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

Cast

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
The Witches
Mr Jenkins
Comfort and Joy
Alan
Complicity
Wallace Byatt
Dutch Girls
Mr Mole
Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
Defence of the Realm
Jack Macleod
The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
Amazing Grace
Lord Dundas
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
Victory
Capt. Davidson
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Teacher
Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
Documenting John Grierson
Narrator
Arthur's Whisky
Henry
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Kurt Ohnesorge
The Colour Room
Gordon Forsythe
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Dr James Niven
The List
Reg Troughton
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Judge Underwood
Friendship's Death
Sullivan
Creation
Dr. Gully
A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson
The Writing on the Wall
Bull
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
Lie with Me
DCI Collman
The Interrogation of John
Det. Supt. Chase
Lily My Love
Colin
Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
Intervention
Dr. Martin
The Killing Fields
Dr. MacEntire
Clydescope
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Chaplin's Goliath
Narrator (voice)
Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
Byrne About Byrne
Father/F.S. McDade
A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
God's Chosen Car Park
Victor Rosen
The Vote
Simon Featherstone
Chaplin
Stage Manager
One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
A Private Function
Wormold
Bright Young Things
Sir James Brown
Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
Othello
Sinclair Carver
The Whistle-Blower
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
The Cherry Orchard
Lopakhin
The White Room
Jackie Jordan
The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
In Dreams
Dr Gold
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Ben White
Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
Crush
Gerald
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
DI Nick Biddiss
Sunshine
Minister of Justice
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Henry Salt
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Richard Young
Hidden City
Anthony
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Titorelli
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
The Ploughman's Lunch
Lecturer
Spice World
Brian
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
High-Rise
Mercer
The Match
Tommy
Heart
Mr. Kreitman
Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. Grimsby
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
United Kingdom
Tony
The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
The Rachel Papers
Gordon Highway
Wonderdate
Kolodon
The Vanishing Army
Girling
Into the Storm
Clement Attlee
The Turnaround
James Webb
The Garden Beyond
Jim Finlayson
Chrono-Perambulator
Professor Teddy Knox
The Day Mountbatten Died
Narrator (voice)
Tell Tale Hearts
Anthony Steadman
Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
Marionette
Dr. Mandelbaum
Love Sarah
Felix
Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Henry Salt'
The Entity
Unknown
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
Behind Bars
Narrator
Home Road Movies
Father
God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
Children of the Wicker Man
Self
The Pen
Unknown
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Narrator (Voice)
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Father
The Spirit of 1926
Family Lawyer
The Animal Train
Walrus
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
Unknown
Gone Fishing
Old Bill
Suilven Spring
Unknown