Willie Ross

Known for ActingBorn 1938-01-01Died 2000-01-01Bishop 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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The End

Bait

The Storyteller

Out of the Blue

Tales from the Crypt

Brass Eye

Our Friends in the North

One Foot in the Grave

The Nature of the Beast

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Hillsborough

Heartbeat

Road

Minder

Lucky Sunil

Treacle

Purely Belter

Riff-Raff

The Bill

Swept from the Sea

Dalziel and Pascoe

The Ice House

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Restoration

Blow Dry

Dealers

And a Nightingale Sang

Loop

The Fear

Secret Society

Bodywork

Honest

Badger

A Pinch of Snuff

The Storyteller: Fearnot