Peter Sallis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 1, 1921
- Died
- Jun 2, 2017 (aged 96)
- Place of birth
- Twickenham, England, UK
- Credits
- 271
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.
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Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005Movie
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Wrong Trousers
1993Movie
Wallace (voice)
A Grand Day Out
1990Movie
Wallace (voice)
A Close Shave
1996Movie
Wallace (voice)
Eureka
2006TV
Guest (uncredited)
Doctor Who
1963TV
Penley
Filmography
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024Movie
Wallace (archive footage)
Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
2024Movie
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023Movie
Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022Movie
Self (archive)
What We Were Watching
2018TV
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit - Hearts of Clay
2017Movie
Wallace / Gromit
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015Movie
Self - Voice of Wallace
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
2015TV
Wallace (voice)
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012Movie
Reccoat (archive footage)
The Lark Ascending
2012Movie
Self (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010TV
Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010Movie
Wallace (voice)
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009Movie
Self
Living with Macular Disease
2009Movie
Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008Movie
Wallace (voice)
British Film Forever
2007TV
Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
Kingdom
2007TV
Cyril
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006Movie
Wallace (voice)
Time Trumpet
2006TV
Clegg, Clegg (archive footage)
Eureka
2006TV
Guest (uncredited)
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006Movie
Self
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
2006TV
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006Movie
Wallace (archive footage)
Displacements
2006Movie
himself
Colour Me Kubrick
2005Movie
Patient
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005Movie
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005Movie
Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belonging
2004Movie
Nathan
Britain's Best Sitcom
2004TV
Self
Easy
2003Movie
Man (uncredited)
Comedy Connections
2003TV
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited), Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003Movie
Self
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002TV
Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002Movie
Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002TV
Wallace (voice)
Balamory
2002TV
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
2002Movie
Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Then and Now
2001TV
Guest
Sooty
2001TV
(voice) (uncredited)
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001Movie
Wallace (Voice)
Hotel!
2001Movie
Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
Songs of Praise
2001TV
Guest
Doctors
2000TV
Arthur Weatherill
Holby City
1999TV
Lionel Davis
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999Movie
Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Rex the Runt
1998TV
Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Everyday Readers
1998Movie
Narrator (voice)
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
1998TV
Wallace (Voice)
Operation Good Guys
1997TV
Minor Role (uncredited)
Whatever You Want
1997TV
Clegg
Light Lunch
1997TV
Self
Smillie's People
1996TV
Self
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996Movie
Wallace
A Close Shave
1996Movie
Wallace (voice)
The National Television Awards
1995TV
Self
Character Building
1995Movie
Wallace (voice)
Room 101
1994TV
Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited), Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Inside the Wrong Trousers
1993Movie
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
1993Movie
Wallace (voice)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993Movie
Self - Interviewee
The Crane
1993Movie
Man (uncredited)
The Christmas Collection
1992Movie
Rat (voice)
HBO First Look
1992TV
Self
Auntie's Bloomers
1991TV
Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
Noel's House Party
1991TV
Clegg
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
1990TV
Evan Rhys-Jones
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990Movie
Rat (voice)
A Grand Day Out
1990Movie
Wallace (voice)
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990TV
Rat
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989Movie
Rat (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989Movie
Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989Movie
Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989Movie
Rat (voice)
Troldspejlet
1989TV
Wallace (archive footage)
First of the Summer Wine
1988TV
Motormouth
1988TV
Wallace (Voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988Movie
Rat (voice)
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
1987Movie
Norman Clegg
Sylvanian Families
1987TV
Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
The New Statesman
1987TV
Sidney Bliss
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986Movie
Rat (voice)
Open Air
1986TV
Self
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986Movie
Mr. Walker
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986Movie
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986Movie
Norman Clegg
Rocky Hollow
1985Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rocky Hollow
1985TV
Narrator (voice)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984Movie
Clegg
The Wind in the Willows
1984TV
Rat (voice)
Strangers and Brothers
1984TV
Leonard March
Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home
1983Movie
Norman Clegg
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982Movie
Clegg
Witness for the Prosecution
1982Movie
Carter
The Kids International Show
1982TV
Clegg
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981Movie
Shushin
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980Movie
Solicitor
Lady Killers
1980TV
O'Brien
She Loves Me
1979Movie
Ladislav Sipos
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Solicitor
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979Movie
Leslie
Room Service
1979TV
Mr. Fellows
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
1978Movie
Clegg
628-E8
1978Movie
Mirbeau
The Clifton House Mystery
1978TV
Milton Guest
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978Movie
St. Claire
Leave it to Charlie
1978TV
Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
Across a Crowded Room
1978Movie
Cyril Smallpiece
Full Circle
1978Movie
Jeffrey Branscombe
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Self
The Obelisk
1977Movie
Ernest
Premiere
1977TV
Ernest
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977TV
Rodney Gloss
The Val Doonican Music Show
1977TV
Self
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977Movie
Worker (uncredited)
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Raffles
1977TV
The Winter Warrior
1976Movie
Deor
Yanks Go Home
1976TV
Randall Todd
The Incredible Sarah
1976Movie
Thierry
The Daedalus Equations
1976Movie
Major Venables
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976TV
Mr Gudgin
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975TV
Henry Tong
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975TV
The Secret Agent
1975Movie
Chief Inspector Heat
The Snowdropper
1975Movie
Spicer
Back of Beyond
1974Movie
Man (uncredited)
Graceless Go I
1974Movie
Mr. Wainwright
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974Movie
Priest
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974Movie
Man (uncredited)
Late Night Drama
1974TV
Patient
The Capone Investment
1974Movie
Wheatfield
Armchair Cinema
1974TV
Benitet
The Prison
1974Movie
Benitet
Playhouse
1974TV
Maj. Venables
Who Killed Lamb?
1974Movie
Lloyd
The Pallisers
1974TV
Mr Bonteen
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973TV
Priest
Beyond Our Means
1973Movie
Onslow
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973Movie
Banker #2 (uncredited)
Song at Twilight
1973Movie
Austin Melcroft
Lady Killer
1973Movie
Man
Frankenstein
1973Movie
Man (uncredited)
Frankenstein
1973TV
Man (uncredited)
Last of the Summer Wine
1973TV
Clegg
Crown Court
1972TV
Gerald Prosser, Insp. George Storton
The Reprieve
1972Movie
Cossack Horseman
Spyder's Web
1972TV
Grovnik
The Moonstone
1972TV
Mr. Bruff
The Bristol Entertainment
1971Movie
Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Justice
1971TV
Coroner
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971TV
Dr. Jervis
The Persuaders!
1971TV
Piper
Trial
1971TV
Almond
Bel Ami
1971Movie
Norbert de Varenne
Bel Ami
1971TV
Norbert de Varenne
Budgie
1971TV
Peter Olliphant
The Ten Commandments
1971TV
Gerry
The Railwayman's New Clothes
1971Movie
Lumley
The Road Builder
1971Movie
Rev. Rupert Palafox
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Play for Today
1970TV
Menace
1970TV
Sonny Waters
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970Movie
Ernest Charles, KC
Wuthering Heights
1970Movie
Mr. Shielders
My Lover, My Son
1970Movie
Sir Sidney Brent
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970Movie
Samuel Paxton
Sweeney Todd
1970Movie
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Catweazle
1970TV
Stuffy Gladstone
Scream and Scream Again
1970Movie
Schweitz
The Reckoning
1970Movie
Keresley
Kate
1970TV
Sammy Harrison
Menace
1970Movie
Narrator (voice)
