Bill Paterson
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
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The House Was Not Hungry Then as Father
- 2022 · House of the Dragon as Lord Lyman Beesbury
- 2022 · The Sandman as Dr. John Hathaway
- 2022 · Halo as Ackerson's Dad
- 2020 · Rebecca as Dr. Baker
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2019 · Guilt as Roy Lynch
- 2019 · Brassic as Tony Tillerton
- 2019 · Good Omens as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
- 2017 · The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. Grimsby
- 2017 · The Repair Shop as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · The Repair Shop as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 2016 · Fleabag as Dad
- 2016 · Dad's Army as Private Frazer
- 2015 · High-Rise as Mercer
- 2015 · Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story as
- 2014 · Scot Squad as Sir Neville Archibald
- 2014 · Outlander as Ned Gowan
- 2014 · Documenting John Grierson as Narrator
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mr. Green
- 2013 · Shetland as James Perez
- 2012 · Dirk Gently as Professor Jericho
- 2010 · The Michael Ball Show as Self
- 2009 · Creation as Dr. Gully
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as George Castle
- 2009 · 1929: The Great Crash as Narrator
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Mr. Meagles
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Harry Box
- 2008 · The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Rupert Potter
- 2006 · Amazing Grace as Lord Dundas
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · A War on Science as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Edwin Bracewell
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Bradley
- 2004 · Shoebox Zoo as The Storyteller (voice)
- 2004 · Sea of Souls as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Sir James Brown
- 2003 · Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as DI Nick Biddiss
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Alexander Gromyko
- 2002 · Foyle's War as Patrick Jamieson
- 2002 · Crush as Gerald
- 2002 · Born and Bred as Harry Woolf
- 2001 · The Whistle-Blower as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
- 2001 · Behind Bars as Narrator
- 2000 · The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as
- 1999 · Wives and Daughters as Mr. Gibson
- 1999 · Sunshine as Minister of Justice
- 1998 · Hilary and Jackie as Cello Teacher
- 1997 · Mr White Goes To Westminster as Ben White
- 1997 · Arthouse as Self
- 1997 · Melissa as DCI Cameron
- 1996 · Victory as Capt. Davidson
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Richard III as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
- 1995 · The Pen as
- 1994 · Junior Masterchef as
- 1993 · Wall of Silence as Howard Mullen
- 1992 · God on the Rocks as Kenneth Marsh
- 1992 · Chaplin as Stage Manager
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Chief Inspector
- 1991 · Truly Madly Deeply as Sandy
- 1990 · The Witches as Mr Jenkins
- 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Gordon Highway
- 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Henry Salt
- 1988 · Just Ask for Diamond as Chief Inspector Snape
- 1988 · Byrne About Byrne as Father/F.S. McDade
- 1988 · The Play on One as Alex McPherson
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Titorelli
- 1987 · Friendship's Death as Sullivan
- 1987 · Hidden City as Anthony
- 1987 · Coming Up Roses as Mr. Valentine
- 1986 · God's Chosen Car Park as Victor Rosen
- 1986 · The Singing Detective as Dr Gibbon
- 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Jack Macleod
- 1984 · The Killing Fields as Dr. MacEntire
- 1984 · Comfort and Joy as Alan
- 1983 · Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Ally Fraser
- 1982 · Smiley's People as Lauder Strickland
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Girling
- 1977 · The Garden Beyond as Jim Finlayson
- 1970 · Play for Today as Luke
- 1970 · Play for Today as Archie MacLean
- Future · Tomb Raider as Winston
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Henry
- 2024 · A Bear Named Wojtek as Zoo Director (voice)
- 2013 · The List as Reg Troughton
- Future · The White Room as Jackie Jordan
- 2024 · Children of the Wicker Man as Self
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Family Lawyer
- 2021 · The Colour Room as Gordon Forsythe
- 2021 · Britain’s Scenic Railways as Narrator
- 2020 · Marionette as Dr. Mandelbaum
- 2020 · Love Sarah as Felix
- 2019 · The Day Mountbatten Died as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
- 2018 · Wonderdate as Kolodon
- 2016 · The Rebel as Charles
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Lord Moran
- 2015 · The Vote as Simon Featherstone
- 2014 · 37 Days as Lord Morley
- 2012 · Them From That Thing as Various
- 2012 · Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games as Narrator
- 2011 · Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me as Judge Underwood
- 2011 · The Man who Crossed Hitler as Kurt Ohnesorge
- 2011 · The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema as Narrator (Voice)
- 2010 · Birds Britannia as
- 2009 · Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
- 2009 · Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Dr James Niven
- 2009 · Into the Storm as Clement Attlee
- 2008 · Gone Fishing as Old Bill
- 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Richard Young
- 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Henry Salt'
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Dr Watson
- 2007 · The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- 2007 · Intervention as Dr. Martin
- 2006 · Fascism in Colour as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · A Passion for Churches as Narrator
- 2005 · Rag Tale as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
- 2004 · Lie with Me as DCI Collman
- 2003 · Canterbury Tales as Theo
- 2002 · Battle of the Atlantic as Himself - Narrator
- 2002 · Home Road Movies as Father
- 2002 · The Entity as
- 2001 · Othello as Sinclair Carver
- 2001 · Rebel Heart as James Connolly
- 2000 · Complicity as Wallace Byatt
- 1999 · Chrono-Perambulator as Professor Teddy Knox
- 1999 · The Match as Tommy
- 1999 · Heart as Mr. Kreitman
- 1998 · The Animal Train as Walrus
- 1997 · Spice World as Brian
- 1996 · The Crow Road as Kenneth McHoan
- 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Bull
- 1995 · Ghostbusters of East Finchley as Joe Small
- 1995 · Oliver's Travels as Baxter
- 1995 · Sharman as James Webb
- 1995 · The Turnaround as James Webb
- 1995 · The Riddle of the Sands as Narrator
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1992 · In Dreams as Dr Gold
- 1992 · Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
- 1989 · Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
- 1989 · A Wanted Man as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1989 · Traffik as John Lithgow
- 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Charles I
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Titorelli
- 1987 · The Interrogation of John as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1987 · Lily My Love as Colin
- 1985 · Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
- 1985 · Dutch Girls as Mr Mole
- 1984 · A Private Function as Wormold
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as Lecturer
- 1981 · United Kingdom as Tony
- 1981 · The Cherry Orchard as Lopakhin
- 1979 · One Fine Day as Third Man in Lift
- 1978 · The Vanishing Army as Girling
- 1978 · Jackie McCafferty's Romance as Bus Conductor
- 1978 · The Odd Job as Sergeant Mull
- 1978 · Life of Shakespeare as King James I
- 1978 · Will Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Licking Hitler as Archie MacLean
- 1977 · The Thin End of the Wedge as Luke
- 1974 · The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil as Various
- 1974 · Clydescope as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1974 · Suilven Spring as
- 1964 · Horizon as