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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1945
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Bill Paterson
1.3 Popularity
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
3.8
Father
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025
5.8
Henry
Arthur's Whisky
2024
0.0
Self
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
10.0
Zoo Director (voice)
A Bear Named Wojtek
2024
0.0
Family Lawyer
The Spirit of 1926
2022
8.3
Lord Lyman Beesbury
House of the Dragon
2022
7.9
Dr. John Hathaway
The Sandman
2022
8.3
Ackerson's Dad
Halo
2022
6.3
Gordon Forsythe
The Colour Room
2021
0.0
Narrator
Britain’s Scenic Railways
2021
Credits
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
2025
3.8
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
2024
5.8
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
2024
0.0
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
2024
10.0
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
2022
0.0
House of the Dragon
as Lord Lyman Beesbury
2022
8.3
The Sandman
as Dr. John Hathaway
2022
7.9
Halo
as Ackerson's Dad
2022
8.3
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
2021
6.3
Britain’s Scenic Railways
as Narrator
2021
0.0
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
2020
6.3
Between the Covers
as Self
2020
5.5
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
2020
6.3
Love Sarah
as Felix
2020
6.3
Guilt
as Roy Lynch
2019
6.7
Brassic
as Tony Tillerton
2019
8.5
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
2019
10.0
Good Omens
as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
2019
8.0
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
2018
6.4
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
2018
8.0
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
2017
6.8
The Repair Shop
as Self - Narrator
2017
6.7
The Repair Shop
as Narrator (voice)
2017
6.7
Urban Myths
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2017
7.4
Fleabag
as Dad
2016
8.3
The Rebel
as Charles
2016
7.5
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
2016
6.3
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
2016
5.0
High-Rise
as Mercer
2015
5.6
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
2015
8.4
Scot Squad
as Sir Neville Archibald
2014
7.0
Outlander
as Ned Gowan
2014
8.2
37 Days
as Lord Morley
2014
7.3
🎬
Documenting John Grierson
as Narrator
2014
0.0
Inside No. 9
as Mr. Green
2014
8.0
The List
as Reg Troughton
2013
4.4
Shetland
as James Perez
2013
7.5
Them From That Thing
as Various
2012
0.0
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator
2012
0.0
Dirk Gently
as Professor Jericho
2012
6.9
🎬
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
2011
5.5
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
2011
6.2
🎬
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
2011
0.0
🎬
Birds Britannia
2010
0.0
🎬
The Michael Ball Show
as Self
2010
0.0
🎬
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself
2009
0.0
Creation
as Dr. Gully
2009
6.4
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Dr James Niven
2009
7.3
Into the Storm
as Clement Attlee
2009
6.4
Law & Order: UK
as George Castle
2009
6.9
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
2009
6.7
Little Dorrit
2008
7.8
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
2008
6.0
Criminal Justice
as Harry Box
2008
7.6
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
2008
8.3
The Man Who Lives with Bears
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
0.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Dr Watson
2007
6.9
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
0.0
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
2007
1.0
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
2006
6.6
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
2006
6.9
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.5
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
2006
9.0
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
2006
7.5
🎬
A Passion for Churches
as Narrator
2005
0.0
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
7.5
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005
3.2
Doctor Who
as Edwin Bracewell
2005
7.5
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Bradley
2004
7.7
Lie with Me
as DCI Collman
2004
4.5
Shoebox Zoo
as The Storyteller (voice)
2004
7.8
Sea of Souls
as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
2004
7.6
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
2003
6.3
Canterbury Tales
as Theo
2003
6.9
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
2003
0.0
Doctor Zhivago
as Alexander Gromyko
2002
6.7
Foyle's War
as Patrick Jamieson
2002
7.9
Battle of the Atlantic
as Himself - Narrator
2002
6.9
Crush
as Gerald
2002
5.7
🎬
Home Road Movies
as Father
2002
6.3
Born and Bred
as Harry Woolf
2002
8.5
The Entity
2002
8.0
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
2001
6.6
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001
8.0
Behind Bars
as Narrator
2001
0.0
Rebel Heart
as James Connolly
2001
6.0
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000
7.2
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
2000
5.9
🎬
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
1999
0.0
Wives and Daughters
as Mr. Gibson
1999
7.3
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
1999
6.5
The Match
as Tommy
1999
5.8
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
1999
5.5
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
1998
6.6
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
1997
2.0
Spice World
as Brian
1997
4.9
🎬
Arthouse
as Self
1997
0.0
Melissa
as DCI Cameron
1997
6.0
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
1996
5.1
The Crow Road
as Kenneth McHoan
1996
7.0
The Writing on the Wall
as Bull
1996
2.4
Chaplin's Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
1996
6.5
Richard III
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
1995
6.7
🎬
The Pen
1995
0.0
Oliver's Travels
as Baxter
1995
6.0
Sharman
as James Webb
1995
0.0
The Turnaround
as James Webb
1995
4.0
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
1995
0.0
🎬
Junior Masterchef
1994
5.0
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
1994
0.0
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
1994
7.0
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
1993
0.0
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
1992
0.0
🎬
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
1992
7.0
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
1992
7.4
🎬
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
1992
0.0
Murder Most Horrid
as Chief Inspector
1991
6.6
Truly Madly Deeply
as Sandy
1991
6.9
The Object of Beauty
as Victor Swayle
1991
5.2
Yellowbacks
as Alex McPherson
1990
7.0
The Witches
as Mr Jenkins
1990
6.9
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Jordan
1989
7.5
A Wanted Man
as Det. Supt. Chase
1989
0.0
Traffik
as John Lithgow
1989
7.8
The Rachel Papers
as Gordon Highway
1989
5.1
The Return of the Musketeers
as Charles I
1989
6.2
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Henry Salt
1988
7.0
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Titorelli
1988
0.0
Just Ask for Diamond
as Chief Inspector Snape
1988
4.3
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
1988
0.0
The Play on One
as Alex McPherson
1988
6.0
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Titorelli
1988
0.0
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
1987
0.0
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
1987
6.8
Lily My Love
as Colin
1987
0.0
Hidden City
as Anthony
1987
5.1
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
1987
6.6
🎬
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
1986
0.0
The Singing Detective
as Dr. Gibbon
1986
7.7
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
1986
6.4
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
1985
0.0
Dutch Girls
as Mr Mole
1985
3.8
The Killing Fields
as Dr. MacEntire
1984
7.5
A Private Function
as Wormold
1984
6.3
Comfort and Joy
as Alan
1984
6.6
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Ally Fraser
1983
7.9
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
1983
5.0
Smiley's People
as Lauder Strickland
1982
7.7
United Kingdom
as Tony
1981
0.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
1981
0.0
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
1979
2.0
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
1978
0.0
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
1978
0.0
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
1978
5.9
Life of Shakespeare
as King James I
1978
0.0
Will Shakespeare
1978
10.0
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
1978
0.0
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
1977
0.0
🎬
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson
1977
0.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
1974
0.0
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
7.0
Play for Today
as Luke
1970
6.3
Horizon
1964
7.5
🎬
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan
N/A
0.0