Willie Ross
Acting • Born 1938-01-01 – Died 2000-01-01
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.
Filmography
35 credits
Swept from the Sea
Movie • 1998
Bait
Movie • 2000
Hungry Man
Lucky Sunil
Movie • 1988
Beadle
Road
Movie • 1987
Dad
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Movie • 1987
Sue's Father
Riff-Raff
Movie • 1991
Gus Siddon
Loop
Movie • 1997
Geordie Trucker
Bodywork
Movie • 2001
Homeless Man
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Movie • 1989
Roy
And a Nightingale Sang
Movie • 1989
Harold, the Communist
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Movie • 1999
Mr Fulton
Honest
Movie • 2000
Woodbine
Purely Belter
Movie • 2000
Ginga
Restoration
Movie • 1995
Man with Visible Heart
Secret Society
Movie • 2000
Mr Swanley
Hillsborough
Movie • 1996
Additional Cast
A Pinch of Snuff
Movie • 1994
Johnnie Hope
Blow Dry
Movie • 2001
Louis's Volunteer
Dealers
Movie • 1989
Anna's Doorman
The End
Movie • 1998
Treacle
Movie • 1987
First Man
The Nature of the Beast
Movie • 1988
Danny
The Storyteller: Fearnot
Movie • 1988
Tinker
The Bill
TV • 1984
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Barman
Dalziel & Pascoe
TV • 1996
One Foot in the Grave
TV • 1990
The Storyteller
TV • 1988
Tinker
Badger
TV • 1999
Minder
TV • 1979
Stan Sorrell
Our Friends in the North
TV • 1996
Gordon Peacock
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Jonty Walsh
The Ice House
TV • 1997
Wally Ferris
Brass Eye
TV • 1997
Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
The Fear
TV • 1988
Motty