Brian Grellis is a British actor, from Liverpool, best known for his role in the television series Z-Cars as Det. Sgt. Bowker. He was born on 12 July 1937, as Brian McGrellis, being billed as such in his first role, in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries.
Other TV credits include: Softly, Softly, Pathfinders, The Regiment, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, The Onedin Line, The Good Life, Last of the Summer Wine, Survivors, Enemy at the Door, Doctor Who (in the serials Revenge of the Cybermen, The Invisible Enemy and Snakedance), The Gentle Touch, Minder, Bergerac and Threads.
Grellis is also known for his role as Phidian, the aide to Sir Hilary Bray in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Originally, this part was slated to be much larger, with a long chase scene involving Phidian after being revealed as a mole of the film's villain, but this was scrapped partway through filming of the sequence due to budgetary restrictions, leaving Grellis with one line of dialogue and less than fifteen seconds of screentime in the finished film. His other film credits included appearances in Only When I Larf (1968), Submarine X-1 (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), Trog (1970) and Fear in the Night (1972).
1984
as Accommodation Officer
1983
as Megaphone Man
1981
as Port Officer
1979
as Van Radio Officer
1978
as Louis Brossard
1977
as Safran
1975
as Seprah
1975
as Harry Bennett
1973
as Machineshop Foreman
1973
as Policeman
1973
as Colin
1973
as Ted
1972
as 2nd Policeman
1969
1968
as Spider
1968
as CPO Barquist X 3
1963
as Sheprah
1963
as Safran
1962
as DC Bowker