Peter Sallis
Acting
Peter Sallis, OBE (February 1, 1921 – June 2, 2017) was an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles required him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner. Peter John Sallis was born on 1 February 1921 in Twickenham, Middlesex (now in Greater London). He was the only child of bank manager Harry Sallis (1889–1964) and Dorothy Amea Frances (née Barnard; 1891–1975). His first big television role came in 1958 where he played the role of Samuel Pepys in the BBC serial The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Sallis was best known for his role as the main character Norman Clegg in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine, set in a Yorkshire town. He was the longest serving cast member, appearing in all 295 episodes, and by the end of the show's run was the only one surviving from the programme's first episode in 1973. He also appeared in all 13 of the episodes of the prequel series First of the Summer Wine as Norman Clegg's father. He was also famous for providing the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit films, again using a northern accent. Sallis also starred alongside Richard Pearson, Michael Horden and David Jason in Cosgrove Hall's The Wind in the Willows (1984-1990) as the voice of Rat/Ratty. In 1975 he appeared in the BBC Wales, TV play The Snowdropper as Spicer, a snowdropper that where's Overalls/Dungarees. In 1976 he played Mr. Gudgin/Arnold Gudgin in the children's series The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976–78). The character Gudgin Sallis played in the series was a estate agent who did not want to see the hall fall into the wrong hands. Sallis also appeared in the TV series Yanks Go Home (1976-1977) where he played Randell Todd in four episodes of the series. Around the same period, he starred alongside Northern comic actor David Roper in the ITV sitcom Leave it to Charlie (1978-1980) as Charlie's pessimistic boss. The programme ran for a total of 26 episodes over four series, ending in 1980. He also played the part of the ghost-hunter Milton Guest in the children's paranormal drama TV series The Clifton House Mystery (1978). Sallis was married to Elaine Usher in 1957 until they eventually divorced in 1965. Sallis and Usher eventually reconciled and decided to come living together until 1999. Sallis continued to remain close to Usher until eventually she died on 1 January 2014 at the age of 81. They both had one son named Crispian Sallis who was born on 24 June 1959 who later became a British art director and set decorator. Sallis and Usher also had two grandchildren from Crispian. Sallis also lived with three small cats in a small cottage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sallis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024
Wallace (archive footage)
movieComedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
movieLast Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
Self (archive)
tvWhat We Were Watching
2018
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
movieA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
Self - Voice of Wallace
tvAardman: A Cracking Collection
2015
Wallace (voice)
movieSecond Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012
Reccoat (archive footage)
movieThe Lark Ascending
2012
Self (uncredited)
tvWallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
Wallace (voice)
movieWallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
Wallace (voice)
Living with Macular Disease
2009
Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
movieA Matter of Loaf and Death
2008
Wallace (voice)
tvBritish Film Forever
2007
Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
tvKingdom
2007
Cyril
movieGromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006
Wallace (voice)
tvTime Trumpet
2006
Clegg / Clegg (archive footage)
tvEureka
2006
Guest (uncredited)
tvCharlie Brooker's Screenwipe
2006
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006
Wallace (archive footage)
movieDisplacements
2006
himself
movieColour Me Kubrick
2005
Patient
movieWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBelonging
2004
Nathan
movieEasy
2003
Man (uncredited)
tvComedy Connections
2003
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
tvHarry Hill's TV Burp
2002
Wallace (voice)
movieWallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
Wallace (voice)
tvWallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
Wallace (voice)
tvBalamory
2002
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
movieWallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
2002
Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sooty
2001
(voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
Wallace (Voice)
movieHotel!
2001
Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
tvDoctors
2000
Arthur Weatherill
tvHolby City
1999
Lionel Davis
movieThe Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
tvRex the Runt
1998
Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Everyday Readers
1998
Narrator (voice)
tvOperation Good Guys
1997
Minor Role (uncredited)
movieA Close Shave
1996
Wallace (voice)
Character Building
1995
Wallace (voice)
tvRoom 101
1994
Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
movieInside the Wrong Trousers
1993
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
movieThe Wrong Trousers
1993
Wallace (voice)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Crane
1993
Man (uncredited)
tvAuntie's Bloomers
1991
Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
movieA Grand Day Out
1990
Wallace (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
Rat (voice)
tvTroldspejlet
1989
Wallace (archive footage)
Motormouth
1988
Wallace (Voice)
tvSylvanian Families
1987
Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
tvThe New Statesman
1987
Sidney Bliss
movieRocky Hollow
1985
Narrator (voice)
tvRocky Hollow
1985
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Wind in the Willows
1984
Rat (voice)
tvStrangers and Brothers
1984
Leonard March
movieGetting Sam Home
1983
Norman Clegg
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
Solicitor
tvLady Killers
1980
O'Brien
movieShe Loves Me
1979
Ladislav Sipos
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Solicitor
tvRoom Service
1979
Mr. Fellows
movie628-E8
1978
Mirbeau
tvThe Clifton House Mystery
1978
Milton Guest
Leave it to Charlie
1978
Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
Across a Crowded Room
1978
Cyril Smallpiece
movieFull Circle
1978
Jeffrey Branscombe
movieThe Obelisk
1977
Ernest
Premiere
1977
Ernest
movieThe Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977
Worker (uncredited)
movieThe Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
Minor Role (uncredited)
movieThe Daedalus Equations
1976
Major Venables
tvThe Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
Mr Gudgin
The Secret Agent
1975
Chief Inspector Heat
movieBack of Beyond
1974
Man (uncredited)
Graceless Go I
1974
Mr. Wainwright
movieNightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
Man (uncredited)
movieThe Capone Investment
1974
Wheatfield
tvArmchair Cinema
1974
Benitet
movieThe Prison
1974
Benitet
tvPlayhouse
1974
Maj. Venables
tvThe Pallisers
1974
Mr Bonteen
movieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
Banker #2 (uncredited)
movieSong at Twilight
1973
Austin Melcroft
movieFrankenstein
1973
Man (uncredited)
tvFrankenstein
1973
Man (uncredited)
tvCrown Court
1972
Gerald Prosser / Insp. George Storton
The Reprieve
1972
Cossack Horseman
tvSpyder's Web
1972
Grovnik
tvThe Moonstone
1972
Mr. Bruff
movieThe Moonstone
1972
Mr. Buff
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
tvJustice
1971
Coroner
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Dr. Jervis
Trial
1971
Almond
Bel Ami
1971
Norbert de Varenne
Bel Ami
1971
Norbert de Varenne
tvBudgie
1971
Peter Olliphant
movieThe Road Builder
1971
Rev. Rupert Palafox
movieThe Hallelujah Handshake
1970
Minor Role (uncredited)
Menace
1970
Sonny Waters
movieMarie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
Ernest Charles, KC
movieWuthering Heights
1970
Mr. Shielders
movieMy Lover, My Son
1970
Sir Sidney Brent
movieTaste the Blood of Dracula
1970
Samuel Paxton
movieSweeney Todd
1970
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
tvCatweazle
1970
Stuffy Gladstone
movieScream and Scream Again
1970
Schweitz
movieThe Reckoning
1970
Keresley
Kate
1970
Sammy Harrison
Menace
1970
Narrator (voice)
tvSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969
Lodge / Edward Letheridge / Professor Dowell
tvHadleigh
1969
Dakin / Strapper Strapton
Plays of Today
1969
Mr. Street
movieThe Big Flame
1969
Man (uncredited)
movieMaigret at Bay
1969
(uncredited)
tv60 Minutes
1968
Guest
movieWind Versus Polygamy
1968
Man (uncredited)
movieCharlie Bubbles
1968
Solicitor
tvOmnibus
1967
Mirbeau / Guest / Self
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Leslie / Patient
tvCallan
1967
Routledge
movieThe Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
Minor Role (uncredited)
tvMystery and Imagination
1966
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
(uncredited)
movieRapture
1965
Armand
tvThe Troubleshooters
1965
Henry Wynn
tvPublic Eye
1965
Eddie Meadows / Colin Reynolds
The Sullavan Brothers
1964
Kenneth K. Hirst
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964
Eric / Man
movieClash by Night
1964
Victor
movieA Wicked World
1964
Ronald Green
movieThe Third Secret
1964
Lawrence Jacks
tvDoctor Who
1963
Penley
Festival
1963
Captain of the Fire Brigade / Romainville
movieThe V.I.P.s
1963
Doctor
movieDrama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963
Philip Mallard
movieThe Mouse on the Moon
1963
Russian Delegate
Into the Dark
1963
Alfred Purdie
movieHeart to Heart
1962
Frank Godsell
tvZero One
1962
Major Konel
movieI Thank a Fool
1962
Sleazy Doctor
tvZ-Cars
1962
Seaton
Candida
1961
Rev. Alexander Mill
movieThe Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
Man (uncredited)
movieA Taste of Honey
1961
Man (uncredited)
movieThe Curse of the Werewolf
1961
Don Enrique
Drama 61-67
1961
Philip Mallard / Roland Green
tvThe Avengers
1961
Hal Anderson
movieSaturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
Man in Suit (uncredited)
movieThe Millionairess
1960
Minor Role (uncredited)
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Hesketh-Payne / Harry Shell
tvDanger Man
1960
John Gordon
movieDoctor in Love
1960
Mr. Luke (uncredited)
movieBrand
1959
Doctor & Provost
movieThe Scapegoat
1959
Customs Official
World Theatre
1959
Barere, Simon, Prisoner / Doctor & Provost
movieThe Doctor's Dilemma
1959
Secretary at Picture Gallery
movieCinderella
1958
Baron Aristide de Pennilac
movieA Night to Remember
1958
Minor Role (uncredited)
movieAnastasia
1956
Grischa (uncredited)
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Alfred Purdie / Mr. Pender / Onslow / Sam Carter
Kitty Clive
1956
John Hall
Safe and Sound
1956
Squishy Taylor
movieQuay South
1955
Corporal Foster
movieThe Concert
1955
Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Pickpocket
1955
Chippy Criggs
tvStrange Experiences
1955
Chippy Griggs / Squishy Taylor / The Burglar
tvThis Is Your Life
1955
Self / Self - Filmed Tribute
movieMoby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
A Stage Manger /Flask
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955
Squishy Taylor
movieNineteen Eighty-Four
1954
Man (uncredited)
movieChild's Play
1954
Bill - grocery merchant
movieStranger from Venus
1954
Soldier (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieMr. Denning Drives North
1951
Man (uncredited)
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950
Snug / J. G.
movieThe Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
Man (uncredited)
Esther
Self
Sound3
Crew2
movieEarly Man
2018
In Memory Of
movieChicken Run
2000
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