Brian Pettifer (born January 1, 1953) is a South African actor who has appeared in many television shows, and also on stage and in film. He is the younger brother of folk musician Linda Thompson.
Brian Pettifer (born January 1, 1953) is a South African actor who has appeared in many television shows, and also on stage and in film. He is the younger brother of folk musician Linda Thompson.
He intended to become a photographer, but pursued a career as an actor. He appeared as a child in the BBC's This Man Craig and Dr Finlay's Casebook, and Madame Bovary (with his friend Alex Norton) which gave him an avid interest in acting on television.
His first film role was in Lindsay Anderson's film if.... (1968). He also appeared in Anderson's O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982) playing the same character in all three Anderson films, that of Biles. His other film credits include roles in Amadeus (1984), A Christmas Carol (1984), Gulag (1985), Heavenly Pursuits (1986), Little Dorrit (1987), The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988), Loch Ness (1996), The House of Mirth (2000), Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002), The Rocket Post (2004), Vanity Fair (2004) and Lassie (2005).
Pettifer was a regular in Rab C. Nesbitt mainly propping up a bar, but was also known as aircraftman Bruce Leckie in Get Some In!, where he was constantly the butt of jokes directed at him by Corporal Marsh. He also played cousin Hughie in the long running Liverpool based 70s sitcom The Liver Birds.
He also played Alfred Meyer in the BBC/HBO film Conspiracy and the part of Dr. Cameron in the Radio 4 series entitled Adventures of a Black Bag, after appearing in several episodes of Dr. Finlay's Casebook.
He appeared in Hamish Macbeth, as well as guest starring in Still Game. In 2005, he also appeared in the first episode of the BBC drama Bleak House. In 2011 and 2013, he played Father Richards in The Field of Blood. He had the role of Poupart in the BBC One series The Musketeers.
In 2012, Brian Pettifer appeared as Archie Milgrow in the episode Old School Ties in the series New Tricks.
He has worked extensively in the theatre: writing, directing and acting. He has been in a production of The Fairy-Queen at Glyndebourne, which went to Paris and New York in 2010.
In 2015, Pettifer appeared in the crime comedy The Legend of Barney Thomson along with his Hamish Macbeth co-star Robert Carlyle.
In 2019, he appeared in an episode of Holby City playing patient Laurie Stocks.
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Filmography (Movies)
Damaged
Character:Village Man
Release Date:12/04/2024
The Last Bus
Character:Billy (Drunk)
Release Date:18/06/2021
Go Home
Character:Mike
Release Date:01/01/2021
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Character:Self
Release Date:22/06/2019
Get Duked!
Character:PC Dougie
Release Date:08/03/2019
The Flu That Killed 50 Million
Character:Victor Vaughan
Release Date:25/09/2018
Darkest Hour
Character:Lord Kingsley Wood
Release Date:22/11/2017
Whisky Galore
Character:Angus
Release Date:26/06/2016
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Character:Charlie
Release Date:24/07/2015
Hattie
Character:Ron
Release Date:19/01/2011
Donkeys
Character:Brian Colburn
Release Date:08/10/2010
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Character:Couthon
Release Date:11/07/2009
A Risk Worth Taking
Character:Maxwell Borthwick
Release Date:13/05/2008
Lassie
Character:O'Donnell
Release Date:16/12/2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Character:Harry How
Release Date:08/09/2005
Vanity Fair
Character:Mr. Raggles
Release Date:01/09/2004
The Rocket Post
Character:Reverend Shand
Release Date:13/05/2004
One Last Chance
Character:Macgregor
Release Date:13/03/2004
The Key
Character:
Release Date:16/09/2003
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Poole
Release Date:27/08/2003
Conspiracy
Character:Alfred Meyer
Release Date:19/05/2001
The House of Mirth
Character:Mr. Bry
Release Date:13/10/2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Character:the executioner / the torturer of the trial
Release Date:27/10/1999
Vigo
Character:Fatman
Release Date:14/09/1998
The James Gang
Character:Spanner
Release Date:07/11/1997
Loch Ness
Character:Repairman
Release Date:23/08/1996
In the Bleak Midwinter
Character:Ventriloquist
Release Date:29/09/1995
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Character:Cliff Tutley
Release Date:31/08/1995
In Dreams
Character:Journalist/Dave
Release Date:23/12/1992
Is That All There Is?
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1992
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Character:Kirby-Green
Release Date:05/11/1988
Lucky Sunil
Character:Cyril
Release Date:17/04/1988
Little Dorrit
Character:Clarence Barnacle
Release Date:11/12/1987
Heavenly Pursuits
Character:Father Cobb
Release Date:11/07/1986
Gulag
Character:Vlasov
Release Date:13/01/1985
A Christmas Carol
Character:Ben
Release Date:09/10/1984
Amadeus
Character:Hospital Attendant
Release Date:19/09/1984
Britannia Hospital
Character:Biles
Release Date:27/05/1982
Just Your Luck
Character:Youth at Wedding
Release Date:04/12/1972
Warm Feet, Warm Heart
Character:Nigel Purvis
Release Date:22/09/1970
Is That Your Body, Boy
Character:Spratt
Release Date:09/05/1970
Let There Be Light
Character:Pupil Teacher
Release Date:23/01/1970
The Right Prospectus
Character:Boy in Grounds
Release Date:02/01/1970
if....
Character:Biles
Release Date:19/12/1968
Television Appearances
Grace
Character:Hector Hegarty
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Character:Honeyfoot
Outlander
Character:Old Charlie
Endeavour
Character:Jephthah Claypole
Black Mirror
Character:William Grange, Dentist
The Field of Blood
Character:Father Richards
Garrow's Law
Character:Robert Boycott
To the Ends of the Earth
Character:Wheeler
Hustle
Character:Tip Jones
New Tricks
Character:Archie Milgrow
Snoddy
Character:Professor Baxter
Monarch of the Glen
Character:Eric Morton
Life Support
Character:Gordon Travers
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Character:Parson Supple
Hamish Macbeth
Character:Rory Campbell
Heartbeat
Character:Andrew McIntyre
City Lights
Character:Alisdair
Lovejoy
Character:Willy Kinross
Cloud Howe
Character:Dite Peat
Return of the Saint
Character:Bartender
Clayhanger
Character:Stifford
Get Some In!
Character:Bruce Leckie
Last of the Summer Wine
Character:The Best Man
Play for Today
Character:Boy in Grounds
This Man Craig
Character:
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