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