Charles Gray

Charles Gray

1928-08-29 Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK 65 Credits

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.

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Passing Through

Passing Through

2021

Acting

Set amidst the rich sounds and diverse tapestry of the American landscape, Passing Through tells the incredible true story of a young man who journeys...

Love Don't Come Easy

Love Don't Come Easy

2008

as Mr. Fairbanks

Acting

Nicolette wants her niece to love and live happily ever after with, Clay, the man that she has picked out for her. Nicolette has vowed to not let Nikk...

Bond Girls Are Forever

Bond Girls Are Forever

2002

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

The Tichborne Claimant

The Tichborne Claimant

1998

as Arundell

8.0
Acting

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwrec...

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

1995

as Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner...

Absolute Hell

Absolute Hell

1991

as Maurice Hussey

5.7
Acting

Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, le...

Firestar: First Contact

Firestar: First Contact

1991

as Commodore Vandross

4.5
Acting
Harry and Harriet

Harry and Harriet

1990

as Satan

4.2
Acting

A bodyswitch comedy directed by Cyril Frankel.

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

1987

as Jason Klein

3.5
Acting

A young American widow is mysteriously drawn to a historic castle in the Scottish Highlands and finds herself at the center of a 200-year old ghost st...

Cariani and the Courtesans

Cariani and the Courtesans

1987

as Narrator

Acting

When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger a...

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

1987

as Narrator (voice)

6.4
Acting

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips fro...

Casey at the Bat

Casey at the Bat

1986

as Mr. Dent

Acting

Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game.

The Gourmet

The Gourmet

1986

as Manley Kingston

6.0
Acting

A rich, bored gourmand who has tasted all there is of exotic meals, even human flesh, gets a tip-off from a rich midget. The midget had tasted everyth...

The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

1983

as Solinus, Duke of Ephesus

6.7
Acting

Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just de...

An Englishman Abroad

An Englishman Abroad

1983

as Claudius (Charles)

6.1
Acting

Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with ...

The Jigsaw Man

The Jigsaw Man

1983

as Sir James Chorley

4.9
Acting

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to...

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story

1982

as Earl Spencer

3.7
Acting

Dramatization of the romance and July 1981 wedding of Great Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.

Troilus & Cressida

Troilus & Cressida

1981

as Pandarus

8.0
Acting

The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal ...

Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven

1981

as Musician

6.6
Acting

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of ...

Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

1981

as Judge Oliver Wright

5.9
Acting

Brad and Janet are now married and on the rocks. Ostensibly to fix their marriage, the couple goes on the game show 'Marriage Maze' with the eccentric...

The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

as Bates, The Butler

6.1
Acting

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Schalcken the Painter

Schalcken the Painter

1979

as Narrator

5.6
Acting

Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?

Mrs. R's Daughter

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979

as Rogers

6.0
Acting

When a young woman is brutally raped and beaten, her mother sets out to find justice for her.

The House on Garibaldi Street

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979

as Gen. Lischke

5.5
Acting

When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.

Ike

Ike

1979

as Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand

6.2
Acting

Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal rel...

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1979

as Julius Caesar

8.5
Acting

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

Richard II

Richard II

1978

as Duke of York

7.5
Acting

Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet ...

The Legacy

The Legacy

1978

as Karl Liebnecht

5.4
Acting

A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of ho...

Across a Crowded Room

Across a Crowded Room

1978

as Harold Charles

Acting

Two egotistical superstars develop a grand passion which threatens to disrupt a West End theatre production.

Six Characters in Search of an Author

Six Characters in Search of an Author

1977

as The Director

Acting

An acting company prepares to rehearse the play The Rules of the Game by Luigi Pirandello. As the rehearsal is about to begin, they are interrupted by...

Three Dangerous Ladies

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977

as Santander

5.0
Acting

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with t...

Silver Bears

Silver Bears

1977

as Charles Cook

5.9
Acting

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he ar...

