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.
TV Shows(113)
What We Were Watching
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
2018
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
Wallace (voice)
2015
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace (voice)
2010
British Film Forever
Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
2007
Kingdom
Cyril
2007
Time Trumpet
Clegg
2006
Eureka
Guest (uncredited)
2006
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
2006
Britain's Best Sitcom
Self
2004
Comedy Connections
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
2003
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Wallace (voice)
2002
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
2002
Balamory
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
2002
Then and Now
Guest
2001
Sooty
(voice) (uncredited)
2001
Songs of Praise
Guest
2001
Doctors
Arthur Weatherill
2000
Holby City
Lionel Davis
1999
Rex the Runt
Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
1998
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
Wallace (Voice)
1998
Operation Good Guys
Minor Role (uncredited)
1997
Whatever You Want
Clegg
1997
Light Lunch
Self
1997
Smillie's People
Self
1996
The National Television Awards
Self
1995
Room 101
Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
1994
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Auntie's Bloomers
Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
1991
Noel's House Party
Clegg
1991
Oh, Mr. Toad
Rat
1990
Troldspejlet
Wallace (archive footage)
1989
First of the Summer Wine
1988
Motormouth
Wallace (Voice)
1988
Sylvanian Families
Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
1987
The New Statesman
Sidney Bliss
1987
Open Air
Self
1986
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
1985
The Wind in the Willows
Rat (voice)
1984
Strangers and Brothers
Leonard March
1984
The Kids International Show
Clegg
1982
Lady Killers
O'Brien
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Solicitor
1979
Room Service
Mr. Fellows
1979
The Clifton House Mystery
1978
Leave it to Charlie
Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
1978
The South Bank Show
Self
1978
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Rodney Gloss
1977
The Val Doonican Music Show
Self
1977
Raffles
1977
Yanks Go Home
1976
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Mr Gudgin
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
Late Night Drama
Patient
1974
Armchair Cinema
Benitet
1974
Playhouse
Maj. Venables
1974
The Pallisers
Mr Bonteen
1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
1973
Frankenstein
Man (uncredited)
1973
Last of the Summer Wine
Clegg
1973
Crown Court
Gerald Prosser
1972
Spyder's Web
Grovnik
1972
The Moonstone
Mr. Bruff
1972
Justice
Coroner
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Jervis
1971
The Persuaders!
Piper
1971
Trial
Almond
1971
Bel Ami
Norbert de Varenne
1971
Budgie
Peter Olliphant
1971
The Ten Commandments
Gerry
1971
Play for Today
1970
Menace
1970
Catweazle
Stuffy Gladstone
1970
Kate
Sammy Harrison
1970
Paul Temple
1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
Lodge
1969
Hadleigh
Dakin
1969
60 Minutes
Guest
1968
Omnibus
Mirbeau
1967
ITV Playhouse
Leslie
1967
Callan
Routledge
1967
Mystery and Imagination
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
1966
Softly, Softly
1966
BBC Play of the Month
(uncredited)
1965
Call My Bluff
Self
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lumley
1965
Knock on Any Door
Stannage
1965
The Troubleshooters
Henry Wynn
1965
Public Eye
Eddie Meadows
1965
The Sullavan Brothers
Kenneth K. Hirst
1964
Doctor Who
Penley
1963
Festival
Captain of the Fire Brigade
1963
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
Mad Willy
1963
Zero One
Major Konel
1962
Crying Down the Lane
Champion
1962
Z-Cars
1962
Amelia
1961
Drama 61-67
Philip Mallard
1961
The Avengers
Hal Anderson
1961
Maigret
1960
Sunday-Night Play
Hesketh-Payne
1960
Danger Man
John Gordon
1960
International Detective
Eugene Payas
1959
World Theatre
Barere, Simon, Prisoner
1959
Dance Date
1959
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys
1958
Armchair Theatre
Alfred Purdie
1956
Strange Experiences
Chippy Griggs
1955
This Is Your Life
Self
1955
The Oscars
Self
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Carter
1951
Sunday Night Theatre
Snug
1950
Esther
Self
Movies(150)
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
Wallace (archive footage)
2024
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
Wallace
2024
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
2023
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
2022
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Wallace
2015
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Reccoat (archive footage)
2012
The Lark Ascending
Self (uncredited)
2012
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace (voice)
2010
Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself
2009
Living with Macular Disease
Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
2009
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace (voice)
2008
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Wallace (voice)
2006
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Self
2006
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace (archive footage)
2006
Displacements
himself
2006
Colour Me Kubrick
Patient
2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Belonging
Nathan
2004
Easy
Man (uncredited)
2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Self
2003
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
2002
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice)
2001
Hotel!
Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
2001
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
1999
Everyday Readers
Narrator (voice)
1998
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Wallace
1996
A Close Shave
Wallace (voice)
1996
Character Building
Wallace (voice)
1995
Inside the Wrong Trousers
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
1993
The Wrong Trousers
Wallace (voice)
1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
1993
The Crane
Man (uncredited)
1993
The Christmas Collection
Rat (voice)
1992
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Rat (voice)
1990
A Grand Day Out
Wallace (voice)
1990
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Rat (voice)
1989
More Children's Summer Stories
Rat (voice)
1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Rat (voice)
1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Rat (voice)
1989
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Rat (voice)
1988
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Rat (voice)
1986
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Mr. Walker
1986
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
1985
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Clegg
1984
Getting Sam Home
Norman Clegg
1983
The Funny Side of Christmas
Clegg
1982
Witness for the Prosecution
Carter
1982
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Shushin
1981
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Solicitor
1980
She Loves Me
Ladislav Sipos
1979
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Leslie
1979
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Clegg
1978
628-E8
Mirbeau
1978
The Clifton House Mystery
Milton Guest
1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
St. Claire
1978
Across a Crowded Room
Cyril Smallpiece
1978
Full Circle
Jeffrey Branscombe
1978
The Obelisk
Ernest
1977
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Worker (uncredited)
1977
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Minor Role (uncredited)
1977
The Winter Warrior
Deor
1976
The Incredible Sarah
Thierry
1976
The Daedalus Equations
Major Venables
1976
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
1975
The Snowdropper
Spicer
1975
Back of Beyond
Man (uncredited)
1974
Graceless Go I
Mr. Wainwright
1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
1974
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Man (uncredited)
1974
The Capone Investment
Wheatfield
1974
The Prison
Benitet
1974
Who Killed Lamb?
Lloyd
1974
Beyond Our Means
Onslow
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Banker #2 (uncredited)
1973
Song at Twilight
Austin Melcroft
1973
Lady Killer
Man
1973
Frankenstein
Man (uncredited)
1973
The Reprieve
Cossack Horseman
1972
The Moonstone
Mr. Buff
1972
The Bristol Entertainment
Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
1971
Bel Ami
Norbert de Varenne
1971
The Railwayman's New Clothes
Lumley
1971
The Road Builder
Rev. Rupert Palafox
1971
The Hallelujah Handshake
Minor Role (uncredited)
1970
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Ernest Charles, KC
1970
Wuthering Heights
Mr. Shielders
1970
My Lover, My Son
Sir Sidney Brent
1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Samuel Paxton
1970
Sweeney Todd
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
1970
Scream and Scream Again
Schweitz
1970
The Reckoning
Keresley
1970
Menace
Narrator (voice)
1970
The Ladies: Joan
Mr. Street
1969
The Big Flame
Man (uncredited)
1969
Maigret at Bay
(uncredited)
1969
Cream: Farewell Concert
Guest
1969
Wind Versus Polygamy
Man (uncredited)
1968
Inadmissible Evidence
Hudson
1968
Charlie Bubbles
Solicitor
1968
The Drummer and the Bloke
Eric
1968
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Penley
1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Minor Role (uncredited)
1966
Rapture
Armand
1965
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Mr. Pender
1964
Clash by Night
Victor
1964
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Ronald Green
1964
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
1964
The Third Secret
Lawrence Jacks
1964
The V.I.P.s
Doctor
1963
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Philip Mallard
1963
The Mouse on the Moon
Russian Delegate
1963
Into the Dark
Alfred Purdie
1963
Heart to Heart
Frank Godsell
1962
I Thank a Fool
Sleazy Doctor
1962
Candida
Rev. Alexander Mill
1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Man (uncredited)
1961
A Taste of Honey
Man (uncredited)
1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Hesketh-Payne
1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
Don Enrique
1961
No Love for Johnnie
M.P.
1961
The Zoo Story
Peter
1961
The Adventures of Alice
Tweedledee
1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Man in Suit (uncredited)
1960
The Poet
Giulio
1960
The Millionairess
Minor Role (uncredited)
1960
Doctor in Love
Mr. Luke (uncredited)
1960
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Robinet
1960
Brand
Doctor & Provost
1959
The Scapegoat
Customs Official
1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
Secretary at Picture Gallery
1959
Cinderella
Baron Aristide de Pennilac
1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snug
1958
A Night to Remember
Minor Role (uncredited)
1958
Anastasia
Grischa (uncredited)
1956
Kitty Clive
John Hall
1956
The Inveterate Gambler
The Burglar
1956
Safe and Sound
Squishy Taylor
1956
Quay South
Corporal Foster
1955
The Concert
Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
1955
The Pickpocket
Chippy Criggs
1955
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Stage Manger /Flask
1955
Fcb TV Show No.1
Squishy Taylor
1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Man (uncredited)
1954
Child's Play
Bill - grocery merchant
1954
Stranger from Venus
Soldier (uncredited)
1954
Mr. Denning Drives North
Man (uncredited)
1951
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Man (uncredited)
1947