John Grillo

Career timeline

1. 1942 · Born

   Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

2. 1970 · Screen debut

   Play for Today (TV)

3. 1972 · Writing debut

   Late Night Theatre (TV)

4. 1984 · Breakthrough

   The Bill (TV)

5. 2002 · Latest release

   Foyle's War (TV)

Career in numbers

10 1970s

32 1980s

17 1990s

4 2000s

• Drama43
• Comedy17
• Tv Movie11
• Crime7
• Mystery6
• Thriller4

Highest-rated title Blackadder 1983 8.0 Most popular title EastEnders 1985 4.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Grillo in our catalogue.

Peter Eyre

2 titles together

Diane Parish

2 titles together

Herbert Wise

2 titles together

Clive Merrison

2 titles together

Jonathan Pryce

2 titles together

Dudley Sutton

2 titles together

John Mortimer

2 titles together

Lorcan Cranitch

2 titles together

Michael Kitchen

2 titles together

1. 2002 Foyle's War as Watchmaker 7.9 TV
2. 2002 Shackleton as Franks 7.2 TV
3. 2001 The Affair of the Necklace as Dr. Legear 5.6 Movie
4. 2001 Beech is Back TV
5. 1999 Oliver Twist as Mr Grimwig 6.3 TV
6. 1998 Maisie Raine as Franco Lucantoni TV
7. 1997 The Grand as Mr Bunner TV
8. 1997 Chalk as Mr. Carkdale TV
9. 1995 Jack & Sarah as Landlord 6.8 Movie
10. 1995 Johnny and the Dead as Antonio Vicenti TV
11. 1993 Cracker as Simon Appleby 6.6 TV
12. 1993 Mr Don & Mr George as Major TV
13. 1992 Orlando as First Official 7.0 Movie
14. 1992 Between the Lines TV
15. 1992 B&B as Mr Dudley Movie
16. 1992 Blame It on the Bellboy as Hotel Manager 5.4 Movie
17. 1991 A Murder of Quality as The Pathologist 5.6 Movie
18. 1991 The Darling Buds of May as Mr. Jerebohm 7.9 TV
19. 1991 Fiddlers Three as N J Simpson TV
20. 1990 August Saturday as Hans Movie
21. 1990 Max and Helen as Joseph Weiss Movie
22. 1989 Danny the Champion of the World as Mr Parker 6.2 Movie
23. 1988 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Von Behr Movie
24. 1988 The Most Dangerous Man in the World as Gebze Movie
25. 1988 Out of the Shadows as Markos Togas Movie
26. 1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Naphta TV
27. 1987 A Little Princess as Barrow 7.7 TV
28. 1986 A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr Tittle TV
29. 1986 Lovejoy as 'Snip' Saunders 7.4 TV
30. 1986 The Cold War Killers as Jake Shapiro Movie
31. 1985 Three Up, Two Down as Wilf TV
32. 1985 Brazil as Interview Official 7.7 Movie
33. 1985 EastEnders as Mr. Makepeace 4.3 TV
34. 1985 Blott on the Landscape as Prime TV
35. 1985 The 17th Bride Movie
36. 1984 The Bill 6.9 TV
37. 1984 Freud as Delboeuf TV
38. 1984 Dog Ends as The Vet Movie
39. 1984 Chocky as Sir William Thorbe Movie
40. 1984 Amy as Bell Movie
41. 1983 Chessgame TV
42. 1983 Heather Ann as Ferguson Movie
43. 1983 Afterward as Harold Parvis Movie
44. 1983 Blackadder as Dr. Leech 8.0 TV
45. 1983 Brass as Seymour Pugh TV
46. 1983 Gaskin as Solicitor Movie
47. 1982 King Lear as Oswald Movie
48. 1982 Firefox as Customs Officer 6.1 Movie
49. 1982 Shine on Harvey Moon as Boatman TV
50. 1981 Brideshead Revisited as Mr Samgrass 7.9 TV
51. 1980 The Great Riviera Bank Robbery as Bank Official Movie
52. 1980 Cribb as Goldstein TV
53. 1980 A Question of Guilt as Mr Norton TV
54. 1979 Scum as Mr Goodyear 7.1 Movie
55. 1979 Dick Turpin as Nightingale TV
56. 1978 Scorpion Tales as Military Official TV
57. 1977 A Christmas Carol as Caroline's Husband 6.7 Movie
58. 1976 The Lady of the Camellias as Joseph Movie
59. 1976 Enemy as The Policeman Movie
60. 1972 Dyn Amo as 2nd Girl's Partner Movie
61. 1970 Play for Today as The Vet TV

1. 1973 1939 Movie
2. 1972 Late Night Theatre TV

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