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(166)
1964
Self - Narrator
2017
Narrator (voice)
2017
Edwin Bracewell
2005
Ned Gowan
2014
Luke
1970
Lord Lyman Beesbury
2022
George Castle
2009
Dr. John Hathaway
2022
Ackerson's Dad
2022
James Perez
2013
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
2019
Bradley
2004
Mr. Green
2014
Tony Tillerton
2019
Patrick Jamieson
2002
Self
2020
1994
Self
2010
Dad
2016
Self - Guest
2006
Sir Neville Archibald
2014
Girling
1977
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
2004
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2017
Chief Inspector
1991
King James I
1978
Self
1997
Harry Box
2008
Mr. Gibson
1999
Roy Lynch
2019
Charles
2016
2000
Harry Woolf
2002
James Webb
1995
Kenneth McHoan
1996
John Lithgow
1989
Professor Jericho
2012
Lauder Strickland
1982
Det. Supt. Chase
1989
Himself - Narrator
2002
Baxter
1995
Dr. Gibbon
1986
Narrator
2021
Titorelli
1988
Various
2012
Narrator
2005
The Storyteller (voice)
2004
Mr. Meagles
2008
2010
Stage Manager
1992
Henry Salt
1988
Theo
2003
Mr Jenkins
1990
2005
Ally Fraser
1983
Alexander Gromyko
2002
Dr. MacEntire
1984
Alex McPherson
1988
Richard Young
2008
Lord Morley
2014
Henry
2024
Wormold
1984
Mercer
2015
Mr. Grimsby
2017
DCI Cameron
1997
Brian
1997
Private Frazer
2016
Gordon Forsythe
2021
Dr. Baker
2020
Stephen Blackpool
1994
Dr. Gully
2009
Minister of Justice
1999
Lord Dundas
2006
Rupert Potter
2006
Felix
2020
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
1995
Gordon Highway
1989
Joe Small
1995
Sir James Brown
2003
Clement Attlee
2009
Dr. Mandelbaum
2020
James Connolly
2001
1978
Cello Teacher
1998
Sandy
1991
Dr. Martin
2007
Gerald
2002
Jack Macleod
1986
Lord Moran
2016
Sinclair Carver
2001
Wallace Byatt
2000
Charles I
1989
Tommy
1999
Lecturer
1983
Victor Swayle
1991
Anthony
1987
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005
Jordan
1989
Self
2007
Chief Inspector Snape
1988
Alan
1984
Sullivan
1987
Reg Troughton
2013
Simon Featherstone
2015
Capt. Davidson
1996
Mr. Kreitman
1999
Father/F.S. McDade
1988
DCI Collman
2004
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001
Stephen Blackpool
1994
Third Man in Lift
1979
Gordon Burstead
2018
Himself
2009
Howard Mullen
1993
Girling
1978
Ben White
1997
Dr Watson
2007
Father
2025
Self - 'Henry Salt'
2008
Various
1974
Sergeant Mull
1978
Dr James Niven
2009
Jackie Jordan
Mr Mole
1985
Narrator (voice)
2006
Bus Conductor
1978
Dr Gold
1992
Bull
1996
Narrator (voice)
1996
Family Lawyer
2022
Alex McPherson
1990
Professor Teddy Knox
1999
Kolodon
2018
Anthony Steadman
1992
Narrator (voice)
2006
Narrator
2014
Self
2024
Judge Underwood
2011
Lopakhin
1981
Kenneth Marsh
1992
Narrator
1995
2002
James Webb
1995
Luke
1977
Victor Rosen
1986
Self
1985
Archie MacLean
1978
Kurt Ohnesorge
2011
Narrator (voice)
2019
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
Mr. Valentine
1987
DI Nick Biddiss
2003
Titorelli
1988
Zoo Director (voice)
2024
1995
Colin
1987
Tony
1981
Narrator
2009
Narrator
2012
Det. Supt. Chase
1987
Narrator
2001
Jim Finlayson
1977
Narrator (Voice)
2011
Father
2002
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008