Willie Ross
Born: 1938-01-01 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
Died: 2000-01-01
Known For: Acting
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
2000
- Honest as Woodbine
- Purely Belter as Ginga
- Secret Society as Mr Swanley
- Bait as Hungry Man
1999
- Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Mr Fulton
- Badger
1997
- Loop as Geordie Trucker
- Brass Eye as Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
- The Ice House as Wally Ferris
1996
- Dalziel & Pascoe
- Hillsborough as Additional Cast
- Our Friends in the North as Gordon Peacock
1995
- Restoration as Man with Visible Heart
1994
- A Pinch of Snuff as Johnnie Hope
1992
- Heartbeat as Jonty Walsh
1991
- Riff-Raff as Gus Siddon
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Barman
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover as Roy
- And a Nightingale Sang as Harold, the Communist
- Dealers as Anna's Doorman
1988
- The Storyteller as Tinker
- Lucky Sunil as Beadle
- The Nature of the Beast as Danny
1987
- Road as Dad
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too as Sue's Father
- Treacle as First Man
1984
1979
- Minder as Stan Sorrell