Acting
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.
Filmography
Damaged
Film · 2024
The Last Bus
Film · 2021
Go Home
Film · 2021
Grace
Series · 2021
Get Duked!
Film · 2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Film · 2019
The Flu That Killed 50 Million
Film · 2018
Darkest Hour
Film · 2017
Whisky Galore
Film · 2016
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Film · 2015
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Series · 2015
Outlander
Series · 2014
Endeavour
Series · 2013
Hattie
Film · 2011
The Field of Blood
Series · 2011
Black Mirror
Series · 2011
Donkeys
Film · 2010
Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
Film · 2009
Garrow's Law
Series · 2009
A Risk Worth Taking
Film · 2008
Lassie
Film · 2005
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Film · 2005
To the Ends of the Earth
Series · 2005
The Rocket Post
Film · 2004
One Last Chance
Film · 2004
Vanity Fair
Film · 2004
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Film · 2004
Hustle
Series · 2004
New Tricks
Series · 2004
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 2003
The Key
Film · 2003
Snoddy
Series · 2002
Rockface
Series · 2002
Conspiracy
Film · 2001
The House of Mirth
Film · 2000
Monarch of the Glen
Series · 2000
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Film · 1999
Life Support
Series · 1999
Vigo
Film · 1998
The James Gang
Film · 1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Series · 1997
Loch Ness
Film · 1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
Series · 1996
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Film · 1995
In the Bleak Midwinter
Film · 1995
Hamish Macbeth
Series · 1995
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Series · 1995
In Dreams
Film · 1992
Is That All There Is?
Film · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Film · 1988
Lucky Sunil
Film · 1988
Rab C. Nesbitt: Seasonal Greet
Film · 1988
Little Dorrit
Film · 1987
Heavenly Pursuits
Film · 1986
Happy the Man
Film · 1986
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
City Lights
Series · 1986
Farrington of the F.O.
Series · 1986
Gulag
Film · 1985
Amadeus
Film · 1984
A Christmas Carol
Film · 1984
Britannia Hospital
Film · 1982
Cloud Howe
Series · 1982
Turning Year Tales
Series · 1979
Return of the Saint
Series · 1978
Clayhanger
Series · 1976
Get Some In!
Series · 1975
Bedtime Stories
Series · 1974
Last of the Summer Wine
Series · 1973
Just Your Luck
Film · 1972
Peer Gynt
Film · 1972
Villains
Series · 1972
Warm Feet, Warm Heart
Film · 1970
Is That Your Body, Boy
Film · 1970
The Right Prospectus
Film · 1970
Let There Be Light
Film · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Series · 1969
if....
Film · 1968
This Man Craig
Series · 1966
The Vital Spark
Series · 1965
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956