Name
John Grillo
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-11-29 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Grillo (born 29 November 1942, Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British actor and playwright who has appeared in many film and television productions.
He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and while there was actively involved in student theatre. He performed with Footlights in their annual revue. After Cambridge, he was awarded an Arts Council Playwrighting Bursary and his plays were performed at Nottingham, Glasgow, Oxford and Dublin as well as at the ADC Theatre in Cambridge. He played Mr. Samgrass in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited, and Phillip Marriott QC in Crown Court. He had minor parts in other shows, including Blackadder II ("Bells"), Bergerac, Taggart and Rumpole of the Bailey.
In 1997 he appeared as Mr Carkdale, the English teacher who spoke only in Anglo-Saxon, in two series of Steven Moffat's school-sitcom Chalk. In 2008, he contributed to the audio commentary for the DVD release.
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- 1979 Scum as Mr Goodyear
- 1977 A Christmas Carol as Caroline's Husband
- 1992 Blame It on the Bellboy as Hotel Manager
- 1989 Danny the Champion of the World as Mr Parker
- 2001 The Affair of the Necklace as Dr. Legear
- 1984 Chocky as Sir William Thorbe
- 1983 Gaskin as Solicitor
- 1990 Max and Helen as Joseph Weiss
- 1986 The Cold War Killers as Jake Shapiro
- 1990 August Saturday as Hans
- 1985 The 17th Bride
- 1972 Dyn Amo as 2nd Girl's Partner
- 1988 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Von Behr
- 1995 Jack & Sarah as Landlord
- 1976 The Lady of the Camellias as Joseph
- 1988 Out of the Shadows as Markos Togas
- 1982 Firefox as Customs Officer
- 1976 Enemy as The Policeman
- 1984 Dog Ends as The Vet
- 1980 The Great Riviera Bank Robbery as Bank Official
- 1982 King Lear as Oswald
- 1985 Brazil as Interview Official
- 1991 A Murder of Quality as The Pathologist
- 1992 Orlando as First Official
- 1983 Afterward as Harold Parvis
- 1984 Amy as Bell
- 1992 B&B as Mr Dudley
- 1983 Heather Ann as Ferguson
- 1988 The Most Dangerous Man in the World as Gebze
- 1984 The Bill ( 1 episode )
- 1983 Taggart ( 1 episode )
- 1997 Chalk ( 12 episodes ) as Mr. Carkdale
- 1992 Between the Lines ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey ( 1 episode ) as Judge Teasdale
- 2002 Foyle's War ( 1 episode ) as Watchmaker
- 1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as 'Snip' Saunders
- 2001 Beech is Back ( 4 episodes )
- 1983 Chessgame ( 6 episodes )
- 1993 Cracker ( 2 episodes ) as Simon Appleby
- 1998 Maisie Raine ( 1 episode ) as Franco Lucantoni
- 1985 EastEnders ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Makepeace
- 1983 Blackadder ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Leech
- 1991 Fiddlers Three ( 1 episode ) as N J Simpson
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as The Vet
- 1980 Lady Killers ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Manners
- 1999 Oliver Twist ( 4 episodes ) as Mr Grimwig
- 1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers ( 1 episode ) as Naphta
- 1985 Three Up, Two Down ( 1 episode ) as Wilf Perkins
- 1985 Three Up, Two Down ( 15 episodes ) as Wilf
- 1991 The Darling Buds of May ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Jerebohm
- 1979 Dick Turpin ( 1 episode ) as Nightingale
- 1982 Shine on Harvey Moon ( 1 episode ) as Boatman
- 1993 Mr Don & Mr George ( 1 episode ) as Major
- 2002 Shackleton ( 1 episode ) as Franks
- 1995 Johnny and the Dead ( 4 episodes ) as Antonio Vicenti
- 1978 Scorpion Tales ( 1 episode ) as Military Official
- 1983 Brass ( 1 episode ) as Seymour Pugh
- 1986 A Very Peculiar Practice ( 1 episode ) as Dr Tittle
- 1981 Brideshead Revisited ( 3 episodes ) as Mr Samgrass
- 1984 Freud ( 1 episode ) as Delboeuf
- 1987 A Little Princess ( 2 episodes ) as Barrow
- 1997 The Grand ( 1 episode ) as Mr Bunner
- 1980 Cribb ( 1 episode ) as Goldstein
- 1980 A Question of Guilt ( 6 episodes ) as Mr Norton
