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Brian Pettifer (born 1 January 1953) is a South African actor who has appeared in many television shows, and also on stage and in film. [1] [2] 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. [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
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| 1990 | The Ship | Pat | The Ship's Company, Govan | Bill Bryden | play by Bill Bryden staged at Harland and Wolff, Govan |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | if.... | Biles - Junior | |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Laurence Biles | |
| 1982 | Britannia Hospital | Biles: Administration | |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Hospital Attendant | |
| A Christmas Carol | Ben | ||
| 1985 | Gulag | Vlasov | TV movie |
| 1986 | Heavenly Pursuits | Father Cobb | |
| 1987 | Little Dorrit | Clarence Barnacle | |
| 1988 | The Great Escape II: The Untold Story | Kirby-Green | TV movie |
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Ventriloquist | |
| 1996 | Loch Ness | Repairman | |
| 1997 | The James Gang | Spanner | |
| 1998 | Vigo | Fatman | |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | The Executioner / Torturer at Process | |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Mr. Bry | |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Alfred Meyer | |
| 2003 | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Poole | TV movie |
| 2004 | One Last Chance | Macgregor | |
| The Rocket Post | Reverend Shand | ||
| Vanity Fair | Mr. Raggles | ||
| 2005 | Lassie | O'Donnell | |
| To the Ends of the Earth | Wheeler | TV miniseries | |
| 2010 | Donkeys | Brian Colburn | |
| 2014 | New Tricks: Old School Ties | Archie Milgrow | TV movie |
| 2015 | The Legend of Barney Thomson | Charlie Taylor | |
| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Mr Honeyfoot | ||
| 2016 | Whisky Galore! | Angus | |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Lord Kingsley Wood | |
| 2019 | Get Duked! | PC Dougie | |
| 2021 | The Last Bus | Billy | |
| 2024 | Damaged | Village Man |
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