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John Grillo

Born · November 29, 1942 (82 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Bio

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

Brazil

Brazil

Firefox

Firefox

Blackadder

Blackadder

Orlando

Orlando

Foyle's War

Watchmaker · (1 episode)

2002

Shackleton

Franks · (1 episode)

2002

The Affair of the Necklace

Dr. Legear

2001

Beech is Back

(4 episodes)

2001

Oliver Twist

Mr Grimwig · (4 episodes)

1999

Maisie Raine

Franco Lucantoni · (1 episode)

1998

Chalk

Mr. Carkdale · (12 episodes)

1997

Jack & Sarah

Landlord

1995

Cracker

Simon Appleby · (2 episodes)

1993

Mr Don & Mr George

Major · (1 episode)

1993

Orlando

First Official

1992

Between the Lines

(1 episode)

1992

B&B

Mr Dudley

1992

Blame It on the Bellboy

Hotel Manager

1992

A Murder of Quality

The Pathologist

1991

The Darling Buds of May

Mr. Jerebohm · (2 episodes)

1991

Fiddlers Three

N J Simpson · (1 episode)

1991

August Saturday

Hans

1990

Max and Helen

Joseph Weiss

1990

Danny the Champion of the World

Mr Parker

1989

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

Von Behr

1988

Out of the Shadows

Markos Togas

1988

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

Naphta · (1 episode)

1988

A Little Princess

Barrow · (6 episodes)

1987

Lovejoy

'Snip' Saunders · (1 episode)

1986

The Cold War Killers

Jake Shapiro

1986

Three Up, Two Down

Wilf Perkins · (1 episode)

1985

Three Up, Two Down

Wilf · (15 episodes)

1985

Brazil

Interview Official

1985

EastEnders

Mr. Makepeace · (1 episode)

1985

The 17th Bride

1985

The Bill

(1 episode)

1984

Dog Ends

The Vet

1984

Chocky

Sir William Thorbe

1984

Amy

Bell

1984

Chessgame

(6 episodes)

1983

Taggart

(1 episode)

1983

Heather Ann

Ferguson

1983

Afterward

Harold Parvis

1983

Blackadder

Dr. Leech · (1 episode)

1983

Gaskin

Solicitor

1983

King Lear

Oswald

1982

Firefox

Customs Officer

1982

Shine on Harvey Moon

Boatman · (1 episode)

1982

Brideshead Revisited

Mr. Samgrass · (11 episodes)

1981

Lady Killers

Mr. Manners · (1 episode)

1980

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

Bank Official

1980

Scum

Mr Goodyear

1979

Dick Turpin

Nightingale · (1 episode)

1979

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Oswald · (1 episode)

1978

A Christmas Carol

Caroline's Husband

1977

The Lady of the Camellias

Joseph

1976

Enemy

The Policeman

1976

Rumpole of the Bailey

(1 episode)

1975

Dyn Amo

2nd Girl's Partner

1972

Play for Today

The Vet · (1 episode)

1970