Willie Ross
Acting
1938-01-01 · Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
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
Bodywork
2001 · Movie
Blow Dry
2001 · Movie
Purely Belter
2000 · Movie
Secret Society
2000 · Movie
Bait
2000 · Movie
Honest
2000 · Movie
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
1999 · Movie
Badger
1999 · Series
Swept from the Sea
1998 · Movie
The End
1998 · Movie
Loop
1997 · Movie
The Ice House
1997 · Series
Brass Eye
1997 · Series
Hillsborough
1996 · Movie
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Series
Our Friends in the North
1996 · Series
Restoration
1995 · Movie
Out of the Blue
1995 · Series
A Pinch of Snuff
1994 · Movie
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Riff-Raff
1991 · Movie
One Foot in the Grave
1990 · Series
Dealers
1989 · Movie
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
And a Nightingale Sang
1989 · Movie
The Storyteller: Fearnot
1988 · Movie
The Storyteller
1988 · Series
Lucky Sunil
1988 · Movie
The Nature of the Beast
1988 · Movie
The Fear
1988 · Series
Treacle
1987 · Movie
Road
1987 · Movie
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
Minder
1979 · Series