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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Acting
Movie
Brazil
as Interview Official
1985
Movie
Firefox
as Customs Officer
1982
TV
Blackadder
as Dr. Leech
1983
Movie
Orlando
as First Official
1992
TV
EastEnders
as Mr. Makepeace
1985
Movie
Scum
as Mr Goodyear
1979
TV
Cracker
as Simon Appleby
1993
TV
Foyle's War
as Watchmaker
2002
Movie
The Affair of the Necklace
as Dr. Legear
2001
TV
Brideshead Revisited
as Mr Samgrass
1981
Movie
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Hotel Manager
1992
Movie
Jack & Sarah
as Landlord
1995
TV
Lovejoy
as 'Snip' Saunders
1986
TV
The Bill
1984
TV
Shackleton
as Franks
2002
Movie
A Murder of Quality
as The Pathologist
1991
Movie
Danny the Champion of the World
as Mr Parker
1989
TV
Oliver Twist
as Mr Grimwig
1999
Movie
A Christmas Carol
as Caroline's Husband
1977
TV
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Judge Teasdale
1975
TV
The Darling Buds of May
as Mr. Jerebohm
1991
TV
A Little Princess
as Barrow
1987
TV
Taggart
1983
Movie
Dyn Amo
as 2nd Girl's Partner
1972