Acting credits
58
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
John Grillo
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 28Series: 30
TMDB ID: 42568
IMDb ID: nm0342038
Known for: Acting
Born: November 29, 1942
Age: 83
Place of birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2002
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q6236425
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Grillo.
5.5
The Affair of the Necklace
as Dr. Legear
2001 Movie
6.7
Jack & Sarah
as Landlord
1995 Movie
6.9
Orlando
as First Official
1992 Movie
6.0
B&B
as Mr Dudley
1992 Movie
5.3
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Hotel Manager
1992 Movie
5.4
A Murder of Quality
as The Pathologist
1991 Movie
August Saturday
as Hans
1990 Movie
6.0
Max and Helen
as Joseph Weiss
1990 Movie
6.2
Danny the Champion of the World
as Mr Parker
1989 Movie
3.3
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Von Behr
1988 Movie
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
as Gebze
1988 Movie
6.0
Out of the Shadows
as Markos Togas
1988 Movie
6.0
The Cold War Killers
as Jake Shapiro
1986 Movie
7.7
Brazil
as Interview Official
1985 Movie
7.0
The 17th Bride
1985 Movie
Dog Ends
as The Vet
1984 Movie
Chocky
as Sir William Thorbe
1984 Movie
8.0
Amy
as Bell
1984 Movie
7.0
Afterward
as Harold Parvis
1983 Movie
Gaskin
as Solicitor
1983 Movie
6.0
King Lear
as Oswald
1982 Movie
6.0
Firefox
as Customs Officer
1982 Movie
6.0
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
as Bank Official
1980 Movie
7.1
Scum
as Mr Goodyear
1979 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Grillo.
7.9
Foyle's War
as Watchmaker • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.1
Shackleton
as Franks • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.3
Oliver Twist
as Mr Grimwig • 4 eps
1999 Series
Maisie Raine
as Franco Lucantoni • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.5
Chalk
as Mr. Carkdale • 12 eps
1997 Series
5.0
Johnny and the Dead
as Antonio Vicenti • 4 eps
1995 Series
6.6
Cracker
as Simon Appleby • 2 eps
1993 Series
5.5
Mr Don & Mr George
as Major • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.2
Between the Lines
1 eps
1992 Series
7.8
The Darling Buds of May
as Mr. Jerebohm • 2 eps
1991 Series
Fiddlers Three
as N J Simpson • 1 eps
1991 Series
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Naphta • 1 eps
1988 Series
7.6
A Little Princess
as Barrow • 2 eps
1987 Series
8.0
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Dr Tittle • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.3
Lovejoy
as 'Snip' Saunders • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.0
Three Up, Two Down
as Wilf Perkins • 1 eps
1985 Series
4.1
EastEnders
as Mr. Makepeace • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.7
The Bill
1 eps
1984 Series
3.0
Freud
as Delboeuf • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.0
Chessgame
6 eps
1983 Series
6.3
Taggart
1 eps
1983 Series
8.0
Blackadder
as Dr. Leech • 1 eps
1983 Series
5.8
Brass
as Seymour Pugh • 1 eps
1983 Series
7.6
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Boatman • 1 eps
1982 Series