Brian Pettifer
Biography
Brian Pettifer is a Scottish actor who started as a child in BBC Scotland productions such as This Man Craig and Dr. Finlay's Casebook. Born in Durban, South Africa, he moved to Glasgow with his family in 1961 and later trained at the Royal Scottish Academy on a junior program. He made his film debut in Lindsay Anderson's if.... (1968) and went on to play Biles in the same director's O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982). His other credits include A Christmas Carol (1984), Loch Ness (1996), Conspiracy (2001), in which he played Alfred Meyer, Lassie (2005), The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015), Whisky Galore (2016) and The Last Bus (2021). On television he was a regular on Rab C. Nesbitt and was in all 20 episodes of Hamish Macbeth from 1995 to 1997. He has also worked in theater, taking the title role in Uncle Vanya in 2002.
73years old
Turns 74 on January 1in 81 days
- Born Durban, Natal, South Africa
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 42 years1982 to 2024
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First role
Brian Pettifer played the same character, Biles, in all three of Lindsay Anderson's films: if...., O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital, beginning with his first film role in if.... in 1968.
Behind the camera
Pettifer's first directing job was Dead Funny, a Terry Johnson play. The Borderline Theatre Company staged it, and after its Edinburgh premiere in 2004 it toured around Scotland.
Beyond film
Pettifer took the role of Snug in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera staging of Purcell's Fairy-Queen. It opened at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2009, then traveled to the Opéra Comique in Paris and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
Brian Pettifer movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Gillies MacKinnon directed two of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Gillies MacKinnonDirector, 2 films, 2016 to 2021
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Also two films together5 more actors
- Celyn JonesThe Last Bus (2021) and Lassie (2005)
- Gregor FisherWhisky Galore (2016) and Lassie (2005)
- Iain RobertsonThe Last Bus (2021) and Whisky Galore (2016)
- Ciaron KellyThe Last Bus (2021) and Whisky Galore (2016)
- Kevin MainsThe Last Bus (2021) and Whisky Galore (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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