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 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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Filmography (Movies)
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
Character:Wallace (archive footage)
Release Date:23/12/2024
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
Character:Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Release Date:14/01/2023
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:05/03/2022
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Character:Self - Voice of Wallace
Release Date:26/12/2015
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Character:Reccoat (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2012
The Lark Ascending
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:13/01/2012
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:14/01/2010
Orson Welles Over Europe
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/12/2009
Living with Macular Disease
Character:Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
Release Date:08/03/2009
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:26/12/2008
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:02/10/2006
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:28/06/2006
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Character:Wallace (archive footage)
Release Date:07/02/2006
Displacements
Character:himself
Release Date:01/01/2006
Colour Me Kubrick
Character:Patient
Release Date:06/10/2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Character:Wallace / Hutch (voice)
Release Date:15/09/2005
Belonging
Character:Nathan
Release Date:12/09/2004
Easy
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:10/09/2003
Thora Hird Tribute
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2003
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:15/10/2002
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
Character:Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
Character:Wallace (Voice)
Release Date:04/09/2001
Hotel!
Character:Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
Release Date:17/02/2001
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
Character:Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Everyday Readers
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1998
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Character:Wallace
Release Date:14/06/1996
A Close Shave
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:07/03/1996
Character Building
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Inside the Wrong Trousers
Character:Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Release Date:26/12/1993
The Wrong Trousers
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:17/12/1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:05/10/1993
The Crane
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1993
The Christmas Collection
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:05/10/1992
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:04/06/1990
A Grand Day Out
Character:Wallace (voice)
Release Date:18/05/1990
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:29/12/1989
More Children's Summer Stories
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:05/06/1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:01/05/1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:01/05/1989
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:01/02/1988
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:03/11/1986
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Character:Mr. Walker
Release Date:30/06/1986
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
Character:
Release Date:31/03/1986
Rocky Hollow
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Character:Clegg
Release Date:25/11/1984
The Wind in the Willows
Character:Rat (voice)
Release Date:27/04/1984
Getting Sam Home
Character:Norman Clegg
Release Date:27/12/1983
The Funny Side of Christmas
Character:Clegg
Release Date:27/12/1982
Witness for the Prosecution
Character:Carter
Release Date:04/12/1982
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Character:Shushin
Release Date:17/02/1981
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Character:Solicitor
Release Date:16/08/1980
She Loves Me
Character:Ladislav Sipos
Release Date:13/04/1979
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Character:Leslie
Release Date:02/01/1979
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Character:Clegg
Release Date:26/12/1978
628-E8
Character:Mirbeau
Release Date:16/11/1978
The Clifton House Mystery
Character:Milton Guest
Release Date:08/10/1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Character:St. Claire
Release Date:13/09/1978
Across a Crowded Room
Character:Cyril Smallpiece
Release Date:26/03/1978
Full Circle
Character:Jeffrey Branscombe
Release Date:09/02/1978
The Obelisk
Character:Ernest
Release Date:13/10/1977
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Character:Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:05/04/1977
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:29/03/1977
The Winter Warrior
Character:Deor
Release Date:22/12/1976
The Incredible Sarah
Character:Thierry
Release Date:05/11/1976
The Daedalus Equations
Character:Major Venables
Release Date:20/10/1976
The Secret Agent
Character:Chief Inspector Heat
Release Date:01/10/1975
The Snowdropper
Character:Spicer
Release Date:29/05/1975
Back of Beyond
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:14/11/1974
Graceless Go I
Character:Mr. Wainwright
Release Date:08/10/1974
Frankenstein: The True Story
Character:Priest
Release Date:19/09/1974
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:20/08/1974
The Capone Investment
Character:Wheatfield
Release Date:07/06/1974
The Prison
Character:Benitet
Release Date:24/05/1974
Who Killed Lamb?
