
Acting
Lucky Grills
Born — Died
1928-05-26 — 2007-07-27
Place of birth
Tasmania, Australia
Known for
Acting
Credits
12 titles
Leo Grills OAM (26 May 1928 – 27 July 2007) professionally billed as Lucky Grills, was an Australian actor and comedian. His best known acting role was in the crime drama TV series Bluey playing the title role. Grills took his professionally working name after the Italian-American gangster Lucky Luciano.
Known for
8.0Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Rafferty's Rules
1987
6.4At Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters, Sgt. "Bluey" Hills, unable to work within the existing police squads, oversees Department B. They're assigned cases other departments could not readily solve by conventional means, with Hills applying his unconventional methods to bring about their resolution. Bluey's investigations are supported by newly assigned Gary Dawson, long-time cohort Monica Rourke, and undercover officer Reg Truscott, who spends his time ostensibly working as a small-time burglar, and supplying Bluey with information on the activities of local criminals.
Bluey
1976
7.0Bordertown is a 1995 Australian TV miniseries. It takes place in a post World War II refugee camp in Australia.
Bordertown
1995
6.1A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.
Money Movers
1978
5.4A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
Starstruck
1982
6.2Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her husband walks out on her.
Caddie
1976
Film credits
1980s · 5 titles
5.4A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
Starstruck
1982
6.7Sir Alfred Terminus reigns supreme in the tiny outback town of Yarralumla. The Terminus family simply love a bit of new blood which is why they are delighted to learn that Lucy, Bronco and Nick have stumbled into town. The townsfolk couldn't be happier... their numbers are beginning to dwindle and Sir Alfred is squawking for some fresh flesh. And he's not the only one ... his wife, Agatha, is famished; his son, George, is ravenous; and his daughter, Samantha, is insatiable. When the strangers are invited for dinner it doesn't take long before they realize the fact they're on the dinner menu...
The Wicked
1988
7.6The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
Vietnam
1987
6.6A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Fast Talking
1984
9.0After Dan collapses at a train station, he enlists Maxie to watch his beloved dog, Molly. Maxie develops a soft spot for her new furry companion - a dog which has a unique ability to sing in tune.
Molly
1983
Series credits
8.0Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Rafferty's Rules
1987
6.4At Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters, Sgt. "Bluey" Hills, unable to work within the existing police squads, oversees Department B. They're assigned cases other departments could not readily solve by conventional means, with Hills applying his unconventional methods to bring about their resolution. Bluey's investigations are supported by newly assigned Gary Dawson, long-time cohort Monica Rourke, and undercover officer Reg Truscott, who spends his time ostensibly working as a small-time burglar, and supplying Bluey with information on the activities of local criminals.
Bluey
1976
7.0Bordertown is a 1995 Australian TV miniseries. It takes place in a post World War II refugee camp in Australia.
Bordertown
1995


