Brian Pettifer

Brian Pettifer (born 1 January 1953) is a Scottish 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.

Biography

He intended to become a photographer, but instead 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 interest in acting on television.^{[ citation needed ]}

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, and appeared as Bruce Leckie in national service comedy Get Some In! , where he was 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 .^{[ citation needed ]}

He 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 .^{[ citation needed ]}

He appeared in Hamish Macbeth , as well as guest starring in Still Game . In 2005, he 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.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2012, Brian Pettifer appeared as Archie Milgrow in the episode Old School Ties in the series New Tricks.^{[ citation needed ]}

He worked in the theatre: writing, directing and acting. He was in a production of The Fairy-Queen at Glyndebourne, which went to Paris and New York in 2010.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2015, Pettifer appeared in the crime comedy The Legend of Barney Thomson along with his Hamish Macbeth co-star Robert Carlyle.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2019, he appeared in an episode of Holby City playing patient Laurie Stocks. ^[3]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Company	Director	Notes	Ref.
1990	The Ship	Pat	The Ship's Company, Govan	Bill Bryden	play by Bill Bryden staged at Harland and Wolff, Govan

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
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
2000	My Family	Mr. Hodder
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

References

1. "Brian Pettifer". Royal National Theatre . Retrieved 27 November 2019.
2. "Brian Pettifer". BFI . Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
3. "China Crisis". BBC Online . Retrieved 26 February 2019.

External links

• Brian Pettifer at IMDb