Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

Acting

Born June 3, 1945 · Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

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…

Known for

House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon

2022

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

Outlander

Outlander

2014

Horizon

Horizon

1964

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

The One Show

The One Show

2006

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

Acting(181)

2026Ladies FirstLouis

2025Being Stanley BaxterSelf

2025The House Was Not Hungry ThenFather

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2025The Repair Shop on the RoadSelf - Narrator

2024Arthur's WhiskyHenry

2024Children of the Wicker ManSelf

2023A Bear Named WojtekZoo Director (voice)

2022The Spirit of 1926Family Lawyer

2022House of the DragonLord Lyman Beesbury

2022The SandmanDr. John Hathaway

2022HaloAckerson's Dad

2021The Colour RoomGordon Forsythe

2021Britain’s Scenic RailwaysNarrator

2020RebeccaDr. Baker

2020Between the CoversSelf

2020MarionetteDr. Mandelbaum

2020Love SarahFelix

2019GuiltRoy Lynch

2019BrassicTony Tillerton

2019The Day Mountbatten DiedNarrator (voice)

2019Good OmensTadfield Neighbourhood Watch

2018Happy New Year, Colin BursteadGordon Burstead

2018WonderdateKolodon

2018ZanzibarMr Green

2017The Man Who Invented ChristmasMr. Grimsby

2017The Repair ShopNarrator (voice)

2017Urban MythsSir Arthur Conan Doyle

2016The RebelCharles

2016Churchill's SecretLord Moran

2016Dad's ArmyPrivate Frazer

2015High-RiseMercer

2015Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story

2015The VoteSimon Featherstone

2014Scot SquadSir Neville Archibald

2014OutlanderNed Gowan

201437 DaysLord Morley

2014Documenting John GriersonNarrator

2014Inside No. 9Mr. Green

2013The ListReg Troughton

2013ShetlandJames Perez

2012Them From That ThingVarious

2012Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland GamesNarrator

2012Dirk GentlyProfessor Jericho

2011Fast Freddie, the Widow and MeJudge Underwood

2011The Man who Crossed HitlerKurt Ohnesorge

2011The Phoenix: A Century of CinemaNarrator (Voice)

2010Birds Britannia

2010The Michael Ball ShowSelf

2009Ghosts in the MachineHimself

2009CreationDr. Gully

2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenDr James Niven

2009Into the StormClement Attlee

2009Law & Order: UKGeorge Castle

20091929: The Great CrashNarrator

2008Gone FishingOld Bill

2008Little DorritMr. Meagles

2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleRichard Young

2008Criminal JusticeHarry Box

2008The Madness and Misadventures of MunchausenSelf - 'Henry Salt'

2008The Man Who Lives with BearsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street IrregularsDr Watson

2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf

2007InterventionDr. Martin

2006Miss PotterRupert Potter

2006Amazing GraceLord Dundas

2006The One ShowSelf - Guest

2006A War on ScienceNarrator (voice)

2006Fascism in ColourNarrator (voice)

2005A Passion for ChurchesNarrator

2005ShakespeaRe-Told

2005Rag TaleTulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd

2005Doctor WhoEdwin Bracewell

2004Agatha Christie's MarpleBradley

2004Lie with MeDCI Collman

2004Lie with MeDCI Collman

2004Shoebox ZooThe Storyteller (voice)

2004Sea of SoulsDr. Douglas Monaghan

2003Bright Young ThingsSir James Brown

2003Canterbury TalesTheo

2003Danielle Cable: EyewitnessDI Nick Biddiss

2003TrustJohn Tilson

2002Doctor ZhivagoAlexander Maximovich Gromeko

2002Foyle's WarPatrick Jamieson

2002Battle of the AtlanticHimself - Narrator

2002CrushGerald

2002Home Road MoviesFather

2002Born and BredHarry Woolf

2001OthelloSinclair Carver

2001The Whistle-BlowerD.I. Neil Sleightholme

2001Behind BarsNarrator

2001Rebel HeartJames Connolly

2000The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

2000ComplicityWallace Byatt

1999Chrono-PerambulatorProfessor Teddy Knox

1999Wives and DaughtersMr Gibson

1999SunshineMinister of Justice

1999The MatchTommy

1999HeartMr. Kreitman

1998Hilary and JackieCello Teacher

1998The Animal TrainWalrus

1997Mr White Goes To WestminsterBen White

1997Spice WorldBrian

1997ArthouseSelf

1997MelissaDCI Cameron

1996VictoryCapt. Davidson

1996The Crow RoadKenneth McHoan

1996The Writing on the WallBull

1996Chaplin's GoliathNarrator (voice)

1995Richard IIISir Richard Ratcliffe

1995The Ghostbusters of East FinchleyJoe Small

1995Oliver's TravelsBaxter

1995The TurnaroundJames Webb

1995SharmanJames Webb

1995The Riddle of the SandsNarrator

1994Junior Masterchef

1994Hard TimesStephen Blackpool

1994Hard TimesStephen Blackpool

1993Wall of SilenceHoward Mullen

1992God on the RocksKenneth Marsh

1992In DreamsDr Gold

1992ChaplinStage Manager

1992Tell Tale HeartsAnthony Steadman

1991Murder Most HorridChief Inspector

1991Truly Madly DeeplySandy

1991The Object of BeautyVictor Swayle

1991ShrinksMatt Hennessey

1990YellowbacksAlex McPherson

1990The WitchesMr Jenkins

1989Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleJordan

1989Screen OnePC Howard Mullen

1989TraffikJohn Lithgow

1989The Rachel PapersGordon Highway

1989The Return of the MusketeersCharles I

1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenHenry Salt

1988Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'Titorelli

1988Just Ask for DiamondChief Inspector Snape

1988Byrne About ByrneFather/F.S. McDade

1988The Play on OneAlex McPherson

1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersTitorelli

1987The Story of a RecluseThe Producer

1987The Interrogation of JohnDet. Supt. Chase

1987Friendship's DeathSullivan

1987Lily My LoveColin

1987Hidden CityAnthony

1987Coming Up RosesMr. Valentine

1986God's Chosen Car ParkVictor Rosen

1986The Singing DetectiveDr Gibbon

1986ScreenPlayColin

1986Defence of the RealmJack Macleod

1985Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, CameramanSelf

1985Dutch GirlsMr Mole

1984The Killing FieldsDr. MacEntire

1984A Private FunctionWormold

1984Comfort and JoyAlan

1983Auf Wiedersehen, PetAlly Fraser

1983The Ploughman's LunchLecturer

1982Smiley's PeopleLauder Strickland

1981United KingdomTony

1981The Cherry OrchardLopakhin

1979One Fine DayThird Man in Lift

1978The Vanishing ArmyGirling

1978Jackie McCafferty's RomanceBus Conductor

1978The Odd JobSergeant Mull

1978Life of ShakespeareKing James I

1978Licking HitlerArchie MacLean

1977The Thin End of the WedgeLuke

1977BBC2 Play of the WeekGirling

1977The Garden BeyondJim Finlayson

1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black OilVarious

1974ClydescopeModel Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

1974Suilven Spring

1973Passing Places

1970Play for TodayLuke

The White RoomJackie Jordan

Tomb RaiderWinston

Kill JackieOwain