John Grillo
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1942-11-29 (age 83)
- 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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Known For
TV Shows (34)
EastEnders
1985
as Mr. Makepeace
Play for Today
1970
as The Vet
The Bill
1984
Foyle's War
2002
as Watchmaker
Blackadder
1983
as Dr. Leech
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Judge Teasdale
Taggart
1983
Cracker
1993
as Simon Appleby
Lovejoy
1986
as 'Snip' Saunders
Between the Lines
1992
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Boatman
The Grand
1997
as Mr Bunner
Lady Killers
1980
as Mr. Manners
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Mr Samgrass
Dick Turpin
1979
as Nightingale
The Darling Buds of May
1991
as Mr. Jerebohm
Cribb
1980
as Goldstein
Brass
1983
as Seymour Pugh
Oliver Twist
1999
as Mr Grimwig
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Dr Tittle
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Naphta
Maisie Raine
1998
as Franco Lucantoni
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Mr Norton
Three Up, Two Down
1985
as Wilf Perkins
Chalk
1997
as Mr. Carkdale
A Little Princess
1987
as Barrow
Shackleton
2002
as Franks
Freud
1984
as Delboeuf
Scorpion Tales
1978
as Military Official
Fiddlers Three
1991
as N J Simpson
Chessgame
1983
Johnny and the Dead
1995
as Antonio Vicenti
Beech is Back
2001
Mr Don & Mr George
1993
as Major
Movies (29)
Brazil
1985
as Interview Official
Firefox
1982
as Customs Officer
Dyn Amo
1972
as 2nd Girl's Partner
The Lady of the Camellias
1976
as Joseph
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Dr. Legear
Scum
1979
as Mr Goodyear
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Mr Parker
A Murder of Quality
1991
as The Pathologist
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Landlord
Orlando
1992
as First Official
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
as Hotel Manager
Max and Helen
1990
as Joseph Weiss
The Cold War Killers
1986
as Jake Shapiro
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Von Behr
King Lear
1982
as Oswald
A Christmas Carol
1977
as Caroline's Husband
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as Bank Official
Out of the Shadows
1988
as Markos Togas
August Saturday
1990
as Hans
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
1988
as Gebze
Amy
1984
as Bell
Chocky
1984
as Sir William Thorbe
Heather Ann
1983
as Ferguson
Gaskin
1983
as Solicitor
B&B
1992
as Mr Dudley
Enemy
1976
as The Policeman
Dog Ends
1984
as The Vet
The 17th Bride
1985
Afterward
1983
as Harold Parvis
About John Grillo
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. Samgra… With 63 credits spanning from 1970 to 2002, John Grillo has appeared in 29 films and 34 TV shows.
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- Brazil (1985) — as Interview Official
- Firefox (1982) — as Customs Officer
- Dyn Amo (1972) — as 2nd Girl's Partner
- The Lady of the Camellias (1976) — as Joseph
- The Affair of the Necklace (2001) — as Dr. Legear
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