
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
- 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Henry
- 2024 · Children of the Wicker Man as Self
- 2024 · A Bear Named Wojtek as Zoo Director (voice)
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Family Lawyer
- 2022 · House of the Dragon as Lord Lyman Beesbury
- 2022 · The Sandman as Dr. John Hathaway
- 2022 · Halo as Ackerson's Dad
- 2021 · The Colour Room as Gordon Forsythe
- 2021 · Britain’s Scenic Railways as Narrator
- 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 · The Day Mountbatten Died as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Good Omens as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
- 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
- 2018 · Wonderdate as Kolodon
- 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 · The Rebel as Charles
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Lord Moran
- 2016 · Dad's Army as Private Frazer
- 2015 · High-Rise as Mercer
- 2015 · The Vote as Simon Featherstone
- 2014 · Scot Squad as Sir Neville Archibald
- 2014 · Outlander as Ned Gowan
- 2014 · 37 Days as Lord Morley
- 2014 · Documenting John Grierson as Narrator
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Mr. Green
- 2013 · The List as Reg Troughton
- 2013 · Shetland as James Perez
- 2012 · Them From That Thing as Various
- 2012 · Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games as Narrator
- 2012 · Dirk Gently as Professor Jericho
- 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
- 2010 · The Michael Ball Show as Self
- 2009 · Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
- 2009 · Creation as Dr. Gully
- 2009 · Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Dr James Niven
- 2009 · Into the Storm as Clement Attlee
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as George Castle
- 2009 · 1929: The Great Crash as Narrator
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as
- 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Richard Young
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Harry Box
- 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Henry Salt'
- 2008 · The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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 · 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)
- 2006 · Fascism in Colour as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · A Passion for Churches as Narrator
- 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 · Lie with Me as DCI Collman
- 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 · Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as DI Nick Biddiss
- 2002 · Doctor Zhivago as Alexander Gromyko
- 2002 · Foyle's War as Patrick Jamieson
- 2002 · Battle of the Atlantic as Himself - Narrator
- 2002 · Crush as Gerald
- 2002 · Home Road Movies as Father
- 2002 · Born and Bred as Harry Woolf
- 2002 · The Entity as
- 2001 · Othello as Sinclair Carver
- 2001 · The Whistle-Blower as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
- 2001 · Behind Bars as Narrator
- 2001 · Rebel Heart as James Connolly
- 2000 · The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as
- 2000 · Complicity as Wallace Byatt
- 1999 · Chrono-Perambulator as Professor Teddy Knox
- 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 · Mr White Goes To Westminster as Ben White
- 1997 · Spice World as Brian
- 1997 · Arthouse as Self
- 1997 · Melissa as DCI Cameron
- 1996 · Victory as Capt. Davidson
- 1996 · The Crow Road as Kenneth McHoan
- 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Bull
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Richard III as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
- 1995 · The Pen as
- 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 · Junior Masterchef as
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1993 · Wall of Silence as Howard Mullen
- 1992 · God on the Rocks as Kenneth Marsh
- 1992 · In Dreams as Dr Gold
- 1992 · Chaplin as Stage Manager
- 1992 · Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Chief Inspector
- 1991 · Truly Madly Deeply as Sandy
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
- 1990 · The Witches as Mr Jenkins
- 1989 · Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
- 1989 · A Wanted Man as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1989 · Traffik as John Lithgow
- 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Gordon Highway
- 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Charles I
- 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Henry Salt
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Titorelli
- 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 · The Interrogation of John as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1987 · Friendship's Death as Sullivan
- 1987 · Lily My Love as Colin
- 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
- 1985 · Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
- 1985 · Dutch Girls as Mr Mole
- 1984 · The Killing Fields as Dr. MacEntire
- 1984 · A Private Function as Wormold
- 1984 · Comfort and Joy as Alan
- 1983 · Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Ally Fraser
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as Lecturer
- 1982 · Smiley's People as Lauder Strickland
- 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
- 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)
- 1970 · Play for Today as Luke
- 1964 · Horizon as
- Future · The White Room as Jackie Jordan