Brian Pettifer

Brian Pettifer (born 1949) is an actor who has appeared in many television shows. Pettifer was born in Lower Durban, South Africa, and briefly brought up in Glasgow and London. 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 the 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). 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), The Rocket Post (2004), Vanity Fair (2004) and Lassie (2005).

He 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.

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