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John Grillo | |
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| Born | John Martin Grillo 29 November 1942 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–present |
John Martin Grillo (born 29 November 1942, in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English actor. [1] [2]
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John Grillo | |
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| Born | John Martin Grillo 29 November 1942 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1972–present |
John Martin Grillo (born 29 November 1942, in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English actor. [1] [2]
Grillo was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and 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. [3] [4]
He played Mr. Samgrass in the ITV series Brideshead Revisited , and Phillip Marriott QC in Crown Court . [5] [6] He had minor parts in other shows, including Blackadder II ("Bells"), Bergerac , Capital City , EastEnders , Blott on the Landscape , Maisie Raine , Mike and Angelo , Bramwell , The Bill , Prince Regent , Cracker , The Darling Buds of May , Foyle's War , The Grand , Taggart , The Broker's Man , Oliver Twist , Mother Love and Rumpole of the Bailey . [7] Grillo performed Oswald in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of King Lear in 1982. He also had a more regular role in Three Up, Two Down , playing the gloomy and pessimistic zoo-keeper Wilf Perkins. [8]
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 . [1] In 2008, he contributed to the audio commentary for the DVD release. [9]
His film credits include appearances in Scum , A Murder of Quality , Firefox , Brazil , Blame It on the Bellboy , Danny the Champion of the World , Christopher Columbus: The Discovery , Orlando , Jack and Sarah , FairyTale: A True Story , Jinnah , The Affair of the Necklace , and Max . [1] [10]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1972 | Dyn Amo | 2nd Girl's Partner | |
| 1979 | Dirty Money | Bank Official | |
| Scum | Goodyear | ||
| 1982 | Firefox | Customs Officer | |
| 1985 | Brazil | Interview Official | |
| The 17th Bride | Jonah | ||
| 1992 | Blame It On the Bellboy | Hotel Manager | |
| 1992 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | Chios Mapmaker | |
| Orlando | First Official | ||
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah | Landlord | |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Mr. West | |
| 1998 | Jinnah | Sir Dinshaw Petit | |
| 2001 | The Affair of the Necklace | Dr. Legear | |
| 2002 | Max | Nina's Father | |
| 2018 | Dark Secrets | Frank | Short film |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Once Upon a Time | Mirabeau | Episode: "Buttons" |
| Sporting Scenes | Ballistics Professor | Episode: "England, Their England" | |
| The Cricket Match | Ballistics Professor | Television film | |
| 1974 | Intimate Strangers | Frank Vidler | Episode: "Episode #1.1" |
| 1976 | The Lady of the Camellias | Joseph | 2 episodes |
| Enemy | The Policeman | Television film | |
| 1977 | A Christmas Carol | Caroline's Husband | Television film |
| 1978 | Scorpion Tales | Ministry Official | Episode: "Truth or Consequence" |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Nightingale | 2 episodes |
| ITV Playhouse | Booking Clerk | Episode: "No Mama No" | |
| Prince Regent | Pietro Cuchi | Episode: "Defeat and Victory" | |
| Collision Course | Dacjic | Television film | |
| 1980 | Cribb | Goldstein | Episode: "Swing, Swing Together" |
| A Question of Guilt | Mr. Norton | 6 episodes | |
| 1980-1984 | Play for Today | The Vet/Smith | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | The Good Soldier | Herr Schontz | Television film |
| Ladykillers | Mr. Manners | Episode: "The Darlingest Boy" | |
| Brideshead Revisited | Mr. Samgrass | 3 episodes | |
| Rules of Justice | Mr. Shine | Television film | |
| The Borgias | Don Diego Ibanez | Episode: "Part 10" | |
| 1982 | King Lear | Oswald | Television film |
| Shine On Harvey Moon | Boatman | Episode: "The Course of True Love" | |
| Crown Court | Dr. Bernard Massey/Philip Marriott QC | 5 episodes | |
| 1983 | Gaskin | Solicitor | Television film |
| The Campaign | USDAW-sponsored MP | Television film | |
| Shades of Darkness | Harold Parvis | Episode: "Afterward" | |
| Heather Ann | Ferguson | Television film | |
| Chessgame | Jake Shapiro | Episode: "Flying Blind" | |
| 1984 | Amy | Bell | Television film |
| Chocky | Sir William Thorbe | Episode: "Episode #1.5" | |
