Captain Grey is a characters in the 1960s Supermarionation

Supermarionation

Supermarionation is a puppetry technique devised in the 1960s by British production company AP Films. It was used extensively in the company's numerous Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-produced action-adventure series, the most famous of which was Thunderbirds...

 television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...

. He is a senior officer of the Spectrum organisation, but seldom leaves Cloudbase.

Despite his relatively small part, the character of Captain Grey has featured in other Gerry Anderson productions, including Joe 90

Joe 90

Joe 90 is a late-1960s British science-fiction television series documenting the exploits of a nine-year-old boy, Joe McClaine, who embarks on a double life as a schoolboy turned spy when his scientist father invents a pioneering machine capable of duplicating and transferring expert knowledge and...

, Stingray

Stingray (TV series)

Stingray is a children's marionette television show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment from 1964–65. Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally screened on ITV in the UK and in syndication in the USA. The scriptwriters included Gerry and...

, Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds (TV series)

Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...

, and The Secret Service

The Secret Service

The Secret Service is a British children's espionage television series, made as a Century 21 production for ITC Entertainment and broadcast in 1969...

. In Stingray, Grey preceded Troy Tempest as the captain of the submarine Stingray. However, although in different roles, he is unique in that he retained the name Bradley Holden.

Profile

Real Name: Bradley Holden

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Birth: March 4 2033

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 173 lbs (12 stone, 5 lbs)

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Puppet: Grey's facial features were based on actor Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...

Voice: Paul Maxwell

Paul Maxwell

Paul Maxwell was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British television and films, in which he was usually cast as an American...

Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet

In the 2005 CGI remake series, Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet

Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet

Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet is a United Kingdom-produced computer-generated imagery action-adventure TV series which debuted in February 2005 as part of the Ministry of Mayhem on ITV....

, Captain Grey is cast as a different character. All that is known about him is that Iain Taggart was born in Scotland and he is seen playing the bagpipes at Captain Black

Captain Black (Captain Scarlet)

Captain Black is the fictional nemesis of Captain Scarlet and recurring Mysteron agent in the 1960s British supermarionation science fiction television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and its CGI remake Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet...

's funeral. However, he is given a more prominent role in some episodes than his Supermarionation

Supermarionation

Supermarionation is a puppetry technique devised in the 1960s by British production company AP Films. It was used extensively in the company's numerous Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-produced action-adventure series, the most famous of which was Thunderbirds...

counterpart.