Charles Gray (I) (1928–2000)

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The son of a surveyor, Charles Gray grew up in Queens Park, London, and went to school in his home town of Bournemouth. As a young actor, he received his vocal training from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, having long abandoned his first job as clerk for a real estate agent. His voice was to become one of ... See full bio »

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Known For

Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds Are Forever Blofeld
(1971)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Criminologist - An Expert
(1975)
You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice Henderson
(1967)
The Night of the Generals
The Night of the Generals General von Seidlitz-Gabler
(1967)
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 2000 Longitude (TV Movie)
Adm. Balchen
 1998 The Tichborne Claimant
Arundell
 1996 Madson (TV Series)
Sir Ranald Hearnley
- Episode #1.6 (1996) ... Sir Ranald Hearnley
- Episode #1.3 (1996) ... Sir Ranald Hearnley
- Episode #1.2 (1996) ... Sir Ranald Hearnley
- Episode #1.1 (1996) ... Sir Ranald Hearnley
- Episode #1.5 (1996) ... Sir Ranald Hearnley
 1994 Scarlett (TV Mini-Series)
The Judge
- Episode #1.4 (1994) ... The Judge
 1994 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini-Series)
Mycroft Holmes
- The Mazarin Stone (1994) ... Mycroft Holmes
- The Golden Pince-Nez (1994) ... Mycroft Holmes
 1992 Tales from the Poop Deck (TV Series)
Adm. Dennis De'Ath
- Till De'Ath Do Us Part (1992) ... Adm. Dennis De'Ath
- Here Be Pirates! (1992) ... Adm. Dennis De'Ath
 1991 Firestar: First Contact
Commodore Vandross
 1991 The Heroic Legend of Arislan (TV Mini-Series)
Priest (Manga UK dub)
- Heroic Legend of Arslan V (The Solitary Horseman, Part I) (1991) ... Priest (Manga UK dub) (English version, voice)
- Heroic Legend of Arslan VI (The Solitary Horseman, Part II) (1991) ... Priest (Manga UK dub) (English version, voice)
- Heroic Legend of Arslan IV (Road of Blood and Sweat) (1991) ... Priest (Manga UK dub) (English version, voice)
- Heroic Legend of Arslan II (1991) ... Priest (Manga UK dub) (English version, voice)
- Heroic Legend of Arslan III (The Castle in the East and, the Castle in the West) (1991) ... Priest (Manga UK dub) (English version, voice)
Show all 6 episodes
 1991 Performance (TV Series)
Maurice Hussey
- Absolute Hell (1991) ... Maurice Hussey
 1991 Shrinks (TV Series)
Lord Rissington
- Episode #1.3 (1991) ... Lord Rissington
 1990 The Paper Man (TV Mini-Series)
Prime Minister
 1990 Harry and Harriet
Satan
 1989 Blackeyes (TV Mini-Series)
Sebastian
- Episode #1.3 (1989) ... Sebastian
 1989 The Nineteenth Hole (TV Series)
Colonel Westray
- Episode #1.2 (1989) ... Colonel Westray
 1988 Blind Justice (TV Mini-Series)
Judge Langtry
- Crime and Punishment (1988) ... Judge Langtry
 1988 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
Mycroft Holmes
- The Bruce Partington Plans (1988) ... Mycroft Holmes
 1988 Small World (TV Mini-Series)
Rudyard Parkinson
- Hurry Up, Please, It's Time (1988) ... Rudyard Parkinson
- Throbbing and Waiting (1988) ... Rudyard Parkinson
- What Shall We Do Tomorrow? (1988) ... Rudyard Parkinson
- Unreal Cities (1988) ... Rudyard Parkinson
 1988 Hannay (TV Series)
Commander Nevil
- The Fellowship of the Black Stone (1988) ... Commander Nevil
 1987 The New Statesman (TV Series)
Roland Gidleigh-Park
- Baa Baa Black Sheep (1987) ... Roland Gidleigh-Park
- Waste Not Want Not (1987) ... Roland Gidleigh-Park
 1987 Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (TV Movie)
Jason Klein
 1987 Screenplay (TV Series)
Narrator
- Cariani and the Courtesans (1987) ... Narrator
