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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.
As actor
Bodywork
Blow Dry
Bait
Honest
Purely Belter
Secret Society
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Swept from the Sea
The End
Loop
Hillsborough
Restoration
A Pinch of Snuff
Riff-Raff
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
And a Nightingale Sang
Dealers
Lucky Sunil
The Nature of the Beast
The Storyteller: Fearnot
Road
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Treacle