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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5217 |
| Birthday | 1938-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK |
| Also Known As | ویلی راس, |
1998
Swept from the Sea
6.401/76
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. Whe...
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Swept from the Sea
2000
Bait
9/1
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 ha...
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Bait
1988
Lucky Sunil
7/1
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 o...
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Lucky Sunil
1987
Road
7.235/17
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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Road
1987
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
6.154/78
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. Whi...
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1991
Riff-Raff
6.671/114
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 unde...
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Riff-Raff
1997
Loop
5/5
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, Rache...
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Loop
2001
Bodywork
4.25/4
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 prost...
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Bodywork
1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.334/706
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with...
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
And a Nightingale Sang
5.2/5
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 t...
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And a Nightingale Sang
1999
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
7.333/3
University lecturer Neil Tannahill is drawn into a sinister conspiracy involving secretly-stored Soviet nuclear waste at a remote British nuclear faci...
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Doomwatch: Winter Angel
2000
Honest
3/5
In 1960s London, sisters Gerry, Mandy and Jo don male disguises and rob jewelry stores. Gerry also takes a job at a hip magazine in order to scope out...
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Honest
2000
Purely Belter
6.676/34
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 t...
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Purely Belter
1995
Restoration
6.093/135
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 j...
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Restoration
2000
Secret Society
4.75/4
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 en...
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Secret Society
1996
Hillsborough
7.19/21
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 agai...
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Hillsborough
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
0/0
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 showi...
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A Pinch of Snuff
2001
Blow Dry
5.906/149
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 lov...
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Blow Dry
1989
Dealers
5.571/7
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 leadin...
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Dealers
1998
The End
10/1
An old man living in a flat in London makes a final decision.
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The End
1987
Treacle
7/1
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, ha...
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Treacle
1988
The Nature of the Beast
7.5/2
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also...
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The Nature of the Beast
1988
The Storyteller: Fearnot
0/0
A carefree, absent-minded boy who is never scared goes on a strange journey to discover fear.
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