Bill Paterson

Bill Paterson

June 3, 1945 · 81 years old

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 W…

Known For

30 titles
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Ladies First

Ladies First

2026 · 1h 30m · Movie

A male chauvinist is transported to a matriarchal society, facing challenges from a formidable female version of himself.

4.7
2
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

2008 · 1h 50m · Movie

A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.

6.4
3
The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

1984 · 2h 21m · Movie

A journalist is trapped in Cambodia during Pol Pot's bloody Year Zero cleansing campaign.

7.8
4
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988 · 2h 6m · Movie

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.

7.1
5
The Witches

The Witches

1990 · 1h 31m · Movie

A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse.

6.8
6
Rebecca

Rebecca

2020 · 2h 3m · Movie

A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.

5.5
7
The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

2017 · 1h 44m · Movie

The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.

6.8
8
Miss Potter

Miss Potter

2006 · 1h 28m · Movie

The story of Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness, and success.

7.0
9
Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

2006 · 1h 58m · Movie

The idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.

7.4
10
Sunshine

Sunshine

1999 · 3h 1m · Movie

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

7.4
11
Richard III

Richard III

1995 · 1h 44m · Movie

The classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.

7.3
12
Creation

Creation

2009 · 1h 48m · Movie

Torn between faith and science, and suffering hallucinations, English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to complete 'On the Origin of Species' and maintain his relationship with his wife.

6.6
13
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

2016 · 1h 40m · Movie

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

5.2
14
Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie

1998 · 2h 1m · Movie

The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.

7.3
15
Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply

1991 · 1h 46m · Movie

A woman dealing with inconsolable grief over the death of her partner gets another chance when he returns to earth as a ghost.

7.2
16
Love Sarah

Love Sarah

2020 · 1h 37m · Movie

A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.

6.2
17
A Private Function

A Private Function

1984 · 1h 32m · Movie

In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

6.5
18
Comfort and Joy

Comfort and Joy

1984 · 1h 46m · Movie

Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Gl...

6.6
19
The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

1991 · 1h 43m · Movie

This story is about a ne'er-do-well and his girlfriend as they search for a thief.

5.6
20
The Rachel Papers

The Rachel Papers

1989 · 1h 35m · Movie

Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) is in control of his life; he is about to finish sixth form college and start at Oxford. He is nineteen and wants an older woman before he turns twenty. Enter the beautiful Rachel Noyce (Ione Skye...

6.0
21
The Colour Room

The Colour Room

2021 · 1h 52m · Movie

Clarice Cliff breaks the glass ceiling and revolutionizes the workplace at a pottery factory in 1920s England.

6.8
22
Churchill's Secret

Churchill's Secret

2016 · 1h 40m · Movie

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.

6.8
23
Arthur's Whisky

Arthur's Whisky

2024 · 1h 34m · Movie

Three elderly ladies drink a whisky that makes them younger.

4.4
24
The List

The List

2013 · 1h 30m · Movie

When the man behind a popular website that ranks the world's most corrupt individuals is voted number one on his own site, he becomes the target of a killer who is out to murder every person named to the top of "The List".

4.3
25
Rag Tale

Rag Tale

2005 · 2h 3m · Movie

A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids. Over the course of one week, the journalists of tabloid newspaper 'The Rag' uncover and manufacture as much scandal as they can get their hands on.

3.9
26
Hidden City

Hidden City

1987 · 1h 48m · Movie

Sharon Newton (Cassie Stuart) leads the uncooperative James Richards (Charles Dance) into a world of misplaced government secrets, capitalistic artists and bungling secret agents.

5.9
27
The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

1981 · 2h 10m · Movie

Madame Ranevsky (Dame Judi Dench) is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in...

6.8
28
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me

2011 · 1h 13m · Movie

Jonathan Donald, a wealthy,arrogant car salesman,is charged with drink driving and sentenced to 60 hours community service at the Moonbeam club for unruly kids. He makes no effort to hide his initial disdain and falls foul of the ...

6.2
29
The House Was Not Hungry Then

The House Was Not Hungry Then

2025 · 1h 33m · Movie

While searching for her estranged father, a young woman breaks into an empty house in the countryside where every visitor disappears. Now she must avoid the man posing as a real estate agent who lures victims inside.

4.5
30
The Day Mountbatten Died

The Day Mountbatten Died

2019 · 1h 0m · Movie

On 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten, great uncle to Prince Charles, was blown up at sea by the IRA off the west coast of the Republic of Ireland. Three others were killed on the boat that day, including two teenage boys. Later that afternoon, in a second strike, the IRA killed 18 British soldiers, across the border in Northern Ireland. Forty years on, this is the story of that remarkable Bank Holiday Monday – movingly told by those directly affected by it.

10.0