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Charles Gray

Charles Gray (August 29, 1928 - March 7, 2000) was a British actor. He appears as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond movie Diamonds are Forever (1971). (In the earlier You Only Live Twice (1967), he plays a British agent, Henderson, making him one of a small number of actors to have played a villain and one of the good guys in the series.)

To many younger movie fans, he is best known for portraying The Criminologist (the narrator) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

He was Mycroft Holmes to Jeremy Brett's Sherlock in the Granada TV version of the stories.


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Charles Gray Facts

Birth NameDonald Marshall Gray
OccupationActor
BirthdayAugust 29, 1928
SignVirgo
BirthplaceBournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Date of deathMarch 7, 2000 (age 71)
Height6' 2" (1m88)

Selected Filmography

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Wish Upon a Star
Six Pack
You Only Live Twice
Animal Farm
Diamonds Are Forever
Cromwell
Breaker Morant
Monk: The Obsessive Compulsive Collection
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