Charles Gray:
CLASS OF 1968
Alexander Hamilton High SchoolClass of 1968
Los angeles, CA
Charles's Story
Life
Charles W. Gray  Actor/Director/Writer/Producer (LA)
Charles has a myriad of experience in the Entertainment Business. Born into a "Hollywood Showbiz Family" he started off at the early age of (7) singing impromptu with his father's vocal group, "The Ink Spots". With providence, he formed his own band "Songbird" and shortly thereafter acquired a record contract, with GRT, which took him from L.A. to Canada. After several years of touring, recording and "Rockin de House", Charles became interested in the closeness and intimacy of the Theater. Accordingly, he became a thespian, his hunger to understand the inner-workings of this medium was the catalyst to his writing, producing and directing for the stage. Eventually he become Artistic Director of his own theater company, (Black Arts Theater), having had several successes along the way. "For Colored Girls...","Aint Noth'n but a Party", "Fences", etc. Synchronous to this was television & film, one of Charles' first ventures into television was "The Nice Show" CBC, in which he wro...Expand for more
te, produced and starred. Finding his niche, Mr. Gray, for the past fifteen years, with his own company and as a freelancer has produced, directed and written for Film/Television/Stage and worked with...CBS, ABC, NBC, BET, USA, The FAMILY CHANNEL, SHOWTIME, FOX and others. And all the while Charles never stopped acting, from small independent works to ÂHollywood blockbusters Charles has garnered quiet the resume. ÂThe Human StainÂ, with Sir Anthony HopkinsÂ, ÂStellaÂ, with Bette Midler, ÂEllen Foster with Julie Harris, ÂChampaign Charlie with Hugh Grant, ÂThe DistrictÂ, ÂSoul FoodÂ, ÂFamily Law just to name a few.
Presently Mr. Gray's interest is to produce independent theatrical/cable films for domestic and international markets. To this end, Mr. Gray has recently formed Masala Roux Filmworks, in which his primary purpose will be to develop, produce, and market film works, which are of the very highest caliber, brilliance, at the same time maintaining an acumen of the marketplace and itÂs fiscal actualities.
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