John Martin Grillo (born 29 November 1942, in

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

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) is an English actor.

Biography

Grillo was educated at

Watford Grammar School for Boys Go Forward with Preparation , established = 1884 ( Single-sex) , type = partially selective academy , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Ian A. Cooksey , r_head_label = , ...

and

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, and while there was actively involved in student theatre. He performed with

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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 The ADC Theatre is a theatre in Cambridge, England, and also a department of the University of Cambridge. It is located in Park Street, north off Jesus Lane. The theatre is owned by the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (CUADC), but is ...

in Cambridge. He played Mr. Samgrass in the ITV series ''

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'', and Phillip Marriott QC in ''

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''. He had minor parts in other shows, including ''

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'' (" Bells"), '' Bergerac'', ''

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'', ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Maisie Raine ''Maisie Raine'' is a British television crime drama series, first broadcast on BBC One, that ran from 28 July 1998 to 9 July 1999. Pauline Quirke stars as the eponymous title character, an unorthodox detective whose hands on yet down-to-earth a ...

'', ''

Mike and Angelo ''Mike and Angelo'' is a British sci-fi TV sitcom series, that ran on CITV between 16 March 1989 and 7 March 2000. The show is ITV's second longest running sitcom (as per series count). Plot The shows initially centred on Mike King (played by ...

'', '' Bramwell'', ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Darling Buds of May'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries "Killer" from 6 until 20 September 19 ...

'', '' The Broker's Man'', ''

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'', '' Mother Love'' and ''

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''. Grillo performed Oswald in the

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production of ''

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'' in 1982. He also had a more regular role in ''

Three Up, Two Down ''Three Up, Two Down'' is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne that ran from 1985 to 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney. Cast * Michael Elphick as Sam Tyler *Angela Thorne as Daphne Trenchard *Lysette Anthony as An ...

'', playing the gloomy and pessimistic zoo-keeper Wilf Perkins. In 1997 he appeared as Mr Carkdale, the English teacher who spoke only in

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, in two series of

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's school-sitcom ''

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''. In 2008, he contributed to the

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for the DVD release. His film credits include appearances in '' Scum'', ''

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, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Blame It on the Bellboy ''Blame It on the Bellboy'' is a 1992 comedy film written and directed by Mark Herman and starring Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Patsy Kensit, Richard Griffiths, Andreas Katsulas, and Bronson Pinchot. The plot is about a case of mistaken identit ...

'', '' Danny the Champion of the World'', '' Christopher Columbus: The Discovery'', ''

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'', ''

Jack and Sarah ''Jack and Sarah'' is a 1995 romantic comedy film written and directed by Tim Sullivan and starring Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi and Ian McKellen. Plot Jack and Sarah are expectant parents, renov ...

'', '' FairyTale: A True Story'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Max''.

References

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* 1942 births English male stage actors English male television actors Living people People from Watford People educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys Male actors from Hertfordshire {{england-actor-stub