Willie Ross

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.

  • Title : Willie Ross
  • Popularity : 7.589
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1938-01-01
  • Place of Birth : Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK
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Willie Ross Movies

  • 1998
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    Swept from the Sea

    Swept from the Sea

    6.5 1998 HD

    The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century....

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  • 2000
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    Bait

    Bait

    1 2000 HD

    A single father prepares for a job interview while his young son, Clint, prepares sandwiches for their lunch. When he goes for the interview, Clint...

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  • 1988
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    Lucky Sunil

    Lucky Sunil

    1 1988 HD

    Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles...

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  • 1987
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    Road

    Road

    7.1 1987 HD

    A view of the inhabitants of a derelict road in Manchester, unsatisfied with their lives and routines. A young man locks himself away from the world....

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  • 1987
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    Rita, Sue and Bob Too

    Rita, Sue and Bob Too

    6.3 1987 HD

    Rita and Sue are two teenagers living on a run-down council estate in Bradford, who both share a job babysitting for Bob and Michelle's children. ...

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  • 1991
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    Riff-Raff

    Riff-Raff

    6.7 1991 HD

    Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working...

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  • 1997
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    Loop

    Loop

    4.2 1997 HD

    Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker boyfriend Bill, he dumps her. Heartbroken and angry,...

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  • 2001
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    Bodywork

    Bodywork

    3.5 2001 HD

    Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead...

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  • 2000
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    Honest

    Honest

    1.7 2000 HD

    The film is an edgy black comedy set in swinging London in the late 60s. The All Saints girls play three street wise sisters who head 'up West' to...

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  • 1989
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    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

    7.3 1989 HD

    The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

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  • 1989
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    And a Nightingale Sang

    And a Nightingale Sang

    4.5 1989 HD

    Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over...

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  • 1995
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    Restoration

    Restoration

    6 1995 HD

    An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel...

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  • 1999
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    Doomwatch: Winter Angel

    Doomwatch: Winter Angel

    7.5 1999 HD

    University lecturer Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly-stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear...

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  • 2000
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    Purely Belter

    Purely Belter

    6.8 2000 HD

    Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to...

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  • 2000
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    Secret Society

    Secret Society

    4 2000 HD

    Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck...

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  • 1996
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    Hillsborough

    Hillsborough

    7 1996 HD

    Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match...

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  • 1994
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    A Pinch of Snuff

    A Pinch of Snuff

    1 1994 HD

    Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club, a film club notorious for...

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  • 2001
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    Blow Dry

    Blow Dry

    6 2001 HD

    The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her...

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  • 1989
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    Dealers

    Dealers

    5.4 1989 HD

    The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their...

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  • 1998
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    The End

    The End

    1 1998 HD

    An old man living in a flat in London makes a final decision.

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  • 1987
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    Treacle

    Treacle

    1 1987 HD

    Old Blackpool comedian Alfie Duffell allegedly wrote a song called 'Put a Bit of Treacle on my Pudding Mary-Ann', which might have made him famous,...

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  • 1984
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    The Bill

    The Bill

    6.6 1984 HD

    The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and...

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  • 1989
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    Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

    8 1989 HD

    Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in...

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  • 1996
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    Dalziel & Pascoe

    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.3 1996 HD

    British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The...

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  • 1990
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    One Foot In the Grave

    One Foot In the Grave

    7.513 1990 HD

    One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret....

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  • 1988
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    The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

    8.102 1988 HD

    The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

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  • 1999
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    Badger

    Badger

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1979
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    Minder

    Minder

    6.8 1979 HD

    This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

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  • 1996
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    Our Friends in the North

    Our Friends in the North

    7.3 1996 HD

    An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 1997
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    The Ice House

    The Ice House

    6.4 1997 HD

    A corpse is found in an ice house ten years after Phoebe's husband went missing. The police seem determined to accuse Phoebe, to the delight of the...

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