John Grieve (actor)

John Grieve (14 June 1924 – 21 January 2003) was a Scottish actor, best known as the engineer Macphail in the 1960s BBC adaptation of Neil Munro's Para Handy stories, Para Handy - Master Mariner (reprised in the 1970s in The Vital Spark).[1][2]

John Grieve
Born(1924-06-14)14 June 1924
Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland
Died21 January 2003(2003-01-21) (aged 78)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationActor

Born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Grieve attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, before joining the Citizens Theatre in 1951.[1][3] Grieve worked in variety alongside many familiar Scottish comedians, including Stanley Baxter and Jimmy Logan.[4] Although principally known for his comic roles, he appeared in drama films such as The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978), Eye of the Needle (1981) and the BBC docudrama Square Mile of Murder (1980).[5][6] His stage roles include the part of the King's Jester in the premier of The Burning (1971) by Stewart Conn.

He had a brief recurring role as Frank Marker's probation officer in the Thames Television series Public Eye.[7] He played Sandy Duncanson in BBC's adaptation of Neil Munro's The New Road, in a BBC drama about the Union of the Parliaments in 1707 he played John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton who delivered a controversial speech against the Union, and appeared on BBC Scotland's Hogmanay celebrations.[8][9]

He appeared in two episodes (eleven years apart) in the television series All Creatures Great and Small as Dr. Harry Allinson.[10]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1959The 39 StepsLowrie - Sheep HerderUncredited
1961Don't Bother to KnockBus Conductor
1978The Thirty Nine StepsP.C. Forbes
1981Eye of the NeedleInspector Kincaid
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References
  1. "John Grieve Actor who put the character into comedy and who engineered a comedy classic". HeraldScotland.
  2. "BBC - The Vital Spark". BBC.
  3. "John Grieve | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  4. "John Grieve from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info.
  5. "John Grieve | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  6. "Square Mile of Murder". 12 June 1980. p. 58 – via BBC Genome.
  7. "BFI Screenonline: Public Eye (1965-75)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  8. "The New Road Part 5 A Balance of Accounts (1973)". BFI.
  9. "A New Year Party at The White Heather Club". 1 January 1963. p. 21 – via BBC Genome.
  10. "Bulldog Breed (1978)". BFI.
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