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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1938
Died
January 1, 2000
Place of Birth
Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
Also Known As
- ویلی راس
Willie Ross
0.9 Popularity
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
Credits
Bodywork
as Homeless Man
2001
2.7
Blow Dry
as Louis's Volunteer
2001
5.9
Purely Belter
as Ginga
2000
6.6
Secret Society
as Mr Swanley
2000
3.3
🎬
Bait
as Hungry Man
2000
0.0
Honest
as Woodbine
2000
1.8
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
as Mr Fulton
1999
7.5
🎬
Badger
1999
0.0
Swept from the Sea
1998
6.4
🎬
The End
1998
0.0
Loop
as Geordie Trucker
1997
4.2
The Ice House
as Wally Ferris
1997
6.1
Brass Eye
as Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
1997
7.6
Hillsborough
as Additional Cast
1996
7.0
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
6.3
Our Friends in the North
as Gordon Peacock
1996
7.4
Restoration
as Man with Visible Heart
1995
6.0
A Pinch of Snuff
as Johnnie Hope
1994
0.0
Heartbeat
as Jonty Walsh
1992
7.1
Riff-Raff
as Gus Siddon
1991
6.7
One Foot in the Grave
1990
7.6
Dealers
as Anna's Doorman
1989
4.8
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Roy
1989
7.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Barman
1989
8.0
And a Nightingale Sang
as Harold, the Communist
1989
4.3
The Storyteller
as Tinker
1988
8.2
Lucky Sunil
as Beadle
1988
0.0
The Nature of the Beast
as Danny
1988
7.0
Treacle
as First Man
1987
0.0
Road
as Dad
1987
7.2
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
as Sue's Father
1987
6.1
The Bill
1984
6.7
Minder
as Stan Sorrell
1979
6.8