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Bill Paterson

Acting
Known For

80 Years Old

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

Born

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK on 3rd June 1945

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Doctor Who
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Horizon
House of the Dragon Image
House of the Dragon
Lord Lyman Beesbury
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Outlander
Ned Gowan
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Agatha Christie's Marple
Bradley
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Shetland
James Perez
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Halo
Ackerson's Dad
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The One Show
Self - Guest
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The Sandman
Dr. John Hathaway
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Foyle's War
Patrick Jamieson
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Play for Today
Archie MacLean
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Play for Today
Luke
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Inside No. 9
Mr. Green
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Brassic
Tony Tillerton
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Good Omens
Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
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The Repair Shop
Narrator (voice)
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The Repair Shop
Self - Narrator
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Fleabag
Dad
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Hidden City
Anthony
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Law & Order: UK
George Castle
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BBC2 Play of the Week
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Richard III
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
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Miss Potter
Rupert Potter
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Heart
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Crush
Gerald
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Scot Squad
Sir Neville Archibald
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Urban Myths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Chaplin
Stage Manager
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Hilary and Jackie
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Byrne About Byrne
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Victory
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Othello
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The Cherry Orchard
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Rebecca
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Murder Most Horrid
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Arthur's Whisky
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Dad's Army
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Guilt
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Friendship's Death
Sullivan
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Little Dorrit
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Born and Bred
Harry Woolf
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Clydescope
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The Whistle-Blower
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Shoebox Zoo
The Storyteller (voice)
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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
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One Fine Day
Third Man in Lift
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Creation
Dr. Gully
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Between the Covers
Self
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Truly Madly Deeply
Sandy
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Wives and Daughters
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Arthouse
Self
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Sea of Souls
Dr. Douglas Monaghan
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The Play on One
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The Michael Ball Show
Self
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Lie with Me
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Smiley's People
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Complicity
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Junior Masterchef
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Canterbury Tales
Theo
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The Colour Room
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Chrono-Perambulator
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The Witches
Mr Jenkins
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Chaplin's Goliath
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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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The Killing Fields
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Doctor Zhivago
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Tony
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The Singing Detective
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The Rachel Papers
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
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Sharman
James Webb
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The Vote
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The Crow Road
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Amazing Grace
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Tomb Raider
Winston
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Traffik
John Lithgow
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Life of Shakespeare
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The Man Who Invented Christmas
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High-Rise
Mercer
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The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
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Rebel Heart
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Spice World
Brian
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Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
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Oliver's Travels
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Bright Young Things
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Melissa
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37 Days
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The Return of the Musketeers
Charles I
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Into the Storm
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Them From That Thing
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Wonderdate
Kolodon
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The White Room
Jackie Jordan
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Will Shakespeare
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The Pen
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Intervention
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Defence of the Realm
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Dutch Girls
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The List
Reg Troughton
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The Object of Beauty
Victor Swayle
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A Private Function
Wormold
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Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
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Comfort and Joy
Alan
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Licking Hitler
Archie MacLean
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Ghostbusters of East Finchley
Joe Small
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Hard Times
Stephen Blackpool
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Marionette
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Behind Bars
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Love Sarah
Felix
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The Rebel
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The Match
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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Gordon Burstead
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The House Was Not Hungry Then
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Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
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Churchill's Secret
Lord Moran
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Britain’s Scenic Railways
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
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Yellowbacks
Alex McPherson
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Battle of the Atlantic
Himself - Narrator
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Rag Tale
Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
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The Ploughman's Lunch
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The Man who Crossed Hitler
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Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
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Children of the Wicker Man
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The Spirit of 1926
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A Wanted Man
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The Day Mountbatten Died
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A War on Science
Narrator (voice)
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Lily My Love
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Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
Jordan
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The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
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In Dreams
Dr Gold
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The Entity
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1929: The Great Crash
Narrator
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The Turnaround
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The Odd Job
Sergeant Mull
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Wall of Silence
Howard Mullen
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Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
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Documenting John Grierson
Narrator
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Fascism in Colour
Narrator (voice)
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Birds Britannia
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The Vanishing Army
Girling
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The Interrogation of John
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Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
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The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Henry Salt'
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A Passion for Churches
Narrator
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God on the Rocks
Kenneth Marsh
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Coming Up Roses
Mr. Valentine
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Mr White Goes To Westminster
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A Bear Named Wojtek
Zoo Director (voice)
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The Thin End of the Wedge
Luke
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Home Road Movies
Father
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The Writing on the Wall
Bull
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The Animal Train
Walrus
Just Ask for Diamond Image
Just Ask for Diamond
Chief Inspector Snape
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Tell Tale Hearts
Anthony Steadman
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Gone Fishing
Old Bill
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The Man Who Lives with Bears
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Suilven Spring
Being Stanley Baxter Image
Being Stanley Baxter
Self
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Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
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Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
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The Garden Beyond
Jim Finlayson
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The Riddle of the Sands
Narrator
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Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
Narrator
Jackie McCafferty's Romance Image
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Bus Conductor
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God's Chosen Car Park
Victor Rosen