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

One Foot in the Grave

Minder

Stan Sorrell

Tales from the Crypt

Barman

Heartbeat

Jonty Walsh

The Storyteller

Tinker

Brass Eye

Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel

The Bill

Dalziel & Pascoe

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2001	Bodywork	Homeless Man
2001	Blow Dry	Louis's Volunteer
2000	Bait	Hungry Man
2000	Honest	Woodbine
2000	Purely Belter	Ginga
2000	Secret Society	Mr Swanley
1999	Doomwatch: Winter Angel	Mr Fulton
1998	Swept from the Sea
1998	The End
1997	Loop	Geordie Trucker
1996	Hillsborough	Additional Cast
1995	Restoration	Man with Visible Heart
1994	A Pinch of Snuff	Johnnie Hope
1991	Riff-Raff	Gus Siddon
1989	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Roy
1989	And a Nightingale Sang	Harold, the Communist
1989	Dealers	Anna's Doorman
1988	Lucky Sunil	Beadle
1988	The Nature of the Beast	Danny
1987	Road	Dad
1987	Rita, Sue and Bob Too	Sue's Father
1987	Treacle	First Man

Year	TV Show	Role
1999	Badger
1997	The Ice House	Wally Ferris
1997	Brass Eye	Sainsbur McManus / Eddie Hazel
1996	Dalziel & Pascoe
1996	Our Friends in the North	Gordon Peacock
1992	Heartbeat	Jonty Walsh
1990	One Foot in the Grave
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Barman
1988	The Storyteller	Tinker
1984	The Bill
1979	Minder	Stan Sorrell