Bill Paterson
Acting
🎂 1945-06-03
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
Cast credits(167)
Edwin Bracewell
2005
Dr. John Hathaway
2022
Lord Lyman Beesbury
2022
Ned Gowan
2014
Self - Guest
2006
Ackerson's Dad
2022
Bradley
2004
Luke
1970
1964
James Perez
2013
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
2019
Self - Narrator
2017
Narrator (voice)
2017
Tony Tillerton
2019
Patrick Jamieson
2002
Mr. Green
2014
Dad
2016
George Castle
2009
Girling
1977
Walrus
1998
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2017
Self
2020
Chief Inspector
1991
Stage Manager
1992
Roy Lynch
2019
The Storyteller (voice)
2004
Henry Salt
1988
Mr Jenkins
1990
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
2004
Dr. Baker
2020
Alex McPherson
1988
Dr. MacEntire
1984
Harry Woolf
2002
2005
Mr. Grimsby
2017
Henry
2024
Mercer
2015
Mr Mole
1985
Dr James Niven
2009
Mr. Meagles
2008
Rupert Potter
2006
Lord Dundas
2006
Richard Young
2008
Sir Neville Archibald
2014
Dr. Gully
2009
Alexander Gromyko
2002
Jack Macleod
1986
Lauder Strickland
1982
Titorelli
1988
Minister of Justice
1999
DCI Cameron
1997
James Webb
1995
Dr. Gibbon
1986
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001
Ally Fraser
1983
Dr. Mandelbaum
2020
Tony
1981
Mr. Gibson
1999
Sir James Brown
2003
Clement Attlee
2009
Harry Box
2008
Capt. Davidson
1996
Tommy
1999
Brian
1997
James Webb
1995
Self
1997
Dr Watson
2007
Girling
1978
Gordon Highway
1989
Stephen Blackpool
1994
DI Nick Biddiss
2003
Private Frazer
2016
Gerald
2002
Dr Gold
1992
Lord Moran
2016
Charles I
1989
Professor Jericho
2012
Sinclair Carver
2001
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
1995
Wormold
1984
Cello Teacher
1998
2000
Kenneth McHoan
1996
Felix
2020
Father/F.S. McDade
1988
1994
Howard Mullen
1993
Family Lawyer
2022
Third Man in Lift
1979
Wallace Byatt
2000
James Connolly
2001
Charles
2016
Victor Swayle
1991
Reg Troughton
2013
Kenneth Marsh
1992
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005
Dr. Martin
2007
Simon Featherstone
2015
Lopakhin
1981
Baxter
1995
Himself
2009
Gordon Forsythe
2021
Ben White
1997
Victor Rosen
1986
Self
2010
Various
1974
Lord Morley
2014
Theo
2003
Stephen Blackpool
1994
Mr. Kreitman
1999
Det. Supt. Chase
1987
King James I
1978
Judge Underwood
2011
Bull
1996
Sandy
1991
Chief Inspector Snape
1988
Alan
1984
Various
2012
Jackie Jordan
Self
2024
DCI Collman
2004
Titorelli
1988
John Lithgow
1989
Gordon Burstead
2018
Lecturer
1983
Joe Small
1995
1978
Anthony
1987
Jordan
1989
Det. Supt. Chase
1989
Self
2007
Narrator
2009
Kurt Ohnesorge
2011
Alex McPherson
1990
Father
2025
Himself - Narrator
2002
Narrator
2021
2010
Mr. Valentine
1987
Narrator
2005
Zoo Director (voice)
2024
Sullivan
1987
Kolodon
2018
Narrator (voice)
2019
Narrator (voice)
2006
Luke
1977
Narrator
2014
Narrator (voice)
2006
Self - 'Henry Salt'
2008
1995
Self
1985
Bus Conductor
1978
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
Narrator (voice)
1996
2002
Sergeant Mull
1978
Narrator
2001
Anthony Steadman
1992
Professor Teddy Knox
1999
Archie MacLean
1978
Jim Finlayson
1977
Narrator (Voice)
2011
Father
2002
Colin
1987
Narrator
1995
Narrator
2012