Acting · Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK · Born November 29, 1942
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.
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Watchmaker
TVShackleton
2002
as Franks
MovieThe Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Dr. Legear
Beech is Back
2001
TVOliver Twist
1999
as Mr Grimwig
TVMaisie Raine
1998
as Franco Lucantoni
TVThe Grand
1997
as Mr Bunner
TVChalk
1997
as Mr. Carkdale
MovieJack & Sarah
1995
as Landlord
TVJohnny and the Dead
1995
as Antonio Vicenti
TVCracker
1993
as Simon Appleby
TVMr Don & Mr George
1993
as Major
MovieOrlando
1992
as First Official
TVBetween the Lines
1992
MovieB&B
1992
as Mr Dudley
MovieBlame It on the Bellboy
1992
as Hotel Manager
MovieA Murder of Quality
1991
as The Pathologist
TVThe Darling Buds of May
1991
as Mr. Jerebohm
TVFiddlers Three
1991
as N J Simpson
MovieAugust Saturday
1990
as Hans
MovieMax and Helen
1990
as Joseph Weiss
MovieDanny the Champion of the World
1989
as Mr Parker
MovieThe Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Von Behr
MovieThe Most Dangerous Man in the World
1988
as Gebze
MovieOut of the Shadows
1988
as Markos Togas
TVThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Naphta
TVA Little Princess
1987
as Barrow
TVA Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Dr Tittle
TVLovejoy
1986
as 'Snip' Saunders
MovieThe Cold War Killers
1986
as Jake Shapiro
TVThree Up, Two Down
1985
as Wilf Perkins
MovieBrazil
1985
as Interview Official
TVEastEnders
1985
as Mr. Makepeace
MovieThe 17th Bride
1985
TVThe Bill
1984
TVFreud
1984
as Delboeuf
MovieDog Ends
1984
as The Vet
MovieChocky
1984
as Sir William Thorbe
MovieAmy
1984
as Bell
TVChessgame
1983
TVTaggart
1983
Heather Ann
1983
as Ferguson
MovieAfterward
1983
as Harold Parvis
TVBlackadder
1983
as Dr. Leech
TVBrass
1983
as Seymour Pugh
MovieGaskin
1983
as Solicitor
MovieKing Lear
1982
as Oswald
MovieFirefox
1982
as Customs Officer
TVShine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Boatman
TVBrideshead Revisited
1981
as Mr Samgrass
TVLady Killers
1980
as Mr. Manners
MovieThe Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as Bank Official
TVCribb
1980
as Goldstein
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Mr Norton
MovieScum
1979
as Mr Goodyear
TVDick Turpin
1979
as Nightingale
TVScorpion Tales
1978
as Military Official
MovieA Christmas Carol
1977
as Caroline's Husband
MovieThe Lady of the Camellias
1976
as Joseph
MovieEnemy
1976
as The Policeman
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Judge Teasdale
MovieDyn Amo
1972
as 2nd Girl's Partner
TVPlay for Today
1970
as The Vet
