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
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Ladies First
as Louis
★6.9
MOVIE1990
The Witches
as Mr Jenkins
★7.0
MOVIE1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Henry Salt
★7.4
MOVIE1992
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
★6.6
MOVIE2006
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
★6.2
MOVIE2020
Love Sarah
as Felix
★7.5
MOVIE1984
The Killing Fields
as Dr. MacEntire
★6.4
MOVIE1999
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
★6.0
MOVIE2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
★5.6
MOVIE2015
High-Rise
as Mercer
★6.4
MOVIE2009
Creation
as Dr. Gully
★4.9
MOVIE1997
Spice World
as Brian
★6.9
MOVIE2006
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
★6.3
MOVIE2020
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
★6.3
MOVIE2003
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
★6.8
MOVIE2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
★6.8
MOVIE1995
Richard III
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
★7.0
MOVIE1981
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
MOVIE2025
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1989
The Rachel Papers
as Gordon Highway
★4.1
MOVIE1985
Dutch Girls
as Mr Mole
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
MOVIE1978
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
★6.4
MOVIE2009
Into the Storm
as Clement Attlee
★6.4
MOVIE1984
A Private Function
as Wormold
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Chaplin's Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2001
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
★6.9
MOVIE1991
Truly Madly Deeply
as Sandy
★5.2
MOVIE1991
The Object of Beauty
as Victor Swayle
★6.1
MOVIE2021
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
★6.5
MOVIE1986
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
MOVIE2018
Zanzibar
as Mr Green
★5.1
MOVIE1983
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
★7.2
MOVIE2009
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
★5.5
MOVIE2007
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
★4.3
MOVIE2013
The List
as Reg Troughton
★3.6
MOVIE2005
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
★6.0
MOVIE1999
The Match
as Tommy
MOVIE1987
Lily My Love
as Colin
★5.2
MOVIE1996
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
★7.0
MOVIE1998
The Animal Train
as Walrus
★6.2
MOVIE1989
The Return of the Musketeers
as Charles I
★6.5
MOVIE2011
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
★6.4
MOVIE2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
★6.0
MOVIE2018
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
★5.6
MOVIE2024
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
★5.4
MOVIE1987
Hidden City
as Anthony
MOVIETBA
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan
★8.0
MOVIE2002
The Entity
MOVIE1974
Suilven Spring
MOVIE1988
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
MOVIE1988
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Titorelli
MOVIE1973
Passing Places
★5.6
MOVIE2002
Crush
as Gerald
★7.3
MOVIE2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Dr James Niven
★5.7
MOVIE2004
Lie with Me
as DCI Collman
★10.0
MOVIE2019
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2006
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1981
United Kingdom
as Tony
MOVIE2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2020
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
★5.8
MOVIE2000
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
★5.6
MOVIE1988
Just Ask for Diamond
as Chief Inspector Snape
★7.7
MOVIE1994
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
★3.6
MOVIE1996
The Writing on the Wall
as Bull
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Dr Watson
★7.8
MOVIE2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
★6.4
MOVIE2002
Home Road Movies
as Father
★8.5
MOVIE2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
★6.9
MOVIE1987
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
★7.8
MOVIE2001
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
MOVIE2022
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
MOVIE2001
Behind Bars
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE1997
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
★10.0
MOVIE1999
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
★5.0
MOVIE1995
The Turnaround
as James Webb
MOVIE1978
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
MOVIE1986
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
MOVIE2015
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
MOVIE2024
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
MOVIE1977
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
★5.3
MOVIE1979
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
★7.5
MOVIE2006
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
★8.4
MOVIE2015
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
MOVIE2009
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself
MOVIE1987
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
★7.0
MOVIE1992
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
★5.9
MOVIE1978
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
★8.3
MOVIE1989
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Jordan
★6.7
MOVIE1987
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
MOVIE2014
Documenting John Grierson
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Gone Fishing
as Old Bill
MOVIE1995
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
MOVIE1978
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
★8.0
MOVIE2023
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE1984
Comfort and Joy
as Alan
MOVIE1987
The Story of a Recluse
as The Producer
★8.0
MOVIE1992
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
★8.5
MOVIE1992
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
★5.4
MOVIE1999
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
★4.2
MOVIE2025
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
★5.5
MOVIE2011
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
MOVIE2011
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1974
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE1985
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1974
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
MOVIE1995
The Pen
MOVIE2008
The Man Who Lives with Bears
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Yellowbacks
as Alex McPherson
MOVIE1977
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson
MOVIE2012
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator