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Charles Gray was an English actor who was well known for roles including the arch-villain Blofeld in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, Dikko Henderson in a previous Bond film You Only Live Twice, Sherlock Holmes's brother Mycroft Holmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and as the Criminologist in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
Birth Name
Donald Marshall Gray
Born
Wednesday, 29 August 1928
Died
Tuesday, 07 March 2000
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Becoming Bond | Blofeld | 2017 |
| These Amazing Shadows | The Criminologist (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) | 2011 |
| Boardwalk Empire | Switchblade Wielder at Bar | 2010 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 2002 |
| Longitude | Adm. Balchen | 2000 |
| The James Bond Story | Henderson | 1999 |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | Self | 1999 |
| The Tichborne Claimant | Arundell | 1998 |
| Orson Welles: The One-Man Band | (segment "Taylor's shop" / segment "The merchant of Venice") (archive footage) / segment "The merchant of Venice") | 1995 |
| Scarlett | The Judge | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Becoming Bond | Blofeld | 2017 |
| These Amazing Shadows | The Criminologist (clip from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)) | 2011 |
| Boardwalk Empire | Switchblade Wielder at Bar | 2010 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 2002 |
| Longitude | Adm. Balchen | 2000 |
| The James Bond Story | Henderson | 1999 |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | Self | 1999 |
| The Tichborne Claimant | Arundell | 1998 |
| Orson Welles: The One-Man Band | (segment "Taylor's shop" / segment "The merchant of Venice") (archive footage) / segment "The merchant of Venice") | 1995 |
| Scarlett | The Judge | 1994 |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1994 |
| Tales from the Poop Deck | Adm. Dennis De'Ath | 1992 |
| Performance | Maurice Hussey | 1991 |
| The Heroic Legend of Arislan | Priest (Manga UK dub) | 1991 |
| Firestar: First Contact | Commodore Vandross | 1991 |
| The Paper Man | Prime Minister | 1990 |
| Harry and Harriet | Satan | 1990 |
| Blackeyes | Sebastian | 1989 |
| Hannay | Commander Nevil | 1988 |
| Dreams Lost, Dreams Found | Jason Klein | 1987 |
| The New Statesman | Roland Gidleigh-Park | 1987 |
| Porterhouse Blue | Sir Cathcart D'Eath | 1987 |
| The Story of English | Duke of York | 1986 |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1986 |
| Tall Tales & Legends | Mr. Dent | 1985 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | Sir Jack Fenn | 1985 |
| The Wind in the Willows | The Stranger | 1984 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1984 |
| All the World's a Stage | Extracts from Hedda Gabler | 1984 |
| The Comedy of Errors | Solinus, Duke of Ephesus | 1983 |
| An Englishman Abroad | Claudius / Claudius (Charles) | 1983 |
| The Jigsaw Man | Sir James Chorley | 1983 |
| Troilus & Cressida | Pandarus | 1981 |
| Shock Treatment | Judge Oliver Wright | 1981 |
| Bergerac | Bart Bellow | 1981 |
| Ticket to Heaven | Musician | 1981 |
| The Mirror Crack'd | Bates, The Butler | 1980 |
| Schalcken the Painter | Narrator / Narrator - Lefanu | 1979 |
| The House on Garibaldi Street | Gen. Lischke | 1979 |
| Ike: The War Years | Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand | 1979 |
| Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | 1979 |
| The Legacy | Karl Liebnecht | 1978 |
| Across a Crowded Room | 1978 | |
| Hazell | Brownhill | 1978 |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | Voice of Pyramid Guide | 1977 |
| Three Dangerous Ladies | Santander / Santander (segment "The Island") | 1977 |
| Silver Bears | Charles Cook | 1977 |
| The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Charles | 1977 |
| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Mycroft Holmes | 1976 |
| Seven Nights in Japan | Henry Hollander | 1976 |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | The Criminologist - An Expert / The Criminologist | 1975 |
| Night is the Time For Killing | Hilary Vance | 1975 |
| The Venturers | Tony Challon | 1975 |
| Dial M for Murder | Hugo Vardon | 1974 |
| The Beast Must Die | Bennington | 1974 |
| Fall of Eagles | Rodzianko | 1974 |
| Sex Through the Ages | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1974 |
| Tales That Witness Madness | Nicholas (segment "Clinic Link Episodes") / Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) | 1973 |
| Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Mikail Zigorin | 1973 |
| Theater of Blood | Solomon Psaltery | 1973 |
| The Upper Crusts | Lord Seacroft / Lord Seacroft Snr. | 1973 |
| Thriller | Hilary Vance | 1973 |
| Diamonds Are Forever | Blofeld / Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1971 |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Sir Edwin Partridge | 1971 |
| The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Eugene Valmont | 1971 |
| When Eight Bells Toll | Sir Anthony Skouras | 1971 |
| Doctor at Large | Man | 1971 |
| The Nine Ages of Nakedness | 1970 | |
| Play for Today | Oxlade | 1970 |
| Cromwell | The Earl of Essex | 1970 |
| The Executioner | Vaughan Jones | 1970 |
| The File of the Golden Goose | The Owl / Harrison, 'The Owl' | 1969 |
| Mosquito Squadron | Air Commodore Hufford | 1969 |
| The Devil Rides Out | Mocata | 1968 |
| The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts / General Cox-Roberts | 1968 |
| The Man Outside | Charles Griddon | 1967 |
| You Only Live Twice | Henderson / Dikko Henderson | 1967 |
| The Night of the Generals | General von Seidlitz-Gabler | 1967 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Adrian Blenderbland / Antonio / Field-Marshall Allenby / Gayev / Juggler / Lord Augustus / Mr. Beebe / Richard Greatham / Sir Harcourt Courtly / Strickland | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Inspector Waugh / Bertrand Asquith / Detective Inspector Waugh / Knox | 1965 |
| Mogul | Michael Rennane | 1965 |
| Masquerade | Benson | 1965 |
| Tea Party | Willy | 1965 |
| Love Story | John Trewardine / Bender | 1963 |
| Lawrence of Arabia | General Allenby | 1962 |
| Out of This World | Abel Jones | 1962 |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | Lawson | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | David | 1961 |
| Gunslinger | Pico McGuire | 1961 |
| Man in the Moon | Leo | 1960 |
| Maigret | Mazeron | 1959 |
| Michael Shayne | Dr. Bill Logan | 1960 |
| Danger Man | Alexis Buller / Zameda | 1960 |
| The Entertainer | Columnist | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Madingley / Quill | 1960 |
| Tommy the Toreador | Gomez | 1959 |
| The Four Just Men | Sadik Bey / Paul Lederer / Dominguez | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Sir Miles | 1959 |
| Probation Officer | Richard Bates | 1959 |
| Rawhide | 1959 | |
| Follow a Star | Taciturn Man at Party | 1959 |
| The Invisible Man | Thal | 1958 |
| Heart of a Child | Fritz Heiss | 1958 |
| I Accuse! | Captain Brossard | 1958 |
| Sword of Freedom | Varenza / Pierre De Foix | 1958 |
| Rendezvous | Markheim | 1958 |
| Bachelor Father | Frank Gibbs | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Stuart Marlowe / Philip Comely / Felix Hull | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Harry Branksome / Malcolm Turnbull / Ulysses | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Sir Blaise | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | Escalus - Prince of Verona | 1954 |
