John Grillo

John Martin Grillo (born 29 November 1942, in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English actor.

Biography 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.

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, 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. 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.

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.

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.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 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

Television 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 Lady Killers 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"