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Bill Paterson
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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 Scott…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Bill Paterson's Filmography
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Ladies First
as Louis
Being Stanley Baxter
as Self
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
Love Sarah
as Felix
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
Zanzibar
as Mr Green
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Moran
Dad's Army
as Private Frazer
High-Rise
as Mercer
No Poster
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
The Vote
as Simon Featherstone
No Poster
Documenting John Grierson
as Narrator
The List
as Reg Troughton
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
No Poster
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
No Poster
Ghosts in the Machine
as Himself
Creation
as Dr. Gully
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Dr James Niven
Into the Storm
as Clement Attlee
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
Gone Fishing
as Old Bill
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Henry Salt'
The Man Who Lives with Bears
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
as Dr Watson
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
Crush
as Gerald
No Poster
Home Road Movies
as Father
The Entity
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Behind Bars
as Narrator
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
No Poster
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
The Match
as Tommy
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
The Animal Train
as Walrus
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
Spice World
as Brian
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
The Writing on the Wall
as Bull
Chaplin's Goliath
as Narrator (voice)
Richard III
as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
No Poster
The Pen
The Turnaround
as James Webb
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
No Poster
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
No Poster
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
Truly Madly Deeply
as Sandy
The Object of Beauty
as Victor Swayle
Yellowbacks
as Alex McPherson
The Witches
as Mr Jenkins
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
as Jordan
The Rachel Papers
as Gordon Highway
The Return of the Musketeers
as Charles I
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Henry Salt
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Titorelli
Just Ask for Diamond
as Chief Inspector Snape
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
The Story of a Recluse
as The Producer
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
Lily My Love
as Colin
Hidden City
as Anthony
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
No Poster
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
Dutch Girls
as Mr Mole
The Killing Fields
as Dr. MacEntire
A Private Function
as Wormold
Comfort and Joy
as Alan
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
United Kingdom
as Tony
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
No Poster
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
No Poster
Suilven Spring
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
No Poster
Passing Places
Just Dandy
as Self
No Poster
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan