Bill Paterson
1945-06-03
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Age: 79
ACTING
Biography
Bill Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor.
Best known for:
Filmography:
Play for Today (1970)
APPEREAD AS:Luke
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (1974)
APPEREAD AS:Various
Clydescope (1974)
APPEREAD AS:Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)
APPEREAD AS:Luke
Life of Shakespeare (1978)
APPEREAD AS:King James I
The Odd Job (1978)
APPEREAD AS:Sergeant Mull
Licking Hitler (1978)
APPEREAD AS:Archie MacLean
The Vanishing Army (1978)
APPEREAD AS:Girling
Jackie McCafferty's Romance (1978)
APPEREAD AS:Bus Conductor
One Fine Day (1979)
APPEREAD AS:Third Man in Lift
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
APPEREAD AS:Lopakhin
United Kingdom (1981)
APPEREAD AS:Tony
Smiley's People (1982)
APPEREAD AS:Lauder Strickland
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
APPEREAD AS:Ally Fraser
The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)
APPEREAD AS:Lecturer
The Killing Fields (1984)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. MacEntire
Comfort and Joy (1984)
APPEREAD AS:Alan
A Private Function (1984)
APPEREAD AS:Wormold
Dutch Girls (1985)
APPEREAD AS:Mr Mole
The Singing Detective (1986)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. Gibbon
Defence of the Realm (1986)
APPEREAD AS:Jack Macleod
Hidden City (1987)
APPEREAD AS:Anthony
Friendship's Death (1987)
APPEREAD AS:Sullivan
Coming Up Roses (1987)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Valentine
Lily My Love (1987)
APPEREAD AS:Colin
The Interrogation of John (1987)
APPEREAD AS:Det. Supt. Chase
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
APPEREAD AS:Henry Salt
Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
APPEREAD AS:Chief Inspector Snape
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)
APPEREAD AS:Titorelli
The Play on One (1988)
APPEREAD AS:Alex McPherson
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' (1988)
APPEREAD AS:Titorelli
Byrne About Byrne (1988)
APPEREAD AS:Father/F.S. McDade
Traffik (1989)
APPEREAD AS:John Lithgow
The Rachel Papers (1989)
APPEREAD AS:Gordon Highway
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
APPEREAD AS:Charles I
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1989)
APPEREAD AS:Jordan
The Witches (1990)
APPEREAD AS:Mr Jenkins
Yellowbacks (1990)
APPEREAD AS:Alex McPherson
Murder Most Horrid (1991)
APPEREAD AS:Chief Inspector
Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
APPEREAD AS:Sandy
The Object of Beauty (1991)
APPEREAD AS:Victor Swayle
Chaplin (1992)
APPEREAD AS:Stage Manager
In Dreams (1992)
APPEREAD AS:Dr Gold
God on the Rocks (1992)
APPEREAD AS:Kenneth Marsh
Wall of Silence (1993)
APPEREAD AS:Howard Mullen
Hard Times (1994)
APPEREAD AS:Stephen Blackpool
Hard Times (1994)
APPEREAD AS:Stephen Blackpool
Oliver's Travels (1995)
APPEREAD AS:Baxter
Richard III (1995)
APPEREAD AS:Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Sharman (1995)
APPEREAD AS:James Webb
The Turnaround (1995)
APPEREAD AS:James Webb
The Riddle of the Sands (1995)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator
The Crow Road (1996)
APPEREAD AS:Kenneth McHoan
Victory (1996)
APPEREAD AS:Capt. Davidson
Chaplin's Goliath (1996)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator (voice)
The Writing on the Wall (1996)
APPEREAD AS:Bull
Spice World (1997)
APPEREAD AS:Brian
Melissa (1997)
APPEREAD AS:DCI Cameron
Mr White Goes To Westminster (1997)
APPEREAD AS:Ben White
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
APPEREAD AS:Cello Teacher
Wives and Daughters (1999)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Gibson
Sunshine (1999)
APPEREAD AS:Minister of Justice
Heart (1999)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Kreitman
