Willoughby Gray

Willoughby Gray

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: London, England, UK, 1916-11-06

Died: 1993-02-13

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Pygmalion	Man in the Bowler Hat	0
2	1950	Guilt Is My Shadow	Detective	52
3	1952	Top Secret	British Officer	60
4	1954	Stranger from Venus	Tom Harding	50
5	1959	The Mummy	Dr. Reilly	67
6	1967	The Dirty Dozen	German Officer (uncredited)	76
7	1967	The Man Outside	Detective Inspector	60
8	1970	Waterloo	Ramsey	71
9	1972	Young Winston	Gladstone (uncredited)	62
10	1974	Dead Cert	Coroner	43
11	1978	Absolution	Brigadier Walsh	65
12	1980	The Gamekeeper	The Duke	58
13	1984	The Hit	Judge	64
14	1985	A View to a Kill	Dr. Carl Mortner	62
15	1986	Solarbabies	Canis	53
16	1987	The Princess Bride	The King	77

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Much	61
2	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Count de Waldern	61
3	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Otto	61
4	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Stationarius	61
5	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Blondel	61
6	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Arthur of Tetsbury	61
7	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Major Domo	61
8	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Master Giles	61
9	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Aubrey	61
10	1955	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Tinker	61
11	1956	The Buccaneers	Harris	55
12	1956	The Buccaneers	Pop	55
13	1956	The Buccaneers	Man Shaving	55
14	1956	The Buccaneers	Bosun	55
15	1956	The Buccaneers	Old Pop	55
16	1958	The Adventures of William Tell	Captain Frederick	63
17	1958	The Adventures of William Tell	Number One	63
18	1961	The Avengers	Padley	77
19	1962	Dr. Finlay's Casebook		60
20	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Col. Trex	50
21	1970	Waugh on Crime		0
22	1985	Howards' Way	Sir John Stevens	56

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