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Bill Paterson

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 3, 1945 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Known For

Acting
2025The House Was Not Hungry ThenFather
2025Being Stanley BaxterSelf
2025The Repair Shop on the RoadSelf - Narrator
2024Arthur's WhiskyHenry
2024Children of the Wicker ManSelf
2023A Bear Named WojtekZoo Director (voice)
2022The Spirit of 1926Family Lawyer
2022The SandmanDr. John Hathaway
2022House of the DragonLord Lyman Beesbury
2022HaloAckerson's Dad
2021The Colour RoomGordon Forsythe
2021Britain’s Scenic RailwaysNarrator
2020MarionetteDr. Mandelbaum
2020Love SarahFelix
2020RebeccaDr. Baker
2020Between the CoversSelf
2019The Day Mountbatten DiedNarrator (voice)
2019Good OmensTadfield Neighbourhood Watch
2019BrassicTony Tillerton
2019GuiltRoy Lynch
2018Happy New Year, Colin BursteadGordon Burstead
2018WonderdateKolodon
2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMr. Grimsby
2017Urban MythsSir Arthur Conan Doyle
2017The Repair ShopSelf - Narrator
2017The Repair ShopNarrator (voice)
2016Dad's ArmyPrivate Frazer
2016Churchill's SecretLord Moran
2016FleabagDad
2016The RebelCharles
2015The VoteSimon Featherstone
2015High-RiseMercer
2015Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2014Documenting John GriersonNarrator
201437 DaysLord Morley
2014OutlanderNed Gowan
2014Scot SquadSir Neville Archibald
2014Inside No. 9Mr. Green
2013The ListReg Troughton
2013ShetlandJames Perez
2012Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland GamesNarrator
2012Them From That ThingVarious
2012Dirk GentlyProfessor Jericho
2011The Man who Crossed HitlerKurt Ohnesorge
2011Fast Freddie, the Widow and MeJudge Underwood
2011The Phoenix: A Century of CinemaNarrator (Voice)
2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf
2010Birds Britannia
2009Ghosts in the MachineHimself
2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenDr James Niven
2009CreationDr. Gully
20091929: The Great CrashNarrator
2009Into the StormClement Attlee
2009Law & Order: UKGeorge Castle
2008The Man Who Lives with BearsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleRichard Young
2008The Madness and Misadventures of MunchausenSelf - 'Henry Salt'
2008Gone FishingOld Bill
2008Criminal JusticeHarry Box
2008Little DorritMr. Meagles
2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf
2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street IrregularsDr Watson
2007InterventionDr. Martin
2006Miss PotterRupert Potter
2006Amazing GraceLord Dundas
2006A War on ScienceNarrator (voice)
2006Fascism in ColourNarrator (voice)
2006The One ShowSelf - Guest
2005Rag TaleTulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005ShakespeaRe-Told
2005Doctor WhoEdwin Bracewell
2005A Passion for ChurchesNarrator
2004Lie with MeDCI Collman
2004Sea of SoulsDr. Douglas Monaghan
2004Shoebox ZooThe Storyteller (voice)
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleBradley
2003Bright Young ThingsSir James Brown
2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessDI Nick Biddiss
2003Canterbury TalesTheo
2002CrushGerald
2002The Entity
2002Home Road MoviesFather
2002Foyle's WarPatrick Jamieson
2002Doctor ZhivagoAlexander Maximovich Gromeko
2002Born and BredHarry Woolf
2002Battle of the AtlanticHimself - Narrator
2001OthelloSinclair Carver
2001The Whistle-BlowerD.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001Behind BarsNarrator
2001Rebel HeartJames Connolly
2000ComplicityWallace Byatt
2000The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
1999SunshineMinister of Justice
1999The MatchTommy
1999HeartMr. Kreitman
1999Chrono-PerambulatorProfessor Teddy Knox
1999Wives and DaughtersMr Gibson
1998Hilary and JackieCello Teacher
1998The Animal TrainWalrus
1997Mr White Goes To WestminsterBen White
1997Spice WorldBrian
1997ArthouseSelf
1997MelissaDCI Cameron
1996VictoryCapt. Davidson
1996The Writing on the WallBull
1996Chaplin's GoliathNarrator (voice)
1996The Crow RoadKenneth McHoan
1995The Riddle of the SandsNarrator
1995Richard IIISir Richard Ratcliffe
1995The TurnaroundJames Webb
1995The Pen
1995Oliver's TravelsBaxter
1995SharmanJames Webb
1995Ghostbusters of East FinchleyJoe Small
1994Hard TimesStephen Blackpool
1994Junior Masterchef
1994Hard TimesStephen Blackpool
1993Wall of SilenceHoward Mullen
1992ChaplinStage Manager
1992In DreamsDr Gold
1992Tell Tale HeartsAnthony Steadman
1992God on the RocksKenneth Marsh
1991Truly Madly DeeplySandy
1991The Object of BeautyVictor Swayle
1991Murder Most HorridChief Inspector
1990The WitchesMr Jenkins
1990YellowbacksAlex McPherson
1989The Return of the MusketeersCharles I
1989Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleJordan
1989The Rachel PapersGordon Highway
1989TraffikJohn Lithgow
1989A Wanted ManDet. Supt. Chase
1988Byrne About ByrneFather/F.S. McDade
1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenHenry Salt
1988Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'Titorelli
1988Just Ask for DiamondChief Inspector Snape
1988The Play on OneAlex McPherson
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersTitorelli
1987Friendship's DeathSullivan
1987Coming Up RosesMr. Valentine
1987The Interrogation of JohnDet. Supt. Chase
1987Lily My LoveColin
1987Hidden CityAnthony
1986Defence of the RealmJack Macleod
1986God's Chosen Car ParkVictor Rosen
1986The Singing DetectiveDr Gibbon
1985Dutch GirlsMr Mole
1985Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, CameramanSelf
1984Comfort and JoyAlan
1984The Killing FieldsDr. MacEntire
1984A Private FunctionWormold
1983The Ploughman's LunchLecturer
1983Auf Wiedersehen, PetAlly Fraser
1982Smiley's PeopleLauder Strickland
1981The Cherry OrchardLopakhin
1981United KingdomTony
1979One Fine DayThird Man in Lift
1978Licking HitlerArchie MacLean
1978Jackie McCafferty's RomanceBus Conductor
1978The Odd JobSergeant Mull
1978The Vanishing ArmyGirling
1978Life of ShakespeareKing James I
1978Will Shakespeare
1977The Garden BeyondJim Finlayson
1977The Thin End of the WedgeLuke
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekGirling
1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilVarious
1974ClydescopeModel Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1974Suilven Spring
1973Passing Places
1970Play for TodayLuke
1970Play for TodayArchie MacLean
1964Horizon
-The White RoomJackie Jordan
-Tomb RaiderWinston
-Kill JackieOwain