
Peter Sallis
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.
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- 2024Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit (Wallace (archive footage))
- 2024Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
- 2023Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances (Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited))
- 2022Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs (Self (archive))
- 2018What We Were Watching (Clegg (archive footage, uncredited))
- 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (Self - Voice of Wallace)
- 2015Aardman: A Cracking Collection (Wallace (voice))
- 2012Second Time Around: The Troughton Years (Reccoat (archive footage))
- 2012The Lark Ascending (Self (uncredited))
- 2010Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention (Wallace (voice))
- 2010Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention (Wallace (voice))
- 2009Orson Welles Over Europe (Self)
- 2009Living with Macular Disease (Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice)
- 2008A Matter of Loaf and Death (Wallace (voice))
- 2007British Film Forever (Self (as Peter Sallis OBE))
- 2007Kingdom (Cyril)
- 2006Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD (Wallace (voice))
- 2006Time Trumpet (Clegg)
- 2006Time Trumpet (Clegg (archive footage))
- 2006Eureka (Guest (uncredited))
- 2006How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood (Self)
- 2006Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (Clegg (archive footage, uncredited))
- 2006The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Wallace (archive footage))
- 2006Displacements (himself)
- 2005Colour Me Kubrick (Patient)
- 2005Wallace ja Gromit: Libaküüliku needus (Wallace / Hutch (voice))
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited))
- 2004Belonging (Nathan)
- 2004Britain's Best Sitcom (Self)
- 2003Easy (Man (uncredited))
- 2003Comedy Connections (Clegg (archive footage, uncredited))
- 2003Comedy Connections (Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited))
- 2003Thora Hird Tribute (Self)
- 2002Harry Hill's TV Burp (Wallace (voice))
- 2002Wallace ja Gromit tegutsevad jälle (Wallace (voice))
- 2002Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (Wallace (voice))
- 2002Balamory (Man at Train Station (uncredited))
- 2002Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes (Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited))
- 2001Then and Now (Guest)
- 2001Sooty ((voice) (uncredited))
- 2001The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (Wallace (Voice))
- 2001Hotel! (Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited))
- 2001Songs of Praise (Guest)
- 2000Doctors (Arthur Weatherill)
- 1999Holby City (Lionel Davis)
- 1999The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit (Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage))
- 1998Rex the Runt (Wallace (voice) (uncredited))
- 1998Everyday Readers (Narrator (voice))
- 1998Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out (Wallace (Voice))
- 1997Operation Good Guys (Minor Role (uncredited))
- 1997Whatever You Want (Clegg)
- 1997Light Lunch (Self)
- 1996Smillie's People (Self)
- 1996Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (Wallace)
- 1996A Close Shave (Wallace (voice))
- 1995The National Television Awards (Self)
- 1995Character Building (Wallace (voice))
- 1994Room 101 (Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited))
- 1994Room 101 (Wallace (archive footage, uncredited))
- 1993Inside the Wrong Trousers (Wallace (archive footage, uncredited))
- 1993The Wrong Trousers (Wallace (voice))
- 1993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (Self - Interviewee)
- 1993The Crane (Man (uncredited))
- 1992The Christmas Collection (Rat (voice))
- 1992HBO First Look (Self)
- 1991Auntie's Bloomers (Self/Acting Role (uncredited))
- 1991Noel's House Party (Clegg)
- 1990Come Home Charlie and Face Them
- 1990More Children's Holiday Favourites (Rat (voice))
- 1990A Grand Day Out (Wallace (voice))
- 1990Oh, Mr. Toad (Rat)
- 1989The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads (Rat (voice))
- 1989More Children's Summer Stories (Rat (voice))
- 1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 (Rat (voice))
- 1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 (Rat (voice))
- 1989Troldspejlet (Wallace (archive footage))
- 1988First of the Summer Wine
- 1988Motormouth (Wallace (Voice))
- 1988Children's Favourites - Volume 1 (Rat (voice))
- 1987Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day At Dream Acres (Clegg)
