Bill Paterson
3. juuni 1945 (81 aastat), 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 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
Filmograafia
- 2024Arthur's Whisky (Henry)
- 2023A Bear Named Wojtek (Zoo Director (voice))
- 2021The Colour Room (Gordon Forsythe)
- 2020Marionette (Dr. Mandelbaum)
- 2020Love Sarah (Felix)
- 2019The Day Mountbatten Died (Narrator (voice))
- 2018Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (Gordon Burstead)
- 2018Wonderdate (Kolodon)
- 2017The Man Who Invented Christmas (Mr. Grimsby)
- 2016Churchill's Secret (Lord Moran)
- 2016Dad's Army (Private Frazer)
- 2015High-Rise (Mercer)
- 2015The Vote (Simon Featherstone)
- 2014Documenting John Grierson (Narrator)
- 2013The List (Reg Troughton)
- 2012Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games (Narrator)
- 2011Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me (Judge Underwood)
- 2011The Man who Crossed Hitler (Kurt Ohnesorge)
- 2009Ghosts in the Machine (Himself)
- 2009Creation (Dr. Gully)
- 2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (Dr James Niven)
- 2009Into the Storm (Clement Attlee)
- 20091929: The Great Crash (Narrator)
- 2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (Richard Young)
- 2008The Man Who Lives with Bears (Self - Narrator (voice))
- 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (Dr Watson)
- 2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (Self)
- 2007Intervention (Dr. Martin)
- 2006Miss Potter (Rupert Potter)
- 2006Amazing Grace (Lord Dundas)
- 2006A War on Science (Narrator (voice))
- 2005Rag Tale (Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd)
- 2004Lie with Me (DCI Collman)
- 2003Bright Young Things (Sir James Brown)
- 2003Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (DI Nick Biddiss)
- 2002Crush (Gerald)
- 2001Othello (Sinclair Carver)
- 2001The Whistle-Blower (D.I. Neil Sleightholme)
- 2000Complicity (Wallace Byatt)
- 1999Chrono-Perambulator (Professor Teddy Knox)
- 1999Päikesepaiste maitse (Minister of Justice)
- 1999The Match (Tommy)
- 1999Heart (Mr. Kreitman)
- 1998Hilary and Jackie (Cello Teacher)
- 1997Mr White Goes To Westminster (Ben White)
- 1997Spice World (Brian)
- 1996Victory (Capt. Davidson)
- 1996The Writing on the Wall (Bull)
- 1996Chaplin's Goliath (Narrator (voice))
- 1995Richard III (Sir Richard Ratcliffe)
- 1995The Turnaround (James Webb)
- 1995The Riddle of the Sands (Narrator)
- 1994Hard Times (Stephen Blackpool)
- 1993Wall of Silence (Howard Mullen)
- 1992In Dreams (Dr Gold)
- 1992Chaplin (Stage Manager)
- 1992Tell Tale Hearts (Anthony Steadman)
- 1991Truly Madly Deeply (Sandy)
- 1991The Object of Beauty (Victor Swayle)
- 1990Yellowbacks (Alex McPherson)
- 1990The Witches (Mr Jenkins)
- 1989Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (Jordan)
- 1989The Rachel Papers (Gordon Highway)
- 1989The Return of the Musketeers (Charles I)
- 1988The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Henry Salt)
- 1988Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' (Titorelli)
- 1988Just Ask for Diamond (Chief Inspector Snape)
- 1988Byrne About Byrne (Father/F.S. McDade)
- 1987The Interrogation of John (Det. Supt. Chase)
- 1987Friendship's Death (Sullivan)
- 1987Lily My Love (Colin)
- 1987Rhosyn a Rhith (Mr. Valentine)
- 1986God's Chosen Car Park (Victor Rosen)
- 1986Defence of the Realm (Jack Macleod)
- 1985Dutch Girls (Mr Mole)
- 1984The Killing Fields (Dr. MacEntire)
- 1984A Private Function (Wormold)
- 1984Comfort and Joy (Alan)
- 1981The Cherry Orchard (Lopakhin)
- 1979One Fine Day (Third Man in Lift)
- 1978Licking Hitler (Archie MacLean)
- 1974The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (Various)
- -The White Room (Jackie Jordan)
- 2026Ladies First (Louis)
