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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.

Personal information

Birthday

1916-11-06

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill

1985

6.2

Movie
Absolution

Absolution

1978

6.4

Movie
Dead Cert

Dead Cert

1974

4.3

Movie
poster

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

1962

6.0

TV
Guilt Is My Shadow

Guilt Is My Shadow

1950

5.2

Movie
poster

Howards' Way

1985

5.6

TV
Pygmalion

Pygmalion

1948

0.0

Movie
Solarbabies

Solarbabies

1986

5.2

Movie
Stranger from Venus

Stranger from Venus

1954

5.0

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

6.4

TV
poster

The Adventures of William Tell

1958

6.3

TV
poster

The Avengers

1961

7.7

TV
poster

The Buccaneers

1956

6.0

TV
The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen

1967

7.6

Movie
The Gamekeeper

The Gamekeeper

1980

5.6

Movie
The Hit

The Hit

1984

6.4

Movie
The Man Outside

The Man Outside

1967

6.0

Movie
The Mummy

The Mummy

1959

6.7

Movie
The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride

1987

7.7

Movie
Top Secret

Top Secret

1952

6.0

Movie
Waterloo

Waterloo

1970

7.1

Movie
poster

Waugh on Crime

1970

0.0

TV