Brian Pettifer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Durban, Natal, South Africa
Biography
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.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Damaged
Movie · as Village Man
The Last Bus
Movie · as Billy (Drunk)
Go Home
Movie · as Mike
Grace
TV · as Hector Hegarty · 1 ep
Get Duked!
Movie · as PC Dougie
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Movie · as Self
The Flu That Killed 50 Million
Movie · as Victor Vaughan
Darkest Hour
Movie · as Lord Kingsley Wood
Whisky Galore
Movie · as Angus
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Movie · as Charlie
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
TV · as Honeyfoot · 7 eps
Outlander
TV · as Old Charlie · 1 ep
Endeavour
TV · as Jephthah Claypole · 1 ep
Hattie
Movie · as Ron
The Field of Blood
TV · as Father Richards · 2 eps
Black Mirror
TV · as William Grange, Dentist · 1 ep
Donkeys
Movie · as Brian Colburn
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Movie · as Couthon
Garrow's Law
TV · as Robert Boycott · 1 ep
A Risk Worth Taking
Movie · as Maxwell Borthwick
Lassie
Movie · as O'Donnell
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Movie · as Harry How
To the Ends of the Earth
TV · as Wheeler · 3 eps
The Rocket Post
Movie · as Reverend Shand
One Last Chance
Movie · as Macgregor
Vanity Fair
Movie · as Mr. Raggles
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Movie · as Self
Hustle
TV · as Tip Jones · 1 ep
New Tricks
TV · as Archie Milgrow · 1 ep
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Poole
The Key
Movie
Snoddy
TV · as Professor Baxter · 6 eps
Rockface
TV · as Brother Thomas · 1 ep
Conspiracy
Movie · as Alfred Meyer
The House of Mirth
Movie · as Mr. Bry
Monarch of the Glen
TV · as Eric Morton · 1 ep
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Movie · as the executioner / the torturer of the trial
Life Support
TV · as Gordon Travers · 3 eps
Vigo
Movie · as Fatman
The James Gang
Movie · as Spanner
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV · as Parson Supple · 5 eps
Loch Ness
Movie · as Repairman
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Mortimer · 1 ep
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Movie · as Cliff Tutley
In the Bleak Midwinter
Movie · as Ventriloquist
Hamish Macbeth
TV · as Rory Campbell · 19 eps
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
TV · as Howard Heights · 1 ep
In Dreams
Movie · as Journalist/Dave
Is That All There Is?
Movie · as Self
Heartbeat
TV · as Andrew McIntyre · 1 ep
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Movie · as Kirby-Green
Lucky Sunil
Movie · as Cyril
Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet
Movie · as Andra
Little Dorrit
Movie · as Clarence Barnacle
Heavenly Pursuits
Movie · as Father Cobb
Happy the Man
Movie · as Andy
Lovejoy
TV · as Willy Kinross · 1 ep
City Lights
TV · as Alisdair · 1 ep
Farrington of the F.O.
TV · as Billy Murdoch · 1 ep
Gulag
Movie · as Vlasov
Amadeus
Movie · as Hospital Attendant
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Ben
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Biles
Cloud Howe
TV · as Dite Peat · 4 eps
Turning Year Tales
TV · as Boy · 1 ep
Return of the Saint
TV · as Bartender · 1 ep
Clayhanger
TV · as Stifford · 3 eps
Get Some In!
TV · as Bruce Leckie · 34 eps
Bedtime Stories
TV · as Alan · 1 ep
Last of the Summer Wine
TV · as The Best Man · 1 ep
Just Your Luck
Movie · as Youth at Wedding
Peer Gynt
Movie · as Additional cast
Villains
TV · as Youth · 1 ep
Warm Feet, Warm Heart
Movie · as Nigel Purvis
Is That Your Body, Boy
Movie · as Spratt
The Right Prospectus
Movie · as Boy in Grounds
Let There Be Light
Movie · as Pupil Teacher
Play for Today
TV · as Boy in Grounds · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Adam Armour · 1 ep
if....
Movie · as Biles
This Man Craig
TV · 52 eps
The Vital Spark
TV · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Nigel Purvis · 1 ep