- 1987Sylvanian Families (Rabbit (voice, uncredited))
- 1987The New Statesman (Sidney Bliss)
- 1986The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales (Rat (voice))
- 1986A Dangerous Kind of Love (Mr. Walker)
- 1986The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
- 1985Rocky Hollow (Narrator (voice))
- 1985Rocky Hollow (Narrator (voice))
- 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984 (Clegg)
- 1983Getting Sam Home (Norman Clegg)
- 1982The Funny Side of Christmas (Clegg)
- 1982Witness for the Prosecution (Carter)
- 1981The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner (Shushin)
- 1980Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place (Solicitor)
- 1979She Loves Me (Ladislav Sipos)
- 1979You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (Leslie)
- 1978Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982 (Clegg)
- 1978628-E8 (Mirbeau)
- 1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (St. Claire)
- 1978Across a Crowded Room (Cyril Smallpiece)
- 1978Full Circle (Jeffrey Branscombe)
- 1978The South Bank Show (Self)
- 1977The Obelisk (Ernest)
- 1977The Val Doonican Music Show (Self)
- 1977The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality (Worker (uncredited))
- 1977The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People (Minor Role (uncredited))
- 1976The Winter Warrior (Deor)
- 1976The Incredible Sarah (Thierry)
- 1976The Daedalus Equations (Major Venables)
- 1975The Secret Agent (Chief Inspector Heat)
- 1975The Snowdropper (Spicer)
- 1974Back of Beyond (Man (uncredited))
- 1974Graceless Go I (Mr. Wainwright)
- 1974Frankenstein: The True Story (Priest)
- 1974Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest (Man (uncredited))
- 1974Late Night Drama (Patient)
- 1974The Capone Investment (Wheatfield)
- 1974Armchair Cinema (Benitet)
- 1974The Prison (Benitet)
- 1974Playhouse (Maj. Venables)
- 1974Who Killed Lamb? (Lloyd)
- 1973Beyond Our Means (Onslow)
- 1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days (Banker #2 (uncredited))
- 1973Song at Twilight (Austin Melcroft)
- 1973Lady Killer (Man)
- 1973Frankenstein (Man (uncredited))
- 1972The Reprieve (Cossack Horseman)
- 1972Spyder's Web (Grovnik)
- 1972The Moonstone (Mr. Bruff)
- 1972The Moonstone (Mr. Buff)
- 1971The Bristol Entertainment (Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice)
- 1971Bel Ami (Norbert de Varenne)
- 1971The Railwayman's New Clothes (Lumley)
- 1971The Road Builder (Rev. Rupert Palafox)
- 1970The Hallelujah Handshake (Minor Role (uncredited))
- 1970Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary (Ernest Charles, KC)
- 1970Wuthering Heights (Mr. Shielders)
- 1970My Lover, My Son (Sir Sidney Brent)
- 1970Taste the Blood of Dracula (Samuel Paxton)
- 1970Sweeney Todd (Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins)
- 1970Scream and Scream Again (Schweitz)
- 1970The Reckoning (Keresley)
- 1970Menace (Narrator (voice))
- 1969The Ladies: Joan (Mr. Street)
- 1969The Big Flame (Man (uncredited))
- 1969Maigret at Bay ((uncredited))
- 1969Cream: Farewell Concert (Guest)
- 196860 Minutes (Guest)
- 1968Wind Versus Polygamy (Man (uncredited))
- 1968Inadmissible Evidence (Hudson)
- 1968Charlie Bubbles (Solicitor)
- 1968The Drummer and the Bloke (Eric)
- 1967Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors (Penley)
- 1967Omnibus (Self)
- 1966The Bible: In the Beginning... (Minor Role (uncredited))
- 1965BBC Play of the Month ((uncredited))
- 1965Call My Bluff (Self)
- 1965Thirty-Minute Theatre (Lumley)
- 1965Knock on Any Door (Stannage)
- 1965Rapture (Armand)
- 1965The Troubleshooters (Henry Wynn)
- 1965Public Eye (Colin Reynolds)
- 1964Clash by Night (Victor)
- 1964A Wicked World (Ronald Green)
- 1964Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
- 1964The Third Secret (Lawrence Jacks)
- 1963Festival (Captain of the Fire Brigade)
- 1963Festival (Romainville)
- 1963The V.I.P.s (Doctor)
- 1963Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man (Philip Mallard)
- 1963The Mouse on the Moon (Russian Delegate)
- 1963Into the Dark (Alfred Purdie)
- 1963The Chem. Lab. Mystery (Mad Willy)
- 1962Heart to Heart (Frank Godsell)
- 1962Zero One (Major Konel)
- 1962I Thank a Fool (Sleazy Doctor)
- 1961Candida (Rev. Alexander Mill)
- 1961The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Man (uncredited))
- 1961A Taste of Honey (Man (uncredited))
- 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 (Hesketh-Payne)
- 1961The Curse of the Werewolf (Don Enrique)
- 1961No Love for Johnnie (M.P.)
