Acting

John Grieve

Born 1924-06-14 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Acting credits

Eye of the Needle poster
6.7

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

Eye of the Needle

1981

The 39 Steps poster
6.3

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

The 39 Steps

1959

The Thirty Nine Steps poster
6.8

The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

Don't Bother to Knock poster
4.8

An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a joke. She gives them to him as he leaves for a holiday. He gives the keys to several women he romances across the continent. He gets engaged again by phone and arranges to meet his fiancé at his flat, but the flat isn't empty...

Don't Bother to Knock

1961

No artwork available
NR

A dramatised account of the manufacture of a woollen garment.

The Great Mill Race

1975

The Star poster
10.0

A young boy who has recently lost his mother finds new meaning when a shooting star lands in his garden.

The Star

1996

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man poster
NR

Philip quickly comes to regret volunteering to be a witness in a murder trial.

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man

1963

Ploughman's Share poster
NR

When a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put in the melting pot.

Ploughman's Share

1979

The Bevellers poster
NR

An ambitious apprentice glassmaker clashes with his new colleagues in a Glasgow workshop.

The Bevellers

1974