England’s stalwart Minister of Defense, portrayed by actor Geoffrey Keen, who has become a running character in the James Bond series starting with The Spy Who Loved Me and ending with Licence to Kill. Along with M, Q, and any other expert called into the case, Gray is part of the bureaucratic team that keeps tabs on Bond, provides him with innumerable dangerous assignments, and always greets his success with a mixture of surprise, envy, and disgust.