 1987 Porterhouse Blue (TV Mini-Series)
Sir Cathcart D'Eath
- Episode #1.4 (1987) ... Sir Cathcart D'Eath
- Episode #1.3 (1987) ... Sir Cathcart D'Eath
- Episode #1.2 (1987) ... Sir Cathcart D'Eath
 1987 The Wind in the Willows (TV Series)
The Stranger
- Unlikely Allies (1987) ... The Stranger (voice)
 1987 Tickets for the Titanic (TV Series)
The Earl of Albany
- Keeping Score (1987) ... The Earl of Albany
 1986 C.A.T.S. Eyes (TV Series)
Sir Jack Fenn
- Fit (1986) ... Sir Jack Fenn
 1986 Tall Tales & Legends (TV Series)
Mr. Dent
- Casey at the Bat (1986) ... Mr. Dent
 1985 Bergerac (TV Series)
Bart Bellow
- What Dreams May Come? (1985) ... Bart Bellow
 1985 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
Mycroft Holmes
- The Greek Interpreter (1985) ... Mycroft Holmes
 1984 The Gourmet (TV Movie)
Manley Kingston
 1984 A Profile of Arthur J. Mason (TV Movie)
Henry
 1984 All the World's a Stage (TV Mini-Series)
Extracts from Hedda Gabler
- The Master Builders (1984) ... Extracts from Hedda Gabler
 1983 The Comedy of Errors (TV Movie)
Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
 1983 An Englishman Abroad (TV Movie)
Claudius
 1983 The Jigsaw Man
Sir James Chorley
 1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV Movie)
Earl Spencer
 1981 Troilus & Cressida (TV Movie)
Pandarus
 1981 Shock Treatment
Judge Oliver Wright
 1981 Ticket to Heaven
Musician
 1980 ITV Playhouse (TV Series)
Admiral Rankling
- The Schoolmistress (1980) ... Admiral Rankling
 1980 The Mirror Crack'd
Bates, The Butler
 1980 We, the Accused (TV Mini-Series)
Sir Hayman Drewer
- Episode #1.5 (1980) ... Sir Hayman Drewer
 1980 Heartland (TV Series)
Mr. Wheeler
- Working Arrangements (1980) ... Mr. Wheeler
 1979 Schalcken the Painter (TV Movie)
Narrator - Lefanu (voice)
 1979 Mrs. R's Daughter (TV Movie)
Rogers
 1979 The House on Garibaldi Street (TV Movie)
Gen. Lischke
 1979 Ike: The War Years (TV Mini-Series)
Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
- Part III (1979) ... Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand
 1979 Hazell (TV Series)
Brownhill
- Hazell and the Deptford Virgin (1979) ... Brownhill
 1979 Julius Caesar (TV Movie)
Julius Caesar
 1978 Richard II (TV Movie)
Duke of York
 1978 The Legacy
Karl Liebnecht
 1978 The Island (TV Movie)
Santander
 1978 Across a Crowded Room (TV Movie)
 1977 Three Dangerous Ladies
Santander (segment "The Island")
 1977 Drama (TV Series)
The Producer
- Six Characters in Search of an Author by Pirandello (1977) ... The Producer
 1977 Silver Bears
Charles Cook
 1977 The Sunday Drama (TV Series)
Delaforce
- The Late Wife (1977) ... Delaforce
 1977 The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (TV Series)
Charles
- Cheers (1977) ... Charles
 1974-1976 Softly Softly: Task Force (TV Series)
Tailor / Her Majesty's Inspector Sharp
- Alarums and Excursions (1976) ... Tailor
- We're in This Together (1974) ... Her Majesty's Inspector Sharp
 1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Mycroft Holmes
 1967-1976 BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)
Sir Harcourt Courtly / Juggler / Mr. Beebe / ...
- London Assurance (1976) ... Sir Harcourt Courtly
- The Recruiting Officer (1973) ... Juggler
- A Room with a View (1973) ... Mr. Beebe
- The Millionairess (1972) ... Adrian Blenderbland
- Lady Windermere's Fan (1972) ... Lord Augustus
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 1976 Seven Nights in Japan
Henry Hollander
 1975 The Philanthropist (TV Movie)
Braham
 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Criminologist - An Expert
 1975 Churchill's People (TV Series)
- Mutiny (1975)
 1975 The Venturers (TV Series)
Tony Challon
- The Cannibals (1975) ... Tony Challon
