Brian Pettifer
Brian Pettifer is known for Darkest Hour (2017), Amadeus (1984), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999).
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.
Questions about Brian Pettifer
How many Brian Pettifer films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 42 films with Brian Pettifer, from 1968 to 2024.
What is the best rated Brian Pettifer film?
The best rated Brian Pettifer film in the catalogue is Amadeus (1984), rated 8.0.
What was the first Brian Pettifer film?
The first Brian Pettifer film in the catalogue is if...., from 1968.
Who has Brian Pettifer worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Brian Pettifer shares the most credits with James Cosmo (3 films), Kevin Guthrie (3 films) and Brian Coffey (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
47 films — 42 in the catalogue
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5.6 Damaged
2024 · Village Man
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6.5 The Last Bus
2021 · Billy (Drunk)
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Go Home
2021 · Mike
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Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019 · Self
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6.2 Get Duked!
2019 · PC Dougie
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6.1 The Flu That Killed 50 Million
2018 · Victor Vaughan
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7.4 Darkest Hour
2017 · Lord Kingsley Wood
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5.9 Whisky Galore
2016 · Angus
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6.1 The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015 · Charlie
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5.7 Hattie
2011 · Ron
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6.0 Donkeys
2010 · Brian Colburn
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6.5 Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution
2009 · Couthon
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3.5 A Risk Worth Taking
2008 · Maxwell Borthwick
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6.4 Lassie
2005 · O'Donnell
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6.6 The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
2005 · Harry How
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2.0
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004 · Self
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5.8 Vanity Fair
2004 · Mr. Raggles
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5.4 The Rocket Post
2004 · Reverend Shand
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5.7 One Last Chance
2004 · Macgregor
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8.0 The Key
2003
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5.5 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003 · Poole
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7.3 Conspiracy
2001 · Alfred Meyer
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6.3 The House of Mirth
2000 · Mr. Bry
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6.4 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · the executioner / the torturer of the trial
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5.1 Vigo
1998 · Fatman
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6.0 The James Gang
1997 · Spanner
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5.7 Loch Ness
1996 · Repairman
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7.1 In the Bleak Midwinter
1995 · Ventriloquist
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7.3 Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995 · Cliff Tutley
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8.5
In Dreams
1992 · Journalist/Dave
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8.0 Is That All There Is?
1992 · Self
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5.5 The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
1988 · Kirby-Green
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7.0 Lucky Sunil
1988 · Cyril
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6.4 Little Dorrit
1987 · Clarence Barnacle
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Happy the Man
1986 · Andy
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7.2 Heavenly Pursuits
1986 · Father Cobb
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5.4 Gulag
1985 · Vlasov
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7.5 A Christmas Carol
1984 · Ben
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8.0 Amadeus
1984 · Hospital Attendant
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6.2 Britannia Hospital
1982 · Biles
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8.0
Just Your Luck
1972 · Youth at Wedding
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9.0 Peer Gynt
1972 · Additional cast
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Warm Feet, Warm Heart
1970 · Nigel Purvis
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Is That Your Body, Boy
1970 · Spratt
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Let There Be Light
1970 · Pupil Teacher
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7.0 The Right Prospectus
1970 · Boy in Grounds
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7.0 if....
1968 · Biles
Series and TV shows
17 titles
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6.8
Grace
2021 · Hector Hegarty
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7.4
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015 · Honeyfoot · 7 ep.
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8.2
Outlander
2014 · Old Charlie
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8.1
Endeavour
2013 · Jephthah Claypole
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6.3
The Field of Blood
2011 · Father Richards · 2 ep.
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8.3
Black Mirror
2011 · William Grange, Dentist
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6.1
To the Ends of the Earth
2005 · Wheeler · 3 ep.
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7.7
Hustle
2004 · Tip Jones
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7.3
New Tricks
2004 · Archie Milgrow
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7.3
Monarch of the Glen
2000 · Eric Morton
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6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Mortimer
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7.7
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · Rory Campbell · 19 ep.
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7.2
Heartbeat
1992 · Andrew McIntyre
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7.4
Lovejoy
1986 · Willy Kinross
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7.0
Return of the Saint
1978 · Bartender
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7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · The Best Man
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6.6
Play for Today
1970 · Boy in Grounds
People data: TMDb.
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