| Strangers and Brothers | Arthur Brown | 3 episodes | |
| Murder Not Proven? | The Rev. Goodman | Episode: "Death on the Mountain" | |
| Brass | Seymour Pugh | Episode: "Episode #2.5" | |
| Weekend Playhouse | Neighbour | Episode: "Not That Kind of People" | |
| Freud | Delboeuf | Episode: "The Hypnotist" | |
| The Gentle Touch | Mr Armour | Episode: "Cure" | |
| 1985 | The Price | Jacobs | Episode: "Episode #1.3" |
| Blott on the Landscape | Prime | Episode: "A Phone Call" | |
| The Holy Experiment | Father Lieberman SJ | Television film | |
| 1985-1986 | Mog | Sir Peter Wakefield | 4 episodes |
| 1985-1987 | Drummonds | Dr. Sigmund 'Siggy' Gunz | 17 episodes |
| 1985-1989 | Three Up Two Down | Wilf Perkins | 16 episodes |
| 1986 | Blackadder II | Dr. Leech | Episode: "Bells" |
| Eastenders | Mr. Makepeace | Episode: "Episode #1.128" | |
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Dr. Tittle | Episode: "Catastrophy Theory" | |
| Big Deal | Ben | Episode: "Following in Father's Footsteps" | |
| Call Me Mister | Laszlo | Episode: "The Carve Up" | |
| Paradise Postponed | Lawyer | Episode: "The Simcox Inheritance" | |
| The Alamut Ambush | Jake Shapiro | Television film | |
| Cold War Killers | Jake Shapiro | Television film | |
| 1987 | A Little Princess | Barrow | 2 episodes |
| Don't Wait Up | Mr. Bindman | Episode: "Episode #4.5" | |
| Queenie | Johan Krauss | Episode: "Episode #1.2" | |
| A Perfect Spy | Cunningham | Episode: "Episode #1.2" | |
| The Bretts | Theo Vanderpump | Episode: "Forbidden Fruit: Part Two" | |
| Bergerac | Cyril Clavering | Episode: "Treasure Hunt" | |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Naphta | Episode: "Thomas Mann's 'The Magic Mountain'" |
| Out of the Shadows | Markos Togas | Television film | |
| Taggart | Tibor Meray | 2 episodes | |
| The Most Dangerous Man in the World | Gebze | Television film | |
| Rumpole of the Bailey | Judge Teasdale | Episode: "Rumpole and the Bubble Reputation" | |
| 1989 | Danny the Champion of the World | Mr. Parker | Television film |
| The Man Who Lived at the Ritz | von Behr | Television film | |
| Mother Love | Art Critic | Episode: "Episode #1.2" | |
| 4 Play | Cantor | Episode: "Shalom Joan Collins" | |
| 1990 | Max and Helen | Joseph Weiss | Television film |
| Capital City | Ramowski | Episode: "Ethical Investments" | |
| This Is David Harper | Graham Grindle | Episode: "An Explosive Situation" | |
| Screenplay | Hans | Episode: "August Saturday" | |
| 1991 | Fiddlers Three | N.J. Simpson | Episode: "The Whiz Kid" |
| The Darling Buds of May | Mr. Jerebohm | 2 episodes | |
| Roy's Raiders | Theatre Director | Episode: "Episode #1.3" | |
| Titmuss Regained | Barty Pine | Episode: "And the Next Day..." | |
| A Murder of Quality | The Pathologist | Television film | |
| Watt on Earth | Jemadah | 4 episodes | |
| Boon | Edwin Brett | Episode: "Stamp Duty" | |
| 1991-1992 | The Bill | Ventham/Marsen | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | A Bit of Fry and Laurie | Tailor | Episode: "Episode #3.3" |
| Moon and Son | Bertrand | Episode: "A Foreign Body" | |
| Spatz | Stubbs | Episode: "Driving Miss Wesley" | |
| B&B | Mr. Berry | Television film | |
| Between the Lines | Solicitor | Episode: "Lest Ye Be Judged" | |
| 1993 | Mr Don & Mr George | Major | Episode: "You Can Run...But You Can't Hide Your Legs" |
| Crimewatch File | Michael Sams | Episode: "A Murderer's Game" | |
| Lovejoy | 'Snip' Saunders | Episode: "The Kakiemon Tiger" | |
| Bookmark | Dr. Bronowski | Episode: "Selected Exits" | |
| Cracker | Simon Appleby | 2 episodes | |
| 1993-1998 | Mike & Angelo | Albert Squeers/Herr Klugman | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Under the Hammer | Oscar William Leonard "Owly" Johnstone | 2 episodes |
| Time After Time | Gilpin | Episode: "Breaking Out" | |
| 1995 | Johnny and the Dead | Antonio Vicenti | 4 episodes |
| 1996 | Bramwell | Mr. Johnson | Episode: "Episode #2.8" |
| 1997 | Chalk | Mr. Carkdale | 12 episodes |
| 1998 | The Grand | Mr. Bunner | Episode: "Episode #2.5" |
| The Broker's Man | Solomon | Episode: "Kith and Kin" | |
| Maisie Raine | Franco Lucantoni | Episode: "An Ordinary Little Tragedy" | |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Mr. Grimwig | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | Trust | Dr. Ian Matthews | Television film |
| 2001 | Beech Is Back | Dr. Morgan Philips | Episode: "Episode #1.2" |
| 2002 | Shackleton | Franks | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Foyle's War | Watchmaker | Episode: "The French Drop" |
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