Charles Gray: movies and TV shows
Charles Gray has 134 credits in the archive: 65 films and 69 TV series, from 1951 to 2021. Highest rated: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2021 · busiest year: 1965 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Passing Through | Film | — | 92 | |
| 2008 | Love Don't Come Easy | Mr. Fairbanks | Film | — | 79 |
| 2000 | Longitude | Admiral Balchen | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? | Self | TV | 7.5 | 70 |
| 1999 | The Tichborne Claimant | Arundell | Film | 8.7 | 70 |
| 1999 | One Man Band | Tailor | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1996 | Madson | Sir Ranald Hearnley | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1995 | Orson Welles: The One-Man Band | Self (segment "Taylor's shop" ) (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1994 | Scarlett | The Judge | TV | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | TV | 8.7 | 65 |
| 1992 | Tales from the Poop Deck | Admiral Dennis De'Ath | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1991 | Performance | Maurice Hussey | TV | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1991 | Absolute Hell | Maurice Hussey | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1991 | Firestar: First Contact | Commodore Vandross | Film | 4.5 | 62 |
| 1990 | Harry and Harriet | Satan | Film | 4.7 | 61 |
| 1989 | Blackeyes | Sebastian | TV | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1989 | The Nineteenth Hole | Col. Westray | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1988 | Hannay | TV | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Roland Gidleigh-Park | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1987 | Porterhouse Blue | Sir Cathcart D'Eath | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1987 | Dreams Lost, Dreams Found | Jason Klein | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1987 | Cariani and the Courtesans | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Storyteller(voice) | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | TV | 8.8 | 57 |
| 1986 | Casey at the Bat | Mr. Dent | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1986 | The Gourmet | Manley Kingston | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1985 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | TV | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | TV | 8.2 | 55 |
| 1984 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1983 | An Englishman Abroad | Claudius (Charles) | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1983 | The Jigsaw Man | Sir James Chorley | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1983 | The Comedy of Errors | Solinus, Duke of Ephesus | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1982 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Earl Spencer | Film | 4.0 | 53 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Bart Bellow | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1981 | Ticket to Heaven | Musician | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1981 | Shock Treatment | Judge Oliver Wright | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1981 | Troilus & Cressida | Pandarus | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Bates, The Butler | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. "Freddie" de Guingand | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1979 | Ike | Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1979 | Heartland | Mr. Wheeler | TV | — | 50 |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Gen. Lischke | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1979 | Mrs. R's Daughter | Rogers | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1979 | Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | Film | 8.7 | 50 |
| 1979 | Schalcken the Painter | Narrator | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Duke of York | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Julius Caesar | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | The Legacy | Karl Liebnecht | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1978 | Richard II | Duke of York | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | Across a Crowded Room | Harold Charles | Film | — | 49 |
| 1977 | The Sunday Drama | Delaforce | TV | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1977 | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Charles | TV | — | 48 |
| 1977 | Silver Bears | Charles Cook | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1977 | Three Dangerous Ladies | Santander | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1977 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | The Director | Film | — | 48 |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Mycroft Holmes | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | The Criminologist | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1975 | Night Is the Time for Killing | Hilary Vance | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1975 | The Philanthropist | Braham | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Duke of Portland | TV | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Rodzianko | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1974 | Dial M for Murder | Hugo Vardon | TV | — | 45 |
| 1974 | The Beast Must Die | Bennington | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1974 | On the Game | Narrator (voice) | Film | 3.7 | 45 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Hilary Vance | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Mikail Zigorin | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1973 | Theatre of Blood | Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness | Nicholas (Clinic Link Episodes segment) (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 44 |
| 1973 | The Upper Crusts | Lord Robin Seacroft | TV | — | 44 |
| 1972 | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | Film | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1972 | The Millionairess | Adrian Blenderbland | Film | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Sir Edwin Partridge | TV | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Eugene Valmont | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1971 | When Eight Bells Toll | Sir Anthony Skouras (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1971 | The Cherry Orchard | Gayev | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 41 | |
| 1970 | Menace | Micky | TV | — | 41 |
| 1970 | The Executioner | Vaughan Jones | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1970 | Cromwell | The Earl of Essex | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | The Storyteller | TV | — | 40 |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose | Harrison, 'The Owl' | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1969 | Mosquito Squadron | Air Commodore Hufford | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1969 | The Merchant of Venice | Antonio | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1969 | The Nine Ages of Nakedness | Narrator | Film | 3.8 | 40 |
| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Mocata | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Narrator | TV | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1967 | You Only Live Twice | Dikko Henderson | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | General von Seidlitz-Gabler | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1967 | The Man Outside | Charles Griddon | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Charles Strickland | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Richard Greatham | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Field-Marshall Allenby | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Gayev | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Antonio | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Lord Augustus | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Adrian Blenderbland | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Mr. Beebe | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Sir Harcourt Courtly | TV | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Detective Inspector Waugh | TV | 4.2 | 36 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Inspector Waugh | TV | 4.2 | 36 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Bertrand Asquith | TV | 4.2 | 36 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Knox | TV | 4.2 | 36 |
| 1965 | Tea Party | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1965 | Masquerade | Benson | Film | 5.1 | 36 |
| 1962 | Suspense | Verdon | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1962 | Out of This World | Abel Jones | TV | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | David | TV | — | 32 |
| 1960 | Maigret | TV | 7.1 | 31 | |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Alex | TV | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Zameda | TV | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1960 | Somerset Maugham Hour | Major Templeton | TV | — | 31 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Madingley | TV | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Quill | TV | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Man in the Moon | Leo | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Columnist | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 30 | |
| 1959 | Whicker's World | TV | 7.2 | 30 | |
| 1959 | Follow a Star | Taciturn Man at Party (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1959 | Tommy the Toreador | Gomez | Film | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Desperate Man | Lawson | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1958 | I Accuse! | Captain Brossard | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1958 | Heart of a Child | Fritz Heiss | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Philip Comely | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Stuart Marlowe | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Felix Hull | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sheriff | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Tyler | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bob Gringle | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol | Officer Edwards (#1430) | TV | 6.1 | 26 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Bounine | TV | 8.8 | 22 |