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
- 2024 · Arthur's Whisky as Henry
- 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 · Wonderdate as Kolodon
- 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 · 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 · Inside No. 9 as Mr. Green
- 2013 · The List as Reg Troughton
- 2013 · Shetland as James Perez
- 2012 · Dirk Gently as Professor Jericho
- 2010 · The Michael Ball Show as Self
- 2009 · Creation as Dr. Gully
- 2009 · Law & Order: UK as George Castle
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Mr. Meagles
- 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Richard Young
- 2008 · Criminal Justice as Harry Box
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Rupert Potter
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Edwin Bracewell
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Bradley
- 2004 · Shoebox Zoo as The Storyteller (voice)
- 2004 · Sea of Souls as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
- 2003 · Canterbury Tales as Theo
- 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 · Behind Bars as Narrator
- 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 · Spice World as Brian
- 1997 · Arthouse as Self
- 1997 · Melissa as DCI Cameron
- 1996 · Victory as Capt. Davidson
- 1996 · The Crow Road as Kenneth McHoan
- 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
- 1992 · Chaplin as Stage Manager
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Chief Inspector
- 1990 · The Witches as Mr Jenkins
- 1989 · A Wanted Man as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1989 · Traffik as John Lithgow
- 1988 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Henry Salt
- 1988 · The Play on One as Alex McPherson
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Titorelli
- 1987 · Hidden City as Anthony
- 1986 · The Singing Detective as Dr Gibbon
- 1985 · Dutch Girls as Mr Mole
- 1984 · The Killing Fields as Dr. MacEntire
- 1983 · Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Ally Fraser
- 1982 · Smiley's People as Lauder Strickland
- 1981 · United Kingdom as Tony
- 1978 · Licking Hitler as Archie MacLean
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Girling
- 1974 · Clydescope as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1970 · Play for Today as Luke
- 1970 · Play for Today as Archie MacLean
- 1964 · Horizon as
- Future · Tomb Raider as Winston
- 2025 · The House Was Not Hungry Then as Father
- 2021 · Britain’s Scenic Railways as Narrator
- 2020 · Marionette as Dr. Mandelbaum
- 2020 · Love Sarah as Felix
- 2018 · Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Lord Moran
- 2015 · Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story as
- 2014 · 37 Days as Lord Morley
- 2012 · Them From That Thing as Various
- 2011 · Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me as Judge Underwood
- 2011 · The Man who Crossed Hitler as Kurt Ohnesorge
- 2009 · Into the Storm as Clement Attlee
- 2007 · Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Dr Watson
- 2007 · The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
- 2007 · Intervention as Dr. Martin
- 2006 · Amazing Grace as Lord Dundas
- 2005 · A Passion for Churches as Narrator
- 2005 · Rag Tale as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
- 2004 · Lie with Me as DCI Collman
- 2003 · Bright Young Things as Sir James Brown
- 2002 · Battle of the Atlantic as Himself - Narrator
- 2002 · The Entity as
- 2001 · The Whistle-Blower as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
- 1997 · Mr White Goes To Westminster as Ben White
- 1995 · Ghostbusters of East Finchley as Joe Small
- 1994 · Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool
- 1991 · Truly Madly Deeply as Sandy
- 1991 · The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle
- 1990 · Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
- 1989 · Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
- 1989 · The Rachel Papers as Gordon Highway
- 1989 · The Return of the Musketeers as Charles I
- 1987 · Friendship's Death as Sullivan
- 1987 · Lily My Love as Colin
- 1986 · Defence of the Realm as Jack Macleod
- 1984 · A Private Function as Wormold
- 1984 · Comfort and Joy as Alan
- 1983 · The Ploughman's Lunch as Lecturer
- 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
- Future · The White Room as Jackie Jordan
- 2025 · Being Stanley Baxter as Self
- 2024 · Children of the Wicker Man as Self
- 2024 · A Bear Named Wojtek as Zoo Director (voice)
- 2022 · The Spirit of 1926 as Family Lawyer
- 2019 · The Day Mountbatten Died as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Documenting John Grierson as Narrator
- 2012 · Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games as Narrator
- 2011 · The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema as Narrator (Voice)
- 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 · Gone Fishing as Old Bill
- 2008 · The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Henry Salt'
- 2008 · The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · A War on Science as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Fascism in Colour as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as DI Nick Biddiss
- 2002 · Home Road Movies as Father
- 1998 · The Animal Train as Walrus
- 1996 · The Writing on the Wall as Bull
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · The Turnaround as James Webb
- 1995 · The Riddle of the Sands as Narrator
- 1993 · Wall of Silence as Howard Mullen
- 1992 · God on the Rocks as Kenneth Marsh
- 1992 · In Dreams as Dr Gold
- 1992 · Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman
- 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
- 1987 · The Interrogation of John as Det. Supt. Chase
- 1987 · Coming Up Roses as Mr. Valentine
- 1986 · God's Chosen Car Park as Victor Rosen
- 1985 · Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
- 1978 · The Vanishing Army as Girling
- 1978 · Jackie McCafferty's Romance as Bus Conductor
- 1978 · The Odd Job as Sergeant Mull
- 1977 · The Thin End of the Wedge as Luke
- 1977 · The Garden Beyond as Jim Finlayson
- 1974 · The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil as Various
- 1974 · Suilven Spring as




