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Leo Grillo
Leo Grillo
	File:Leo in magic.jpg Leo Grillo as he appeared in "Magic" (2009)
Born	Leo Francis Grillo, Jr.; Lawrence, Massachusetts,USA
Occupation	Actor/Producer/Animal Welfare Activist
Years active	1965–present

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Leo Grillo is an American film actor, producer and animal welfare activist. He is best remembered for founding Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals Rescue (D.E.L.T.A. Rescue), an animal welfare organization based in Acton, California, USA. The not-for-profit organization was incorporated in 1981. The refuge has grown to become the largest animal shelter of its type in the world.^[1]^[2]

Grillo was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Carmela de Lucia and Leo Francis Grillo, Sr., both Italian-Americans.^[3] As a child actor, Grillo appeared in the 1972 Television series Banacek.^[4] Grillo majored in theatre at Emerson College in Boston, MA.^[3]

In 1977, Grillo moved from Boston to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a film career. He appeared in the 1977 John Heard film Between the Lines. Grillo studied under the tutelage of Charles E. Conrad, an acting coach credited with launching the film careers of Dee Wallace Stone and Diana Ross, both Academy-award winners.^[2]^[3]^[5]

Grillo was the lead actor in Dierdre's Party, a feature film he produced in 1998.^[6] Grillo played lead actor, opposite Katherine Heigl, in the 2006 independent film Zyzzyx Road.^[7] In 2009, Grillo co-wrote, produced and starred in Magic, opposite Sammi Hanratty, Lori Heuring, Christopher Lloyd and Robert Davi, who directed the movie.^[8] Davi and Grillo are cousins.^[9]

Grillo and his staff of seventy care for more than 1,500 previously abandoned and abused animals on a daily basis at the D.E.L.T.A. Rescue sanctuary in Glendale, California. According to tax documents, Grillo takes no salary to run the 150-acre No-Kill refuge. Grillo founded Horse Rescue of America in 1988.^[3]^[10]

In 2008, Grillo created "Animals on the Edge," a global project that allows animals from other nations to benefit from Grillo's initiatives. Grillo co-conceived with wildlife photographer and author Chris Weston a book by the same name. The book identifies those animals currently living on the frontline of extinction.^[11]

Grillo is the father of Meguire Elizabeth Grillo and Erica Lee Grillo.^[3]

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 Grillo and his staff of seventy care for more than 1,500 previously [[abandoned]] and [[abused]] [[animals]] on a daily basis at the [[D.E.L.T.A. Rescue]] [[sanctuary]] in [[Glendale, California]]. According to [[tax]] [[documents]], Grillo takes no [[salary]] to run the 150-[[acre]] No-Kill [[refuge]]. Grillo founded Horse Rescue of America in [[1988]].<ref name="deltarescue.org"/><ref>“Shelter Embodies Activist's No-Kill Philosophy,” ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', [[May 17]], [[2006]], by John Spano. Retrieved on [[September 25]], [[2009]].</ref>
+In [[2008]], Grillo created "Animals on the Edge," a [[global]] [[project]] that allows animals from other [[nations]] to [[benefit]] from Grillo's [[initiatives]]. Grillo co-conceived with [[wildlife]] [[photographer]] and [[author]] [[Chris Weston]] a book by the same name. The [[book]] identifies those animals currently living on the [[frontline]] of [[extinction]].<ref>http://www.animalsontheedge.org/about/</ref>
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