Bill Paterson
Acting • AGE 81
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...
Acting
Ladies First
Louis
2026
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
2025
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Father
2025
The Repair Shop on the Road
Self - Narrator
2025
Arthur's Whisky
Henry
2024
Children of the Wicker Man
Self
2024
A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
2023
The Spirit of 1926
Family Lawyer
2022
House of the Dragon
Lord Lyman Beesbury
2022
The Sandman
Dr. John Hathaway
2022
Halo
Ackerson's Dad
2022
The Colour Room
Gordon Forsythe
2021
Britain’s Scenic Railways
Narrator
2021
Rebecca
Dr. Baker
2020
Between the Covers
Self
2020
Marionette
Dr. Mandelbaum
2020
Love Sarah
Felix
2020
Guilt
Roy Lynch
2019
Brassic
Tony Tillerton
2019
The Day Mountbatten Died
Narrator (voice)
2019
Good Omens
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
2019
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
2018
Wonderdate
Kolodon
2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Mr. Grimsby
2017
The Repair Shop
Narrator (voice)
2017
Urban Myths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2017
Fleabag
Dad
2016
The Rebel
Charles
2016
Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
2016
Dad's Army
Private Frazer
2016
High-Rise
Mercer
2015
The Vote
Simon Featherstone
2015
Scot Squad
Sir Neville Archibald
2014
Outlander
Ned Gowan
2014
37 Days
Lord Morley
2014
Inside No. 9
Mr. Green
2014
The List
Reg Troughton
2013
Shetland
James Perez
2013
Them From That Thing
Various
2012
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
2012
Dirk Gently
Professor Jericho
2012
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
Judge Underwood
2011
The Man who Crossed Hitler
Kurt Ohnesorge
2011
Creation
Dr. Gully
2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Dr James Niven
2009
Into the Storm
Clement Attlee
2009
Law & Order: UK
George Castle
2009
1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
2009
Gone Fishing
Old Bill
2008
Little Dorrit
Mr. Meagles
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Richard Young
2008
Criminal Justice
Harry Box
2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Henry Salt'
2008
The Man Who Lives with Bears
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Dr Watson
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Intervention
Dr. Martin
2007
Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
2006
Amazing Grace
Lord Dundas
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
2006
Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005
Doctor Who
Edwin Bracewell
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bradley
2004
Lie with Me
DCI Collman
2004
Lie with Me
DCI Collman
2004
Shoebox Zoo
The Storyteller (voice)
2004
Sea of Souls
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
2004
Bright Young Things
Sir James Brown
2003
Canterbury Tales
Theo
2003
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
DI Nick Biddiss
2003
Trust
John Tilson
2003
Doctor Zhivago
Alexander Maximovich Gromeko
2002
Foyle's War
Patrick Jamieson
2002
Battle of the Atlantic
Himself - Narrator
2002
Crush
Gerald
2002
Born and Bred
Harry Woolf
2002
The Entity
2002
Othello
Sinclair Carver
2001
The Whistle-Blower
D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001
Behind Bars
Narrator
2001
Rebel Heart
James Connolly
2001
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000
Complicity
Wallace Byatt
2000
Wives and Daughters
Mr Gibson
1999
Sunshine
Minister of Justice
1999
The Match
Tommy
1999
Heart
Mr. Kreitman
1999
Hilary and Jackie
Cello Teacher
1998
The Animal Train
Walrus
1998
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Ben White
1997
Spice World
Brian
1997
Melissa
DCI Cameron
1997
Victory
Capt. Davidson
1996
The Crow Road
Kenneth McHoan
1996
The Writing on the Wall
Bull
1996
Chaplin's Goliath
Narrator (voice)
1996
Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
1995
Oliver's Travels
Baxter
1995
The Turnaround
James Webb
1995
Sharman
James Webb
1995
The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
1995
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
1994
Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
1994
Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
1993
God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
1992
Chaplin
Stage Manager
1992
Murder Most Horrid
Chief Inspector
1991
Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
1991
The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
1991
Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
1990
The Witches
Mr Jenkins
1990
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
1989
Screen One
PC Howard Mullen
1989
Traffik
John Lithgow
1989
The Rachel Papers
Gordon Highway
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
1989
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Henry Salt
1988
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Titorelli
1988
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
1988
Byrne About Byrne
Father/F.S. McDade
1988
The Play on One
Alex McPherson
1988
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Titorelli
1988
The Story of a Recluse
The Producer
1987
The Interrogation of John
Det. Supt. Chase
1987
Friendship's Death
Sullivan
1987
Lily My Love
Colin
1987
Hidden City
Anthony
1987
Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
1987
The Singing Detective
Dr Gibbon
1986
ScreenPlay
Colin
1986
Defence of the Realm
Jack Macleod
1986
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
1985
Dutch Girls
Mr Mole
1985
The Killing Fields
Dr. MacEntire
1984
A Private Function
Wormold
1984
Comfort and Joy
Alan
1984
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Ally Fraser
1983
The Ploughman's Lunch
Lecturer
1983
Smiley's People
Lauder Strickland
1982
United Kingdom
Tony
1981
The Cherry Orchard
Lopakhin
1981
One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
1979
The Vanishing Army
Girling
1978
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
1978
The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
1978
Life of Shakespeare
King James I
1978
Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
1978
The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Girling
1977
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Various
1974
Clydescope
Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1974
Play for Today
Luke
1970
Omnibus
1967
Horizon
1964
Tomb Raider
Winston