John Grillo
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. He is represented by Michelle Braidman Associates. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Grillo,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (29)
- The Affair of the Necklace2001 · as Dr. Legear
- Jack & Sarah1995 · as Landlord
- Orlando1992 · as First Official
- B&B1992 · as Mr Dudley
- Blame It on the Bellboy1992 · as Hotel Manager
- A Murder of Quality1991 · as The Pathologist
- August Saturday1990 · as Hans
- Max and Helen1990 · as Joseph Weiss
- Danny the Champion of the World1989 · as Mr Parker
- The Man Who Lived at the Ritz1988 · as Von Behr
- The Most Dangerous Man in the World1988 · as Gebze
- Out of the Shadows1988 · as Markos Togas
- The Cold War Killers1986 · as Jake Shapiro
- Brazil1985 · as Interview Official
- The 17th Bride1985
- Dog Ends1984 · as The Vet
- Chocky1984 · as Sir William Thorbe
- Amy1984 · as Bell
- Heather Ann1983 · as Ferguson
- Afterward1983 · as Harold Parvis
- Gaskin1983 · as Solicitor
- King Lear1982 · as Oswald
- Firefox1982 · as Customs Officer
- The Great Riviera Bank Robbery1980 · as Bank Official
- Scum1979 · as Mr Goodyear
- A Christmas Carol1977 · as Caroline's Husband
- The Lady of the Camellias1976 · as Joseph
- Enemy1976 · as The Policeman
- Dyn Amo1972 · as 2nd Girl's Partner
All TV Shows (35)
- Foyle's War2002 · as Watchmaker
- Shackleton2002 · as Franks
- Beech is Back2001
- Oliver Twist1999 · as Mr Grimwig
- Maisie Raine1998 · as Franco Lucantoni
- The Grand1997 · as Mr Bunner
- Chalk1997 · as Mr. Carkdale
- Johnny and the Dead1995 · as Antonio Vicenti
- Cracker1993 · as Simon Appleby
- Mr Don & Mr George1993 · as Major
- Between the Lines1992
- The Darling Buds of May1991 · as Mr. Jerebohm
- Fiddlers Three1991 · as N J Simpson
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers1988 · as Naphta
- A Little Princess1987 · as Barrow
- A Very Peculiar Practice1986 · as Dr Tittle
- Lovejoy1986 · as 'Snip' Saunders
- Three Up, Two Down1985 · as Wilf Perkins
- Three Up, Two Down1985 · as Wilf
- EastEnders1985 · as Mr. Makepeace
- The Bill1984
- Freud1984 · as Delboeuf
- Chessgame1983
- Taggart1983
- Blackadder1983 · as Dr. Leech
- Brass1983 · as Seymour Pugh
- Shine on Harvey Moon1982 · as Boatman
- Brideshead Revisited1981 · as Mr Samgrass
- Lady Killers1980 · as Mr. Manners
- Cribb1980 · as Goldstein
- A Question of Guilt1980 · as Mr Norton
- Dick Turpin1979 · as Nightingale
- Scorpion Tales1978 · as Military Official
- Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as Judge Teasdale
- Play for Today1970 · as The Vet