broadcast early in 2017. In 2016, Paterson performed with his friend Simon Callow in The Rebel. He also appeared as the Scottish character Private Frazer in the remake film Dad's Army. 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. In 2019, Paterson also performed in the four-part BBC drama Guilt. In 2022, Paterson performed in the fantasy drama House of the Dragon as the character Lord Lyman Beesbury. He is the narrator of the British TV show The Repair Shop. Personal life In 1980, while filming The Lost Tribe, Paterson purchased a holiday home in Fordyce with fellow actor Miriam Margolyes. In 1984, Paterson married German stage designer Hildegard Bechtler. They have a son and daughter. Since leaving Glasgow he has spent much of his life living in London and currently resides in North London near Tufnell Park. Paterson has published a series of book stories based on his childhood in Glasgow entitled Tales From The Back Green. Filmography Notes References External links Playback/Law & Order Images of Bill Paterson 1945 births Living people Male actors from Glasgow Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Scottish male film actors Scottish male stage actors Scottish male television actors Scottish male voice actors