Acting · Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK · 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 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
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as Narrator (voice)
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as Old Bill
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as Harry Box
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as Rupert Potter
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as Lord Dundas
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as Narrator (voice)
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as Narrator
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as Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
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as Edwin Bracewell
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2004
as Bradley
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as DCI Collman
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as DCI Collman
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as The Storyteller (voice)
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as Dr. Douglas Monaghan
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as Sir James Brown
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as Theo
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as DI Nick Biddiss
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as John Tilson
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as Alexander Maximovich Gromeko
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as Patrick Jamieson
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2002
as Himself - Narrator
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as Gerald
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2002
as Father
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as Harry Woolf
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as Sinclair Carver
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2001
as D.I. Neil Sleightholme
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2001
as Narrator
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2001
as James Connolly
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2000
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2000
as Wallace Byatt
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1999
as Professor Teddy Knox
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1999
as Mr Gibson
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1999
as Minister of Justice
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as Tommy
MovieHeart
1999
as Mr. Kreitman
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1998
as Cello Teacher
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1998
as Walrus
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1997
as Ben White
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1997
as Brian
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1997
as Self
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as DCI Cameron
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as Capt. Davidson
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1996
as Kenneth McHoan
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as Bull
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as Narrator (voice)
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as Sir Richard Ratcliffe
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as Joe Small
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as Baxter
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as James Webb
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as James Webb
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as Narrator
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as Stephen Blackpool
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as Stephen Blackpool
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as Howard Mullen
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as Kenneth Marsh
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as Dr Gold
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as Stage Manager
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as Anthony Steadman
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as Chief Inspector
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1991
as Sandy
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1991
as Victor Swayle
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1991
as Matt Hennessey
MovieYellowbacks
1990
as Alex McPherson
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1990
as Mr Jenkins
MovieBearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989
as Jordan
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1989
as PC Howard Mullen
TVTraffik
1989
as John Lithgow
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1989
as Gordon Highway
MovieThe Return of the Musketeers
1989
as Charles I
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1988
as Henry Salt
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1988
as Titorelli
MovieJust Ask for Diamond
1988
as Chief Inspector Snape
MovieByrne About Byrne
1988
as Father/F.S. McDade
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1988
as Alex McPherson
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1988
as Titorelli
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1987
as The Producer
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1987
as Det. Supt. Chase
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as Sullivan
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1987
as Colin
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as Anthony
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as Mr. Valentine
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1986
as Victor Rosen
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as Dr Gibbon
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as Colin
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as Jack Macleod
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as Self
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as Mr Mole
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1984
as Dr. MacEntire
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as Wormold
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1984
as Alan
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1983
as Ally Fraser
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1983
as Lecturer
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1982
as Lauder Strickland
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1981
as Tony
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1981
as Lopakhin
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1979
as Third Man in Lift
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1978
as Girling
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1978
as Bus Conductor
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1978
as Sergeant Mull
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1978
as King James I
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as Archie MacLean
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1977
as Luke
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1977
as Girling
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as Jim Finlayson
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1974
as Various
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1974
as Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
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1974
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1973
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Luke
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1967
TVHorizon
1964
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as Jackie Jordan
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as Winston
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as Owain
