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 · 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
- 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
- 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
- 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 · Shetland as James Perez
- 2012 · Dirk Gently as Professor Jericho
- 2011 · The Man who Crossed Hitler as Kurt Ohnesorge
- 2011 · The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema as Narrator (Voice)
- 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 · Gone Fishing as Old Bill
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Mr. Meagles
- 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'
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Dr Watson
- 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 · Fascism in Colour as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Crush as Gerald
- 2002 · Born and Bred as Harry Woolf
- 2001 · Othello as Sinclair Carver
- 2001 · The Whistle-Blower as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
- 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
- 1995 · Richard III as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
- 1995 · The Pen as
- 1995 · Oliver's Travels as Baxter
- 1995 · Sharman as James Webb
- 1994 · Junior Masterchef as
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 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
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
- 1990 · The Witches as Mr Jenkins
- 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 · 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 · Life of Shakespeare as King James I
- 1978 · Will Shakespeare as
- 1977 · The Thin End of the Wedge as Luke
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Girling
- 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
- Future · The White Room as Jackie Jordan
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Family Lawyer
- 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 · Wonderdate as Kolodon
- 2015 · Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story as
- 2013 · The List as Reg Troughton
- 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
- 2010 · Birds Britannia as
- 2009 · Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
- 2009 · Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Dr James Niven
- 2009 · 1929: The Great Crash as Narrator
- 2008 · The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- 2006 · A War on Science as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · A Passion for Churches as Narrator
- 2002 · Battle of the Atlantic as Himself - Narrator
- 2002 · Home Road Movies as Father
- 2002 · The Entity as
- 2001 · Behind Bars as Narrator
- 1998 · The Animal Train as Walrus
- 1996 · The Crow Road as Kenneth McHoan
- 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Bull
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Ghostbusters of East Finchley as Joe Small
- 1995 · The Turnaround as James Webb
- 1995 · The Riddle of the Sands as Narrator
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1992 · In Dreams as Dr Gold
- 1992 · Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman
- 1989 · Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
- 1989 · A Wanted Man as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1987 · Lily My Love as Colin
- 1978 · The Vanishing Army as Girling
- 1978 · Jackie McCafferty's Romance as Bus Conductor
- 1978 · The Odd Job as Sergeant Mull
- 1978 · Licking Hitler as Archie MacLean
- 1974 · Suilven Spring as
- 1964 · Horizon as