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
Movies
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Father
Arthur's Whisky
Henry
A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
The Spirit of 1926
Family Lawyer
The Colour Room
Gordon Forsythe
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
Marionette
Dr. Mandelbaum
Love Sarah
Felix
The Day Mountbatten Died
Narrator (voice)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
Wonderdate
Kolodon
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. Grimsby
Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
High-Rise
Mercer
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
The Vote
Simon Featherstone
Documenting John Grierson
Narrator
The List
Reg Troughton
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Judge Underwood
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Kurt Ohnesorge
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Narrator (Voice)
Creation
Dr. Gully
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Dr James Niven
Into the Storm
Clement Attlee
1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
Gone Fishing
Old Bill
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Richard Young
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson
Intervention
Dr. Martin
Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
Amazing Grace
Lord Dundas
A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Lie with Me
DCI Collman
Bright Young Things
Sir James Brown
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
DI Nick Biddiss
Crush
Gerald
Home Road Movies
Father
The Entity
Othello
Sinclair Carver
The Whistle-Blower
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Behind Bars
Narrator
Complicity
Wallace Byatt
Chrono-Perambulator
Professor Teddy Knox
Sunshine
Minister of Justice
The Match
Tommy
Heart
Mr. Kreitman
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Teacher
The Animal Train
Walrus
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Ben White
Spice World
Brian
Victory
Capt. Davidson
The Writing on the Wall
Bull
Chaplin's Goliath
Narrator (voice)
Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
The Pen
The Turnaround
James Webb
The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
In Dreams
Dr Gold
Chaplin
Stage Manager
Tell Tale Hearts
Anthony Steadman
Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
The Witches
Mr Jenkins
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
The Rachel Papers
Gordon Highway
The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Henry Salt
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Titorelli
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
Byrne About Byrne
Father/F.S. McDade
The Interrogation of John
Det. Supt. Chase
Friendship's Death
Sullivan
Lily My Love
Colin
Hidden City
Anthony
Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
God's Chosen Car Park
Victor Rosen
Defence of the Realm
Jack Macleod
Dutch Girls
Mr Mole
The Killing Fields
Dr. MacEntire
A Private Function
Wormold
Comfort and Joy
Alan
The Ploughman's Lunch
Lecturer
United Kingdom
Tony
The Cherry Orchard
Lopakhin
One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
The Vanishing Army
Girling
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
The Garden Beyond
Jim Finlayson
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Clydescope
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Suilven Spring
The White Room
Jackie Jordan
TV Series
House of the Dragon
Lord Lyman Beesbury
8 Episodes
The Sandman
Dr. John Hathaway
1 Episode
Halo
Ackerson's Dad
1 Episode
Britain’s Scenic Railways
Narrator
4 Episodes
Guilt
Roy Lynch
2 Episodes
Brassic
Tony Tillerton
2 Episodes
Good Omens
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
3 Episodes
The Repair Shop
Narrator (voice)
123 Episodes
Urban Myths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1 Episode
Fleabag
Dad
9 Episodes
The Rebel
Charles
9 Episodes
Scot Squad
Sir Neville Archibald
1 Episode
Outlander
Ned Gowan
8 Episodes
37 Days
Lord Morley
3 Episodes
Inside No. 9
Mr. Green
1 Episode
Shetland
James Perez
2 Episodes
Them From That Thing
Various
2 Episodes
Dirk Gently
Professor Jericho
1 Episode
Birds Britannia
4 Episodes
Law & Order: UK
George Castle
26 Episodes
Little Dorrit
Mr. Meagles
14 Episodes
Criminal Justice
Harry Box
5 Episodes
A Passion for Churches
Narrator
12 Episodes
ShakespeaRe-Told
1 Episode
Doctor Who
Edwin Bracewell
2 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bradley
1 Episode
Shoebox Zoo
The Storyteller (voice)
26 Episodes
Sea of Souls
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
20 Episodes
Canterbury Tales
Theo
6 Episodes
Doctor Zhivago
Alexander Gromyko
3 Episodes
Foyle's War
Patrick Jamieson
1 Episode
Born and Bred
Harry Woolf
1 Episode
Rebel Heart
James Connolly
4 Episodes
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
1 Episode
Wives and Daughters
Mr. Gibson
6 Episodes
Melissa
DCI Cameron
5 Episodes
The Crow Road
Kenneth McHoan
4 Episodes
Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Joe Small
6 Episodes
Oliver's Travels
Baxter
5 Episodes
Sharman
James Webb
1 Episode
Junior Masterchef
1 Episode
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
4 Episodes
Murder Most Horrid
Chief Inspector
1 Episode
A Wanted Man
Det. Supt. Chase
1 Episode
Traffik
John Lithgow
6 Episodes
The Play on One
Alex McPherson
1 Episode
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Titorelli
1 Episode
The Singing Detective
Dr Gibbon
4 Episodes
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Ally Fraser
12 Episodes
Smiley's People
Lauder Strickland
6 Episodes
Life of Shakespeare
King James I
1 Episode
Will Shakespeare
1 Episode
BBC2 Play of the Week
Girling
1 Episode
Play for Today
Luke
1 Episode
Horizon
1 Episode