Bill Paterson

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Known Credits 141

Gender Male

Birthday 1945-06-03 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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Bill Paterson

Biography

Bill Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor.

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Acting

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2023

as Zoo Director (voice)

2022		House of the Dragon (8 episodes) as Lord Lyman Beesbury
2022		The Sandman (1 episode) as Dr. John Hathaway

2021		The Colour Room as Gordon Forsythe
2021		Britain’s Scenic Railways (4 episodes) as Narrator

2020		Rebecca as Dr. Baker
2020		Marionette as Dr. Mandelbaum
2020		Love Sarah as Felix

2019		Brassic (2 episodes) as Tony Tillerton
2019		The Day Mountbatten Died as Narrator (voice)
2019		Good Omens (3 episodes) as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch

2018		Happy New Year, Colin Burstead as Gordon Burstead
2018		Wonderdate as Kolodon
2018		Zanzibar as Mr. Green

2017		The Man Who Invented Christmas as Mr. Grimsby
2017		The Repair Shop (123 episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2017		Urban Myths (1 episode) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2016		Fleabag (9 episodes) as Dad
2016		Churchill's Secret as Lord Moran
2016		Dad's Army as Private Frazer

2015		High-Rise as Mercer
2015		The Vote as Simon Featherstone

2014		Scot Squad (1 episode) as Sir Neville Archibald
2014		Outlander (8 episodes) as Ned Gowan
2014		37 Days (3 episodes) as Lord Morley
2014		Documenting John Grierson as Narrator
2014		Inside No. 9 (1 episode) as Mr. Green

2013		The List as Reg Troughton
2013		Shetland (2 episodes) as James Perez

2012

(2 episodes) as Various

2011		Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me as Judge Underwood
2011		The Man who Crossed Hitler as Kurt Ohnesorge

2010		Birds Britannia (4 episodes)
2010		The Michael Ball Show (1 episode) as Self

2009		Ghosts in the Machine as Himself
2009		Creation as Dr. Gully
2009		Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen as Dr James Niven
2009		Into the Storm as Clement Attlee
2009		Law & Order: UK (26 episodes) as George Castle

2008		Little Dorrit (14 episodes)
2008		How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Richard Young
2008		Criminal Justice (5 episodes) as Harry Box
2008		The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Henry Salt'
2008		The Man Who Lives with Bears as Self - Narrator (voice)

2007		Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars as Dr Watson
2007		The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self

2006		Miss Potter as Rupert Potter
2006		Amazing Grace as Lord Dundas
2006		The One Show (1 episode) as Self - Guest
2006		A War on Science as Narrator
2006		Fascism in Colour as Narrator (voice)

2005		ShakespeaRe-Told (1 episode)
2005		Rag Tale as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005		Kingdom of Heaven as Bishop (director's cut)
2005		Doctor Who (2 episodes) as Edwin Bracewell

2004		Agatha Christie's Marple (1 episode) as Bradley
2004		Shoebox Zoo (26 episodes) as The Storyteller (voice)
2004		Sea of Souls (20 episodes) as Dr. Douglas Monaghan

2003		Bright Young Things as Sir James Brown
2003		Canterbury Tales (6 episodes) as Theo
2003		Danielle Cable: Eyewitness as DI Nick Biddiss

2002		Doctor Zhivago (3 episodes) as Alexander Gromyko
2002		Foyle's War (1 episode)
2002		Battle of the Atlantic (3 episodes) as Himself - Narrator
2002		Home Road Movies as Father
2002		Born and Bred (1 episode) as Harry Woolf
2002		The Entity

2001		Othello as Sinclair Carver
2001		Crush as Gerald
2001		The Whistle-Blower as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001		Behind Bars as Narrator
2001		Rebel Heart (4 episodes) as James Connolly

2000		The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (1 episode)
2000		Complicity as Wallace Byatt

1999		Chrono-Perambulator as Professor Teddy Knox
1999		Wives and Daughters (6 episodes) as Mr. Gibson
1999		Sunshine as Minister of Justice
1999		The Match as Tommy
1999		Heart as Mr. Kreitman

1998

as Cello Teacher

1997		Mr White Goes To Westminster as Ben White
1997		Spice World as Brian
1997		Arthouse (1 episode) as Self
1997		Melissa (5 episodes) as DCI Cameron

1996		Victory as Capt. Davidson
1996		The Crow Road (4 episodes) as Kenneth McHoan
1996		The Writing on the Wall as Bull
1996		Chaplin's Goliath as Narrator (voice)

1995		Richard III as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
1995		Oliver's Travels (5 episodes) as Baxter
1995		Sharman (1 episode) as James Webb
1995		The Turnaround as James Webb
1995		The Riddle of the Sands as Narrator

1994		Junior Masterchef (1 episode)
1994		Hard Times (4 episodes) as Stephen Blackpool
1994		Hard Times as Stephen Blackpool

1993

as Howard Mullen

1992		God on the Rocks as Kenneth Marsh
1992		Chaplin as Stage Manager
1992		Tell Tale Hearts as Anthony Steadman

1991		Murder Most Horrid (1 episode) as Chief Inspector
1991		Truly Madly Deeply as Sandy
1991		The Object of Beauty as Victor Swayle

1990		Yellowbacks as Alex McPherson
1990		The Witches as Mr Jenkins

1989		Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale as Jordan
1989		Traffik (6 episodes) as John Lithgow
1989		The Rachel Papers as Gordon Highway
1989		The Return of the Musketeers as Charles I

1988		The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Henry Salt
1988		Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Titorelli
1988		Just Ask for Diamond as Chief Inspector Snape

1987		The Interrogation of John as Det. Supt. Chase
1987		Friendship's Death as Sullivan
1987		Lily My Love as Colin
1987		Coming Up Roses as Mr. Valentine
1987		Hidden City as Anthony

1986		God's Chosen Car Park as Victor Rosen
1986		The Singing Detective (4 episodes) as Dr. Gibbon
1986		Defence of the Realm as Jack Macleod

1985		Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985		Dutch Girls as Mr Mole

1984		The Killing Fields as Dr. MacEntire
1984		A Private Function as Wormold
1984		Comfort and Joy as Alan

1983		Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (12 episodes) as Ally Fraser
1983		The Ploughman's Lunch as Lecturer

1982

(6 episodes) as Lauder Strickland

1981		United Kingdom as Tony
1981		The Cherry Orchard as Lopakhin

1979

1978		The Vanishing Army as Girling
1978		The Odd Job as Sergeant Mull
1978		Will Shakespeare (1 episode)
1978		Life of Shakespeare (1 episode)
1978		Licking Hitler as Archie MacLean

1977		The Thin End of the Wedge as Luke
1977		The Garden Beyond as Jim Finlayson

1974

as Various

1964

(1 episode)

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