Character:Lloyd
Release Date:04/02/1974
Beyond Our Means
Character:Onslow
Release Date:18/09/1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Character:Banker #2 (uncredited)
Release Date:19/04/1973
Song at Twilight
Character:Austin Melcroft
Release Date:05/02/1973
Lady Killer
Character:Man
Release Date:18/01/1973
Frankenstein
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:16/01/1973
The Reprieve
Character:Cossack Horseman
Release Date:01/10/1972
The Moonstone
Character:Mr. Buff
Release Date:01/01/1972
The Bristol Entertainment
Character:Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Release Date:03/12/1971
Bel Ami
Character:Norbert de Varenne
Release Date:08/05/1971
The Railwayman's New Clothes
Character:Lumley
Release Date:08/03/1971
The Road Builder
Character:Rev. Rupert Palafox
Release Date:25/02/1971
The Hallelujah Handshake
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:17/12/1970
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Character:Ernest Charles, KC
Release Date:25/06/1970
Wuthering Heights
Character:Mr. Shielders
Release Date:09/06/1970
My Lover, My Son
Character:Sir Sidney Brent
Release Date:13/05/1970
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Character:Samuel Paxton
Release Date:07/05/1970
Sweeney Todd
Character:Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Release Date:16/02/1970
Scream and Scream Again
Character:Schweitz
Release Date:02/02/1970
The Reckoning
Character:Keresley
Release Date:31/01/1970
Menace
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1970
The Ladies: Joan
Character:Mr. Street
Release Date:18/09/1969
The Big Flame
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:19/02/1969
Maigret at Bay
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:09/02/1969
Cream – Farewell Concert
Character:Guest
Release Date:05/01/1969
Wind Versus Polygamy
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:15/07/1968
Inadmissible Evidence
Character:Hudson
Release Date:23/06/1968
Charlie Bubbles
Character:Solicitor
Release Date:11/02/1968
The Drummer and the Bloke
Character:Eric
Release Date:31/01/1968
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Character:Penley
Release Date:16/12/1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:28/09/1966
Rapture
Character:Armand
Release Date:23/08/1965
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Character:Mr. Pender
Release Date:13/09/1964
Clash by Night
Character:Victor
Release Date:29/08/1964
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Character:Ronald Green
Release Date:08/03/1964
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
Character:
Release Date:18/02/1964
The Third Secret
Character:Lawrence Jacks
Release Date:02/02/1964
The V.I.P.s
Character:Doctor
Release Date:01/09/1963
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Character:Philip Mallard
Release Date:28/07/1963
The Mouse on the Moon
Character:Russian Delegate
Release Date:07/05/1963
Into the Dark
Character:Alfred Purdie
Release Date:03/02/1963
Heart to Heart
Character:Frank Godsell
Release Date:06/12/1962
I Thank a Fool
Character:Sleazy Doctor
Release Date:14/09/1962
The Trial
Character:Uncle Max (English Voice, Uncredited)
Release Date:25/08/1962
Candida
Character:Rev. Alexander Mill
Release Date:29/12/1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1961
A Taste of Honey
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Character:Hesketh-Payne
Release Date:25/06/1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
Character:Don Enrique
Release Date:01/05/1961
No Love for Johnnie
Character:M.P.
Release Date:14/02/1961
The Zoo Story
Character:Peter
Release Date:12/01/1961
The Adventures of Alice
Character:Tweedledee
Release Date:23/12/1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Character:Man in Suit (uncredited)
Release Date:27/10/1960
The Poet
Character:Giulio
Release Date:25/10/1960
The Millionairess
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:18/10/1960
Doctor in Love
Character:Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Release Date:12/07/1960
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Character:Robinet
Release Date:17/01/1960
Brand
Character:Doctor & Provost
Release Date:11/08/1959
The Scapegoat
Character:Customs Official
Release Date:06/08/1959
The Doctor's Dilemma
Character:Secretary at Picture Gallery
Release Date:01/01/1959
Cinderella
Character:Baron Aristide de Pennilac
Release Date:26/12/1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Snug
Release Date:09/11/1958
A Night to Remember
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:03/07/1958
Anastasia
Character:Grischa (uncredited)
Release Date:13/12/1956
Kitty Clive
Character:John Hall
Release Date:27/03/1956
The Inveterate Gambler
Character:The Burglar
Release Date:25/03/1956
Safe and Sound
Character:Squishy Taylor
Release Date:01/01/1956
Quay South
Character:Corporal Foster
Release Date:10/12/1955
The Concert
Character:Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
Release Date:22/10/1955
The Pickpocket
Character:Chippy Criggs
Release Date:24/09/1955
Moby Dick Rehearsed
Character:A Stage Manger /Flask
Release Date:16/06/1955
Fcb TV Show No.1
Character:Squishy Taylor
Release Date:01/01/1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/1954
Child's Play
Character:Bill - grocery merchant
Release Date:01/10/1954
Stranger from Venus
Character:Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:23/08/1954
Mr. Denning Drives North
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:18/12/1951
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:08/06/1947
