Bill Paterson
Acting
Born: June 3, 1945 (age 81) · Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Highest Rated
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
House of the Dragon
2022
Doctor Who
2005
Halo
2022
Outlander
2014
The Sandman
2022
Good Omens
2019
Fleabag
2016
The Witches
1990
High-Rise
2015
Chaplin
1992
Rebecca
2020
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Photos (2)
Movies (93)
Ladies First
Louis
Chaplin
Stage Manager
The Witches
Mr Jenkins
High-Rise
Mercer
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Henry Salt
The Killing Fields
Dr. MacEntire
Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Richard Young
Love Sarah
Felix
Spice World
Brian
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
Sunshine
Minister of Justice
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. Grimsby
Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Amazing Grace
Lord Dundas
Creation
Dr. Gully
Into the Storm
Clement Attlee
The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Teacher
Dutch Girls
Mr Mole
Bright Young Things
Sir James Brown
Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
The Match
Tommy
The Ploughman's Lunch
Lecturer
Arthur's Whisky
Henry
The Rachel Papers
Gordon Highway
The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
Marionette
Dr. Mandelbaum
The Colour Room
Gordon Forsythe
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
The Entity
2002
Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
A Private Function
Wormold
Othello
Sinclair Carver
United Kingdom
Tony
Comfort and Joy
Alan
The Cherry Orchard
Lopakhin
Wonderdate
Kolodon
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson
Crush
Gerald
One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
Behind Bars
Narrator
Zanzibar
Mr Green
The List
Reg Troughton
Byrne About Byrne
Father/F.S. McDade
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
Intervention
Dr. Martin
Victory
Capt. Davidson
The Vote
Simon Featherstone
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
Defence of the Realm
Jack Macleod
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
Complicity
Wallace Byatt
A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
Chaplin's Goliath
Narrator (voice)
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
DI Nick Biddiss
Hidden City
Anthony
Friendship's Death
Sullivan
Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
The Day Mountbatten Died
Narrator (voice)
Lily My Love
Colin
Heart
Mr. Kreitman
The Vanishing Army
Girling
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Dr James Niven
The Turnaround
James Webb
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Titorelli
The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Judge Underwood
The Whistle-Blower
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
The Writing on the Wall
Bull
The Spirit of 1926
Family Lawyer
Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
The Interrogation of John
Det. Supt. Chase
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Ben White
The Animal Train
Walrus
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Kurt Ohnesorge
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Father
The Story of a Recluse
The Producer
Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
Clydescope
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Gone Fishing
Old Bill
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
TV Shows (58)
House of the Dragon
Lord Lyman Beesbury · 8 eps
Doctor Who
Edwin Bracewell · 2 eps
Play for Today
Luke · 1 eps
Play for Today
Archie MacLean · 1 eps
Play for Today
McChuckemup / Texas Jim etc · 1 eps
Outlander
Ned Gowan · 8 eps
The Sandman
Dr. John Hathaway · 1 eps
Horizon
1 eps
Shetland
James Perez · 2 eps
Foyle's War
Patrick Jamieson · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bradley · 1 eps
Halo
Ackerson's Dad · 1 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Inside No. 9
Mr. Green · 1 eps
Good Omens
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch · 3 eps
The Repair Shop
Narrator (voice) · 184 eps
Brassic
Tony Tillerton · 2 eps
Fleabag
Dad · 9 eps
Law & Order: UK
George Castle · 26 eps
ScreenPlay
Colin · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Det. Supt. Chase · 1 eps
Screen One
PC Howard Mullen · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Girling · 1 eps
The Play on One
Alex McPherson · 1 eps
Little Dorrit
Mr. Meagles · 14 eps
Guilt
Roy Lynch · 2 eps
Urban Myths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · 1 eps
Murder Most Horrid
Chief Inspector · 1 eps
Born and Bred
Harry Woolf · 1 eps
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Ally Fraser · 12 eps
Shoebox Zoo
The Storyteller (voice) · 26 eps
Wives and Daughters
Mr Gibson · 4 eps
Criminal Justice
Harry Box · 5 eps
Dirk Gently
Professor Jericho · 1 eps
Scot Squad
Sir Neville Archibald · 1 eps
Canterbury Tales
Theo · 1 eps
Smiley's People
Lauder Strickland · 4 eps
Sea of Souls
Dr. Douglas Monaghan · 20 eps
Doctor Zhivago
Alexander Maximovich Gromeko · 3 eps
Traffik
John Lithgow · 6 eps
The Singing Detective
Dr Gibbon · 4 eps
Melissa
DCI Cameron · 4 eps
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Titorelli · 1 eps
ShakespeaRe-Told
1 eps
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
1 eps
Trust
John Tilson · 3 eps
37 Days
Lord Morley · 3 eps
Oliver's Travels
Baxter · 5 eps
Them From That Thing
Various · 2 eps
The Crow Road
Kenneth McHoan · 4 eps
Sharman
James Webb · 1 eps
Rebel Heart
James Connolly · 4 eps
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool · 4 eps
Shrinks
Matt Hennessey · 7 eps
Lie with Me
DCI Collman · 2 eps
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson · 2 eps
The Rebel
Charles · 9 eps
Britain’s Scenic Railways
Narrator · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
The One Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Between the Covers
Self · 1 eps
The Repair Shop on the Road
Self - Narrator · 29 eps
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Henry Salt'
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Battle of the Atlantic
Himself - Narrator · 3 eps
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
Children of the Wicker Man
Self
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Self - Narrator (voice)
