Willie Ross

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.

Known For

Minder

Heartbeat

The Bill

Tales from the Crypt

Dalziel and Pascoe

The Storyteller

Our Friends in the North

One Foot in the Grave

All Movies (23)

• Bodywork2001 · as Homeless Man
• Blow Dry2001 · as Louis's Volunteer
• Purely Belter2000 · as Ginga
• Secret Society2000 · as Mr Swanley
• Bait2000 · as Hungry Man
• Honest2000 · as Woodbine
• Doomwatch: Winter Angel1999 · as Mr Fulton
• Swept from the Sea1998
• The End1998
• Loop1997 · as Geordie Trucker
• Hillsborough1996 · as Additional Cast
• Restoration1995 · as Man with Visible Heart
• A Pinch of Snuff1994 · as Johnnie Hope
• Riff-Raff1991 · as Gus Siddon
• Dealers1989 · as Anna's Doorman
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989 · as Roy
• And a Nightingale Sang1989 · as Harold, the Communist
• The Storyteller: Fearnot1988 · as Tinker
• Lucky Sunil1988 · as Beadle
• The Nature of the Beast1988 · as Danny
• Treacle1987 · as First Man
• Road1987 · as Dad
• Rita, Sue and Bob Too1987 · as Sue's Father

All TV Shows (13)

• Badger1999
• The Ice House1997 · as Wally Ferris
• Brass Eye1997 · as Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
• Dalziel and Pascoe1996 · as Edwin Sutton
• Our Friends in the North1996 · as Gordon Peacock
• Out of the Blue1995 · as Harry 'The Hat' Pope
• Heartbeat1992 · as Jonty Walsh
• One Foot in the Grave1990
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Barman
• The Storyteller1988 · as Tinker
• The Fear1988 · as Motty
• The Bill1984
• Minder1979 · as Stan Sorrell