In the 2000s Briers was the curmudgeonly and extravagant father Hector MacDonald in the BBC television programme Monarch of the Glen (2000-05), appearing in series 1,2,3 & 7. He appeared in other programmes, see Later Career.
(mal'Ä-Ä-bÄl) Capable of being shaped by being beaten or by pressure; a property of certain metals such as gold and silver. [L. malleus, a hammer] susceptible of being beaten out into a thin plate. malleable retractor.
adjective. 1  Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable. 2  Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable: a pliant poetic form. 3  Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant: a pliant colonial regime.