Bill Paterson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1945 (age 81)
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Biography
William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. Paterson has appeared in films and television series including Comfort and Joy (1984), Traffik (1989), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), The Witches (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), Little Dorrit (2008), Doctor Who (2010), Outlander (2014), Fleabag (2016–2019), Inside No. 9 (2018), Good Omens (2019), Brassic (2020) and House of the Dragon (2022). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs. William Tulloch Paterson was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1945. Paterson was raised in Dennistoun by his father, a plumber, and his mother, a hairdresser. He states that his interest in acting began with a school trip to the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals in 1961. However, after school he chose to initially pursue a career based on an interest in architecture and spent three years as a quantity surveyor's apprentice before deciding to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
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Filmography
The White Room
Movie · as Jackie Jordan
Just Dandy
Movie · as Self
Tomb Raider
TV · as Winston · 1 ep
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
TV · as Self - Narrator · 1 ep
Children of The Wicker Man
Movie · as Self
Ladies First
Movie · as Louis
Kill Jackie
TV · 8 eps
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Movie · as Father
Being Stanley Baxter
Movie · as Self
The Repair Shop on the Road
TV · as Self - Narrator · 29 eps
Arthur's Whisky
Movie · as Henry
A Bear Named Wojtek
Movie · as Zoo Director (voice)
The Spirit of 1926
Movie · as Family Lawyer
The Sandman
TV · as Dr. John Hathaway · 1 ep
House of the Dragon
TV · as Lord Lyman Beesbury · 8 eps
Halo
TV · as Ackerson's Dad · 1 ep
The Colour Room
Movie · as Gordon Forsythe
Britain’s Scenic Railways
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Marionette
Movie · as Dr. Mandelbaum
Love Sarah
Movie · as Felix
Rebecca
Movie · as Dr. Baker
Between the Covers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Day Mountbatten Died
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Good Omens
TV · as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch · 3 eps
Brassic
TV · as Tony Tillerton · 2 eps
Guilt
TV · as Roy Lynch · 2 eps
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Movie · as Gordon Burstead
Wonderdate
Movie · as Kolodon
Zanzibar
Movie · as Mr Green
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Movie · as Mr. Grimsby
Urban Myths
TV · as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1 ep
The Repair Shop
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 184 eps
Dad's Army
Movie · as Private Frazer
Churchill's Secret
Movie · as Lord Moran
Fleabag
TV · as Dad · 9 eps
The Rebel
TV · as Charles · 9 eps
The Vote
Movie · as Simon Featherstone
High-Rise
Movie · as Mercer
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
Movie
Documenting John Grierson
Movie · as Narrator
37 Days
TV · as Lord Morley · 3 eps
Outlander
TV · as Ned Gowan · 8 eps
Scot Squad
TV · as Sir Neville Archibald · 1 ep
Inside No. 9
TV · as Mr. Green · 1 ep
The List
Movie · as Reg Troughton
Shetland
TV · as James Perez · 2 eps
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Movie · as Narrator
Them From That Thing
TV · as Various · 2 eps
Dirk Gently
TV · as Professor Jericho · 1 ep
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Movie · as Kurt Ohnesorge
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Movie · as Judge Underwood
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
The Michael Ball Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Birds Britannia
TV · 4 eps
Ghosts in the Machine
Movie · as Himself
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Movie · as Dr James Niven
Creation
Movie · as Dr. Gully
1929: The Great Crash
Movie · as Narrator
Into the Storm
Movie · as Clement Attlee
Law & Order: UK
TV · as George Castle · 26 eps
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie · as Richard Young
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Movie · as Self - 'Henry Salt'
Gone Fishing
Movie · as Old Bill
Criminal Justice
TV · as Harry Box · 5 eps
Little Dorrit
TV · as Mr. Meagles · 14 eps
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie · as Self
Amazing Grace
Movie · as Lord Dundas
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Movie · as Dr Watson
Intervention
Movie · as Dr. Martin
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
TV · as Dr Watson · 2 eps
Miss Potter
Movie · as Rupert Potter
A War on Science
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Fascism in Colour
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Rag Tale
Movie · as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Edwin Bracewell · 2 eps
