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William Tulloch Paterson is a Scottish actor and commentator. He has appeared in many film and television projects including Comfort and Joy (1984), Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), Wives and Daughters (1999), Sea of Souls (2004–2007), Amazing Grace (2006), Miss Potter (2006), and PBS's Little Dorrit (2008). He most recently appeared in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag as the title character's father (2016–2019).
Born
Sunday, 03 June 1945
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Arthur's Whisky | Henry | 2024 |
| House of the Dragon | Lord Lyman Beesbury | 2022 |
| The Sandman | Dr. John Hathaway | 2022 |
| Halo | Ackerson's Father | 2022 |
| Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland | Self | 2021 |
| The Colour Room | Gordon Forsythe | 2021 |
| Rebecca | Dr. Baker | 2020 |
| Marionette | Dr. Mandelbaum | 2020 |
| Ted Lasso | Richard Cole | 2020 |
| Love Sarah | Felix | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Arthur's Whisky | Henry | 2024 |
| House of the Dragon | Lord Lyman Beesbury | 2022 |
| The Sandman | Dr. John Hathaway | 2022 |
| Halo | Ackerson's Father | 2022 |
| Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland | Self | 2021 |
| The Colour Room | Gordon Forsythe | 2021 |
| Rebecca | Dr. Baker | 2020 |
| Marionette | Dr. Mandelbaum | 2020 |
| Ted Lasso | Richard Cole | 2020 |
| Love Sarah | Felix | 2020 |
| Guilt | Roy Lynch | 2019 |
| Brassic | Tony Tillerton | 2019 |
| Good Omens | R P Tyler (Tadfield Neighbourhood Watch) | 2019 |
| Happy New Year, Colin Burstead | Gordon / Gordon Burstead | 2018 |
| The Man Who Invented Christmas | Mr. Grimsby | 2017 |
| Our Friend Victoria | Various Characters | 2017 |
| The Repair Shop | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2017 |
| The Farmers' Country Showdown | Self - Narrator | 2017 |
| Urban Myths | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 2017 |
| Fleabag | Dad | 2016 |
| The Rebel | Charles | 2016 |
| Churchill's Secret | Lord Moran | 2016 |
| Dad's Army | Frazer / Private Frazer | 2016 |
| High-Rise | Mercer | 2015 |
| Unforgotten | Harry Osborne | 2015 |
| Scot Squad | Sir Neville archibald | 2014 |
| Outlander | Ned Gowan | 2014 |
| 37 Days | Lord Morley | 2014 |
| Inside No. 9 | Mr. Green | 2014 |
| The List | Reg Troughton | 2013 |
| Falcón | Ignacio Ortega | 2012 |
| Them from That Thing | Various | 2012 |
| Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me | Judge Underwood | 2011 |
| The Man Who Crossed Hitler | Kurt Ohnesorge | 2011 |
| Shetland | James Perez | 2011 |
| Dirk Gently | Professor Jericho | 2010 |
| The Michael Ball Show | Self | 2010 |
| Creation | Dr. Gully | 2009 |
| Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Dr James Niven | 2009 |
| Into the Storm | Clement Attlee | 2009 |
| Heston's Feasts | Self | 2009 |
| Law & Order: UK | George Castle / CPS Director George Castle | 2009 |
| The Story of the Costume Drama | Himself | 2008 |
| Little Dorrit | Mr. Meagles | 2008 |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Richard Young | 2008 |
| Criminal Justice | Harry Box | 2008 |
| The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | Self - 'Henry Salt' | 2008 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | Dr Watson / Dr. Watson | 2007 |
| Amazing Grace | Lord Dundas | 2007 |
| Fascism in Color | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
| Intervention | Dr. Martin | 2007 |
| Miss Potter | Rupert Potter | 2006 |
| The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| ShakespeaRe-Told | Theo | 2005 |
| Rag Tale | News Editor - The Rag, Tulloch (Lucky) Lloyd / Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd | 2005 |
| Drama Connections | Self | 2005 |
