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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
Died	21 January 2003(2003-01-21) (aged 78) Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation	Actor

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] one of which (Into '85) was broadcast nationally from Gleneagles and became notorious for Grieve, apparently worse the wear with alcohol, unable to recite a brief poem and collapsing into laughter, along with other shambolic incidents featured in the same programme. The BBC as a result did not broadcast Hogmanay-themed programmes from the following year.[10][11]

He appeared in two episodes (eleven years apart) in the television series All Creatures Great and Small as Dr. Harry Allinson.[12]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	The 39 Steps	Lowrie - Sheep Herder	Uncredited
1961	Don't Bother to Knock	Bus Conductor
1978	The Thirty Nine Steps	P.C. Forbes
1981	Eye of the Needle	Inspector Kincaid

References

External links

• John Grieve at IMDb
• Obituary John Grieve, The Scotsman, 28 January 2003

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