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John Grillo

John Grillo

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 29, 1942 (82)
Birthplace Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 per ... formed 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

Filmography

The Affair of the Necklace

The Affair of the Necklace

2001

as Dr. Legear

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

1995

as Landlord

B&B

B&B

1992

as Mr Dudley

Blame It on the Bellboy

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Hotel Manager

Orlando

Orlando

1992

as First Official

A Murder of Quality

A Murder of Quality

1991

as The Pathologist

Max and Helen

Max and Helen

1990

as Joseph Weiss

August Saturday

August Saturday

1990

as Hans

Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

1988

as Markos Togas

The Cold War Killers

The Cold War Killers

1986

as Jake Shapiro

Brazil

Brazil

1985

as Interview Official

Dog Ends

Dog Ends

1984

as The Vet

Amy

Amy

1984

as Bell

Chocky

Chocky

1984

as Sir William Thorbe

King Lear

King Lear

1982

as Oswald

Firefox

Firefox

1982

as Customs Officer

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

1980

as Bank Official

Scum

Scum

1979

as Mr Goodyear

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1977

as Caroline's Husband

Enemy

Enemy

1976

as The Policeman

The Lady of the Camellias

The Lady of the Camellias

1976

as Joseph

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Television Credits

Three Up, Two Down

as Wilf

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Apr 15, 1985

Chalk

as Mr. Carkdale

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Feb 20, 1997

Brideshead Revisited

as Mr. Samgrass

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Oct 12, 1981

A Little Princess

as Barrow

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 18, 1987

Oliver Twist

as Mr Grimwig

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 28, 1999

Cracker

as Simon Appleby

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 27, 1993

Shackleton

as Franks

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 02, 2002

The Darling Buds of May

as Mr. Jerebohm

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 07, 1991

Bergerac

as Cyril Clavering

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

Lovejoy

as 'Snip' Saunders

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

Maisie Raine

as Franco Lucantoni

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 28, 1998

EastEnders

as Mr. Makepeace

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 1985

Blackadder

as Dr. Leech

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 15, 1983

Fiddlers Three

as N J Simpson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 19, 1991

Play for Today

as The Vet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Lady Killers

as Mr. Manners

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 20, 1980

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Naphta

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1988

Three Up, Two Down

as Wilf Perkins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 15, 1985

Dick Turpin

as Nightingale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1979

Chessgame

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 23, 1983

Beech is Back

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Aug 21, 2001

The Bill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1984

Taggart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1983

Between the Lines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 1992

Rumpole of the Bailey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1975

Foyle's War

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 27, 2002

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 03, 1978

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