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 Who (2010), Outlander (2014), Fleabag (2016–2019), Inside No. 9 (2018), Good Omens (2019), Brassic (2020) and House of the Dragon (2022). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs. William Tulloch Paterson was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1945. Paterson was raised in Dennistoun by his father, a plumber, and his mother, a hairdresser. He states that his interest in acting began with a school trip to the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals in 1961. However, after school he chose to initially pursue a career based on an interest in architecture and spent three years as a quantity surveyor's apprentice before deciding to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
113 movies · 65 shows
Ladies First
2026·6.0
Being Stanley Baxter
2025·0.0
The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025·4.2
Arthur's Whisky
2024·5.6
Children of the Wicker Man
2024·0.0
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023·8.0
The Spirit of 1926
2022·0.0
The Colour Room
2021·6.1
Rebecca
2020·6.3
Marionette
2020·6.3
Love Sarah
2020·6.2
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019·10.0
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018·6.4
Wonderdate
2018·6.0
Zanzibar
2018·0.0
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017·6.8
Churchill's Secret
2016·6.3
Dad's Army
2016·5.0
High-Rise
2015·5.6
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015·0.0
The Vote
2015·8.4
Documenting John Grierson
2014·0.0
The List
2013·4.3
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012·0.0
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011·5.5
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011·6.5
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011·0.0
Ghosts in the Machine
2009·0.0
Creation
2009·6.4
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009·7.3
Into the Storm
2009·6.4
1929: The Great Crash
2009·7.2
Gone Fishing
2008·8.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008·6.0
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008·7.8
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008·0.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007·6.8
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007·0.0
Intervention
2007·5.5
Miss Potter
2006·6.6
Amazing Grace
2006·6.9
A War on Science
2006·8.0
Fascism in Colour
2006·7.5
Rag Tale
2005·3.4
Lie with Me
2004·5.7
Bright Young Things
2003·6.3
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003·8.5
Crush
2002·5.6
Home Road Movies
2002·6.4
The Entity
2002·8.0
Othello
2001·6.9
The Whistle-Blower
2001·7.8
Behind Bars
2001·0.0
Complicity
2000·5.8
Chrono-Perambulator
1999·10.0
Sunshine
1999·6.4
The Match
1999·6.0
Heart
1999·5.4
Hilary and Jackie
1998·6.6
The Animal Train
1998·7.0
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997·5.0
Spice World
1997·4.9
Victory
1996·5.2
The Writing on the Wall
1996·3.6
Chaplin's Goliath
1996·6.6
Richard III
1995·6.8
The Pen
1995·0.0
The Turnaround
1995·5.0
The Riddle of the Sands
1995·0.0
Hard Times
1994·7.7
Wall of Silence
1993·8.0
God on the Rocks
1992·7.0
In Dreams
1992·8.5
Chaplin
1992·7.4
Tell Tale Hearts
1992·8.0
Truly Madly Deeply
1991·6.9
The Object of Beauty
1991·5.3
Yellowbacks
1990·8.0
The Witches
1990·6.9
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989·8.3
The Rachel Papers
1989·5.1
The Return of the Musketeers
1989·6.2
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988·7.0
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988·0.0
Just Ask for Diamond
1988·5.6
Byrne About Byrne
1988·0.0
The Story of a Recluse
1987·0.0
The Interrogation of John
1987·0.0
Friendship's Death
1987·6.9
Lily My Love
1987·0.0
Hidden City
1987·5.4
Coming Up Roses
1987·6.7
God's Chosen Car Park
1986·0.0
Defence of the Realm
1986·6.5
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985·0.0
Dutch Girls
1985·4.1
The Killing Fields
1984·7.5
A Private Function
1984·6.4
Comfort and Joy
1984·6.6
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983·5.1
United Kingdom
1981·7.0
The Cherry Orchard
1981·7.0
One Fine Day
1979·5.3
The Vanishing Army
1978·0.0
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978·0.0
The Odd Job
1978·5.9
Licking Hitler
1978·0.0
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977·0.0
The Garden Beyond
1977·0.0
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974·8.0
Clydescope
1974·7.0
Suilven Spring
1974·0.0
Passing Places
1973·0.0