John Grillo
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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.
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Acted in
Foyle's War
2002
Shackleton
2002
as Franks
The Affair of the Necklace
2001
as Dr. Legear
Beech is Back
2001
Oliver Twist
1999
as Mr Grimwig
Maisie Raine
1998
as Franco Lucantoni
Chalk
1997
as Mr. Carkdale
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Landlord
Cracker
1993
as Simon Appleby
Orlando
1992
as First Official
Between the Lines
1992
B&B
1992
as Mr Dudley
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
as Hotel Manager
A Murder of Quality
1991
as The Pathologist
Fiddlers Three
1991
as N J Simpson
August Saturday
1990
as Hans
Max and Helen
1990
as Joseph Weiss
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Mr Parker
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
as Von Behr
Out of the Shadows
1988
as Markos Togas
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
as Naphta
A Little Princess
1987
as Barrow
Lovejoy
1986
as 'Snip' Saunders
The Cold War Killers
1986
as Jake Shapiro
Three Up, Two Down
1985
as Wilf Perkins
Three Up, Two Down
1985
as Wilf
Brazil
1985
as Interview Official
EastEnders
1985
as Mr. Makepeace
The 17th Bride
1985
The Bill
1984
Dog Ends
1984
as The Vet
Chocky
1984
as Sir William Thorbe
Amy
1984
as Bell
Chessgame
1983
Taggart
1983
Heather Ann
1983
as Ferguson
Afterward
1983
as Harold Parvis
Blackadder
1983
as Dr. Leech
Gaskin
1983
as Solicitor
King Lear
1982
as Oswald
Firefox
1982
as Customs Officer
Bergerac
1981
as Cyril Clavering
Brideshead Revisited
1981
as Mr. Samgrass
Lady Killers
1980
as Mr. Manners
The Great Riviera Bank Robbery
1980
as Bank Official
Scum
1979
as Mr Goodyear
BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
A Christmas Carol
1977
as Caroline's Husband
The Lady of the Camellias
1976
as Joseph
Enemy
1976
as The Policeman
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Dyn Amo
1972
as 2nd Girl's Partner
Play for Today
1970
as The Vet