Willie Ross
Birthday
1938/01/01
Day of death
2000/01/01 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
Also know as
ویلی راس
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 h...Read more
Acting
(1998) Swept from the Sea
as ---
(2000) Bait
as Hungry Man
(1988) Lucky Sunil
as Beadle
(1987) Road
as Dad
(1987) Rita, Sue and Bob Too
as Sue's Father
(1991) Riff-Raff
as Gus Siddon
(1997) Loop
as Geordie Trucker
(2001) Bodywork
as Homeless Man
(2000) Honest
as Woodbine
(1989) The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Roy
(1989) And a Nightingale Sang
as Harold, the Communist
(1995) Restoration
as Man with Visible Heart
(1999) Doomwatch: Winter Angel
as Mr Fulton
(2000) Purely Belter
as Ginga
(2000) Secret Society
as Mr Swanley
(1996) Hillsborough
as Additional Cast
(1994) A Pinch of Snuff
as Johnnie Hope
(2001) Blow Dry
as Louis's Volunteer
(1989) Dealers
as Anna's Doorman
(1998) The End
as ---
(1987) Treacle
as First Man
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Barman
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(1990) One Foot In the Grave
as ---
(1988) The Storyteller
as Tinker
(1999) Badger
as ---
(1979) Minder
as Stan Sorrell
(1996) Our Friends in the North
as Gordon Peacock
(1992) Heartbeat
as Jonty Walsh
(1997) The Ice House
as Wally Ferris