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

1976

as Mycroft Holmes

6.2
Acting

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. ...

The Philanthropist

1975

as Braham

Acting

The original play by Christopher Hampton, was adapted into this made-for-TV movie and it offers witty dialogue in the midst of remarkable conflict amo...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1975

as The Criminologist

7.4
Acting

After getting a flat tire, two sweethearts discover the eerie mansion of a flamboyant scientist and houseful of wild characters. Through elaborate dan...

Night is the Time For Killing

Night is the Time For Killing

1975

as Hilary Vance

6.0
Acting

Film starring Judy Geeson, James Smilie, Charles Gray, Alister Williamson

The Beast Must Die

The Beast Must Die

1974

as Bennington

5.4
Acting

Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the big...

On the Game

On the Game

1974

as Narrator (voice)

3.6
Acting

Comic look at the history of prostitution.

Tales That Witness Madness

Tales That Witness Madness

1973

as Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice)

5.5
Acting

Dr. Tremayne is an enigmatic psychiatrist running an asylum that houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains ...

Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

1973

as Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

The Millionairess

The Millionairess

1972

as Adrian Blenderbland

8.5
Acting

One of Shaw's later plays, The Millionairess explores his fascination with the machinations of capitalism. Epifania is glamorous, clever... and also t...

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1972

as Antonio

7.0
Acting

Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay and Charles Gray star in the adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic play. The Venice Titian and the Belmont of Bottice...

London

London

1971

as Mr. Mapleton, Tailor

Acting

Five comedy vignettes: 1) Churchill, 2) Swinging London, 3) Four Clubmen, 4) Stately Homes, 5) Tailors.

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1971

as Gayev

Acting

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate aft...

Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

6.4
Acting

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The missio...

When Eight Bells Toll

When Eight Bells Toll

1971

as Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coas...

The Executioner

The Executioner

1970

as Vaughan Jones

6.1
Acting

A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.

Cromwell

Cromwell

1970

as The Earl of Essex

6.5
Acting

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell ...

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

1969

as Antonio

8.0
Acting

A short film directed by Orson Welles based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. While actually completed, it is frequently cited as an unf...

The File of the Golden Goose

The File of the Golden Goose

1969

as Harrison, 'The Owl'

5.5
Acting

U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Gold...

Mosquito Squadron

Mosquito Squadron

1969

as Air Commodore Hufford

5.4
Acting

England, World War II. Quint Munroe, RAF officer and new leader of a Mosquito squadron, is tasked with destroying a secret Nazi base in France while t...

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

1969

as Narrator

3.7
Acting

A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.

The Devil Rides Out

The Devil Rides Out

1968

as Mocata

6.5
Acting

The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul ...

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968

as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

6.0
Acting

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orde...

The Man Outside

The Man Outside

1967

as Charles Griddon

6.0
Acting

Bill MacLean is a former CIA agent living in London. He had been fired when he stuck up for one of the men in his command who turned out to be branded...

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967

as Dikko Henderson

6.6
Acting

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c...

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967

as General von Seidlitz-Gabler

6.8
Acting

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, tw...

Masquerade

Masquerade

1965

as Benson

5.0
Acting

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

Tea Party

Tea Party

1965

Acting

Mysteries abound. What is going on between the wife and her brother? Are they indeed brother and sister? Sisson has his doubts about that … . Why does...

Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon

1960

as Leo

6.4
Acting

William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby ...

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

1960

as Columnist

6.2
Acting

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Tommy the Toreador

Tommy the Toreador

1959

as Gomez

3.5
Acting

Tommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he gets mistaken for a famous bullfighter. Tommy fin...

The Desperate Man

The Desperate Man

1959

as Lawson

5.0
Acting

Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.

Heart of a Child

Heart of a Child

1958

as Fritz Heiss

6.5
Acting

A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.

I Accuse!

I Accuse!

1958

as Captain Brossard

6.1
Acting

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an ac...