 1975 Thriller (TV Series)
Hilary Vance
- Murder on the Midnight Express (1975) ... Hilary Vance
 1974 Dial M for Murder (TV Series)
Hugo Vardon
- Firing Point (1974) ... Hugo Vardon
 1974 Fall of Eagles (TV Mini-Series)
Rodzianko
- Tell the King the Sky Is Falling (1974) ... Rodzianko
 1974 Twelfth Night (TV Movie)
Malvolio
 1974 The Beast Must Die
Bennington
 1974 Sex Through the Ages
Narrator (voice)
 1974 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV Series)
Mikail Zigorin
- A Time to Remember (1974) ... Mikail Zigorin
 1973 Tales That Witness Madness
Nicholas (segment "Clinic Link Episodes") (voice, uncredited)
 1973 The Song of Songs (TV Series)
Count Von Mertzbach
- Episode #1.2 (1973) ... Count Von Mertzbach
- Episode #1.1 (1973) ... Count Von Mertzbach
 1973 The Upper Crusts (TV Series)
Lord Seacroft / Lord Seacroft Snr.
- Putting on the Ritz (1973) ... Lord Seacroft
- A Tradition of Service (1973) ... Lord Seacroft
- Sitting Pretty (1973) ... Lord Seacroft
- One Door Opens (1973) ... Lord Seacroft
- By Endeavour Alone (1973) ... Lord Seacroft / Lord Seacroft Snr.
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 1973 Theater of Blood
Solomon Psaltery (voice, uncredited)
 1973 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
Eugene Valmont
- The Absent-Minded Coterie (1973) ... Eugene Valmont
 1972 Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series)
Sir Edwin Partridge
- Married Love (1972) ... Sir Edwin Partridge
 1971 London (Short)
Tailor
 1971 Diamonds Are Forever
Blofeld
 1968-1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series)
Inspector Waugh / Knox / Bertrand Asquith / ...
- Jenkins (1971) ... Knox
- Asquith in Orbit. (1971) ... Bertrand Asquith
- Something to Hide: The Caretaker's Flat (1968) ... Inspector Waugh
- Something to Hide: The Studio (1968) ... Inspector Waugh
- Something to Hide: The First Floor (1968) ... Detective Inspector Waugh
 1971 Play for Today (TV Series)
Oxlade
- Michael Regan (1971) ... Oxlade
 1971 Doctor at Large (TV Series)
Man
- A Situation Full of Promise (1971) ... Man (uncredited)
 1971 When Eight Bells Toll
Sir Anthony Skouras (voice, uncredited)
 1970 Menace (TV Series)
Micky
- Nine Bean Rows (1970) ... Micky
 1970 Oh in Colour (TV Series)
- Episode #1.4 (1970)
 1970 Cromwell
The Earl of Essex
 1970 W. Somerset Maugham (TV Series)
The Storyteller
- The Closed Shop (1970) ... The Storyteller
 1970 The Executioner
Vaughan Jones
 1969 The Merchant of Venice (TV Movie)
Antonio
 1969 Mosquito Squadron
Air Commodore Hufford
 1969 The Nine Ages of Nakedness
Narrator (voice)
 1968 The Devil Rides Out
Mocata
 1966-1968 Love Story (TV Series)
Bender / John Trewardine
- The Egg on the Face of the Tiger (1968) ... Bender
- A Toy Soldier (1966) ... John Trewardine
 1959-1968 Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
Felix Hull / Stuart Marlowe / Philip Comely
- The Three Wives of Felix Hull (1968) ... Felix Hull
- Guest Appearance (1959) ... Stuart Marlowe
- The Big Client (1959) ... Philip Comely
 1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg
General Cox-Roberts
 1967 The Man Outside
Charles Griddon
 1967 You Only Live Twice
Henderson
 1967 The Night of the Generals
General von Seidlitz-Gabler
 1965 Mogul (TV Series)
Michael Rennane
- The Schloss Belt (1965) ... Michael Rennane
 1965 Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV Series)
Quill / Madingley
- The Lodger (1965) ... Quill
- Time and Mr Madingley (1965) ... Madingley
 1965 Masquerade
Benson
 1965 Tea Party (TV Movie)
Willy
 1963 Drama 61-67 (TV Series)
David
- Drama '63: The Perfect Friday (1963) ... David
 1963 Suspense (TV Series)
Verdon
- Personal and Private (1963) ... Verdon
