Willie Ross
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1938
- Died
- Jan 1, 2000 (aged 62)
- Place of birth
- Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
- Credits
- 36
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.
Known for
Filmography
Bodywork
2001Movie
Homeless Man
Blow Dry
2001Movie
Louis's Volunteer
Purely Belter
2000Movie
Ginga
Secret Society
2000Movie
Mr Swanley
Bait
2000Movie
Hungry Man
Honest
2000Movie
Woodbine
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999Movie
Mr Fulton
Badger
1999TV
Swept from the Sea
1998Movie
The End
1998Movie
Loop
1997Movie
Geordie Trucker
The Ice House
1997TV
Wally Ferris
Brass Eye
1997TV
Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
Hillsborough
1996Movie
Additional Cast
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996TV
Edwin Sutton
Our Friends in the North
1996TV
Gordon Peacock
Restoration
1995Movie
Man with Visible Heart
Out of the Blue
1995TV
Harry 'The Hat' Pope
A Pinch of Snuff
1994Movie
Johnnie Hope
Heartbeat
1992TV
Jonty Walsh
Riff-Raff
1991Movie
Gus Siddon
One Foot in the Grave
1990TV
Dealers
1989Movie
Anna's Doorman
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989Movie
Roy
Tales from the Crypt
1989TV
Barman
And a Nightingale Sang
1989Movie
Harold, the Communist
The Storyteller: Fearnot
1988Movie
Tinker
The Storyteller
1988TV
Tinker
Lucky Sunil
1988Movie
Beadle
The Nature of the Beast
1988Movie
Danny
The Fear
1988TV
Motty
Treacle
1987Movie
First Man
Road
1987Movie
Dad
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987Movie
Sue's Father
The Bill
1984TV
Minder
1979TV
Stan Sorrell