Willie Ross

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.

Willie Ross

Known for

Minder

Heartbeat

Tales from the Crypt

The Bill

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

Dalziel & Pascoe

The Storyteller

A Pinch of Snuff

Road

Brass Eye

One Foot in the Grave

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Swept from the Sea

The Nature of the Beast

Our Friends in the North

Doomwatch: Winter Angel

Restoration

The Ice House

Riff-Raff

Badger

Blow Dry

The End

Honest

Bodywork

Hillsborough

Loop

Lucky Sunil

Dealers

Purely Belter

Treacle

Bait

Secret Society

And a Nightingale Sang

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