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William Tulloch Paterson (born 3 June 1945) is a Scottish actor with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. Throughout his career he has appeared regularly in radio drama and provided the narration for a large number of documentaries. He has appeared in films and TV series including Comfort and Joy (1984), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986), Truly, Madly, Deeply (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), and Brassic (2020). He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Scottish BAFTAs.

For other people named William Paterson, see William Paterson (disambiguation).

Bill Paterson
Paterson in December 2006
Born
William Tulloch Paterson

(1945-06-03) 3 June 1945 (age 77)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationActor
Years active1967–present
Spouse
Hildegard Bechtler
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(m. 1984)​
Children2
Websitebillpaterson.co.uk

Early life


William Tulloch Paterson was born in Glasgow on 3 June 1945.[1] Paterson was raised in Dennistoun by his father, a plumber, and his mother, a hairdresser.[2] He states that his interest in acting began with a school trip to the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals in 1961.[2] 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.[3][2][4][5]


Career



1967–1977: Theatre debut and early roles


Paterson made his professional acting debut in 1967,[4] appearing alongside Leonard Rossiter in Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.[2] In 1970, Paterson joined the Citizens' Theatre for Youth. He remained there as an actor and assistant director until 1972, when he left to appear with Billy Connolly in the musical comedy The Great Northern Welly Boot Show at the Edinburgh Festival in 1972.[6][2] Paterson would work with Connolly again, some years later, when he performed in Connolly's play An Me Wi' a Bad Leg Tae. After having seen Paterson perform at the Festival, John McGrath invited him to join his theatre company, 7:84, touring the United Kingdom and Europe with plays such as The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil.[2][4] He was a founding member of 7:84, and made his London debut in 1976 with the company. He appeared in the Edinburgh Festival and London with John Byrne's first play, Writer's Cramp.


1978–1989: TV and film debuts


He first appeared in the West End when he took over the lead role in Whose Life Is It Anyway? at the Savoy Theatre in 1979. Paterson's career began to centre as much on television than the theatre. His first appearances in 1978 were as a police Sergeant of Scotland Yard in The Odd Job[7] and then in BAFTA award winning drama Licking Hitler. He then played King James in the UK television serial Will Shakespeare the same year. Paterson would later recall that the biggest regret of his career was during this period, when in 1978 he failed to attend an addition for a role in the film Alien.[5] He provided the voice of the Assistant Arcturan Pilot in Episode 7 of the original BBC Radio 4 version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1978.[8] He played Lopakhin in the BBC production of The Cherry Orchard in 1981. Paterson did not, however, entirely neglect the theatre, and in 1982, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance as Schweyk in another Brecht play, Schweik in the Second World War at the National Theatre. He was in the original National Theatre production of Guys and Dolls (1982).[4]

The early 1980s also saw Paterson beginning to appear in films, including The Killing Fields, Comfort and Joy and A Private Function (all 1984).[4] Other film credits include Dutch Girls (1985) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1987).

In television, his extensive and award-winning TV career includes a memorable portrayal of property villain Ally Fraser in series 2 of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1986). He also appeared in Smiley's People (1982), The Singing Detective (1986), Traffik (1988).


1990–2009: Career actor


Paterson performed in Death and the Maiden at the Royal Court and Duke of York's (1991–92). Other theatre roles in this period include Ivanov at the Almeida, London and Maly Theatre, Moscow (1997).

In 1990, he performed the role of Mr Jenkins, father to a child who his attached in The Witches (1990). He went on to act in Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), Chaplin (1992), Sir Ian McKellen's Richard III (1995).[9] In 1997, he appeared as Brian, a cafe owner who knows the Spice Girls, in Spice World.[10] He also performed in The Crow Road (1996), a miniseries from the novel by Iain Banks[2] and Doctor Zhivago (2002).[11]

He later performed in the films Bright Young Things (2003), Miss Potter (2006), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) and Creation (2009).[12] In television, much of his later work has been for the BBC, starring as Dr Douglas Monaghan in three seasons of the supernatural drama series Sea of Souls (2004-2007).[2] He also played the role of Dr Gibson in the 1999 production of Wives and Daughters, and appeared in the 2008 BBC production of the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit as Mr Meagles, as DS Box in the first series of Criminal Justice (2008), and as Dr James Niven in Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen.

Paterson has also narrated for various television and radio programmes. In 2005, he would take a role as Rob McKenna, a lorry driver and unknowing Rain God, in Fits the 19th, 20th, and 22nd of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase. In 2003, Paterson began broadcasting radio stories about his childhood in Glasgow, Tales From the Back Green on BBC Scotland, which led to them being published by Hodder in 2008 and appearances at many book festivals throughout the UK. He narrated the 2009 BBC TV programme 1929 – The Great Crash which recalled the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and compared it to the recent financial turmoil of 2008. From 2009 to 2010, he appeared as George Castle, the head of the CPS in Law & Order: UK.[13] He also played the key role of SIS Chief Percy Alleline in the 2009 BBC Radio 4 version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.[14]

In 2010, Paterson starred in Doctor Who as Professor Edwin Bracewell, in the episode "Victory of the Daleks", with his character making a second appearance in the opening half of the season finale, "The Pandorica Opens".[15][16] Later in the year, Paterson narrated the BBC Four wildlife documentary Birds Britannia.


