayev
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
The Director
Love Don't Come Easy
Mr. Fairbanks
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Passing Through
Three Dangerous Ladies
Santander
The Gourmet
Manley Kingston
The Wind in the Willows
The Stranger (voice)
Tommy the Toreador
Gomez
Night Is the Time for Killing
Hilary Vance
Firestar: First Contact
Commodore Vandross
Schalcken the Painter
Narrator
Across a Crowded Room
Harold Charles
One Man Band
Tailor