Bill Paterson
Age: N/A | From: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Homepage: http://www.billpaterson.co.uk/
Movie Involvements: 77
TV Involvements: 35
Most Famous Work
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
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(2005) Edwin Bracewell
Play for Today
(1970) Luke
House of the Dragon
(2022) Lord Lyman Beesbury
Outlander
(2014) Ned Gowan
The Repair Shop
(2017) Narrator (voice)
Halo
(2022) Ackerson's Dad
Agatha Christie's Marple
(2004) Bradley
Shetland
(2013) James PerezActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Father | |
| 2024 | Henry | |
| Self | ||
| Zoo Director (voice) | ||
| 2022 | Family Lawyer | |
| Lord Lyman Beesbury | ||
| Dr. John Hathaway | ||
| Ackerson's Dad | ||
| 2021 | Gordon Forsythe | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2020 | Dr. Baker | |
| Self | ||
| Dr. Mandelbaum | ||
| Felix | ||
| 2019 | Roy Lynch | |
| Tony Tillerton | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch | ||
| 2018 | Gordon Burstead | |
| Kolodon | ||
| Mr Green | ||
| 2017 | Mr. Grimsby | |
| Self - Narrator | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | ||
| 2016 | Dad | |
| Charles | ||
| Lord Moran | ||
| Private Frazer | ||
| 2015 | Mercer | |
| Simon Featherstone | ||
| 2014 | Sir Neville Archibald | |
| Ned Gowan | ||
| Lord Morley | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Mr. Green | ||
| 2013 | Reg Troughton | |
| James Perez | ||
| 2012 | Various | |
| Narrator | ||
| Professor Jericho | ||
| 2011 | Judge Underwood | |
| Kurt Ohnesorge | ||
| Narrator (Voice) | ||
| 2010 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| 2009 | Himself | |
| Dr. Gully | ||
| Dr James Niven | ||
| Clement Attlee | ||
| George Castle | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 2008 | N/A | |
| Richard Young | ||
| Harry Box | ||
| Self - 'Henry Salt' | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2007 | Dr Watson | |
| Self | ||
| Dr. Martin | ||
| 2006 | Rupert Potter | |
| Lord Dundas | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2005 | Narrator | |
| N/A | ||
| Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd | ||
| Edwin Bracewell | ||
| 2004 | Bradley | |
| DCI Collman | ||
| The Storyteller (voice) | ||
| Dr. Douglas Monaghan | ||
| 2003 | Sir James Brown | |
| Theo | ||
| DI Nick Biddiss | ||
| 2002 | Alexander Gromyko | |
| N/A | ||
| Himself - Narrator | ||
| Gerald | ||
| Father | ||
| Harry Woolf | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2001 | Sinclair Carver | |
| D.I. Neil Sleightholme | ||
| Narrator | ||
| James Connolly | ||
| 2000 | N/A | |
| Wallace Byatt | ||
| 1999 | Professor Teddy Knox | |
| Mr. Gibson | ||
| Minister of Justice | ||
| Tommy | ||
| Mr. Kreitman | ||
| 1998 | Cello Teacher | |
| 1997 | Ben White | |
| Brian | ||
| Self | ||
| DCI Cameron | ||
| 1996 | Capt. Davidson | |
| Kenneth McHoan | ||
| Bull | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1995 | Sir Richard Ratcliffe | |
| N/A | ||
| Baxter | ||
| James Webb | ||
| James Webb | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1994 | N/A | |
| Stephen Blackpool | ||
| Stephen Blackpool | ||
| 1993 | Howard Mullen | |
| 1992 | Kenneth Marsh | |
| Dr Gold | ||
| Stage Manager | ||
| Anthony Steadman | ||
| 1991 | Chief Inspector | |
| Sandy | ||
| Victor Swayle | ||
| 1990 | Alex McPherson | |
| Mr Jenkins | ||
| 1989 | Jordan | |
| Det. Supt. Chase | ||
| John Lithgow | ||
| Gordon Highway | ||
| Charles I | ||
| 1988 | Henry Salt | |
| Titorelli | ||
| Chief Inspector Snape | ||
| Father/F.S. McDade | ||
| Alex McPherson | ||
| Titorelli | ||
| 1987 | Det. Supt. Chase | |
| Sullivan | ||
| Colin | ||
| Anthony | ||
| Mr. Valentine | ||
| 1986 | Victor Rosen | |
| Dr. Gibbon | ||
| Jack Macleod | ||
| 1985 | Self | |
| Mr Mole | ||
| 1984 | Dr. MacEntire | |
| Wormold | ||
| Alan | ||
| 1983 | Ally Fraser | |
| Lecturer | ||
| 1982 | Lauder Strickland | |
| 1981 | Tony | |
| Lopakhin | ||
| 1979 | Third Man in Lift | |
| 1978 | Girling | |
| Bus Conductor | ||
| Sergeant Mull | ||
| King James I | ||
| N/A | ||
| Archie MacLean | ||
| 1977 | Luke | |
| Jim Finlayson | ||
| 1974 | Various | |
| Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| 1970 | Luke | |
| 1964 | N/A | |
| Jackie Jordan | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