2011–2022: TV, Film and Radio


In 2011, Paterson starred in Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me.[17] His most recent theatre is Earthquakes in London at the National Theatre in the summer of 2010. He also narrated the BBC's annual coverage of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and in 2013 appeared as Adam Smith in The Low Road at the Royal Court.

Paterson played lawyer Ned Gowan in the 2014 Starz period TV series, Outlander.[18] In 2014, Paterson landed a part as Douglas Henshall's father in TV series Shetland.[19]

In 2015, he starred alongside Brian Cox in a performance of Waiting for Godot at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.[2] In 2015, Paterson was presented with the lifetime achievement of the Scottish BAFTAs.[6][20]

In 2016, he narrated The Farmers' Country Showdown, a series for the BBC following the agricultural show season and broadcast early in 2017.[21] In 2016, Paterson performed with his friend Simon Callow in The Rebel.[22] He also appeared as the Scottish character Private Frazer in the remake film Dad's Army.[23][24]

Beginning with the first season in 2016 and ending with the second season in 2019, Paterson played the father of the main character and her sister in the British TV show Fleabag.[2][4] In 2019, Paterson also performed in the four-part BBC drama Guilt.[4]

In 2022, Paterson performed in the fantasy drama House of the Dragon as the character Lord Lyman Beesbury.[25] He is the narrator of the British TV show The Repair Shop.[26]


Personal life


In 1980, while filming The Lost Tribe, Paterson purchased a holiday home in Fordyce with fellow actor Miriam Margolyes.[lower-alpha 1][27]

In 1984, Paterson married German stage designer Hildegard Bechtler. They have a son and daughter.[28][2] After leaving Glasgow he has spent much of his life living in London and currently resides in North London near Tufnell Park.[2][28][9]

Paterson has published a series of book stories based on his childhood in Glasgow entitled Tales From The Back Green.[9]


Filmography


YearTitleRoleNotes
1974/1977
1978/1980
1981/1983		Play for Today7:48/Luke
Archie MacLean/Actor
Tony/Ron Brackett		TV
1976The Flight of the HeronSergeantTV
1977Backs to the LandForbesTV
1978ITV PlayhouseGaryTV
Life of ShakespeareKing James ITV
The Odd JobSergeant Mull
1979One Fine DaySecond Man in LiftTV film
Telford's ChangeKevinTV
Scottish PlaybillTV
1979 – 1981Crown CourtDr. RutherfordTV
1980The Lost TribeMoshe KaydanTV Miniseries
1981The Cherry OrchardLopakhinTV film
1982Smiley's PeopleLauder StricklandTV Miniseries
1983The Ploughman's LunchLecturer
One of OurselvesMr. DalyTV film
1984Comfort and JoyAlan
The Killing FieldsDr. MacEntire
Scotland's StoryDavid Kirkwood/Thomas MuirTV
A Private FunctionMorris Wormold the Meat Inspector
1985Dutch GirlsMoleTV film
1986Auf Wiedersehen, PetAlly FraserTV
Defence of the RealmJack MacLeod
God's Chosen Car ParkVictor RosenTV film
The Singing DetectiveDr. GibbonTV
1987ScreenplayTV
Friendship's DeathSullivan
Coming Up RosesMr. Valentine
1988The Modern World: Ten Great WritersTitorelliTV
Hidden CityAnthony
The Adventures of Baron MunchausenHenry Salt
1989The Return of the MusketeersCharles I
The Rachel PapersGordon Highway
TraffikJack LithgowTV
BoonPeter MortanTV
1990God on the RocksMr. MarshTV film
The WitchesMr. Herbert Jenkins
The Play on OneAlex McPhersonTV
Bearskin: An Urban FairytaleJordan
Truly, Madly, DeeplySandy
Just Ask for DiamondChief Inspector Snape
1991ShrinksMatt HennesseyTV
The Object of BeautyVictor Swayle
Murder Most HorridChief InspectorTV
1992Tell Tale HeartsAnthony SteadmanTV Miniseries
ChaplinStage Manager
In DreamsDr. GoldTV film
1993Screen OnePC Howard MullenTV
1994Hard TimesStephen BlackpoolTV
1995JackanoryStorytellerTV
The TurnaroundJames Webb
Oliver's TravelsBaxterTV Miniseries
Richard IIISir Richard Ratcliff
Ghostbusters of East FinchleyJoe SmallTV
1996The Writing on the WallBullTV film
The Crow RoadKenneth McHoanTV
SharmanTV
VictoryCaptain Davidson
1997MelissaDCI CameronTV Miniseries
Spice WorldBrian
Mr. White Goes to WestminsterBen WhiteTV film
1998Hilary and JackieCello Teacher
Out of SightMarcus MildewTV
Oi! Get Off Our TrainWalrus (Voice)Television Short
1999Chrono-PerambulatorProfessor Teddy KnoxShort Film
HeartMr. Kreitman
The MatchTommy
SunshineMinister of Justice
Wives and DaughtersMr. GibsonTV Miniseries
2000ComplicityWallace Byatt
The Secret Adventures of Jules VerneSir Nicol McLeanTV
2004Foyle's WarPatrick JamiesonTV
2004–2005Shoebox ZooNarratorTV
2004–2006Sea of SoulsDr. Douglas MonaghanTV
2005Rag TaleLucky Lloyd
2006Amazing GraceHenry Dundas
Miss Potter Rupert Potter
2008Little DorritMr. MeaglesTV
2009CreationDr. Gully
Into the StormClement Attlee
2009-2011Law & Order: UKGeorge CastleTV
2010An GruffaloThe Gruffalo (voice)Short film, Gaelic version
Doctor WhoProfessor Edwin Bracewell"Victory of the Daleks"
"The Pandorica Opens"
Agatha Christie's MarpleMr. Bradley"The Pale Horse"
2011The Man Who Crossed HitlerKurt OhnesorgeTV
Fast Freddie, The Widow and MeJudgeTV
2012Dirk GentlyProfessor JerichoTV
FalcónIgnacio OrtegaEpisode "The Silent and the Damned"
201437 DaysLord MorleyTV series
OutlanderNed GowanTV
ShetlandJames PerezEpisode "Blue Lightning" (Parts 1 & 2)
2015The VoteSimon Weatherstone
2016Dad's ArmyPrivate FrazerFilm adaptation of original BBC sitcom
The RebelCharlesTV
2016–2019FleabagDadTV
2018Inside No. 9Mr. GreenTV
2019Good OmensR.P. TylerTV
GuiltRoy LynchTV
2020BrassicTom TillertonTV
RebeccaDr. BakerFilm
2021Ted LassoRichard Cole (voice) (uncredited)Episode "Do the Right-est Thing"[29]
2022The Sandman (TV series)Dr. John HathawayNetflix TV Show
2022House of the DragonLyman BeesburyTV

