John Grillo
| John Grillo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Martin Grillo 29 November 1942 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor, playwriter |
| Years active | 1972–present |
John Martin Grillo (born 29 November 1942, Watford, Hertfordshire) is a British actor and playwright who has appeared in many film, television, radio and stage productions.
Grillo 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, Capital City, EastEnders, Maisie Raine, Mike and Angelo, Bramwell, 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. He also had a more regular role in Three Up, Two Down, playing the gloomy and pessimistic zoo-keeper Wilf Perkins.
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