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
- Secret Society as Mr Swanley
- Honest as Woodbine
- Bait as Hungry Man
- Purely Belter as Ginga
1999
- Badger
- Doomwatch: Winter Angel as Mr Fulton
1997
- Brass Eye as Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
- The Ice House as Wally Ferris
- Loop as Geordie Trucker
1996
- Dalziel and Pascoe as Edwin Sutton
- Our Friends in the North as Gordon Peacock
- Hillsborough as Additional Cast
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
- Dealers as Anna's Doorman
- And a Nightingale Sang as Harold, the Communist
1988
- The Storyteller as Tinker
- The Fear as Motty
- The Nature of the Beast as Danny
- The Storyteller: Fearnot as Tinker
- Lucky Sunil as Beadle
1987
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too as Sue's Father
- Road as Dad
- Treacle as First Man
1984
1979
- Minder as Stan Sorrell