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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-11-29 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Also Known As

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

Acting

Scum

1979

Scum

as

Mr Goodyear

A Christmas Carol

1977

A Christmas Carol

as

Caroline's Husband

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

Blame It on the Bellboy

as

Hotel Manager

Chocky

1984

Chocky

as

Sir William Thorbe

Gaskin

1983

Gaskin

as

Solicitor

Max and Helen

1990

Max and Helen

as

Joseph Weiss

The Cold War Killers

1986

The Cold War Killers

as

Jake Shapiro

August Saturday

1990

August Saturday

as

Hans

Dyn Amo

1972

Dyn Amo

as

2nd Girl's Partner

Jack & Sarah

1995

Jack & Sarah

as

Landlord

Out of the Shadows

1988

Out of the Shadows

as

Markos Togas

Firefox

1982

Firefox

as

Customs Officer

Enemy

1976

Enemy

as

The Policeman

Dog Ends

1984

Dog Ends

as

The Vet

King Lear

1982

King Lear

as

Oswald

Brazil

1985

Brazil

as

Interview Official

A Murder of Quality

1991

A Murder of Quality

as

The Pathologist

Orlando

1992

Orlando

as

First Official

Afterward

1983

Afterward

as

Harold Parvis

Amy

1984

Amy

as

Bell

B&B

1992

B&B

as

Mr Dudley

Heather Ann

1983

Heather Ann

as

Ferguson

Chalk

Chalk

as

Mr. Carkdale

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

as

Watchmaker

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

as

'Snip' Saunders

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited

as

Mr. Samgrass

Cracker

Cracker

as

Simon Appleby

Maisie Raine

Maisie Raine

as

Franco Lucantoni

EastEnders

EastEnders

as

Mr. Makepeace

Blackadder

Blackadder

as

Dr. Leech

Fiddlers Three

Fiddlers Three

as

N J Simpson

Lady Killers

Lady Killers

as

Mr. Manners

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

as

Mr Grimwig

Three Up, Two Down

Three Up, Two Down

as

Wilf Perkins

Dick Turpin

Dick Turpin

as

Nightingale

Shackleton

Shackleton

as

Franks

Production

Crew

Directing