Acting credits
154
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
154
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
1.3
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 104795
IMDb ID: nm0665473
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1945
Age: 80
Place of birth: Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q862358
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


Movie credits linked with Bill Paterson.
as Self
as Father
as Henry
as Self
as Zoo Director (voice)
as Family Lawyer
as Gordon Forsythe
as Dr. Baker
as Dr. Mandelbaum
as Felix
as Narrator (voice)
as Gordon Burstead
as Kolodon
as Mr. Grimsby
as Lord Moran
as Private Frazer
as Mercer
as Simon Featherstone
as Reg Troughton
as Narrator
as Judge Underwood
as Kurt Ohnesorge
as Dr. Gully
Series credits linked with Bill Paterson.
as Lord Lyman Beesbury • 8 eps
as Dr. John Hathaway • 1 eps
as Ackerson's Dad • 1 eps
as Narrator • 4 eps
as Self • 1 eps
as Roy Lynch • 2 eps
as Tony Tillerton • 2 eps
as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch • 3 eps
as Self - Narrator • 24 eps
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • 1 eps
as Dad • 9 eps
as Charles • 9 eps
as Sir Neville Archibald • 1 eps
as Ned Gowan • 8 eps
as Lord Morley • 3 eps
as Mr. Green • 1 eps
as James Perez • 2 eps
as Various • 2 eps
as Professor Jericho • 1 eps
as George Castle • 26 eps
as Mr. Meagles • 14 eps
as Harry Box • 5 eps
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
as Narrator • 12 eps