Bill Paterson
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
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Mr Jenkins
The Witches
Alan
Comfort and Joy
Wallace Byatt
Complicity
Mr Mole
Dutch Girls
Rupert Potter
Miss Potter
Jack Macleod
Defence of the Realm
Charles I
The Return of the Musketeers
Lord Dundas
Amazing Grace
Himself
Ghosts in the Machine
Narrator
The Riddle of the Sands
Capt. Davidson
Victory
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Cello Teacher
Hilary and Jackie
Alex McPherson
Yellowbacks
Narrator
Documenting John Grierson
Henry
Arthur's Whisky
Kurt Ohnesorge
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Gordon Forsythe
The Colour Room
Dr James Niven
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Reg Troughton
The List
Judge Underwood
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Sullivan
Friendship's Death
Dr. Gully
Creation
Zoo Director (voice)
A Bear Named Wojtek
Mr. Valentine
Rhosyn a Rhith
Various
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Dr Watson
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Bull
The Writing on the Wall
Stephen Blackpool
Hard Times
DCI Collman
Lie with Me
Det. Supt. Chase
The Interrogation of John
Colin
Lily My Love
Sandy
Truly Madly Deeply
Dr. Martin
Intervention
Dr. MacEntire
The Killing Fields
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Clydescope
Narrator (voice)
Chaplin's Goliath
Archie MacLean
Licking Hitler
Father/F.S. McDade
Byrne About Byrne
Narrator (voice)
A War on Science
Victor Rosen
God's Chosen Car Park
Simon Featherstone
The Vote
Stage Manager
Chaplin
Third Man in Lift
One Fine Day
Private Frazer
Dad's Army
Wormold
A Private Function
Sir James Brown
Bright Young Things
Lord Moran
Churchill's Secret
Sinclair Carver
Othello
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
The Whistle-Blower
Narrator
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Lopakhin
The Cherry Orchard
Jackie Jordan
The White Room
Victor Swayle
The Object of Beauty
Narrator
1929: The Great Crash
Dr Gold
In Dreams
Ben White
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Richard III
Bus Conductor
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Gerald
Crush
DI Nick Biddiss
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
Minister of Justice
Sunshine
Henry Salt
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Richard Young
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Anthony
Hidden City
Titorelli
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Chief Inspector Snape
Just Ask for Diamond
Lecturer
The Ploughman's Lunch
Brian
Spice World
Jordan
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Mercer
High-Rise
Tommy
The Match
Mr. Kreitman
Heart
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Rag Tale
Mr. Grimsby
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Gordon Burstead
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Tony
United Kingdom
Sergeant Mull
The Odd Job
Gordon Highway
The Rachel Papers
Kolodon
Wonderdate
Girling
The Vanishing Army
Clement Attlee
Into the Storm
James Webb
The Turnaround
Jim Finlayson
The Garden Beyond
Professor Teddy Knox
Chrono-Perambulator
Narrator (voice)
The Day Mountbatten Died
Anthony Steadman
Tell Tale Hearts
Howard Mullen
Wall of Silence
Dr. Mandelbaum
Marionette
Felix
Love Sarah
Narrator (voice)
Fascism in Colour
Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self - 'Henry Salt'
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
The Entity
Dr. Baker
Rebecca
Luke
The Thin End of the Wedge
Narrator
Behind Bars
Father
Home Road Movies
Kenneth Marsh
God on the Rocks
Self
Children of the Wicker Man
The Pen
Narrator (Voice)
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Father
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Family Lawyer
The Spirit of 1926
Walrus
Oi! Get Off Our Train
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
Old Bill
Gone Fishing
Suilven Spring
Self
Being Stanley Baxter
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
110
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-06-03
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
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