Paul Temple
1969TV
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969TV
Lodge, Edward Letheridge, Professor Dowell
The Ladies: Joan
1969Movie
Mr. Street
Hadleigh
1969TV
Dakin, Strapper Strapton
Plays of Today
1969TV
Mr. Street
The Big Flame
1969Movie
Man (uncredited)
Maigret at Bay
1969Movie
(uncredited)
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969Movie
Guest
60 Minutes
1968TV
Guest
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968Movie
Man (uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
1968Movie
Hudson
Charlie Bubbles
1968Movie
Solicitor
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968Movie
Eric
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967Movie
Penley
Omnibus
1967TV
Mirbeau, Guest, Self
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Leslie, Patient
Callan
1967TV
Routledge
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mystery and Imagination
1966TV
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Softly, Softly
1966TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
(uncredited)
Call My Bluff
1965TV
Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Lumley
Knock on Any Door
1965TV
Stannage
Blackmail
1965TV
Miles Beckett
Rapture
1965Movie
Armand
The Troubleshooters
1965TV
Henry Wynn
Public Eye
1965TV
Eddie Meadows, Colin Reynolds
The Sullavan Brothers
1964TV
Kenneth K. Hirst
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Eric, Man
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964Movie
Mr. Pender
Clash by Night
1964Movie
Victor
A Wicked World
1964Movie
Ronald Green
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
1964Movie
The Third Secret
1964Movie
Lawrence Jacks
Doctor Who
1963TV
Penley
Festival
1963TV
Captain of the Fire Brigade, Romainville
The V.I.P.s
1963Movie
Doctor
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963Movie
Philip Mallard
Sergeant Cork
1963TV
Rev. Hubert Wales
The Mouse on the Moon
1963Movie
Russian Delegate
Into the Dark
1963Movie
Alfred Purdie
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
1963TV
Mad Willy
Heart to Heart
1962Movie
Frank Godsell
Zero One
1962TV
Major Konel
I Thank a Fool
1962Movie
Sleazy Doctor
Crying Down the Lane
1962TV
Champion
Z-Cars
1962TV
Seaton
Candida
1961Movie
Rev. Alexander Mill
A Chance of Thunder
1961TV
Howard
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961Movie
Man (uncredited)
A Taste of Honey
1961Movie
Man (uncredited)
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961Movie
Hesketh-Payne
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961Movie
Don Enrique
Amelia
1961TV
William Hogarth
Drama 61-67
1961TV
Philip Mallard, Roland Green
No Love for Johnnie
1961Movie
M.P.
The Zoo Story
1961Movie
Peter
The Avengers
1961TV
Hal Anderson
The Adventures of Alice
1960Movie
Tweedledee
Maigret
1960TV
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960Movie
Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Poet
1960Movie
Giulio
The Millionairess
1960Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
Sunday-Night Play
1960TV
Hesketh-Payne, Harry Shell
Danger Man
1960TV
John Gordon
Doctor in Love
1960Movie
Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960Movie
Robinet
International Detective
1959TV
Eugene Payas
Brand
1959Movie
Doctor & Provost
The Scapegoat
1959Movie
Customs Official
World Theatre
1959TV
Barere, Simon, Prisoner, Doctor & Provost
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959Movie
Secretary at Picture Gallery
Dance Date
1959TV
Cinderella
1958Movie
Baron Aristide de Pennilac
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958Movie
Snug
A Night to Remember
1958Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
1958TV
Samuel Pepys
Anastasia
1956Movie
Grischa (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Alfred Purdie, Mr. Pender, Onslow, Sam Carter
Kitty Clive
1956Movie
John Hall
The Inveterate Gambler
1956Movie
The Burglar
Safe and Sound
1956Movie
Squishy Taylor
Quay South
1955Movie
Corporal Foster
The Concert
1955Movie
Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Pickpocket
1955Movie
Chippy Criggs
Strange Experiences
1955TV
Chippy Griggs, Squishy Taylor, The Burglar
This Is Your Life
1955TV
Self, Self - Filmed Tribute
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955Movie
A Stage Manger /Flask
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955Movie
Squishy Taylor
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954Movie
Man (uncredited)
Child's Play
1954Movie
Bill - grocery merchant
Stranger from Venus
1954Movie
Soldier (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Carter
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951Movie
Man (uncredited)
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
Snug, J. G.
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947Movie
Man (uncredited)
Esther
TV
Self