Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1938
Died
Jan 01, 2000
Place of Birth
Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
Credits
36 titles
Willie Ross
Biography
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
Homeless Man
Blow Dry
Louis's Volunteer
Purely Belter
Ginga
Secret Society
Mr Swanley
Bait
Hungry Man
Honest
Woodbine
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Mr Fulton
Badger
Swept from the Sea
The End
Loop
Geordie Trucker
The Ice House
Wally Ferris
Brass Eye
Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
Hillsborough
Additional Cast
Dalziel and Pascoe
Edwin Sutton
Our Friends in the North
Gordon Peacock
Restoration
Man with Visible Heart
Out of the Blue
Harry 'The Hat' Pope
A Pinch of Snuff
Johnnie Hope
Heartbeat
Jonty Walsh
Riff-Raff
Gus Siddon
One Foot in the Grave
Dealers
Anna's Doorman
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Roy
Tales from the Crypt
Barman
And a Nightingale Sang
Harold, the Communist
The Storyteller: Fearnot
Tinker
The Storyteller
Tinker
Lucky Sunil
Beadle
The Nature of the Beast
Danny
The Fear
Motty
Treacle
First Man
Road
Dad
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Sue's Father
The Bill
Minder
Stan Sorrell