Television Appearances
What We Were Watching
Character:Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
Character:Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Character:Wallace (voice)
British Film Forever
Character:Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
Kingdom
Character:Cyril
Time Trumpet
Character:Clegg
Time Trumpet
Character:Clegg (archive footage)
Eureka
Character:Guest (uncredited)
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Character:Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Britain's Best Sitcom
Character:Self
Comedy Connections
Character:Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Comedy Connections
Character:Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Character:Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Character:Wallace (voice)
Balamory
Character:Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Then and Now
Character:Guest
Sooty
Character:(voice) (uncredited)
Songs of Praise
Character:Guest
Doctors
Character:Arthur Weatherill
Holby City
Character:Lionel Davis
Rex the Runt
Character:Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
Character:Wallace (Voice)
Operation Good Guys
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Whatever You Want
Character:Clegg
Light Lunch
Character:Self
Smillie's People
Character:Self
The National Television Awards
Character:Self
Room 101
Character:Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Room 101
Character:Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
HBO First Look
Character:Self
Auntie's Bloomers
Character:Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
Noel's House Party
Character:Clegg
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Character:
Oh, Mr. Toad
Character:Rat
Troldspejlet
Character:Wallace (archive footage)
First of the Summer Wine
Character:
Motormouth
Character:Wallace (Voice)
Sylvanian Families
Character:Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
The New Statesman
Character:Sidney Bliss
Open Air
Character:Self
Rocky Hollow
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Wind in the Willows
Character:Rat (voice)
Strangers and Brothers
Character:Leonard March
The Kids International Show
Character:Clegg
Lady Killers
Character:O'Brien
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Solicitor
Room Service
Character:Mr. Fellows
The Clifton House Mystery
Character:
Leave it to Charlie
Character:Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
The South Bank Show
Character:Self
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Character:Rodney Gloss
The Val Doonican Music Show
Character:Self
Raffles
Character:
Yanks Go Home
Character:
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Character:
Rumpole of the Bailey
Character:
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Character:
Late Night Drama
Character:Patient
Armchair Cinema
Character:Benitet
Playhouse
Character:Maj. Venables
Frankenstein: The True Story
Character:Priest
Last of the Summer Wine
Character:Clegg
Crown Court
Character:Gerald Prosser
Crown Court
Character:Insp. George Storton
Spyder's Web
Character:Grovnik
The Moonstone
Character:Mr. Bruff
Justice
Character:Coroner
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Dr. Jervis
The Persuaders!
Character:Piper
Trial
Character:Almond
Bel Ami
Character:Norbert de Varenne
Budgie
Character:Peter Olliphant
The Ten Commandments
Character:Gerry
Play for Today
Character:
Menace
Character:
Catweazle
Character:Stuffy Gladstone
Kate
Character:Sammy Harrison
Paul Temple
Character:
Softly Softly: Task Force
Character:Lodge
Softly Softly: Task Force
Character:Edward Letheridge
Softly Softly: Task Force
Character:Professor Dowell
Hadleigh
Character:Dakin
Hadleigh
Character:Strapper Strapton
60 Minutes
Character:Guest
Omnibus
Character:Mirbeau
Omnibus
Character:Guest
Omnibus
Character:Self
ITV Playhouse
Character:Leslie
Callan
Character:Routledge
Mystery and Imagination
Character:Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Softly, Softly
Character:
BBC Play of the Month
Character:(uncredited)
Call My Bluff
Character:Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:Lumley
Knock on Any Door
Character:Stannage
The Troubleshooters
Character:Henry Wynn
Public Eye
Character:Eddie Meadows
Public Eye
Character:Colin Reynolds
The Sullavan Brothers
Character:Kenneth K. Hirst
Doctor Who
Character:Penley
Festival
Character:Captain of the Fire Brigade
Festival
Character:Romainville
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
Character:Mad Willy
Zero One
Character:Major Konel
Crying Down the Lane
Character:Champion
Z-Cars
Character:
Z-Cars
Character:Seaton
Amelia
Character:
Drama 61-67
Character:Philip Mallard
Drama 61-67
Character:Roland Green
The Avengers
Character:Hal Anderson
Maigret
Character:
Sunday-Night Play
Character:Hesketh-Payne
Danger Man
Character:John Gordon
International Detective
Character:Eugene Payas
World Theatre
Character:Barere, Simon, Prisoner
World Theatre
Character:Doctor & Provost
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Character:Samuel Pepys
Armchair Theatre
Character:Alfred Purdie
Armchair Theatre
Character:Mr. Pender
Armchair Theatre
Character:Onslow
Strange Experiences
Character:Chippy Griggs
Strange Experiences
Character:Squishy Taylor
Strange Experiences
Character:The Burglar
This Is Your Life
Character:Self
This Is Your Life
Character:Self - Filmed Tribute
The Oscars
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Carter
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Snug
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