Personal Info
Known Credits
105
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1945-06-03 (80 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Also Known For
Bill Paterson
Biography
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 Wh ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
The House Was Not Hungry Then
| Father
2024 --
Arthur's Whisky
| Henry
2024 --
Children of the Wicker Man
| Self
2024 --
A Bear Named Wojtek
| Zoo Director (voice)
2022 --
The Spirit of 1926
| Family Lawyer
2021 --
The Colour Room
| Gordon Forsythe
2020 --
Rebecca
| Dr. Baker
2020 --
Marionette
| Dr. Mandelbaum
2020 --
Love Sarah
| Felix
2019 --
The Day Mountbatten Died
| Narrator (voice)
2018 --
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
| Gordon Burstead
2018 --
Wonderdate
| Kolodon
2017 --
The Man Who Invented Christmas
| Mr. Grimsby
2016 --
Churchill's Secret
| Lord Moran
2016 --
Dad's Army
| Private Frazer
2015 --
High-Rise
| Mercer
2015 --
The Vote
| Simon Featherstone
2014 --
Documenting John Grierson
| Narrator
2013 --
The List
| Reg Troughton
2012 --
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
| Narrator
2011 --
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
| Judge Underwood
2011 --
The Man who Crossed Hitler
| Kurt Ohnesorge
2011 --
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
| Narrator (Voice)
2009 --
Ghosts in the Machine
| Himself
2009 --
Creation
| Dr. Gully
2009 --
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
| Dr James Niven
2009 --
Into the Storm
| Clement Attlee
2009 --
1929: The Great Crash
| Narrator
2008 --
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
| Richard Young
2008 --
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
| Self - 'Henry Salt'
2008 --
The Man Who Lives with Bears
| Self - Narrator (voice)
2007 --
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
| Dr Watson
2007 --
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
| Self
2007 --
Intervention
| Dr. Martin
2006 --
Miss Potter
| Rupert Potter
2006 --
Amazing Grace
| Lord Dundas
2006 --
A War on Science
| Narrator (voice)
2006 --
Fascism in Colour
| Narrator (voice)
2005 --
Rag Tale
| Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2004 --
Lie with Me
| DCI Collman
2003 --
Bright Young Things
| Sir James Brown
2003 --
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
| DI Nick Biddiss
2002 --
Home Road Movies
| Father
2002 --
Crush
| Gerald
2002 --
The Entity
|
2001 --
Othello
| Sinclair Carver
2001 --
The Whistle-Blower
| D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001 --
Behind Bars
| Narrator
2000 --
Complicity
| Wallace Byatt
1999 --
Chrono-Perambulator
| Professor Teddy Knox
1999 --
Sunshine
| Minister of Justice
1999 --
The Match
| Tommy
1999 --
Heart
| Mr. Kreitman
1998 --
Hilary and Jackie
| Cello Teacher
1997 --
Mr White Goes To Westminster
| Ben White
1997 --
Spice World
| Brian
1996 --
Victory
| Capt. Davidson
1996 --
The Writing on the Wall
| Bull
1996 --
Chaplin's Goliath
| Narrator (voice)
1995 --
Richard III
| Sir Richard Ratcliffe
1995 --
The Pen
|
1995 --
The Turnaround
| James Webb
1995 --
The Riddle of the Sands
| Narrator
1994 --
Hard Times
| Stephen Blackpool
1993 --
Wall of Silence
| Howard Mullen
1992 --
God on the Rocks
| Kenneth Marsh
1992 --
In Dreams
| Dr Gold
1992 --
Chaplin
| Stage Manager
1992 --
Tell Tale Hearts
| Anthony Steadman
1991 --
Truly Madly Deeply
| Sandy
1991 --
The Object of Beauty
| Victor Swayle
1990 --
Yellowbacks
| Alex McPherson
1990 --
The Witches
| Mr Jenkins
1989 --
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
| Jordan
1989 --
The Rachel Papers
| Gordon Highway
1989 --
The Return of the Musketeers
| Charles I
1988 --
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
| Henry Salt
1988 --
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
| Titorelli
1988 --
Just Ask for Diamond
| Chief Inspector Snape
1988 --
Byrne About Byrne
| Father/F.S. McDade
1987 --
The Interrogation of John
| Det. Supt. Chase
1987 --
Friendship's Death
| Sullivan
1987 --
Lily My Love
| Colin
1987 --
Hidden City
| Anthony
1987 --
Coming Up Roses
| Mr. Valentine
1986 --
God's Chosen Car Park
| Victor Rosen
1986 --
Defence of the Realm
| Jack Macleod
1985 --
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
| Self
1985 --
Dutch Girls
| Mr Mole
1984 --
The Killing Fields
| Dr. MacEntire
1984 --
A Private Function
| Wormold
1984 --
Comfort and Joy
| Alan
1983 --
The Ploughman's Lunch
| Lecturer
1981 --
United Kingdom
| Tony
1981 --
The Cherry Orchard
| Lopakhin
1979 --
One Fine Day
| Third Man in Lift
1978 --
The Vanishing Army
| Girling
1978 --
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
| Bus Conductor
1978 --
The Odd Job
| Sergeant Mull
1978 --
Licking Hitler
| Archie MacLean
1977 --
The Thin End of the Wedge
| Luke
1977 --
The Garden Beyond
| Jim Finlayson
1974 --
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
| Various
1974 --
Clydescope
| Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)