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Willoughby Gray

Actor
Died February 13, 1993 (76 years)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Willoughby Gray (5 November 1916 – 13 February 1993) was an English actor of stage and screen born in London. (Though several sources suggest he was born in Aberdeen, Scotland). He was the stepson of Henry Pownall, as his father, Captain John Gray, was killed in Iraq close to the time of his birth. John Willoughby Gray served with distinction during the Second World War with GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom). For most of the campaign in Europe he commanded a patrol with 11th Armoured Division. For his gallant and distinguished services in the North West Europe campaign, he was appointed MBE. His recommendation reads: "Captain Gray has commanded a divisional patrol with outstanding success throughout the campaign. The resource and initiative shown by him at all times has resulted in a great deal of vital information reaching Army and Corps HQ much more quickly than would otherwise have been the case, In addition, he has shown great enterprise and complete disregard for his own personal safety on many occasions, notably whilst carrying out reconnaissances in the Antwerp area during the advance through Belgium. The bearing of this officer under arduous conditions and his cheerfulness and willingness to do any work delegated to him unhesitatingly have been an example to those with whom he came in contact." He achieved popularity in the mid-1950s after making 38 appearances on the television series The Adventures of Robin Hood. He appeared as 'Pete' in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party on its very first run in 1958, this being just one of countless stage performances he made. Though over-shadowed by his stage career, Gray made a handful of incredibly popular films, notably as a priest in Laurence Olivier's film Richard III (1955), The Mummy (1959), Absolution (1978), The Hit(1984), the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) as retired Nazi doctor and Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) henchman Karl Mortner/Hans Glaub,[1] and as the elderly and kind king in The Princess Bride (1987). In the late 1980s, he appeared in the BBC drama Howards' Way as banker Sir John Stevens. In Sergei Bondarchuk's 1970 film Waterloo, he is credited as both an actor (playing Captain Ramsey) and a military consultant.[2] Gray died aged 76 in February 1993. His wife, who wrote as Felicity Gray,(Nee Margaret Andraea) was a choreographer, speaker and writer on ballet, who notably taught Gene Tierney for her role in Never Let Me Go. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willoughby Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Hit
  • Absolution
Known For
  • The Hit
  • Absolution
  • The Venusian
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • The Deadly Recruits
  • The Buccaneers

Filmography

1991
Robin Hood: The Movie · as Earl Of Drune
1987
The Princess Bride · as The King
1986
Solarbabies · as Canis
1986
The Deadly Recruits · as Sir Geoffrey Hobson
1985
Howards' Way (TV Series) · as Sir John Stevens
1985
A View to a Kill · as Dr. Carl Mortner
1984
The Hit · as Judge
1983
The Nation's Health (TV Series) · as Doctor Mathias
1980
The Gamekeeper · as The Duke
1978
Absolution · as Brigadier Walsh
1974
Dead Cert · as Coroner
1973
Bowler (TV Series) · as Commander
1973
The Kids from 47A (TV Series) · as Vicar
1972
Young Winston · as Gladstone
1972
Doctor in Charge (TV Series) · as Sir Desmond Plumley-Wright
1971
The Onedin Line (TV Series) · as Earl Of Marston
1970
Waterloo · as Ramsey
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Brigadier Perring
1967
The Man Outside · as Detective Inspector
1967
The Dirty Dozen · as German Officer (uncredited)
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Colonel Trex
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Grainger
1964
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Sergeant Coventry
1962
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Dr. John Mcdonald
1961
The Avengers (TV Series) · as Padley
1959
The Mummy · as Dr. Reilly
1958
The Adventures of William Tell (TV Series) · as Number One
1958
Dial 999 (TV Series) · as Army Captain
1956
The Buccaneers (TV Series) · as Pop
1955
Richard III · as 2nd Priest
1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Count De Waldern
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Clive Merriman
1954
The Venusian · as Tom Harding
1952
Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow · as British Officer
1950
Her Panelled Door · as Group Captain
1950
Seven Days to Noon · as Bit Part
1950
Guilt Is My Shadow · as Detective
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Pistol
1947
The Mark of Cain · as Photographer

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