The Match (1999)
APPEREAD AS:Tommy
Complicity (2000)
APPEREAD AS:Wallace Byatt
Rebel Heart (2001)
APPEREAD AS:James Connolly
Othello (2001)
APPEREAD AS:Sinclair Carver
The Whistle-Blower (2001)
APPEREAD AS:D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Behind Bars (2001)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator
Doctor Zhivago (2002)
APPEREAD AS:Alexander Gromyko
Born and Bred (2002)
APPEREAD AS:Harry Woolf
Crush (2002)
APPEREAD AS:Gerald
Canterbury Tales (2003)
APPEREAD AS:Theo
Bright Young Things (2003)
APPEREAD AS:Sir James Brown
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness (2003)
APPEREAD AS:DI Nick Biddiss
Shoebox Zoo (2004)
APPEREAD AS:The Storyteller (voice)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
APPEREAD AS:Bradley
Sea of Souls (2004)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. Douglas Monaghan
Lie with Me (2004)
APPEREAD AS:DCI Collman
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
APPEREAD AS:Bishop (director's cut)
Doctor Who (2005)
APPEREAD AS:Edwin Bracewell
Rag Tale (2005)
APPEREAD AS:Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Miss Potter (2006)
APPEREAD AS:Rupert Potter
Amazing Grace (2006)
APPEREAD AS:Lord Dundas
Fascism in Colour (2006)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator (voice)
A War on Science (2006)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator (voice)
Intervention (2007)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. Martin
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
APPEREAD AS:Dr Watson
Criminal Justice (2008)
APPEREAD AS:Harry Box
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
APPEREAD AS:Richard Young
Law & Order: UK (2009)
APPEREAD AS:George Castle
Creation (2009)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. Gully
Into the Storm (2009)
APPEREAD AS:Clement Attlee
1929: The Great Crash (2009)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)
APPEREAD AS:Dr James Niven
The Man who Crossed Hitler (2011)
APPEREAD AS:Kurt Ohnesorge
Dirk Gently (2012)
APPEREAD AS:Professor Jericho
Them From That Thing (2012)
APPEREAD AS:Various
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games (2012)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator
Shetland (2013)
APPEREAD AS:James Perez
The List (2013)
APPEREAD AS:Reg Troughton
Scot Squad (2014)
APPEREAD AS:Sir Neville Archibald
Outlander (2014)
APPEREAD AS:Ned Gowan
Inside No. 9 (2014)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Green
37 Days (2014)
APPEREAD AS:Lord Morley
High-Rise (2015)
APPEREAD AS:Mercer
The Vote (2015)
APPEREAD AS:Simon Featherstone
Fleabag (2016)
APPEREAD AS:Dad
The Rebel (2016)
APPEREAD AS:Charles
Dad's Army (2016)
APPEREAD AS:Private Frazer
Churchill's Secret (2016)
APPEREAD AS:Lord Moran
Urban Myths (2017)
APPEREAD AS:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Grimsby
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
APPEREAD AS:Gordon Burstead
Wonderdate (2018)
APPEREAD AS:Kolodon
Good Omens (2019)
APPEREAD AS:Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
Brassic (2019)
APPEREAD AS:Tony Tillerton
Guilt (2019)
APPEREAD AS:Roy Lynch
The Day Mountbatten Died (2019)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator (voice)
Rebecca (2020)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. Baker
Marionette (2020)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. Mandelbaum
Love Sarah (2020)
APPEREAD AS:Felix
Britain’s Scenic Railways (2021)
APPEREAD AS:Narrator
The Colour Room (2021)
APPEREAD AS:Gordon Forsythe
Halo (2022)
APPEREAD AS:Ackerson's Dad
The Sandman (2022)
APPEREAD AS:Dr. John Hathaway
House of the Dragon (2022)
APPEREAD AS:Lord Lyman Beesbury
Arthur's Whisky (2024)
APPEREAD AS:Henry
A Bear Named Wojtek (2024)
APPEREAD AS:Zoo Director (voice)
The House Was Not Hungry Then (2025)
APPEREAD AS:Dad