Bill Paterson
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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
Ladies First (2026)
as Louis
The Witches (1990)
as Mr Jenkins
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
as Henry Salt
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as Richard Young
Miss Potter (2006)
as Rupert Potter
The Killing Fields (1984)
as Dr. MacEntire
High-Rise (2015)
as Mercer
Love Sarah (2020)
as Felix
Chaplin (1992)
as Stage Manager
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
as Mr. Grimsby
Richard III (1995)
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Spice World (1997)
as Brian
Rebecca (2020)
as Dr. Baker
Sunshine (1999)
as Minister of Justice
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
as Cello Teacher
Dad's Army (2016)
as Private Frazer
Into the Storm (2009)
as Clement Attlee
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)
as Self
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
as Charles I
The Object of Beauty (1991)
as Victor Swayle
The Rachel Papers (1989)
as Gordon Highway
Amazing Grace (2007)
as Lord Dundas
Creation (2009)
as Dr. Gully
Arthur's Whisky (2024)
as Henry
Defence of the Realm (1986)
as Jack Macleod
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
as Gordon Burstead
Licking Hitler (1978)
as Archie MacLean
A Private Function (1984)
as Wormold
Bright Young Things (2003)
as Sir James Brown
The Colour Room (2021)
as Gordon Forsythe
The Match (1999)
as Tommy
Othello (2001)
as Sinclair Carver
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
as Sandy
Behind Bars (2001)
as Narrator
Crush (2002)
as Gerald
Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
as Chief Inspector Snape
Being Stanley Baxter (2025)
as Self
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' (1988)
as Titorelli
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
as Various
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
as Dr Watson
Dutch Girls (1985)
as Mr Mole
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989)
as Jordan
The Animal Train (1998)
as Walrus
Complicity (2000)
as Wallace Byatt
Churchill's Secret (2016)
as Lord Moran
The Writing on the Wall (1996)
as Bull
The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)
as Luke
A War on Science (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of a Recluse (1987)
as The Producer
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008)
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
The Vote (2015)
as Simon Featherstone
God on the Rocks (1992)
as Kenneth Marsh
Suilven Spring (1974)
Actor
Friendship's Death (1987)
as Sullivan
The List (2013)
as Reg Troughton
United Kingdom (1981)
as Tony
Marionette (2020)
as Dr. Mandelbaum
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)
as Dr James Niven
Mr White Goes To Westminster (1997)
as Ben White
Comfort and Joy (1984)
as Alan
Wonderdate (2018)
as Kolodon
Children of the Wicker Man (2024)
as Self
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me (2011)
as Judge Underwood
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
as Lecturer
Ghosts in the Machine (2009)
as Himself
The Vanishing Army (1978)
as Girling
The Entity (2002)
Actor
Hidden City (1987)
as Anthony
Rag Tale (2005)
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
as Lopakhin
Passing Places (1973)
Actor
The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011)
as Kurt Ohnesorge
The Spirit of 1926 (2022)
as Family Lawyer
A Bear Named Wojtek (2023)
as Zoo Director (voice)
The Odd Job (1978)
as Sergeant Mull
Intervention (2007)
as Dr. Martin
1929: The Great Crash (2009)
as Narrator
The House Was Not Hungry Then (2025)
as Father
Byrne About Byrne (1988)
as Father/F.S. McDade
Chaplin's Goliath (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Zanzibar (2018)
as Mr Green
Documenting John Grierson (2014)
as Narrator
Lily My Love (1987)
as Colin
Jackie McCafferty's Romance (1978)
as Bus Conductor
God's Chosen Car Park (1986)
as Victor Rosen
The Whistle-Blower (2001)
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Heart (1999)
as Mr. Kreitman
One Fine Day (1979)
as Third Man in Lift
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story (2015)
Actor
The Day Mountbatten Died (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
The Interrogation of John (1987)
as Det. Supt. Chase
Victory (1996)
as Capt. Davidson
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (1985)
as Self
The White Room (—)
as Jackie Jordan
Wall of Silence (1993)
as Howard Mullen
Yellowbacks (1990)
as Alex McPherson
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003)
as DI Nick Biddiss
Coming Up Roses (1987)
as Mr. Valentine
Fascism in Colour (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
In Dreams (1992)
as Dr Gold
The Turnaround (1995)
as James Webb
Home Road Movies (2002)
as Father
The Pen (1995)
Actor
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema (2011)
as Narrator (Voice)
The Man Who Lives with Bears (2008)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Riddle of the Sands (1995)
as Narrator
Clydescope (1974)
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Chrono-Perambulator (1999)
as Professor Teddy Knox
Gone Fishing (2008)
as Old Bill
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games (2012)
as Narrator
The Garden Beyond (1977)
as Jim Finlayson
Tell Tale Hearts (1992)
as Anthony Steadman