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Bill Paterson

1945 - Today

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Paterson has received more than 9,793 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bill Paterson is the 4,733rd most popular actor (up from 5,320th in 2019), the 3,618th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,067th in 2019) and the 547th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.8k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Paterson ranks 4,733 out of 13,578. Before him are Vivian Hsu, Olga Aroseva, Marie Doro, Olena Chekan, Una O'Connor, and Dana Reeve. After him are Ku Hye-sun, Hugh Dancy, Park Bo-young, Emily Ratajkowski, Carmelo Bene, and Kim Jung-eun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bill Paterson ranks 434. Before him are Gordon Thomson, José Luis Romero, Charles Greene, Mladen Ramljak, Ágnes Hranitzky, and Wolfram Löwe. After him are Virginia Wade, Helga Vlahović, Jürgen Möllemann, Leigh Taylor-Young, Paul McCarthy, and Eric Stewart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Paterson ranks 3,618 out of 8,785. Before him are G. M. Trevelyan (1876), Mary Moser (1744), Frederic G. Kenyon (1863), Una O'Connor (1880), Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), and Emma Thomas (1971). After him are Dave Charlton (1936), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Hugh Dancy (1975), Virginia Wade (1945), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Emily Ratajkowski (1991).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bill Paterson ranks 547. Before him are Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Doug Bradley (1954), Kay Kendall (1927), Ken Stott (1954), Robert Douglas (1909), and Una O'Connor (1880). After him are Hugh Dancy (1975), Emily Ratajkowski (1991), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Roger Allam (1953), and Sam Riley (1980).

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