Charles KayCharles Kay (born Charles Piff, 31 August 1930) is an English actor. In film, his highest profile role was as Count Orsini-Rosenberg in the Academy Award winning Amadeus. He also appeared in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, and the 2002 version of The mportance of Being Earnest. His numerous appearances on television include Fall of Eagles where he played Tsar Nicholas II, I, Claudius, To Serve Them All My Days, By the Sword Divided, Fortunes of War, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Citadel, Edge of Darkness, The Darling Buds of May, Jonathan Creek, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Holby City, Midsomer Murders and The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes story "The Creeping Man". Read More Read Less