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Bill Paterson
Jun 03, 1945 (80 years old) in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Known For
Doctor Who
House of the Dragon
Outlander
The Sandman
Halo
Credits
2025 ·
The House Was Not Hungry Then
as Father
2024 ·
Arthur's Whisky
as Henry
2024 ·
Children of the Wicker Man
as Self
2024 ·
A Bear Named Wojtek
as Zoo Director (voice)
2022 ·
The Spirit of 1926
as Family Lawyer
2022 ·
House of the Dragon
as Lord Lyman Beesbury
2022 ·
The Sandman
as Dr. John Hathaway
2022 ·
Halo
as Ackerson's Dad
2021 ·
The Colour Room
as Gordon Forsythe
2021 ·
Britain’s Scenic Railways
as Narrator
2020 ·
Rebecca
as Dr. Baker
2020 ·
Between the Covers
as Self
2020 ·
Marionette
as Dr. Mandelbaum
2020 ·
Love Sarah
as Felix
2019 ·
Guilt
as Roy Lynch
2019 ·
Brassic
as Tony Tillerton
2019 ·
The Day Mountbatten Died
as Narrator (voice)
2019 ·
Good Omens
as Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch
2018 ·
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
as Gordon Burstead
2018 ·
Wonderdate
as Kolodon
2017 ·
The Man Who Invented Christmas
as Mr. Grimsby
2017 ·
The Repair Shop
as Self - Narrator
2017 ·
The Repair Shop
as Narrator (voice)
2017 ·
Urban Myths
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2016 ·
Fleabag
as Dad
2016 ·
The Rebel
as Charles
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
as Sir Neville Archibald
2014 ·
Outlander
as Ned Gowan
2014 ·
37 Days
as Lord Morley
2014 ·
Documenting John Grierson
as Narrator
2014 ·
Inside No. 9
as Mr. Green
2013 ·
The List
as Reg Troughton
2013 ·
Shetland
as James Perez
2012 ·
Them From That Thing
as Various
2012 ·
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
as Narrator
2012 ·
Dirk Gently
as Professor Jericho
2011 ·
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
as Judge Underwood
2011 ·
The Man who Crossed Hitler
as Kurt Ohnesorge
2011 ·
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Narrator (Voice)
2010 ·
Birds Britannia
as
2010 ·
The Michael Ball Show
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
as George Castle
2009 ·
1929: The Great Crash
as Narrator
2008 ·
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Meagles
2008 ·
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Richard Young
2008 ·
Criminal Justice
as Harry Box
2008 ·
Criminal Justice
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
2007 ·
Intervention
as Dr. Martin
2006 ·
Miss Potter
as Rupert Potter
2006 ·
Amazing Grace
as Lord Dundas
2006 ·
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006 ·
A War on Science
as Narrator (voice)
2006 ·
Fascism in Colour
as Narrator (voice)
2005 ·
A Passion for Churches
as Narrator
2005 ·
ShakespeaRe-Told
as
2005 ·
Rag Tale
as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
2005 ·
Doctor Who
as Edwin Bracewell
2004 ·
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Bradley
2004 ·
Lie with Me
as DCI Collman
2004 ·
Shoebox Zoo
as The Storyteller (voice)
2004 ·
Sea of Souls
as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
2003 ·
Bright Young Things
as Sir James Brown
2003 ·
Canterbury Tales
as Theo
2003 ·
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
as DI Nick Biddiss
2002 ·
Doctor Zhivago
as Alexander Gromyko
2002 ·
Foyle's War
as Patrick Jamieson
2002 ·
Battle of the Atlantic
as Himself - Narrator
2002 ·
Crush
as Gerald
2002 ·
Home Road Movies
as Father
2002 ·
Born and Bred
as Harry Woolf
2002 ·
The Entity
as
2001 ·
Othello
as Sinclair Carver
2001 ·
The Whistle-Blower
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
2001 ·
Behind Bars
as Narrator
2001 ·
Rebel Heart
as James Connolly
2000 ·
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
as
2000 ·
Complicity
as Wallace Byatt
1999 ·
Chrono-Perambulator
as Professor Teddy Knox
1999 ·
Wives and Daughters
as Mr. Gibson
1999 ·
Sunshine
as Minister of Justice
1999 ·
The Match
as Tommy
1999 ·
Heart
as Mr. Kreitman
1998 ·
Hilary and Jackie
as Cello Teacher
1998 ·
The Animal Train
as Walrus
1997 ·
Mr White Goes To Westminster
as Ben White
1997 ·
Spice World
as Brian
1997 ·
Arthouse
as Self
1997 ·
Melissa
as DCI Cameron
1996 ·
Victory
as Capt. Davidson
1996 ·
The Crow Road
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 ·
Ghostbusters of East Finchley
as Joe Small
1995 ·
The Pen
as
1995 ·
Oliver's Travels
as Baxter
1995 ·
The Turnaround
as James Webb
1995 ·
Sharman
as James Webb
1995 ·
The Riddle of the Sands
as Narrator
1994 ·
Junior Masterchef
as
1994 ·
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
1994 ·
Hard Times
as Stephen Blackpool
1993 ·
Wall of Silence
as Howard Mullen
1992 ·
God on the Rocks
as Kenneth Marsh
1992 ·
In Dreams
as Dr Gold
1992 ·
Chaplin
as Stage Manager
1992 ·
Tell Tale Hearts
as Anthony Steadman
1991 ·
Murder Most Horrid
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 ·
A Wanted Man
as Det. Supt. Chase
1989 ·
Traffik
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
1988 ·
Byrne About Byrne
as Father/F.S. McDade
1988 ·
The Play on One
as Alex McPherson
1988 ·
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Titorelli
1987 ·
The Interrogation of John
as Det. Supt. Chase
1987 ·
Friendship's Death
as Sullivan
1987 ·
Lily My Love
as Colin
1987 ·
Hidden City
as Anthony
1987 ·
Coming Up Roses
as Mr. Valentine
1986 ·
God's Chosen Car Park
as Victor Rosen
1986 ·
The Singing Detective
as Dr. Gibbon
1986 ·
Defence of the Realm
as Jack Macleod
1985 ·
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
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
as Ally Fraser
1983 ·
The Ploughman's Lunch
as Lecturer
1982 ·
Smiley's People
as Lauder Strickland
1981 ·
United Kingdom
as Tony
1981 ·
The Cherry Orchard
as Lopakhin
1979 ·
One Fine Day
as Third Man in Lift
1978 ·
The Vanishing Army
as Girling
1978 ·
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
as Bus Conductor
1978 ·
The Odd Job
as Sergeant Mull
1978 ·
Life of Shakespeare
as King James I
1978 ·
Will Shakespeare
as
1978 ·
Licking Hitler
as Archie MacLean
1977 ·
The Thin End of the Wedge
as Luke
1977 ·
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Girling
1977 ·
The Garden Beyond
as Jim Finlayson
1974 ·
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
as Various
1974 ·
Clydescope
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1970 ·
Play for Today
as Luke
1964 ·
Horizon
as
2025 ·
The White Room
as Jackie Jordan
