Willie Ross

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Willie Ross

Acting January 1, 1938

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.…

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Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

8.0 1989 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

7.3 1989 Movie
Minder

Minder

7.1 1979 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
The Storyteller

The Storyteller

8.2 1988 TV Show
Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

6.4 1996 TV Show
Blow Dry

Blow Dry

5.9 2001 Movie
Restoration

Restoration

6.1 1995 Movie
One Foot in the Grave

One Foot in the Grave

7.7 1990 TV Show
Brass Eye

Brass Eye

7.7 1997 TV Show
Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff

6.7 1991 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2001
    Bodywork

    Movie Homeless Man

  2. 2001
    Blow Dry

    Movie Louis's Volunteer

  3. 2000
    Purely Belter

    Movie Ginga

  4. 2000
    Secret Society

    Movie Mr Swanley

  5. 2000
    Bait

    Movie Hungry Man

  6. 2000
    Honest

    Movie Woodbine

  7. 1999
    Doomwatch: Winter Angel

    Movie Mr Fulton

  8. 1999
    Badger

    TV show

  9. 1998
    Swept from the Sea

    Movie

  10. 1998
    The End

    Movie

  11. 1997
    Loop

    Movie Geordie Trucker

  12. 1997
    The Ice House

    TV show Wally Ferris

  13. 1997
    Brass Eye

    TV show Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel

  14. 1996
    Hillsborough

    Movie Additional Cast

  15. 1996
    Dalziel and Pascoe

    TV show Edwin Sutton

  16. 1996
    Our Friends in the North

    TV show Gordon Peacock

More credits
  1. 1995
    Restoration

    Movie Man with Visible Heart

  2. 1995
    Out of the Blue

    TV show Harry 'The Hat' Pope

  3. 1994
    A Pinch of Snuff

    Movie Johnnie Hope

  4. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Jonty Walsh

  5. 1991
    Riff-Raff

    Movie Gus Siddon

  6. 1990
    One Foot in the Grave

    TV show

  7. 1989
    Dealers

    Movie Anna's Doorman

  8. 1989
    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    Movie Roy

  9. 1989
    Tales from the Crypt

    TV show Barman

  10. 1989
    And a Nightingale Sang

    Movie Harold, the Communist

  11. 1988
    The Storyteller: Fearnot

    Movie Tinker

  12. 1988
    The Storyteller

    TV show Tinker

  13. 1988
    Lucky Sunil

    Movie Beadle

  14. 1988
    The Nature of the Beast

    Movie Danny

  15. 1988
    The Fear

    TV show Motty

  16. 1987
    Treacle

    Movie First Man

  17. 1987
    Road

    Movie Dad

  18. 1987
    Rita, Sue and Bob Too

    Movie Sue's Father

  19. 1984
    The Bill

    TV show

  20. 1979
    Minder

    TV show Stan Sorrell