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
- 2026 · Ladies First as Louis
- 2025 · The Repair Shop on the Road as Self - Narrator
- 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
- 2020 · Marionette as Dr. Mandelbaum
- 2020 · Love Sarah as Felix
- 2019 · Guilt as Roy Lynch
- 2019 · Brassic as Tony Tillerton
- 2019 · Good Omens as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
- 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
- 2017 · The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. Grimsby
- 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
- 2014 · Scot Squad as Sir Neville Archibald
- 2014 · Outlander as Ned Gowan
- 2014 · 37 Days as Lord Morley
- 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 · Into the Storm as Clement Attlee
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as George Castle
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Mr. Meagles
- 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Richard Young
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Harry Box
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Rupert Potter
- 2006 · Amazing Grace as Lord Dundas
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2005 · Rag Tale as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
- 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 · Canterbury Tales as Theo
- 2003 · Trust as John Tilson
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko
- 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 · Rebel Heart as James Connolly
- 2000 · The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as
- 1999 · Wives and Daughters as Mr Gibson
- 1999 · Sunshine as Minister of Justice
- 1999 · The Match as Tommy
- 1999 · Heart as Mr. Kreitman
- 1998 · Hilary and Jackie as Cello Teacher
- 1997 · Spice World as Brian
- 1997 · Arthouse as Self
- 1997 · Melissa as DCI Cameron
- 1996 · The Crow Road as Kenneth McHoan
- 1995 · Richard III as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
- 1995 · The Ghostbusters of East Finchley as Joe Small
- 1995 · Oliver's Travels as Baxter
- 1995 · Sharman as James Webb
- 1994 · Junior Masterchef as
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1992 · Chaplin as Stage Manager
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Chief Inspector
- 1990 · The Witches as Mr Jenkins
- 1989 · Screen One as PC Howard Mullen
- 1989 · Traffik as John Lithgow
- 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Gordon Highway
- 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Henry Salt
- 1988 · The Play on One as Alex McPherson
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Titorelli
- 1986 · The Singing Detective as Dr Gibbon
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Colin
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1984 · The Killing Fields as Dr. MacEntire
- 1983 · Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Ally Fraser
- 1982 · Smiley's People as Lauder Strickland
- 1978 · Life of Shakespeare as King James I
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Girling
- 1970 · Play for Today as Luke
- 1970 · Play for Today as Archie MacLean
- 1967 · Omnibus as
- 1964 · Horizon as
- Future · Kill Jackie as Owain
- Future · Tomb Raider as Winston
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2025 · The House Was Not Hungry Then as Father
- 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Henry
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Family Lawyer
- 2021 · The Colour Room as Gordon Forsythe
- 2016 · The Rebel as Charles
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Lord Moran
- 2015 · The Vote as Simon Featherstone
- 2013 · The List as Reg Troughton
- 2012 · Them From That Thing as Various
- 2010 · Birds Britannia as
- 2009 · Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Dr James Niven
- 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)
- 2004 · Lie with Me as DCI Collman
- 2003 · Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as DI Nick Biddiss
- 2002 · Battle of the Atlantic as Himself - Narrator
- 2001 · Othello as Sinclair Carver
- 2000 · Complicity as Wallace Byatt
- 1998 · The Animal Train as Walrus
- 1997 · Mr White Goes To Westminster as Ben White
- 1996 · Victory as Capt. Davidson
- 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Bull
- 1991 · Truly Madly Deeply as Sandy
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
- 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Charles I
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Titorelli
- 1988 · Just Ask for Diamond as Chief Inspector Snape
- 1987 · The Interrogation of John as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1987 · Friendship's Death as Sullivan
- 1987 · Hidden City as Anthony
- 1986 · God's Chosen Car Park as Victor Rosen
- 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Jack Macleod
- 1985 · Dutch Girls as Mr Mole
- 1984 · A Private Function as Wormold
- 1984 · Comfort and Joy as Alan
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as Lecturer
- 1981 · The Cherry Orchard as Lopakhin
- 1978 · The Vanishing Army as Girling
- 1978 · The Odd Job as Sergeant Mull
- Future · The White Room as Jackie Jordan
- 2024 · Children of the Wicker Man as Self
- 2023 · A Bear Named Wojtek as Zoo Director (voice)
- 2021 · Britain’s Scenic Railways as Narrator
- 2019 · The Day Mountbatten Died as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Wonderdate as Kolodon
- 2015 · Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story as
- 2014 · Documenting John Grierson as Narrator
- 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)
- 2009 · Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
- 2009 · 1929: The Great Crash as Narrator
- 2008 · Gone Fishing as Old Bill
- 2008 · The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · A War on Science as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · A Passion for Churches as Narrator
- 2002 · Home Road Movies as Father
- 2002 · The Entity as
- 2001 · Behind Bars as Narrator
- 1999 · Chrono-Perambulator as Professor Teddy Knox
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · The Pen as
- 1995 · The Turnaround as James Webb
- 1995 · The Riddle of the Sands as Narrator
- 1993 · Wall of Silence as Howard Mullen
- 1992 · God on the Rocks as Kenneth Marsh
- 1992 · In Dreams as Dr Gold
- 1992 · Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman
- 1989 · Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
- 1988 · Byrne About Byrne as Father/F.S. McDade
- 1987 · The Story of a Recluse as The Producer
- 1987 · Lily My Love as Colin
- 1987 · Coming Up Roses as Mr. Valentine
- 1985 · Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
- 1981 · United Kingdom as Tony
- 1979 · One Fine Day as Third Man in Lift
- 1978 · Jackie McCafferty's Romance as Bus Conductor
- 1978 · Licking Hitler as Archie MacLean
- 1977 · The Thin End of the Wedge as Luke
- 1977 · The Garden Beyond as Jim Finlayson
- 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
- 1973 · Passing Places as