| Kingdom of Heaven | Bishop (director's cut) | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Bracewell | 2005 |
| Doctor Who Confidential | Self | 2005 |
| Marple | Bradley | 2004 |
| Lie with Me | DCI Collman | 2004 |
| Shoebox Zoo | The Storyteller (voice) / Storyteller | 2004 |
| One Last Chance | Man Reading Newspaper | 2004 |
| Sea of Souls | Dr. Douglas Monaghan | 2004 |
| Bright Young Things | Sir James Brown | 2003 |
| Canterbury Tales | Theo | 2003 |
| Battle of the Atlantic | Himself - Narrator | 2003 |
| Danielle Cable: Eyewitness | DI Nick Biddiss | 2003 |
| Trust | John Tilson | 2003 |
| Doctor Zhivago | Alexander Gromyko | 2002 |
| Foyle's War | Patrick Jamieson | 2002 |
| Ed Stone Is Dead | Nigel | 2002 |
| Born and Bred | Harry Woolf | 2002 |
| The Entity | Self - Narrator | 2002 |
| Crush | Gerald | 2002 |
| Swallow | Angus Tighe | 2001 |
| The Whistle-Blower | D.I. Neil Sleightholme | 2001 |
| Rebel Heart | James Connolly | 2001 |
| Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings | Various Characters | 2000 |
| A History of Britain | Various | 2000 |
| The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Sir Nicol McLean | 2000 |
| Complicity | Wallace Byatt | 2000 |
| Sunshine | Minister of Justice | 1999 |
| Wives and Daughters | Mr. Gibson | 1999 |
| The Match | Tommy | 1999 |
| Heart | Mr. Kreitman | 1999 |
| Hilary and Jackie | Cello Teacher | 1998 |
| The Animal Train | Walrus | 1998 |
| Spice World | Brian | 1997 |
| Melissa | D.C.I. Cameron / DCI Cameron | 1997 |
| Victory | Capt. Davidson | 1996 |
| Out of Sight | Marcus Mildew | 1996 |
| The Crow Road | Kenneth McHoan | 1996 |
| The Writing on the Wall | Bull | 1996 |
| Chaplin's Goliath | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1996 |
| Richard III | Ratcliffe / Sir Richard Ratcliffe | 1995 |
| Oliver's Travels | Baxter | 1995 |
| The Turnaround | James Webb | 1995 |
| Reputations | Narrator | 1994 |
| Hard Times | Stephen Blackpool | 1994 |
| Yo Picasso | The Director | 1994 |
| God on the Rocks | Mr. Marsh / Kenneth Marsh | 1992 |
| Chaplin | Stage Manager | 1992 |
| Murder Most Horrid | Chief Inspector | 1991 |
| Truly Madly Deeply | Sandy | 1991 |
| The Object of Beauty | Victor Swayle | 1991 |
| The Witches | Mr. Jenkins | 1990 |
| Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale | Jordan | 1989 |
| Screen One | PC Howard Mullen | 1989 |
| Traffik | Jack Lithgow | 1989 |
| The Rachel Papers | Gordon Highway | 1989 |
| The Return of the Musketeers | Charles I | 1989 |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Henry Salt | 1988 |
| Diamond's Edge | Chief Inspector Snape | 1988 |
| The Play on One | Alex McPherson | 1988 |
| Friendship's Death | Sullivan | 1987 |
| Hidden City | Anthony | 1987 |
| The Singing Detective | Dr. Gibbon | 1986 |
| Coming Up Roses | Mr. Valentine | 1986 |
| Defense of the Realm | Jack Macleod | 1986 |
| Boon | Peter Mortan | 1986 |
| Dutch Girls | Mr Mole / Mole | 1985 |
| The Killing Fields | Dr. MacEntire | 1984 |
| A Private Function | Wormold | 1984 |
| Comfort and Joy | Alan | 1984 |
| Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Ally Fraser | 1983 |
| Natural World | Self - Narrator | 1983 |
| The Ploughman's Lunch | Lecturer | 1983 |
| Scotch Myths | Various | 1982 |
| Timewatch | Narrator | 1982 |
| Smiley's People | Lauder Strickland | 1982 |
| One Fine Day | Third Man in Lift | 1979 |
| Telford's Change | Kelvin | 1979 |
| The Odd Job | Sergeant Mull | 1978 |
| Will Shakespeare | King James I | 1978 |
| Backs to the Land | Forbes | 1977 |
| Arena | F.S. McDade | 1975 |
| Crown Court | Dr. Rutherford | 1972 |
| Play for Today | Tony / Luke / Girling / Archie MacLean / 7:84 Company - McChuckemup | 1970 |
| ITV Playhouse | Gary | 1967 |
| Horizon | Self - Narrator | 1964 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
