Bill Paterson
Born in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK — Jun 03 1945
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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.…
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Bill Paterson's Credits
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Doctor Who
Edwin Bracewell
Outlander
Ned Gowan
Horizon
House of the Dragon
Lord Lyman Beesbury
Play for Today
Luke
The Sandman
Dr. John Hathaway
Shetland
James Perez
Halo
Ackerson's Dad
Foyle's War
Patrick Jamieson
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bradley
Inside No. 9
Mr. Green
Brassic
Tony Tillerton
BBC2 Play of the Week
Girling
Good Omens
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
Fleabag
Dad
Law & Order: UK
George Castle
The Repair Shop
Self - Narrator
Urban Myths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born and Bred
Harry Woolf
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Titorelli
Murder Most Horrid
Chief Inspector
Scot Squad
Sir Neville Archibald
Sea of Souls
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
The Play on One
Alex McPherson
Little Dorrit
Mr. Meagles
Arthouse
Self
Shoebox Zoo
The Storyteller (voice)
Guilt
Roy Lynch
Wives and Daughters
Mr Gibson
Smiley's People
Lauder Strickland
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Ally Fraser
Canterbury Tales
Theo
ShakespeaRe-Told
Rebel Heart
James Connolly
The Singing Detective
Dr Gibbon
Sharman
James Webb
The Michael Ball Show
Self
Doctor Zhivago
Alexander Gromyko
Chaplin
Stage Manager
Criminal Justice
Harry Box
Melissa
DCI Cameron
Dirk Gently
Professor Jericho
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
The Crow Road
Kenneth McHoan
The Witches
Mr Jenkins
Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Henry Salt
Spice World
Brian
Life of Shakespeare
King James I
Traffik
John Lithgow
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. Grimsby
High-Rise
Mercer
The Killing Fields
Dr. MacEntire
Oliver's Travels
Baxter
Kill Jackie
Owain
Them From That Thing
Various
Tomb Raider
Winston
The Rebel
Charles
Will Shakespeare
Junior Masterchef
Amazing Grace
Lord Dundas
Arthur's Whisky
Henry
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Teacher
Creation
Dr. Gully
Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Sunshine
Minister of Justice
Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Joe Small
The Rachel Papers
Gordon Highway
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
A Wanted Man
Det. Supt. Chase
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Richard Young
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
Bright Young Things
Sir James Brown
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
Marionette
Dr. Mandelbaum
The Vote
Simon Featherstone
37 Days
Lord Morley
The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
Complicity
Wallace Byatt
Into the Storm
Clement Attlee
A Private Function
Wormold
Heart
Mr. Kreitman
Intervention
Dr. Martin
The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
The White Room
Jackie Jordan
Crush
Gerald
Love Sarah
Felix
Victory
Capt. Davidson
Comfort and Joy
Alan
The Match
Tommy
Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
Clydescope
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
The Turnaround
James Webb
One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
The Vanishing Army
Girling
Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
The Colour Room
Gordon Forsythe
Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
The List
Reg Troughton
Defence of the Realm
Jack Macleod
The Ploughman's Lunch
Lecturer
Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Lie with Me
DCI Collman
Othello
Sinclair Carver
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Father
The Writing on the Wall
Bull
Dutch Girls
Mr Mole
Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
United Kingdom
Tony
The Cherry Orchard
Lopakhin
The Repair Shop on the Road
Self - Narrator
Hidden City
Anthony
Gone Fishing
Old Bill
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
DI Nick Biddiss
The Whistle-Blower
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Henry Salt'
In Dreams
Dr Gold
Friendship's Death
Sullivan
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Judge Underwood
Wonderdate
Kolodon
The Pen
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
Byrne About Byrne
Father/F.S. McDade
God's Chosen Car Park
Victor Rosen
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Ben White
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
Children of the Wicker Man
Self
God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
Chrono-Perambulator
Professor Teddy Knox
The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
Britain’s Scenic Railways
Narrator
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Dr James Niven
The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Kurt Ohnesorge
Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
The Interrogation of John
Det. Supt. Chase
The Spirit of 1926
Family Lawyer
A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
The Entity
The Animal Train
Walrus
1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
Birds Britannia
A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
Narrator (Voice)
Chaplin's Goliath
Narrator (voice)
A Passion for Churches
Narrator
Lily My Love
Colin
Behind Bars
Narrator
Documenting John Grierson
Narrator
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Titorelli
The Garden Beyond
Jim Finlayson
Battle of the Atlantic
Himself - Narrator
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
The Day Mountbatten Died
Narrator (voice)
Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
Tell Tale Hearts
Anthony Steadman
Home Road Movies
Father
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Self - Narrator (voice)
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
Suilven Spring
Passing Places