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John Grillo

John Grillo

Actor · Born November 29, 1942 · Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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.

Acted in 62

2000s

  1. 2002
  2. 2001

    The Affair of the Necklace

    Dr. Legear

1990s

  1. 1999

    Oliver Twist

    Mr Grimwig · 4 episodes

  2. 1998

    Maisie Raine

    Franco Lucantoni · 1 episode

  3. 1997

    The Grand

    Mr Bunner · 1 episode

  4. Chalk

    Mr. Carkdale · 12 episodes

  5. 1995

    Jack & Sarah

    Landlord

  6. Johnny and the Dead

    Antonio Vicenti · 4 episodes

  7. 1993
  8. Mr Don & Mr George

    Major · 1 episode

  9. 1992

    Orlando

    First Official

  10. B&B

    Mr Dudley

  11. Blame It on the Bellboy

    Hotel Manager

  12. 1991

    A Murder of Quality

    The Pathologist

  13. Fiddlers Three

    N J Simpson · 1 episode

  14. 1990

    August Saturday

    Hans

  15. Max and Helen

    Joseph Weiss

1980s

  1. 1989

    Danny the Champion of the World

    Mr Parker

  2. 1988

    The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

    Von Behr

  3. The Most Dangerous Man in the World

    Gebze

  4. Out of the Shadows

    Markos Togas

  5. 1987

    A Little Princess

    Barrow · 2 episodes

  6. 1986

    A Very Peculiar Practice

    Dr Tittle · 1 episode

  7. The Cold War Killers

    Jake Shapiro

  8. 1985

    Three Up, Two Down

    Wilf Perkins, Wilf · 1 episode

  9. Blott on the Landscape

    Prime · 1 episode

  10. The 17th Bride

    Movie

  11. 1984
  12. Dog Ends

    The Vet

  13. Chocky

    Sir William Thorbe

  14. Amy

    Bell

  15. 1983

    Chessgame

    TV

  16. Heather Ann

    Ferguson

  17. Afterward

    Harold Parvis

  18. Brass

    Seymour Pugh · 1 episode

  19. Gaskin

    Solicitor

  20. 1982

    King Lear

    Oswald

  21. 1981
  22. 1980
  23. The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

    Bank Official

  24. Cribb

    Goldstein · 1 episode

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    Scorpion Tales

    Military Official · 1 episode

  3. 1977

    A Christmas Carol

    Caroline's Husband

  4. 1976

    The Lady of the Camellias

    Joseph

  5. Enemy

    The Policeman

  6. 1975
  7. 1972

    Dyn Amo

    2nd Girl's Partner

  8. 1970