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Willie Ross
Born · January 1, 1938
Died · January 1, 2000 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
Bio
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.
Bodywork
Homeless Man
3.5
2001
Blow Dry
Louis's Volunteer
5.9
2001
Purely Belter
Ginga
6.8
2000
Secret Society
Mr Swanley
4.0
2000
Bait
Hungry Man
0.0
2000
Honest
Woodbine
1.7
2000
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Mr Fulton
7.5
1999
Badger
(1 episode)
0.0
1999
Swept from the Sea
6.5
1998
The End
0.0
1998
Loop
Geordie Trucker
4.2
1997
The Ice House
Wally Ferris · (2 episodes)
6.4
1997
Hillsborough
Additional Cast
7.0
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
(1 episode)
6.4
1996
Our Friends in the North
Gordon Peacock · (1 episode)
7.3
1996
Restoration
Man with Visible Heart
6.0
1995
A Pinch of Snuff
Johnnie Hope
0.0
1994
Heartbeat
Jonty Walsh · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Riff-Raff
Gus Siddon
6.7
1991
One Foot In the Grave
(1 episode)
7.5
1990
Dealers
Anna's Doorman
5.4
1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Roy
7.3
1989
Tales from the Crypt
Barman · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
And a Nightingale Sang
Harold, the Communist
4.5
1989
The Storyteller
Tinker · (1 episode)
8.1
1988
Lucky Sunil
Beadle
0.0
1988
Treacle
First Man
0.0
1987
Road
Dad
7.3
1987
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Sue's Father
6.2
1987
The Bill
(1 episode)
6.7
1984
Minder
Stan Sorrell · (1 episode)
6.8
1979