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Bill Paterson Acting Filmography (110)

The House Was Not Hungry Then
2025·Father
Being Stanley Baxter
2025·Self
Arthur's Whisky
2024·Henry
Children of the Wicker Man
2024·Self
A Bear Named Wojtek
2023·Zoo Director (voice)
The Spirit of 1926
2022·Family Lawyer
The Colour Room
2021·Gordon Forsythe
Marionette
2020·Dr. Mandelbaum
Love Sarah
2020·Felix
Rebecca
2020·Dr. Baker
The Day Mountbatten Died
2019·Narrator (voice)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
2018·Gordon Burstead
Wonderdate
2018·Kolodon
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017·Mr. Grimsby
Dad's Army
2016·Private Frazer
Churchill's Secret
2016·Lord Moran
The Vote
2015·Simon Featherstone
High-Rise
2015·Mercer
Hitler on Trial: The Truth Behind the Story
2015
Documenting John Grierson
2014·Narrator
The List
2013·Reg Troughton
Scotland's Finest: The Story of the Highland Games
2012·Narrator
The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011·Kurt Ohnesorge
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me
2011·Judge Underwood
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011·Narrator (Voice)
Ghosts in the Machine
2009·Himself
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
2009·Dr James Niven
Creation
2009·Dr. Gully
1929: The Great Crash
2009·Narrator
Into the Storm
2009·Clement Attlee
The Man Who Lives with Bears
2008·Self - Narrator (voice)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008·Richard Young
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008·Self - 'Henry Salt'
Gone Fishing
2008·Old Bill
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007·Self
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
2007·Dr Watson
Intervention
2007·Dr. Martin
Miss Potter
2006·Rupert Potter
Amazing Grace
2006·Lord Dundas
A War on Science
2006·Narrator (voice)
Fascism in Colour
2006·Narrator (voice)
Rag Tale
2005·Tulloch 'Lucky' Lloyd
Lie with Me
2004·DCI Collman
Bright Young Things
2003·Sir James Brown
Danielle Cable: Eyewitness
2003·DI Nick Biddiss
Crush
2002·Gerald
The Entity
2002
Home Road Movies
2002·Father
Othello
2001·Sinclair Carver
The Whistle-Blower
2001·D.I. Neil Sleightholme
Behind Bars
2001·Narrator
Complicity
2000·Wallace Byatt
Sunshine
1999·Minister of Justice
The Match
1999·Tommy
Heart
1999·Mr. Kreitman
Chrono-Perambulator
1999·Professor Teddy Knox
Hilary and Jackie
1998·Cello Teacher
The Animal Train
1998·Walrus
Mr White Goes To Westminster
1997·Ben White
Spice World
1997·Brian
Victory
1996·Capt. Davidson
The Writing on the Wall
1996·Bull
Chaplin's Goliath
1996·Narrator (voice)
The Riddle of the Sands
1995·Narrator
Richard III
1995·Sir Richard Ratcliffe
The Turnaround
1995·James Webb
The Pen
1995
Hard Times
1994·Stephen Blackpool
Wall of Silence
1993·Howard Mullen
Chaplin
1992·Stage Manager
In Dreams
1992·Dr Gold
Tell Tale Hearts
1992·Anthony Steadman
God on the Rocks
1992·Kenneth Marsh
Truly Madly Deeply
1991·Sandy
The Object of Beauty
1991·Victor Swayle
The Witches
1990·Mr Jenkins
Yellowbacks
1990·Alex McPherson
The Return of the Musketeers
1989·Charles I
Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale
1989·Jordan
The Rachel Papers
1989·Gordon Highway
Byrne About Byrne
1988·Father/F.S. McDade
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988·Henry Salt
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988·Titorelli
Just Ask for Diamond
1988·Chief Inspector Snape
Friendship's Death
1987·Sullivan
Coming Up Roses
1987·Mr. Valentine
The Interrogation of John
1987·Det. Supt. Chase
Lily My Love
1987·Colin
Hidden City
1987·Anthony
Defence of the Realm
1986·Jack Macleod
God's Chosen Car Park
1986·Victor Rosen
Dutch Girls
1985·Mr Mole
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985·Self
Comfort and Joy
1984·Alan
The Killing Fields
1984·Dr. MacEntire
A Private Function
1984·Wormold
The Ploughman's Lunch
1983·Lecturer
The Cherry Orchard
1981·Lopakhin
United Kingdom
1981·Tony
One Fine Day
1979·Third Man in Lift
Licking Hitler
1978·Archie MacLean
Jackie McCafferty's Romance
1978·Bus Conductor
The Odd Job
1978·Sergeant Mull
The Vanishing Army
1978·Girling
The Garden Beyond
1977·Jim Finlayson
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977·Luke
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
1974·Various
Clydescope
1974·Model Boat Show Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
Suilven Spring
1974
Passing Places
1973