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	'''John Grieve''' (14 June 1924 – 21 January 2003) was a [[Scotland\|Scottish]] [[actor]], best known as the [[engineer]] Macphail in the 1960s [[BBC]] adaptation of [[Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis)\|Neil Munro]]'s [[Para Handy]] stories, ''[[Para Handy - Master Mariner]]'' (reprised in the 1970s in ''[[The Vital Spark]]'').<ref name=heraldscotland>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11904688.john-grieve-actor-who-put-the-character-into-comedy-and-who-engineered-a-comedy-classic/\|title=John Grieve Actor who put the character into comedy and who engineered a comedy classic\|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01290g8\|title=BBC - The Vital Spark\|website=BBC}}</ref>		'''John Grieve''' (14 June 1924 – 21 January 2003) was a [[w:Scotland\|Scottish]] [[w:actor\|actor]], best known as the [[w:engineer\|engineer]] Macphail in the 1960s [[w:BBC\|BBC]] adaptation of [[w:Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis)\|Neil Munro]]'s [[w:Para Handy\|Para Handy]] stories, ''[[w:Para Handy - Master Mariner\|Para Handy - Master Mariner]]'' (reprised in the 1970s in ''[[w:The Vital Spark\|The Vital Spark]]'').<ref name=heraldscotland>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11904688.john-grieve-actor-who-put-the-character-into-comedy-and-who-engineered-a-comedy-classic/\|title=John Grieve Actor who put the character into comedy and who engineered a comedy classic\|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01290g8\|title=BBC - The Vital Spark\|website=BBC}}</ref>

	Born in [[Maryhill]], [[Glasgow]], Grieve attended the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]], before joining the [[Citizens Theatre]] in 1951.<ref name=heraldscotland/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1svm/john-grieve\|title=John Grieve \| Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> Grieve worked in variety alongside many familiar Scottish comedians, including [[Stanley Baxter]] and [[Jimmy Logan]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1469.html\|title=John Grieve from The Gazetteer for Scotland\|website=www.scottish-places.info}}</ref> Although principally known for his comic roles, he appeared in drama films such as ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)\|The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' (1978), ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)\|Eye of the Needle]]'' (1981) and the [[BBC]] [[docudrama]] ''[[Square Mile of Murder]]'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-grieve-p260192\|title=John Grieve \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26b62fd7ef514bd4b51ec4d5863ad6ec\|title=Square Mile of Murder\|date=12 June 1980\|issue=2952\|pages=58\|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> His stage roles include the part of the King's Jester in the premier of ''[[The Burning (play)\|The Burning]]'' (1971) by [[Stewart Conn]].		Born in [[Maryhill]], [[Glasgow]], Grieve attended the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]], before joining the [[Citizens Theatre]] in 1951.<ref name=heraldscotland/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1svm/john-grieve\|title=John Grieve \| Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> Grieve worked in variety alongside many familiar Scottish comedians, including [[Stanley Baxter]] and [[Jimmy Logan]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1469.html\|title=John Grieve from The Gazetteer for Scotland\|website=www.scottish-places.info}}</ref> Although principally known for his comic roles, he appeared in drama films such as ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)\|The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' (1978), ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)\|Eye of the Needle]]'' (1981) and the [[BBC]] [[docudrama]] ''[[Square Mile of Murder]]'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-grieve-p260192\|title=John Grieve \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26b62fd7ef514bd4b51ec4d5863ad6ec\|title=Square Mile of Murder\|date=12 June 1980\|issue=2952\|pages=58\|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> His stage roles include the part of the King's Jester in the premier of ''[[The Burning (play)\|The Burning]]'' (1971) by [[Stewart Conn]].
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	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104181117/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13011421.html Obituary John Grieve], ''The Scotsman'', 28 January 2003		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104181117/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13011421.html Obituary John Grieve], ''The Scotsman'', 28 January 2003

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| death_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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'''John Grieve''' (14 June 1924 – 21 January 2003) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[actor]], best known as the [[engineer]] Macphail in the 1960s [[BBC]] adaptation of [[Neil Munro (Hugh Foulis)|Neil Munro]]'s [[Para Handy]] stories, ''[[Para Handy - Master Mariner]]'' (reprised in the 1970s in ''[[The Vital Spark]]'').<ref name=heraldscotland>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11904688.john-grieve-actor-who-put-the-character-into-comedy-and-who-engineered-a-comedy-classic/|title=John Grieve Actor who put the character into comedy and who engineered a comedy classic|website=HeraldScotland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01290g8|title=BBC - The Vital Spark|website=BBC}}</ref>

Born in [[Maryhill]], [[Glasgow]], Grieve attended the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama]], before joining the [[Citizens Theatre]] in 1951.<ref name=heraldscotland/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1svm/john-grieve|title=John Grieve | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> Grieve worked in variety alongside many familiar Scottish comedians, including [[Stanley Baxter]] and [[Jimmy Logan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst1469.html|title=John Grieve from The Gazetteer for Scotland|website=www.scottish-places.info}}</ref> Although principally known for his comic roles, he appeared in drama films such as ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' (1978), ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)|Eye of the Needle]]'' (1981) and the [[BBC]] [[docudrama]] ''[[Square Mile of Murder]]'' (1980).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/john-grieve-p260192|title=John Grieve | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26b62fd7ef514bd4b51ec4d5863ad6ec|title=Square Mile of Murder|date=12 June 1980|issue=2952|pages=58|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> His stage roles include the part of the King's Jester in the premier of ''[[The Burning (play)|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 (TV series)|Public Eye]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/550868/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Public Eye (1965-75)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> 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, <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d2a9c4b|title=The New Road Part 5 A Balance of Accounts (1973)|website=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f07c0cab575243c386a7a7e201e490fb|title=A New Year Party at The White Heather Club|date=1 January 1963|issue=2042|pages=21|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> one of which (''Into '85'') was broadcast nationally from [[Gleneagles (Scotland)|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.<ref>[http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/indexeba2.html?page_id=3915 Five… Four… Three… Two… One!] ''Off The Telly'', Steve Williams.January 2001.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2008/dec/24/memorable-christmas-and-new-year-tv-events Joy of Six: Memorable Christmas and New Year TV events] ''[[The Guardian]]'', Scott Murray. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2021.</ref>

He appeared in two episodes (eleven years apart) in the television series ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' as Dr. Harry Allinson,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ced8c36|title=Bulldog Breed (1978)|website=BFI}}</ref> whose practice was next door to [[Skeldale House]].

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1959|| ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' || Lowrie - Sheep Herder || Uncredited
|-
|1961|| ''[[Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)|Don't Bother to Knock]]'' || Bus Conductor ||
|-
|1978|| ''[[The Thirty Nine Steps (1978 film)|The Thirty Nine Steps]]'' || P.C. Forbes ||
|-
|1981|| ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)|Eye of the Needle]]'' || Inspector Kincaid ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|name=John Grieve|id=0341033}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104181117/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-13011421.html Obituary John Grieve], ''The Scotsman'', 28 January 2003

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