Brian Pettifer


Brian Pettifer is a Scottish 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.

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 which gave him an interest in acting on television.
His first film role was in Lindsay Anderson's film if..... He also appeared in Anderson's O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital playing the same character in all three Anderson films, that of Biles. His other film credits include roles in Amadeus, A [Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol], Gulag, Heavenly Pursuits, Little Dorrit, The [Great Escape II: The Untold Story], Loch Ness, The [House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth], Dr Jekyll and [Mr Hyde (2002 film)|Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde], The Rocket Post, Vanity Fair and Lassie.
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.
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.
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 (TV series)|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 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.
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.