Portrait of John Grillo

John Grillo

Acting

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.

Born: November 29, 1942

Place of Birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Filmography

2002
Foyle's War

as Watchmaker

2002
Shackleton

as Franks

1999
Oliver Twist

as Mr Grimwig

1998
Maisie Raine

as Franco Lucantoni

1997
Chalk

as Mr. Carkdale

1995
Jack & Sarah

as Landlord

1995
Johnny and the Dead

as Antonio Vicenti

1993
Cracker

as Simon Appleby

1993
1992
Orlando

as First Official

1992
B&B

as Mr Dudley

1992
Blame It on the Bellboy

as Hotel Manager

1991
A Murder of Quality

as The Pathologist

1991
1991
Fiddlers Three

as N J Simpson

1990
1990
Max and Helen

as Joseph Weiss

1988
Out of the Shadows

as Markos Togas

1987
1986
1986
Lovejoy

as 'Snip' Saunders

1986
The Cold War Killers

as Jake Shapiro

1985
Three Up, Two Down

as Wilf Perkins

1985
Brazil

as Interview Official

1985
EastEnders

as Mr. Makepeace

1984
Dog Ends

as The Vet

1984
Chocky

as Sir William Thorbe

1983
Afterward

as Harold Parvis

1983
Blackadder

as Dr. Leech

1983
Brass

as Seymour Pugh

1983
Gaskin

as Solicitor

1982
King Lear

as Oswald

1982
Firefox

as Customs Officer

1982
1981
Brideshead Revisited

as Mr Samgrass

1980
Lady Killers

as Mr. Manners

1980
1979
Scum

as Mr Goodyear

1979
Dick Turpin

as Nightingale

1978
Scorpion Tales

as Military Official

1977
A Christmas Carol

as Caroline's Husband

1976
Enemy

as The Policeman

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey

as Judge Teasdale

1972
Dyn Amo

as 2nd Girl's Partner

1970
Play for Today

as The Vet