
Acting
Willie Joss
Born — Died
1909-05-27 — 1987-11-12
Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
14 titles
Known for
5.8Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.
Mystery and Imagination
1966
6.8An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Local Hero
1983
The job of Velma Hardy and her Personality Promotions team is to put glamour into sales drives.
Send in the Girls
1978
8.0In Britannia in 130, a young Roman officer named Marcus Flavius Aquila and his freed slave Esca search for the Ninth Legion's gold eagle standard, which vanished with the legion 13 years earlier.
The Eagle of the Ninth
1977
NRThe View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.
The View from Daniel Pike
1971
5.8Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explore the curious and magnificent natural wonders that surround their seaside home. Soon, Graham finds himself falling in love with the beautiful town doctor, Mary. Before long, the three become inseparable friends.
Ring of Bright Water
1969
Film credits
1980s · 3 titles
6.8An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Local Hero
1983
' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)
The White Bird Passes
1980
8.0James Scott's biopic of his father William Scott, his childhood and his origins as a painter.
Every Picture Tells a Story
1984
1970s · 4 titles
8.4It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.
Just Another Saturday
1975
9.0Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.
Orkney
1971
NRWhen a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put in the melting pot.
Ploughman's Share
1979
Dramatic account of the deputy fuhrer's infamous flight to Scotland during World War II.
Hess
1978
1960s · 3 titles
5.8Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explore the curious and magnificent natural wonders that surround their seaside home. Soon, Graham finds himself falling in love with the beautiful town doctor, Mary. Before long, the three become inseparable friends.
Ring of Bright Water
1969
A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's tenth anniversary.
Queen of Scots
1967
7.0A story of youthful rivalry in a Highland fishing port.
The Big Catch
1968
Series credits
5.8Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.
Mystery and Imagination
1966
The job of Velma Hardy and her Personality Promotions team is to put glamour into sales drives.
Send in the Girls
1978
8.0In Britannia in 130, a young Roman officer named Marcus Flavius Aquila and his freed slave Esca search for the Ninth Legion's gold eagle standard, which vanished with the legion 13 years earlier.
The Eagle of the Ninth
1977
NRThe View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.
The View from Daniel Pike
1971
