- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
- Died
- January 1, 2000
Willie Ross
The Bishop Auckland-born entertainer began as a comic on the North-East club circuit, teaming up with Peter Lambert to become Lambert and Ross, a duo that became nationally known. When the partnership folded in the 1980s, Willie became a successful actor, with hits in film, TV and on stage. His big break was as the foul-mouthed father in the film Rita, Sue and Bob Too. He went on to acclaimed roles in Ken Loachs Riff Raff and Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. On TV he was seen in Our Friends In The North, and One Foot In The Grave, to name but a few. He died in 2000, following an accident at home. He was 62.
Filmography
movieBodywork
2001 · Homeless Man
movieBlow Dry
2001 · Louis's Volunteer
moviePurely Belter
2000 · Ginga
movieSecret Society
2000 · Mr Swanley
Bait
movieBait
2000 · Hungry Man
movieHonest
2000 · Woodbine
movieDoomwatch: Winter Angel
1999 · Mr Fulton
Badger
tvBadger
1999
movieSwept from the Sea
1998
The End
movieThe End
1998
movieLoop
1997 · Geordie Trucker
tvThe Ice House
1997 · Wally Ferris
tvBrass Eye
1997 · Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
movieHillsborough
1996 · Additional Cast
tvDalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Edwin Sutton
tvOur Friends in the North
1996 · Gordon Peacock
movieRestoration
1995 · Man with Visible Heart
tvOut of the Blue
1995 · Harry 'The Hat' Pope
movieA Pinch of Snuff
1994 · Johnnie Hope
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Jonty Walsh
movieRiff-Raff
1991 · Gus Siddon
tvOne Foot in the Grave
1990
movieDealers
1989 · Anna's Doorman
movieThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Roy
tvTales from the Crypt
1989 · Barman
movieAnd a Nightingale Sang
1989 · Harold, the Communist
movieThe Storyteller: Fearnot
1988 · Tinker
tvThe Storyteller
1988 · Tinker
movieLucky Sunil
1988 · Beadle
movieThe Nature of the Beast
1988 · Danny
tvThe Fear
1988 · Motty
movieTreacle
1987 · First Man
movieRoad
1987 · Dad
movieRita, Sue and Bob Too
1987 · Sue's Father
tvThe Bill
1984
tvMinder
1979 · Stan Sorrell