Notes


  1. The purchase of the house was revealed in Miriam & Alan: Lost in Scotland and Beyond, when Margolyes and Alan Cumming visit Fordyce and are joined by Paterson.

References


  1. "Paterson, William Tulloch". Who's Who. London: A. & C. Black. 2008.
  2. "Bill Paterson interview - back as Dad in the new series of Fleabag". The Scotsman. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. "Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Alumni". rcs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012.
  4. "Fleabag star Bill Paterson on his new TV role". The Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  5. "Portrait of the artist: Bill Paterson, actor". The Guardian. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  6. "Bafta winner Bill Paterson on acting with Billy Connolly". The Telegraph. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  7. "The Odd Job". TimeOut. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  8. "BBC Radio 4 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Secondary Phase, Fit The Seventh". BBC.
  9. "The Scotsman Sessions #255: Bill Paterson". The Scotsman. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  10. Spice World (1997), retrieved 14 February 2019
  11. "Bill Paterson". www.aveleyman.com.
  12. "Bill Paterson". BFI.
  13. "Law & Order: UK". TVGuide.com.
  14. "The Complete Smiley: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Episode 2". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  15. "BBC One - Doctor Who, Series 5, Victory of the Daleks". BBC.
  16. "Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang ★★★★". Radio Times.
  17. "Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me (2011)". BFI.
  18. Ferguson, Brian (10 June 2014). "Bill Paterson lands key part in Outlander TV show". The Scotsman. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  19. "BBC One - Shetland - Bill Paterson". BBC. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  20. "Actor Bill Paterson: I love Scot Squad, I think it's just fantastic". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  21. "BBC One - The Farmers' Country Showdown, Series 1 30-Minute Versions, Pigs". BBC. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  22. "The Rebel Series 2 Interview: Bill Paterson". UKTV. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  23. "Dad's Army review: who don't you think you are kidding?". Guardian. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  24. "Dad's Army Cast Then and Now: See Which Actors Played the Iconic Roles in the Film Adaptation". Hello Magazine. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  25. "House Of The Dragon Cast: Where Have You Seen The Stars Before?". Huffington Post. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  26. "Who narrates The Repair Shop?". Metro. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  27. "Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland review – a large pile of anticlimaxes". The Guardian. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  28. "How We Met: Hildegard Bechtler and Billy Paterson". The Independent. 27 February 1994. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  29. Lawrence, Bill (9 August 2021). "Tweet from Ted Lasso show creator Bill Lawrence". Twitter. Retrieved 18 December 2021. ['if the voice of Richard Cole was the wonderful Bill Paterson'] Yes. We messed up and he wasn’t in the credits.



На других языках

[de] Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson (* 3. Juni 1945 in Glasgow) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.
- [en] Bill Paterson (actor)

[es] Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson es un actor escocés, con numerosas participaciones en cine, teatro y televisión.[1]

[ru] Патерсон, Билл

Билл Па́терсон (англ. Bill Paterson, род. 3 июня 1945, Глазго)[1] — шотландский актёр.


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