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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

6.313

Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27

6.357

Little Dorrit
1987-12-11

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

5.447

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

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story

5.462

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

6

Donkeys
2010-10-08

7

Lucky Sunil
1988-04-17

The Rocket Post

5.444

The Rocket Post
2004-05-13

A Risk Worth Taking

3.5

A Risk Worth Taking
2008-05-13

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution

6.5

Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009-07-11

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

6.4

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

The Legend of Barney Thomson

6.104

The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015-07-24

6.515

The Last Bus
2021-06-18

6.438

Lassie
2005-12-16

5.579

Damaged
2024-04-12

7.3

Conspiracy
2001-05-19

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

8

The Key
2003-09-16

5.923

Whisky Galore
2016-06-26

8.5

In Dreams
1992-12-23

8

Amadeus
1984-09-19

A Christmas Carol

7.468

A Christmas Carol
1984-10-09

7.057

if....
1968-12-19

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

6.643

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

One Last Chance

5.714

One Last Chance
2004-03-13

Eleven Men Against Eleven

7.25

Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995-08-31

In the Bleak Midwinter

7.102

In the Bleak Midwinter
1995-09-29

Heavenly Pursuits

7.167

Heavenly Pursuits
1986-07-11

7.357

Darkest Hour
2017-11-22

5.698

Loch Ness
1996-08-23

5.7

Hattie
2011-01-19

4.9

Vigo
1998-09-14

The House of Mirth

6.244

The House of Mirth
2000-10-13

5.6

Gulag
1985-01-13

8

Just Your Luck
1972-12-04

6.19

Get Duked!
2019-03-08

Is That All There Is?

8

Is That All There Is?
1992-12-01

The Flu That Killed 50 Million

5.9

The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018-09-25

Memories of Lindsay Anderson

0

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019-06-22

The Right Prospectus

7

The Right Prospectus
1970-01-02

6

The James Gang
1997-11-07

Let There Be Light

0

Let There Be Light
1970-01-23

0

Go Home
2021-01-01

5.797

Vanity Fair
2004-09-01

0

Happy the Man
1986-10-10

9

Peer Gynt
1972-09-26

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?

0

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004-12-31

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

7.5

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

6.8

Get Some In!
1975-10-16

7.7

Hamish Macbeth
1995-03-26

6.681

Grace
2021-03-14

0

This Man Craig
1966-01-01

To the Ends of the Earth

6.1

To the Ends of the Earth
2005-07-06

7.375

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

7.707

Hustle
2004-02-24

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

7.382

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015-05-17

Last of the Summer Wine

7.138

Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04

7.4

Garrow's Law
2009-11-01

7.349

New Tricks
2004-01-01

7

City Lights
1986-10-14

0

Snoddy
2002-03-13

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

8.2

Outlander
2014-08-09

The Field of Blood

6.4

The Field of Blood
2011-05-08

8.287

Black Mirror
2011-12-04

7.2

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

6.6

Play for Today
1970-10-15

8.1

Endeavour
2013-04-14

0

Cloud Howe
1982-07-14

6

Clayhanger
1976-01-01

Monarch of the Glen

7.292

Monarch of the Glen
2000-02-27

0

Life Support
1999-07-19

Farrington of the F.O.

7.5

Farrington of the F.O.
1986-02-13

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Bedtime Stories

0

Bedtime Stories
1974-03-03

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969-01-11

7.5

Villains
1972-07-22

The Vital Spark

6.5

The Vital Spark
1965-08-12

0

Rockface
2002-03-13