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
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Horizon
Doctor Who
Edwin Bracewell
Outlander
Ned Gowan
The Sandman
Dr. John Hathaway
House of the Dragon
Lord Lyman Beesbury
Halo
Ackerson's Dad
Shetland
James Perez
Play for Today
Luke
Play for Today
Archie MacLean
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bradley
Foyle's War
Patrick Jamieson
The Repair Shop
Self - Narrator
The Repair Shop
Narrator (voice)
Inside No. 9
Mr. Green
Brassic
Tony Tillerton
Good Omens
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
Urban Myths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fleabag
Dad
Law & Order: UK
George Castle
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. Grimsby
BBC2 Play of the Week
Girling
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Narrator (Voice)
Born and Bred
Harry Woolf
A Private Function
Wormold
Murder Most Horrid
Chief Inspector
Sunshine
Minister of Justice
Arthouse
Self
The Killing Fields
Dr. MacEntire
Scot Squad
Sir Neville Archibald
Guilt
Roy Lynch
Amazing Grace
Lord Dundas
The Witches
Mr Jenkins
The Play on One
Alex McPherson
The Michael Ball Show
Self
Shoebox Zoo
The Storyteller (voice)
The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
Little Dorrit
Mr. Meagles
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Richard Young
Intervention
Dr. Martin
Criminal Justice
Harry Box
Smiley's People
Lauder Strickland
High-Rise
Mercer
The Ploughman's Lunch
Lecturer
Junior Masterchef
Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Titorelli
Spice World
Brian
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson
Traffik
John Lithgow
Sea of Souls
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
Friendship's Death
Sullivan
Chaplin
Stage Manager
Wives and Daughters
Mr. Gibson
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Ally Fraser
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
Canterbury Tales
Theo
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Henry Salt
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Titorelli
Bright Young Things
Sir James Brown
ShakespeaRe-Told
The List
Reg Troughton
Dutch Girls
Mr Mole
Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
The Writing on the Wall
Bull
Doctor Zhivago
Alexander Gromyko
Dirk Gently
Professor Jericho
Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
Sharman
James Webb
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Judge Underwood
The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
The Singing Detective
Dr Gibbon
Gone Fishing
Old Bill
Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
Life of Shakespeare
King James I
Rebel Heart
James Connolly
The Match
Tommy
Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
The Crow Road
Kenneth McHoan
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Teacher
Creation
Dr. Gully
United Kingdom
Tony
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Kurt Ohnesorge
Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Joe Small
The Rachel Papers
Gordon Highway
Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
Kill Jackie
Owain
Tomb Raider
Winston
The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
Melissa
DCI Cameron
Victory
Capt. Davidson
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
A Wanted Man
Det. Supt. Chase
The Rebel
Charles
Crush
Gerald
Oliver's Travels
Baxter
A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Ben White
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
Comfort and Joy
Alan
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
Wonderdate
Kolodon
Into the Storm
Clement Attlee
Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
Children of the Wicker Man
Self
Them From That Thing
Various
The Colour Room
Gordon Forsythe
Othello
Sinclair Carver
Arthur's Whisky
Henry
Will Shakespeare
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
The Repair Shop on the Road
Self - Narrator
Defence of the Realm
Jack Macleod
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
The Turnaround
James Webb
Marionette
Dr. Mandelbaum
37 Days
Lord Morley
Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
In Dreams
Dr Gold
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
God's Chosen Car Park
Victor Rosen
Birds Britannia
The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
The Vote
Simon Featherstone
Heart
Mr. Kreitman
Complicity
Wallace Byatt
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Father
The Pen
The Cherry Orchard
Lopakhin
Love Sarah
Felix
Hidden City
Anthony
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Henry Salt'
The Vanishing Army
Girling
The Spirit of 1926
Family Lawyer
Documenting John Grierson
Narrator
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Dr James Niven
Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
Chrono-Perambulator
Professor Teddy Knox
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
DI Nick Biddiss
Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
Lie with Me
DCI Collman
The Whistle-Blower
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
A Passion for Churches
Narrator
The Interrogation of John
Det. Supt. Chase
The Animal Train
Walrus
Clydescope
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Byrne About Byrne
Father/F.S. McDade
The White Room
Jackie Jordan
Behind Bars
Narrator
A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
Britain’s Scenic Railways
Narrator
Chaplin's Goliath
Narrator (voice)
1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
Battle of the Atlantic
Himself - Narrator
The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
Home Road Movies
Father
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
Lily My Love
Colin
The Day Mountbatten Died
Narrator (voice)
The Garden Beyond
Jim Finlayson
Tell Tale Hearts
Anthony Steadman
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Entity
Suilven Spring
The One Show
Self - Guest
Between the Covers
Self