A Passion for Churches
TV · as Narrator · 12 eps
Sea of Souls
TV · as Dr. Douglas Monaghan · 20 eps
Shoebox Zoo
TV · as The Storyteller (voice) · 26 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Bradley · 1 ep
Lie with Me
TV · as DCI Collman · 2 eps
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Sir James Brown
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Movie · as DI Nick Biddiss
Canterbury Tales
TV · as Theo · 1 ep
Trust
TV · as John Tilson · 3 eps
Crush
Movie · as Gerald
The Entity
Movie
Home Road Movies
Movie · as Father
Foyle's War
TV · as Patrick Jamieson · 1 ep
Doctor Zhivago
TV · as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko · 3 eps
Born and Bred
TV · as Harry Woolf · 1 ep
Battle of the Atlantic
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 3 eps
Othello
Movie · as Sinclair Carver
The Whistle-Blower
Movie · as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Behind Bars
Movie · as Narrator
Rebel Heart
TV · as James Connolly · 4 eps
Swallow
TV · as Angus Tighe · 3 eps
Complicity
Movie · as Wallace Byatt
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
TV · 1 ep
Sunshine
Movie · as Minister of Justice
The Match
Movie · as Tommy
Heart
Movie · as Mr. Kreitman
Chrono-Perambulator
Movie · as Professor Teddy Knox
Wives and Daughters
TV · as Mr Gibson · 4 eps
Hilary and Jackie
Movie · as Cello Teacher
The Animal Train
Movie · as Walrus
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Movie · as Ben White
Spice World
Movie · as Brian
Arthouse
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Melissa
TV · as DCI Cameron · 4 eps
Victory
Movie · as Capt. Davidson
The Writing on the Wall
Movie · as Bull
Chaplin's Goliath
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Crow Road
TV · as Kenneth McHoan · 4 eps
The Riddle of the Sands
Movie · as Narrator
Richard III
Movie · as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
The Turnaround
Movie · as James Webb
The Pen
Movie
Sharman
TV · as James Webb · 1 ep
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
TV · as Joe Small · 6 eps
Oliver's Travels
TV · as Baxter · 4 eps
Junior Masterchef
TV · 1 ep
Hard Times
TV · as Stephen Blackpool · 4 eps
Funky Black Shorts
TV · as Teacher · 1 ep
Wall of Silence
Movie · as Howard Mullen
Chaplin
Movie · as Stage Manager
In Dreams
Movie · as Dr Gold
Tell Tale Hearts
Movie · as Anthony Steadman
God on the Rocks
Movie · as Kenneth Marsh
Truly Madly Deeply
Movie · as Sandy
The Object of Beauty
Movie · as Victor Swayle
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Chief Inspector · 1 ep
Shrinks
TV · as Matt Hennessey · 7 eps
The Witches
Movie · as Mr Jenkins
Yellowbacks
Movie · as Alex McPherson
The Return of the Musketeers
Movie · as Charles I
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Movie · as Jordan
The Rachel Papers
Movie · as Gordon Highway
Traffik
TV · as Jack Lithgow · 6 eps
Screen One
TV · as PC Howard Mullen · 1 ep
Byrne About Byrne
Movie · as Father/F.S. McDade
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Henry Salt
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Movie · as Titorelli
Just Ask for Diamond
Movie · as Chief Inspector Snape
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Titorelli · 1 ep
The Play on One
TV · as Alex McPherson · 1 ep
Friendship's Death
Movie · as Sullivan
Coming Up Roses
Movie · as Mr. Valentine
The Interrogation of John
Movie · as Det. Supt. Chase
Lily My Love
Movie · as Colin
Hidden City
Movie · as Anthony
The Story of a Recluse
Movie · as The Producer
Defence of the Realm
Movie · as Jack Macleod
God's Chosen Car Park
Movie · as Victor Rosen
The Singing Detective
TV · as Dr Gibbon · 4 eps
ScreenPlay
TV · as Colin, Det. Supt. Chase · 1 ep
Boon
TV · as Peter Mortan · 1 ep
Dutch Girls
Movie · as Mr Mole
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Movie · as Self
Comfort and Joy
Movie · as Alan
The Killing Fields
Movie · as Dr. MacEntire
A Private Function
Movie · as Wormold
The Ploughman's Lunch
Movie · as Lecturer
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV · as Ally Fraser · 12 eps
Smiley's People
TV · as Lauder Strickland · 4 eps
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Lopakhin
United Kingdom
Movie · as Tony
One Fine Day
Movie · as Third Man in Lift
Licking Hitler
Movie · as Archie MacLean
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Movie · as Bus Conductor
The Odd Job
Movie · as Sergeant Mull
The Vanishing Army
Movie · as Girling
Scottish Playbill
TV · as Cannavan · 1 ep
The Garden Beyond
Movie · as Jim Finlayson
The Thin End of the Wedge
Movie · as Luke
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Girling · 1 ep
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Movie · as Various
Clydescope
Movie · as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Suilven Spring
Movie
Passing Places
Movie
Play for Today
TV · as Luke, Archie MacLean, McChuckemup / Texas Jim etc · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Horizon
TV · 1 ep