Actor
John Grillo
November 29, 1942 · Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Moray Watson
3 titles together
A Murder of Quality, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Darling Buds of May
Jonathan Pryce
2 titles together
Brazil, The Affair of the Necklace
Peter Eyre
2 titles together
Orlando, The Affair of the Necklace
Dudley Sutton
2 titles together
Orlando, Lovejoy
Andrew Paul
2 titles together
Scum, The Bill
Robbie Coltrane
2 titles together
Cracker, Danny the Champion of the World
Full filmography · 62
Foyle's War
as Watchmaker
20027.9
Shackleton
as Franks
20027.2
Oliver Twist
as Mr Grimwig
19996.3
Maisie Raine
as Franco Lucantoni
1998
The Grand
as Mr Bunner
1997
Chalk
as Mr. Carkdale
1997
Johnny and the Dead
as Antonio Vicenti
1995
Cracker
as Simon Appleby
19936.6
Mr Don & Mr George
as Major
1993
Between the Lines
cast
1992
The Darling Buds of May
as Mr. Jerebohm
19917.9
Fiddlers Three
as N J Simpson
1991