Bill Paterson
Known for: Acting
Born: June 3, 1945
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
Comfort and Joy
1984
Dutch Girls
1985
The Riddle of the Sands
1995
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008
Documenting John Grierson
2014
Friendship's Death
1987
Lily My Love
1987
Chaplin's Goliath
1996
A War on Science
2006
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012
1929: The Great Crash
2009
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997
The Vanishing Army
1978
The Garden Beyond
1977
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019
Tell Tale Hearts
1992
Wall of Silence
1993
Fascism in Colour
2006
The Entity
2002
Behind Bars
2001
Home Road Movies
2002
The Pen
1995
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015
Gone Fishing
2008
Suilven Spring
1974
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007
The Writing on the Wall
1996
Licking Hitler
1978
The Whistle-Blower
2001
The Cherry Orchard
1981
In Dreams
1992
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003
The Turnaround
1995
Chrono-Perambulator
1999
Love Sarah
2020
The Spirit of 1926
2022
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009
Hidden City
1987
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
Passing Places
1973
Yellowbacks
1990
Hard Times
1994
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
The White Room
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018
United Kingdom
1981
Wonderdate
2018
God on the Rocks
1992
Complicity
2000
Miss Potter
2006
The List
2013
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011
Lie with Me
2004
Clydescope
1974
Crush
2002
Rag Tale
2005
The Rachel Papers
1989
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025
The Witches
1990
Defence of the Realm
1986
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974
The Object of Beauty
1991
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
The Odd Job
1978
Victory
1996
The Killing Fields
1984
A Private Function
1984
Churchill's Secret
2016
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983
Marionette
2020
The Animal Train
1998
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
Hilary and Jackie
1998
Arthur's Whisky
2024
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
Intervention
2007
Othello
2001
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Children of the Wicker Man
2024
The Colour Room
2021
Coming Up Roses
1987
Byrne About Byrne
1988
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
One Fine Day
1979
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Heart
1999
Rebecca
2020
Being Stanley Baxter
2025
Creation
2009
The Interrogation of John
1987
Dad's Army
2016
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
The Story of a Recluse
1987
Ladies First
2026
The Match
1999
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
Amazing Grace
2006
Sunshine
1999
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
Richard III
1995
Bright Young Things
2003
The Vote
2015
High-Rise
2015
Into the Storm
2009
Chaplin
1992
Spice World
1997
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
2000
The One Show
2006
Horizon
1964
Foyle's War
2002
Good Omens
2019
Law & Order: UK
2009
Criminal Justice
2008
Wives and Daughters
1999
Doctor Zhivago
2002
Little Dorrit
2008
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Traffik
1989
Oliver's Travels
1995
Sea of Souls
2004
Smiley's People
1982
Rebel Heart
2001
Life of Shakespeare
1978
Junior Masterchef
1994
The Michael Ball Show
2010
Doctor Who
2005
Birds Britannia
2010
Britain’s Scenic Railways
2021
37 Days
2014
The Crow Road
1996
Born and Bred
2002
Outlander
2014
Sharman
1995
Shetland
2013
Shoebox Zoo
2004
Arthouse
1997
Fleabag
2016
Between the Covers
2020
Urban Myths
2017
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
A Passion for Churches
2005
The Sandman
2022
House of the Dragon
2022
Halo
2022
Brassic
2019
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Them From That Thing
2012
Scot Squad
2014
The Repair Shop
2017
Inside No. 9
2014
Battle of the Atlantic
2002
Play for Today
1970
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
The Rebel
2016
Hard Times
1994
Guilt
2019
Dirk Gently
2012
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Singing Detective
1986
Melissa
1997
Tomb Raider
Kill Jackie
The Repair Shop on the Road
2025
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Canterbury Tales
2003
Omnibus
1967
ScreenPlay
1986
Screen One
1989
Trust
2003
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
1995
The Play on One
1988
Lie with Me
2004