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name: "Brian Pettifer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-pettifer"
fi1m_id: "brian-pettifer"
imdb_id: "nm0678648"
tmdb_id: 97165
wikidata_id: "Q4965031"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:11:40.165499+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brian Pettifer

## Identity

Brian Pettifer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-pettifer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-pettifer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0678648
- **TMDB ID:** 97165
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4965031
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pettifer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0678648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97165

Actor. Born 1 January 1953 in Durban, Natal, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Durban, Natal, South Africa
- **Active:** 1968–2017
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1980s 91 (1), 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 66 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 3, Music 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $245m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pettifer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965031, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0678648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97165

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Conspiracy*](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md) (83)

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## Biography

Brian Pettifer is a British actor born on 1 January 1953 in Durban, South Africa. He moved to the United Kingdom as a child and began acting in BBC productions including This Man Craig and Dr Finlay's Casebook.

His first film role was as Biles in Lindsay Anderson's *if....* (1968). He reprised the character in Anderson's *O Lucky Man!* (1973) and *Britannia Hospital* (1982). Pettifer played Alfred Meyer in the 2001 television film *Conspiracy* and Rory Campbell in the series *Hamish Macbeth* (1995–1997). He is the younger brother of folk musician Linda Thompson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Darkest Hour* (2017), Fi1m 66, as Lord Kingsley Wood — [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Conspiracy* (2001), Fi1m 83, as Alfred Meyer — [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *Amadeus* (1984), Fi1m 91, as Hospital Attendant — [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md)
- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Biles — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (79)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Damaged* (2024), as Village Man
- *The Last Bus* (2021), as Billy (Drunk)
- *Grace* (2021), series, as Hector Hegarty
- *Go Home* (2021), as Mike
- *Get Duked!* (2019), as PC Dougie
- *The Flu That Killed 50 Million* (2018), as Victor Vaughan
- *Darkest Hour* (2017), as Lord Kingsley Wood — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/darkest-hour.md)
- *Whisky Galore* (2016), as Angus
- *The Legend of Barney Thomson* (2015), as Charlie
- *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell* (2015), series, as Honeyfoot
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Old Charlie — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as Jephthah Claypole — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as William Grange, Dentist — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Field of Blood* (2011), series, as Father Richards
- *Hattie* (2011), as Ron
- *Donkeys* (2010), as Brian Colburn
- *Garrow's Law* (2009), series, as Robert Boycott
- *Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution* (2009), as Couthon
- *A Risk Worth Taking* (2008), as Maxwell Borthwick
- *Lassie* (2005), as O'Donnell
- *The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle* (2005), as Harry How
- *To the Ends of the Earth* (2005), series, as Wheeler
- *Vanity Fair* (2004), as Mr. Raggles
- *The Rocket Post* (2004), as Reverend Shand
- *One Last Chance* (2004), as Macgregor
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Tip Jones
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Archie Milgrow
- *The Key* (2003), Actor
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (2003), as Poole
- *Rockface* (2002), series, as Brother Thomas
- *Snoddy* (2002), series, as Professor Baxter
- *Conspiracy* (2001), as Alfred Meyer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *The House of Mirth* (2000), as Mr. Bry
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, as Eric Morton
- *The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc* (1999), as the executioner / the torturer of the trial
- *Life Support* (1999), series, as Gordon Travers
- *Vigo* (1998), as Fatman
- *The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling* (1997), series, as Parson Supple
- *The James Gang* (1997), as Spanner
- *Loch Ness* (1996), as Repairman
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Mortimer
- *The Ghostbusters of East Finchley* (1995), series, as Howard Heights
- *In the Bleak Midwinter* (1995), as Ventriloquist
- *Eleven Men Against Eleven* (1995), as Cliff Tutley
- *Hamish Macbeth* (1995), series, as Rory Campbell
- *In Dreams* (1992), as Journalist/Dave
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Andrew McIntyre
- *The Great Escape II: The Untold Story* (1988), as Kirby-Green
- *Lucky Sunil* (1988), as Cyril
- *Little Dorrit* (1987), as Clarence Barnacle
- *City Lights* (1986), series, as Alisdair
- *Happy the Man* (1986), as Andy
- *Heavenly Pursuits* (1986), as Father Cobb
- *Farrington of the F.O.* (1986), series, as Billy Murdoch
- *Lovejoy* (1986), series, as Willy Kinross
- *Gulag* (1985), as Vlasov
- *A Christmas Carol* (1984), as Ben
- *Amadeus* (1984), as Hospital Attendant — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md)
- *Cloud Howe* (1982), series, as Dite Peat
- *Britannia Hospital* (1982), as Biles
- *Turning Year Tales* (1979), series, as Boy
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Bartender
- *Clayhanger* (1976), series, as Stifford
- *Get Some In!* (1975), series, as Bruce Leckie
- *Bedtime Stories* (1974), series, as Alan
- *Last of the Summer Wine* (1973), series, as The Best Man
- *Just Your Luck* (1972), as Youth at Wedding
- *Peer Gynt* (1972), as Additional cast
- *Villains* (1972), series, as Youth
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Boy in Grounds
- *Warm Feet, Warm Heart* (1970), as Nigel Purvis
- *Is That Your Body, Boy* (1970), as Spratt
- *Let There Be Light* (1970), as Pupil Teacher
- *The Right Prospectus* (1970), as Boy in Grounds
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Adam Armour
- *if....* (1968), as Biles — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)
- *This Man Craig* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Vital Spark* (1965), series, Actor
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Nigel Purvis

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