Charles Gray
Highest Rated: 96% The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Lowest Rated: 19% The Legacy (1979)
Birthday: Aug 29, 1928
Birthplace: Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
British character actor Charles Gray's silky voice and square-jawed visage made him ideal for playing icy, strong-willed men on both sides of the moral compass in such films as "Night of the Generals" (1967), "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "The Devil Rides Out" (1967), "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) and "The Seven Per-Cent Solution" (1975). Classically trained and a veteran of the English stage, Gray's rigid bearing and clipped, precise tones kept him active in dramas, thrillers and stage adaptations for nearly 40 years. Amusingly, his most famous role outside of the Bond series was undoubtedly "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975), the irreverent, gender-bending cult musical which allowed him a few song and dance numbers while trying to explain the hopelessly convoluted plot with a straight face. He later enjoyed popularity on both sides of the Atlantic in the PBS series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (Granada TV, 1984-1994), which cast him as Mycroft, older brother and frequent advisor to Jeremy Brett's master detective. Though never a "star" in the traditional sense, Charles Gray remained a favorite among character watchers, who delighted in his obvious relish for delivering such larger-than-life roles.
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Charles Gray
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tichborne Claimant | Arundell (Character) | - | 1998 |
41% |
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The Jigsaw Man | Sir James Chorley (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Englishman Abroad | Claudius (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Earl Spencer (Character) | - | 1982 |
43% |
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Shock Treatment | Judge Oliver Wright (Character) | - | 1981 |
64% |
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The Mirror Crack'd | Bates (Character) | - | 1980 |
19% |
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The Legacy | Karl (Character) | - | 1979 |
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The House on Garibaldi Street | Gen. Lischke (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Silver Bears | Charles Cook (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King Richard the Second | Duke of York (Character) | - | 1978 |
72% |
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Mycroft Holmes (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seven Nights in Japan | Henry Hollander (Character) | - | 1976 |
80% |
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show | The Criminologist (Character) | $519.0K | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder on the Midnight Express | Hilary Vance (Character) | - | 1974 |
43% |
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The Beast Must Die | Arthur Benningtn (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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On the Game | Narrator | - | 1974 |
64% |
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Diamonds Are Forever | Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Character) | - | 1971 |
43% |
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Cromwell | The Earl of Essex (Character) | - | 1970 |
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The Executioner | Vaughan Jones (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The File of the Golden Goose | Harrison (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Mosquito Squadron | Air Commodore Hufford (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio (Character) | - | 1969 |
40% |
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts (Character) | - | 1968 |
96% |
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The Devil Rides Out | Mocata (Character) | - | 1968 |
43% |
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The Night of the Generals | Gen. von Seidlitz-Gabler (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Outside | Charles Griddon (Character) | - | 1967 |
40% |
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Masquerade | Benson (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First Gentleman | Prince Regent of England (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Man in the Moon | Leo (Character) | - | 1960 |
80% |
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The Entertainer | Columnist (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Desperate Man | Lawson (Character) | - | 1959 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery! | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scarlett | The Judge (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 98% | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 1988 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Upstairs, Downstairs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1956 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1956 |