- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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,…
Filmography
tvFoyle's War
2002 · Watchmaker
tvShackleton
2002 · Franks
movieThe Affair of the Necklace
2001 · Dr. Legear
Beech is Back
tvBeech is Back
2001
tvOliver Twist
1999 · Mr Grimwig
tvMaisie Raine
1998 · Franco Lucantoni
tvThe Grand
1997 · Mr Bunner
tvChalk
1997 · Mr. Carkdale
movieJack & Sarah
1995 · Landlord
tvJohnny and the Dead
1995 · Antonio Vicenti
tvCracker
1993 · Simon Appleby
tvMr Don & Mr George
1993 · Major
movieOrlando
1992 · First Official
tvBetween the Lines
1992
movieB&B
1992 · Mr Dudley
movieBlame It on the Bellboy
1992 · Hotel Manager
movieA Murder of Quality
1991 · The Pathologist
tvThe Darling Buds of May
1991 · Mr. Jerebohm
tvFiddlers Three
1991 · N J Simpson
movieAugust Saturday
1990 · Hans
movieMax and Helen
1990 · Joseph Weiss
movieDanny the Champion of the World
1989 · Mr Parker
movieThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988 · Von Behr
movieThe Most Dangerous Man in the World
1988 · Gebze
movieOut of the Shadows
1988 · Markos Togas
tvThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Naphta
tvA Little Princess
1987 · Barrow
tvA Very Peculiar Practice
1986 · Dr Tittle
tvLovejoy
1986 · 'Snip' Saunders
movieThe Cold War Killers
1986 · Jake Shapiro
Drummonds
tvDrummonds
1985 · Writer
tvThree Up, Two Down
1985 · Wilf Perkins
movieBrazil
1985 · Interview Official
tvEastEnders
1985 · Mr. Makepeace
movieThe 17th Bride
1985
tvThe Bill
1984
tvFreud
1984 · Delboeuf
movieDog Ends
1984 · The Vet
movieChocky
1984 · Sir William Thorbe
movieAmy
1984 · Bell
tvChessgame
1983
tvTaggart
1983
Heather Ann
movieHeather Ann
1983 · Ferguson
movieAfterward
1983 · Harold Parvis
tvBlackadder
1983 · Dr. Leech
tvBrass
1983 · Seymour Pugh
movieGaskin
1983 · Solicitor
movieKing Lear
1982 · Oswald
movieFirefox
1982 · Customs Officer
tvShine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Boatman
tvBrideshead Revisited
1981 · Mr Samgrass
tvLady Killers
1980 · Mr. Manners
movieThe Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980 · Bank Official
tvCribb
1980 · Goldstein
A Question of Guilt
tvA Question of Guilt
1980 · Mr Norton
movieScum
1979 · Mr Goodyear
tvDick Turpin
1979 · Nightingale
tvScorpion Tales
1978 · Military Official
movieA Christmas Carol
1977 · Caroline's Husband
movieThe Lady of the Camellias
1976 · Joseph
movieEnemy
1976 · The Policeman
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Judge Teasdale
1939
movie1939
1973 · Writer
movieDyn Amo
1972 · 2nd Girl's Partner
Late Night Theatre
tvLate Night Theatre
1972 · Writer
tvPlay for Today
1970 · The Vet