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Brian Pettifer
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Brian Pettifer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-01-01,Durban, Natal, South Africa
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Britannia Hospital

6.393

Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

5.4

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003-08-27

6.7

Donkeys
2010-10-08

The Legend of Barney Thomson

6.1

The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015-07-24

7.314

Conspiracy
2001-05-19

A Risk Worth Taking

4

A Risk Worth Taking
2008-05-13

6.4

Lassie
2005-12-16

0

The Key
2003-09-16

6

Whisky Galore
2016-06-26

8.038

Amadeus
1984-09-19

A Christmas Carol

7.404

A Christmas Carol
1984-10-09

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

6.125

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005-09-08

7.1

if....
1968-12-19

One Last Chance

5.6

One Last Chance
2004-03-13

Eleven Men Against Eleven

6.3

Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995-08-31

In the Bleak Midwinter

7

In the Bleak Midwinter
1995-09-29

Heavenly Pursuits

7.2

Heavenly Pursuits
1986-07-11

7.353

Darkest Hour
2017-11-22

5.6

Loch Ness
1996-08-23

6.1

Hattie
2011-01-19

4.8

Vigo
1998-09-14

The House of Mirth

6.3

The House of Mirth
2000-09-23

5.455

Gulag
1985-01-13

0

Just Your Luck
1972-12-04

6.198

Get Duked!
2019-03-08

Is That All There Is?

7

Is That All There Is?
1992-12-01

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

6.3

The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018-09-25

Memories of Lindsay Anderson

0

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019-06-22

The Right Prospectus

0

The Right Prospectus
1970-01-02

5

The James Gang
1997-11-07

0

Lucky Sunil
1988-04-17

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution

5.8

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009-01-01

6.4

Little Dorrit
1987-12-11

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

4.5

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988-11-05

The Rocket Post

5.6

The Rocket Post
2004-05-13

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

6.385

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999-10-27

6.5

The Last Bus
2021-06-18

5.572

Damaged
2024-04-12

Warm Feet, Warm Heart

0

Warm Feet, Warm Heart
1970-09-22

Is That Your Body, Boy

0

Is That Your Body, Boy
1970-05-09

6.25

Get Some In!
1975-10-16

7.8

Hamish Macbeth
1995-03-26

To the Ends of the Earth

6.1

To the Ends of the Earth
2005-07-06

0

This Man Craig
1966-01-01

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

7.454

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015-05-17

6.75

Garrow's Law
2009-11-01

7.5

City Lights
1986-10-14

The Field of Blood

6

The Field of Blood
2011-05-08

8.285

Black Mirror
2011-12-04

7.8

Hamish Macbeth
1995-03-26

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

7

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997-11-09

7.609

Hustle
2004-02-24

Last of the Summer Wine

7.132

Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04

0

Snoddy
2002-03-13

8.204

Outlander
2014-08-09

7

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

8.075

Endeavour
2013-04-14

6.676

Grace
2021-03-14

7.3

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

7.347

New Tricks
2004-01-01

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

5.9

Play for Today
1970-10-15