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