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person_profile-Brian Pettifer

Brian Pettifer Age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Brian Pettifer

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1953

Country of birth:

South Africa

Biography of

Brian Pettifer

    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 of

Brian Pettifer

Found 35 Movies in total

Damaged

Village Man ( Actor )

... 2024

The Last Bus

Billy ( Actor )

... 2021

Get Duked!

PC Dougie ( Actor )

... 2019

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

Victor Vaughan ( Actor )

... 2018

Darkest Hour

Lord Kingsley Wood ( Actor )

... 2017

Whisky Galore

Angus ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2015

Hattie

Ron ( Actor )

... 2011

Donkeys

Brian Colburn ( Actor )

... 2010

A Risk Worth Taking

Maxwell Borthwick ( Actor )

... 2008

Lassie

O'Donnell ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

The Rocket Post

Reverend Shand ( Actor )

... 2004

One Last Chance

Macgregor ( Actor )

... 2004

The Key

Actor

... 2003

... 2003

Conspiracy

Dr. Alfred Meyer ( Actor )

... 2001

The House of Mirth

Mr. Bry ( Actor )

... 2000

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

the executioner / the torturer of the trial ( Actor )

... 1999

Vigo

Fatman ( Actor )

... 1998

The James Gang

Spanner ( Actor )

... 1997

Loch Ness

Repairman ( Actor )

... 1996

In the Bleak Midwinter

Ventriloquist ( Actor )

... 1995

... 1992

... 1988

Lucky Sunil

Cyril ( Actor )

... 1988

Little Dorrit

Clarence Barnacle ( Actor )

... 1987

Heavenly Pursuits

Father Cobb ( Actor )

... 1986

Gulag

Vlasov ( Actor )

... 1985

A Christmas Carol

Ben ( Actor )

... 1984

Amadeus

Hospital Attendant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1984

Britannia Hospital

Biles ( Actor )

... 1982

The Right Prospectus

Boy in Grounds ( Actor )

... 1970

if....

Biles ( Actor )

... 1968