Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 29, 1942
Place of Birth:
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Dr. Legear |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah | Landlord |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Hotel Manager |
| 1992 | Orlando | First Official |
| 1992 | B&B | Mr Dudley |
| 1991 | A Murder of Quality | The Pathologist |
| 1990 | Max and Helen | Joseph Weiss |
| 1990 | August Saturday | Hans |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the World | Mr Parker |
| 1988 | The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | Von Behr |
| 1988 | Out of the Shadows | Markos Togas |
| 1986 | The Cold War Killers | Jake Shapiro |
| 1985 | The 17th Bride | |
| 1985 | Brazil | Interview Official |
| 1984 | Chocky | Sir William Thorbe |
| 1984 | Dog Ends | The Vet |
| 1984 | Amy | Bell |
| 1983 | Gaskin | Solicitor |
| 1983 | Afterward | Harold Parvis |
| 1983 | Heather Ann | Ferguson |
| 1982 | Firefox | Customs Officer |
| 1982 | King Lear | Oswald |
| 1980 | The Great Riviera Bank Robbery | Bank Official |
| 1979 | Scum | Mr Goodyear |
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Caroline's Husband |
| 1976 | The Lady of the Camellias | Joseph |
| 1976 | Enemy | The Policeman |
| 1972 | Dyn Amo | 2nd Girl's Partner |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Watchmaker |
| 2002 | Shackleton | Franks |
| 2001 | Beech is Back | |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Mr Grimwig |
| 1998 | Maisie Raine | Franco Lucantoni |
| 1997 | Chalk | Mr. Carkdale |
| 1993 | Cracker | Simon Appleby |
| 1993 | Mr Don & Mr George | Major |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | |
| 1991 | Fiddlers Three | N J Simpson |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Mr. Jerebohm |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Naphta |
| 1987 | A Little Princess | Barrow |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | 'Snip' Saunders |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Mr. Makepeace |
| 1985 | Three Up, Two Down | Wilf Perkins |
| 1985 | Three Up, Two Down | Wilf |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Taggart | |
| 1983 | Chessgame | |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Dr. Leech |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Boatman |
| 1981 | Brideshead Revisited | Mr. Samgrass |
| 1980 | Lady Killers | Mr. Manners |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Nightingale |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Oswald |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | The Vet |