Cast
Bill Paterson
Acting
Cast
Bill Paterson
Known for
Acting
Born
1945-06-03
From
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
Ladies First
as Louis
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
Spice World
as Brian
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Henry Salt
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
The Killing Fields
as Dr. MacEntire
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
The Witches
as Mr Jenkins
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
High-Rise
as Mercer
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
The Match
as Tommy
Crush
as Gerald
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
Creation
as Dr. Gully
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
Richard III
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
The Object of Beauty
as Victor Swayle
The Return of the Musketeers
as Charles I
Hidden City
as Anthony
Truly Madly Deeply
as Sandy
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
Into the Storm
as Clement Attlee
Love Sarah
as Felix
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Dr Watson
The Rachel Papers
as Gordon Highway
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
A Private Function
as Wormold
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Titorelli
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
Comfort and Joy
as Alan
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Dr James Niven
Yellowbacks
as Alex McPherson
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
Just Ask for Diamond
as Chief Inspector Snape
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Jordan
The List
as Reg Troughton
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself
The Writing on the Wall
as Bull
The Turnaround
as James Webb
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
Lie with Me
as DCI Collman
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
Dutch Girls
as Mr Mole
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
Gone Fishing
as Old Bill
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
Chaplin's Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
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as Self
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
The Story of a Recluse
as The Producer
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
The Animal Train
as Walrus
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
Behind Bars
as Narrator
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
United Kingdom
as Tony
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
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as Narrator
Passing Places
Lily My Love
as Colin
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
The Entity
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator
The Pen
Home Road Movies
as Father
The Man Who Lives with Bears
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson