Peter Sallis
Peter Sallis, OBE 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.
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Known for
Holby City
Lionel Davis
The Avengers
Hal Anderson
Doctor Who
Penley
Play for Today
Omnibus
Mirbeau
Omnibus
Guest
Omnibus
Self
Eureka
Guest (uncredited)
Crown Court
Gerald Prosser
Crown Court
Insp. George Storton
Tales of the Unexpected
Solicitor
BBC Play of the Month
(uncredited)
The Persuaders!
Piper
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Wallace (voice)
Last of the Summer Wine
Clegg
Doctors
Arthur Weatherill
Playhouse
Maj. Venables
Maigret
Z-Cars
Z-Cars
Seaton
Balamory
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Softly, Softly
Rumpole of the Bailey
Danger Man
John Gordon
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Jervis
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Clegg
The Funny Side of Christmas
Clegg
Justice
Coroner
Softly Softly: Task Force
Lodge
Softly Softly: Task Force
Edward Letheridge
Softly Softly: Task Force
Professor Dowell
Public Eye
Eddie Meadows
Public Eye
Colin Reynolds
Festival
Captain of the Fire Brigade
Festival
Romainville
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lumley
Callan
Routledge
Kingdom
Cyril
The Adventures of Alice
Tweedledee
Catweazle
Stuffy Gladstone
Lady Killers
O'Brien
Thora Hird Tribute
Self
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Minor Role (uncredited)
The New Statesman
Sidney Bliss
Mystery and Imagination
Sunday-Night Play
Hesketh-Payne
Budgie
Peter Olliphant
Rex the Runt
Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Moby Dick Rehearsed
A Stage Manger /Flask
Barlow
The Troubleshooters
Henry Wynn
Fat Friends
Wallace (archive footage)
A Grand Day Out
Wallace (voice)
Cinderella
Baron Aristide de Pennilac
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace (voice)
A Close Shave
Wallace (voice)
The Moonstone
Mr. Buff
A Night to Remember
Minor Role (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
Mr. Shielders
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Philip Mallard
The Bristol Entertainment
Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Belonging
Nathan
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
St. Claire
Noel's House Party
Clegg
The Clifton House Mystery
Milton Guest
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Hesketh-Payne
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Rat (voice)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Banker #2 (uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
Wallace (voice)
The Doctor's Dilemma
Secretary at Picture Gallery
Raffles
Songs of Praise
Guest
The Trial
Uncle Max (uncredited)
The Wind in the Willows
Rat (voice)
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Carter
Paul Temple
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Rat (voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snug
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
Song at Twilight
Austin Melcroft
The Millionairess
Minor Role (uncredited)
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Ronald Green
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Man in Suit (uncredited)
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Samuel Paxton
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Reccoat (archive footage)
Scream and Scream Again
Schweitz
Zero One
Major Konel
Across a Crowded Room
Cyril Smallpiece
Getting Sam Home
Clegg
The Incredible Sarah
Thierry
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace (voice)
Operation Good Guys
Minor Role (uncredited)
Hadleigh
Dakin
Hadleigh
Strapper Strapton
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
Clash by Night
Victor
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Minor Role (uncredited)
Full Circle
Jeffrey Branscombe
The Ten Commandments
Gerry
No Love for Johnnie
M.P.
Back of Beyond
Man (uncredited)
Anastasia
Grischa (uncredited)
The Poet
Giulio
Colour Me Kubrick
Patient
The Capone Investment
Wheatfield
Easy
Man (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit The Classic Collection
Wallace
International Detective
Eugene Payas
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Mr. Gudgin/Old Gudgin
Beyond Our Means
Onslow
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Man (uncredited)
First of the Summer Wine
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice)
The Hallelujah Handshake
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Third Secret
Lawrence Jacks
Rapture
Armand
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Worker (uncredited)
Oh, Mr. Toad
Rat
The Prison
Benitet
The Concert
Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
My Lover, My Son
Sir Sidney Brent
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Penley
The Curse of the Werewolf
Don Enrique
The V.I.P.s
Doctor
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection
Wallace (Voice)
Sooty
(voice) (uncredited)
Motormouth
Wallace (Voice)
Child's Play
Bill - grocery merchant
Heart to Heart
Frank Godsell
The Mouse on the Moon
Russian Delegate
Witness for the Prosecution
Carter
The Big Flame
Man (uncredited)
Frankenstein
Man
Murder Most English
Rodney Gloss
Doctor in Love
Lovestruck Patient
Wind Versus Polygamy
Man (uncredited)
The Scapegoat
Customs Official
The Crane
Man (uncredited)
The Reckoning
Keresley
Menace
The Val Doonican Music Show
Self
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Lady Killer
Man
Shopper 13
Wallace (voice)
Strangers and Brothers
Leonard March
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
Comedy Connections
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Comedy Connections
Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Stranger from Venus
Soldier
British Film Forever
Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
I Thank a Fool
Sleazy Doctor
The Road Builder
Rev. Rupert Palafox
The Bully Proof Vest
Wallace (voice)
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Shushin
The Snoozatron
Wallace (voice)
Who Killed Lamb?
Lloyd
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Leslie
Call My Bluff
Self
Armchair Cinema
Benitet
Hotel!
Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
The National Television Awards
Self
She Loves Me
Ladislav Sipos
Inadmissible Evidence
Hudson
Bel Ami
Norbert de Varenne
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Clegg
Kate
Sammy Harrison
Drama 61-67
Philip Mallard
Drama 61-67
Roland Green
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Wallace
The Tellyscope
Wallace (voice)
Yanks Go Home
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
Mad Willy
Sweeney Todd
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
The Drummer and the Bloke
Eric
Spyder's Web
Grovnik
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Auntie's Bloomers
Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
The Snowmantron
Wallace (voice)
The Sullavan Brothers
Kenneth K. Hirst
A Christmas Cardomatic
Wallace (voice)
Cream - Farewell Concert
Guest
Mr. Denning Drives North
Man (uncredited)
Jango
Oscar Wilde
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Man
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Crying Down the Lane
Champion
The Clifton House Mystery
Smillie's People
Self
The Daedalus Equations
Major Venables
Room Service
Mr. Fellows
Strange Experiences
Chippy Griggs
Strange Experiences
Squishy Taylor
Strange Experiences
Poor Man
Charlie Bubbles
Solicitor
Displacements
himself
Brand
Doctor & Provost
Sylvanian Families
Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
Trial
Almond
The Ladies: Joan
Mr. Street
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
Wallace (voice)
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Ernest Charles, KC
The Kids International Show
Clegg
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Wallace
The 525 Crackervac
Wallace (voice)
Amelia
The Obelisk
Ernest
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
Wallace (Voice)
Kitty Clive
John Hall
Whatever You Want
Clegg
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
Leave It To Charlie
A Matter of Loaf and Death: How They Donut
Wallace (archive footage)
The Railwayman's New Clothes
Lumley
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
The Reprieve
Cossack Horseman
628-E8
Mirbeau
Late Night Drama
Patient
The Moonstone
Mr. Bruff
The Lark Ascending
Self (uncredited)
The Autochef
Wallace (voice)
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Mr. Walker
Armchair Theatre
Alfred Purdie
Armchair Theatre
Mr. Pender
Armchair Theatre
Onslow
World Theatre
Barere, Simon, Prisoner
World Theatre
Doctor & Provost
Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
What We Were Watching
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
The Turbo Diner
Wallace (voice)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Self
Then and Now
Guest
Knock on Any Door
Stannage
Quay South
Corporal Foster
The Soccamatic
Wallace (voice)
The Winter Warrior
Deor
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Robinet
Inside the Wrong Trousers
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Candida
Rev. Alexander Mill
Living with Macular Disease
Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
The Zoo Story
Peter
The Snowdropper
Spicer
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace (archive footage)
60 Minutes
Guest
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Wallace (voice)
Menace
Narrator (voice)
Room 101
Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Room 101
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Fcb TV Show No.1
Squishy Taylor
The South Bank Show
Self
Everyday Readers
Narrator (voice)