- 1961The Zoo Story (Peter)
- 1960The Adventures of Alice (Tweedledee)
- 1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Man in Suit (uncredited))
- 1960The Poet (Giulio)
- 1960The Millionairess (Minor Role (uncredited))
- 1960Doctor in Love (Mr. Luke (uncredited))
- 1960Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe (Robinet)
- 1959Brand (Doctor & Provost)
- 1959The Scapegoat (Customs Official)
- 1959The Doctor's Dilemma (Secretary at Picture Gallery)
- 1958Cinderella (Baron Aristide de Pennilac)
- 1958A Midsummer Night's Dream (Snug)
- 1958A Night to Remember (Minor Role (uncredited))
- 1956Anastasia (Grischa (uncredited))
- 1956Kitty Clive (John Hall)
- 1956The Inveterate Gambler (The Burglar)
- 1956Safe and Sound (Squishy Taylor)
- 1955Quay South (Corporal Foster)
- 1955The Concert (Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis))
- 1955The Pickpocket (Chippy Criggs)
- 1955Moby Dick—Rehearsed (A Stage Manger /Flask)
- 1955Fcb TV Show No.1 (Squishy Taylor)
- 1954Nineteen Eighty-Four (Man (uncredited))
- 1954Child's Play (Bill - grocery merchant)
- 1954Stranger from Venus (Soldier (uncredited))
- 1953The Oscars (Self)
- 1951Mr. Denning Drives North (Man (uncredited))
- -Esther (Self)
- 1986Open Air (Self)
- 1986Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride (Clegg)
- 1984The Wind in the Willows (Rat (voice))
- 1984Strangers and Brothers (Leonard March)
- 1982The Kids International Show (Clegg)
- 1980Lady Killers (O'Brien)
- 1979Tales of the Unexpected (Solicitor)
- 1979Room Service (Mr. Fellows)
- 1978The Clifton House Mystery (Milton Guest)
- 1978Leave it to Charlie (Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister)
- 1977Premiere (Ernest)
- 1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (Rodney Gloss)
- 1977Raffles
- 1976Yanks Go Home
- 1976The Ghosts of Motley Hall (Mr Gudgin)
- 1975Rumpole of the Bailey (Henry Tong)
- 1975Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
- 1974The Pallisers (Mr Bonteen)
- 1973Frankenstein: The True Story (Priest)
- 1973Frankenstein (Man (uncredited))
- 1973Last of the Summer Wine (Clegg)
- 1972Crown Court (Gerald Prosser)
- 1972Crown Court (Insp. George Storton)
- 1971Justice (Coroner)
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Dr. Jervis)
- 1971Kelmid ja pühakud (Piper)
- 1971Trial (Almond)
- 1971Bel Ami (Norbert de Varenne)
- 1971Budgie (Peter Olliphant)
- 1971The Ten Commandments (Gerry)
- 1970Play for Today
- 1970Menace (Sonny Waters)
- 1970Catweazle (Stuffy Gladstone)
- 1970Kate (Sammy Harrison)
- 1969Paul Temple
- 1969Softly Softly: Task Force (Lodge)
- 1969Softly Softly: Task Force (Edward Letheridge)
- 1969Softly Softly: Task Force (Professor Dowell)
- 1969Hadleigh (Dakin)
- 1969Hadleigh (Strapper Strapton)
- 1969Plays of Today (Mr. Street)
- 1967Omnibus (Mirbeau)
- 1967Omnibus (Guest)
- 1967Omnibus
- 1967ITV Playhouse (Leslie)
- 1967ITV Playhouse (Patient)
- 1967Callan (Routledge)
- 1966Mystery and Imagination (Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins)
- 1966Softly, Softly
- 1965Blackmail (Miles Beckett)
- 1965Public Eye (Eddie Meadows)
- 1964The Sullavan Brothers (Kenneth K. Hirst)
- 1964The Wednesday Play (Eric)
- 1964The Wednesday Play (Man)
- 1964The Trial of Dr. Fancy (Mr. Pender)
- 1963Doctor Who (Penley)
- 1963Sergeant Cork (Rev. Hubert Wales)
- 1962Crying Down the Lane (Champion)
- 1962Z-Cars
- 1962Z-Cars (Seaton)
- 1961A Chance of Thunder (Howard)
- 1961Amelia
- 1961Drama 61-67 (Philip Mallard)
- 1961Drama 61-67 (Roland Green)
- 1961The Avengers (Hal Anderson)
- 1960Maigret
- 1960Sunday-Night Play (Hesketh-Payne)
- 1960Sunday-Night Play (Harry Shell)
- 1960Danger Man (John Gordon)
- 1959International Detective (Eugene Payas)
- 1959World Theatre (Barere, Simon, Prisoner)
- 1959World Theatre (Doctor & Provost)
- 1959Dance Date
- 1958The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Samuel Pepys)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Alfred Purdie)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Mr. Pender)
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Onslow)
- 1956Armchair Theatre
- 1956Armchair Theatre (Sam Carter)
- 1955Strange Experiences (Chippy Griggs)
- 1955Strange Experiences (Squishy Taylor)
- 1955Strange Experiences (The Burglar)
- 1955This Is Your Life (Self)
- 1955This Is Your Life (Self - Filmed Tribute)
- 1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (Carter)
- 1950Sunday Night Theatre (Snug)
- 1950Sunday Night Theatre (J. G.)
- 1947The Loves of Joanna Godden (Man (uncredited))