 1962 Lawrence of Arabia
General Allenby (voice, uncredited)
 1962 Maigret (TV Series)
Mazeron
- Voices from the Past (1962) ... Mazeron
 1962 Out of This World (TV Series)
Abel Jones
- The Tycoons (1962) ... Abel Jones
 1960-1962 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series)
Harry Branksome / Malcolm Turnbull / Ulysses
- A Matter of Principle (1962) ... Harry Branksome
- Any Other Business? (1961) ... Malcolm Turnbull
- Tiger at the Gates (1960) ... Ulysses
 1961 Design for Murder (TV Movie)
Rex Berkely
 1961 The First Gentleman (TV Movie)
Prince Regent of England
 1960-1961 Danger Man (TV Series)
Zameda / Alexis Buller
- The Deputy Coyannis Story (1961) ... Zameda
- The Key (1960) ... Alexis Buller
 1961 You Can't Escape (TV Movie)
Major Hargood
 1960 Somerset Maugham Hour (TV Series)
Tom Ramsey / Major Templeton
- The Ant and the Grasshopper (1960) ... Tom Ramsey
- Sanatorium (1960) ... Major Templeton
 1960 Man in the Moon
Leo
 1960 The Entertainer
Columnist
 1959-1960 The Four Just Men (TV Series)
Dominguez / Paul Lederer / Sadik Bey
- Money to Burn (1960) ... Dominguez
- The Man in the Road (1960) ... Paul Lederer
- The Slaver (1959) ... Sadik Bey
 1959 The Desperate Man
Lawson
 1959 No Hiding Place (TV Series)
Sir Miles
- Who Is Gustav Varnia? (1959) ... Sir Miles
 1959 Probation Officer (TV Series)
Richard Bates
- Episode #1.16 (1959) ... Richard Bates
 1959 Tommy the Toreador
Gomez
 1959 Follow a Star
Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited)
 1959 Rendezvous (TV Series)
Markheim
- Markheim (1959) ... Markheim (uncredited)
 1959 The Invisible Man (TV Series)
Thal
- The Vanishing Evidence (1959) ... Thal
 1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series)
Waring
- The Small Back Room (1959) ... Waring
 1959 Boyd Q.C. (TV Series)
Tickle
- In Camera (1959) ... Tickle
 1958 Theatre Night (TV Series)
Capt. Cyril Mavors
- Expresso Bongo (1958) ... Capt. Cyril Mavors
 1958 Dead Trouble (TV Mini-Series)
Grisselinski / Another passenger
- Warm Welcome (1958) ... Grisselinski
- Case Closing (1958) ... Another passenger
 1958 Bachelor Father (TV Series)
Frank Gibbs
- Uncle Bentley and the Matchmaker (1958) ... Frank Gibbs
 1958 Heart of a Child
Fritz Heiss
 1958 I Accuse!
Captain Brossard
 1958 Television World Theatre (TV Series)
Capt. von Schlettow
- The Captain of Koepenick (1958) ... Capt. von Schlettow
 1957 Sword of Freedom (TV Series)
Varenza / Pierre De Foix
- The Suspects (1957) ... Varenza
- Choice of Weapons (1957) ... Pierre De Foix
 1957 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series)
Sir Blaise
- The Mark (1957) ... Sir Blaise
 1957 Producers' Showcase (TV Series)
Escalus - Prince of Verona
- Romeo and Juliet (1957) ... Escalus - Prince of Verona
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Other Works:

several seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company portraying a variety of roles including Malvolio in Twelfth Night, John Of Gaunt in Richard II and Ceasar in Julius Ceasar. See more »

Alternate Names:

Oliver Gray

Height:

6' 1" (1.86 m)
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Personal Quote:

I'm not in the least aristocratic in real life, old boy. I much prefer a pint at the local.

Trivia:

Played both a good guy and a villain in the Bond movies. Gray was Henderson (good guy), 007's Japan contact in You Only Live Twice (1967), then played Ernst Stavros Blofeld (master villain) in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). See more »

Trademark:

Aristocratic manner and a distinctive silky voice See more »

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No Neck

Star Sign:

Virgo
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