- 2025Being Stanley Baxter (Self)
- 2025The House Was Not Hungry Then (Father)
- 2025The Repair Shop on the Road (Self - Narrator)
- 2024Children of the Wicker Man (Self)
- 2022The Spirit of 1926 (Family Lawyer)
- 2022Lohede koda (Lord Lyman Beesbury)
- 2022The Sandman (Dr. John Hathaway)
- 2022Halo (Ackerson's Dad)
- 2021Britain’s Scenic Railways (Narrator)
- 2020Rebecca (Dr. Baker)
- 2020Between the Covers (Self)
- 2019Guilt (Roy Lynch)
- 2019Brassic (Tony Tillerton)
- 2019Good Omens (Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch)
- 2018Zanzibar (Mr Green)
- 2017The Repair Shop (Narrator (voice))
- 2017Urban Myths (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
- 2016Fleabag (Dad)
- 2016The Rebel (Charles)
- 2015Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
- 2014Scot Squad (Sir Neville Archibald)
- 2014Outlander (Ned Gowan)
- 201437 Days (Lord Morley)
- 2014Inside No. 9 (Mr. Green)
- 2013Shetland (James Perez)
- 2012Them From That Thing (Various)
- 2012Dirk Gently (Professor Jericho)
- 2011The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema (Narrator (Voice))
- 2010Birds Britannia
- 2010The Michael Ball Show (Self)
- 2009Law & Order: UK (George Castle)
- 2008Gone Fishing (Old Bill)
- 2008Little Dorrit (Mr. Meagles)
- 2008Criminal Justice (Harry Box)
- 2008The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (Self - 'Henry Salt')
- 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (Dr Watson)
- 2006The One Show (Self - Guest)
- 2006Fascism in Colour (Narrator (voice))
- 2005A Passion for Churches (Narrator)
- 2005ShakespeaRe-Told
- 2005Doctor Who (Edwin Bracewell)
- 2004Agatha Christie's Marple (Bradley)
- 2004Lie with Me (DCI Collman)
- 2004Shoebox Zoo (The Storyteller (voice))
- 2004Sea of Souls (Dr. Douglas Monaghan)
- 2003Canterbury Tales (Theo)
- 2003Trust (John Tilson)
- 2002Doctor Zhivago (Alexander Maximovich Gromeko)
- 2002Foyle'i sõda (Patrick Jamieson)
- 2002Battle of the Atlantic (Himself - Narrator)
- 2002Home Road Movies (Father)
- 2002Born and Bred (Harry Woolf)
- 2002The Entity
- 2001Behind Bars (Narrator)
- 2001Rebel Heart (James Connolly)
- 2000The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
- 1999Wives and Daughters (Mr Gibson)
- 1998Oi! Get Off Our Train (Walrus)
- 1997Arthouse (Self)
- 1997Melissa (DCI Cameron)
- 1996The Crow Road (Kenneth McHoan)
- 1995The Ghostbusters of East Finchley (Joe Small)
- 1995The Pen
- 1995Oliver's Travels (Baxter)
- 1995Sharman (James Webb)
- 1994Junior Masterchef
- 1994Hard Times (Stephen Blackpool)
- 1992God on the Rocks (Kenneth Marsh)
- 1991Murder Most Horrid (Chief Inspector)
- 1991Shrinks (Matt Hennessey)
- 1989Screen One (PC Howard Mullen)
- 1989Traffik (John Lithgow)
- 1988The Play on One (Alex McPherson)
- 1988The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (Titorelli)
- 1987The Story of a Recluse (The Producer)
- 1987Hidden City (Anthony)
- 1986The Singing Detective (Dr Gibbon)
- 1986ScreenPlay (Colin)
- 1986ScreenPlay (Det. Supt. Chase)
- 1985Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (Self)
- 1983Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (Ally Fraser)
- 1983The Ploughman's Lunch (Lecturer)
- 1982Smiley's People (Lauder Strickland)
- 1981United Kingdom (Tony)
- 1978The Vanishing Army (Girling)
- 1978Jackie McCafferty's Romance (Bus Conductor)
- 1978The Odd Job (Sergeant Mull)
- 1977The Thin End of the Wedge (Luke)
- 1977BBC2 Play of the Week (Girling)
- 1977The Garden Beyond (Jim Finlayson)
- 1974Clydescope (Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited))
- 1974Suilven Spring
- 1973Passing Places
- 1970Play for Today (Luke)
- 1970Play for Today (Archie MacLean)
- -Tomb Raider (Winston)
- 1970Play for Today (McChuckemup / Texas Jim etc)
- 1967Omnibus
- 1964Horizon