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Bill Paterson
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 do…
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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. 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
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2026
Ladies First
Movie Louis
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2025
Being Stanley Baxter
Movie Self
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2025
The House Was Not Hungry Then
Movie Father
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2025
The Repair Shop on the Road
TV show Self - Narrator
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2024
Arthur's Whisky
Movie Henry
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2024
Children of the Wicker Man
Movie Self
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2023
A Bear Named Wojtek
Movie Zoo Director (voice)
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2022
The Spirit of 1926
Movie Family Lawyer
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2022
House of the Dragon
TV show Lord Lyman Beesbury
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2022
The Sandman
TV show Dr. John Hathaway
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2022
Halo
TV show Ackerson's Dad
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2021
The Colour Room
Movie Gordon Forsythe
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2021
Britain’s Scenic Railways
TV show Narrator
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2020
Rebecca
Movie Dr. Baker
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2020
Between the Covers
TV show Self
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2020
Marionette
Movie Dr. Mandelbaum
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2020
Love Sarah
Movie Felix
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2019
Guilt
TV show Roy Lynch
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2019
Brassic
TV show Tony Tillerton
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2019
The Day Mountbatten Died
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2019
Good Omens
TV show Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
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2018
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Movie Gordon Burstead
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2018
Wonderdate
Movie Kolodon
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2018
Zanzibar
Movie Mr Green
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2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Movie Mr. Grimsby
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2017
The Repair Shop
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2017
Urban Myths
TV show Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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2016
Fleabag
TV show Dad
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2016
The Rebel
TV show Charles
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2016
Churchill's Secret
Movie Lord Moran
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2016
Dad's Army
Movie Private Frazer
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2015
High-Rise
Movie Mercer
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2015
The Vote
Movie Simon Featherstone
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2014
Scot Squad
TV show Sir Neville Archibald
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2014
Outlander
TV show Ned Gowan
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2014
37 Days
TV show Lord Morley
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2014
Documenting John Grierson
Movie Narrator
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Mr. Green
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2013
The List
Movie Reg Troughton
