Acting · Twickenham, England, UK · Born February 1, 1921
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.
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024
as Wallace (archive footage)
MovieWallace & Gromit: The Collection
2024
MovieComedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
MovieLast Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
TVWhat We Were Watching
2018
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
MovieA Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Wallace
TVAardman: A Cracking Collection
2015
as Wallace (voice)
MovieSecond Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012
as Reccoat (archive footage)
MovieThe Lark Ascending
2012
as Self (uncredited)
TVWallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
as Wallace (voice)
MovieWallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
as Wallace (voice)
MovieOrson Welles Over Europe
2009
as Himself
Living with Macular Disease
2009
as Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
MovieA Matter of Loaf and Death
2008
as Wallace (voice)
TVBritish Film Forever
2007
as Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
TVKingdom
2007
as Cyril
MovieGromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006
as Wallace (voice)
TVTime Trumpet
2006
as Clegg
TVEureka
2006
as Guest (uncredited)
MovieHow Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006
as Self
TVCharlie Brooker's Screenwipe
2006
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006
as Wallace (archive footage)
MovieDisplacements
2006
as himself
MovieColour Me Kubrick
2005
as Patient
MovieWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBelonging
2004
as Nathan
TVBritain's Best Sitcom
2004
as Self
MovieEasy
2003
as Man (uncredited)
TVComedy Connections
2003
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
MovieThora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self
TVHarry Hill's TV Burp
2002
as Wallace (voice)
MovieWallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
TVWallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
TVBalamory
2002
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
MovieWallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
2002
as Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Then and Now
2001
as Guest
Sooty
2001
as (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
as Wallace (Voice)
MovieHotel!
2001
as Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
TVSongs of Praise
2001
as Guest
TVDoctors
2000
as Arthur Weatherill
TVHolby City
1999
as Lionel Davis
MovieThe Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
TVRex the Runt
1998
as Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Everyday Readers
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
1998
as Wallace (Voice)
TVOperation Good Guys
1997
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Whatever You Want
1997
as Clegg
Light Lunch
1997
as Self
Smillie's People
1996
as Self
MovieWallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
as Wallace
MovieA Close Shave
1996
as Wallace (voice)
TVThe National Television Awards
1995
as Self
Character Building
1995
as Wallace (voice)
TVRoom 101
1994
as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
MovieInside the Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
MovieThe Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (voice)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Crane
1993
as Man (uncredited)
The Christmas Collection
1992
as Rat (voice)
TVHBO First Look
1992
as Self
TVAuntie's Bloomers
1991
as Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
TVNoel's House Party
1991
as Clegg
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
1990
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
as Rat (voice)
MovieA Grand Day Out
1990
as Wallace (voice)
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990
as Rat
MovieThe Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Rat (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
as Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Rat (voice)
TVTroldspejlet
1989
as Wallace (archive footage)
TVFirst of the Summer Wine
1988
Motormouth
1988
as Wallace (Voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Rat (voice)
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day At Dream Acres
1987
as Clegg
TVSylvanian Families
1987
as Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
TVThe New Statesman
1987
as Sidney Bliss
MovieThe Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986
as Rat (voice)
Open Air
1986
as Self
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
as Mr. Walker
MovieThe Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
MovieLast of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986
as Clegg
MovieRocky Hollow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
TVRocky Hollow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRoyal Variety Performance 1984
1984
as Clegg
TVThe Wind in the Willows
1984
as Rat (voice)
TVStrangers and Brothers
1984
as Leonard March
MovieGetting Sam Home
1983
as Norman Clegg
MovieThe Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Clegg
MovieWitness for the Prosecution
1982
as Carter
The Kids International Show
1982
as Clegg
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
as Shushin
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
as Solicitor
TVLady Killers
1980
as O'Brien
MovieShe Loves Me
1979
as Ladislav Sipos
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Solicitor
MovieYou're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Leslie
TVRoom Service
1979
as Mr. Fellows
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
1978
as Clegg
Movie628-E8
1978
as Mirbeau
TVThe Clifton House Mystery
1978
as Milton Guest
MovieWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as St. Claire
Leave it to Charlie
1978
as Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Cyril Smallpiece
MovieFull Circle
1978
as Jeffrey Branscombe
TVThe South Bank Show
1978
as Self
MovieThe Obelisk
1977
as Ernest
Premiere
1977
as Ernest
TVMurder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Rodney Gloss
The Val Doonican Music Show
1977
as Self
MovieThe Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977
as Worker (uncredited)
MovieThe Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
as Minor Role (uncredited)
TVRaffles
1977
The Winter Warrior
1976
as Deor
Yanks Go Home
1976
MovieThe Incredible Sarah
1976
as Thierry
MovieThe Daedalus Equations
1976
as Major Venables
TVThe Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Mr Gudgin
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
The Secret Agent
1975
as Chief Inspector Heat
The Snowdropper
1975
as Spicer
MovieBack of Beyond
1974
as Man (uncredited)
Graceless Go I
1974
as Mr. Wainwright
MovieFrankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Priest
MovieNightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
as Man (uncredited)
Late Night Drama
1974
as Patient
MovieThe Capone Investment
1974
as Wheatfield
TVArmchair Cinema
1974
as Benitet
MovieThe Prison
1974
as Benitet
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Maj. Venables
MovieWho Killed Lamb?
1974
as Lloyd
TVThe Pallisers
1974
as Mr Bonteen
TVFrankenstein: The True Story
1973
as Priest
MovieBeyond Our Means
1973
as Onslow
MovieHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Banker #2 (uncredited)
MovieSong at Twilight
1973
as Austin Melcroft
MovieLady Killer
1973
as Man
MovieFrankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
TVFrankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
TVLast of the Summer Wine
1973
as Clegg
TVCrown Court
1972
as Gerald Prosser
The Reprieve
1972
as Cossack Horseman
TVSpyder's Web
1972
as Grovnik
TVThe Moonstone
1972
as Mr. Bruff
MovieThe Moonstone
1972
as Mr. Buff
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
as Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
TVJustice
1971
as Coroner
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
TVThe Persuaders!
1971
as Piper
Trial
1971
as Almond
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
TVBudgie
1971
as Peter Olliphant
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Gerry
The Railwayman's New Clothes
1971
as Lumley
MovieThe Road Builder
1971
as Rev. Rupert Palafox
MovieThe Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Minor Role (uncredited)
TVPlay for Today
1970
Menace
1970
as Sonny Waters
MovieMarie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Ernest Charles, KC
MovieWuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Shielders
MovieMy Lover, My Son
1970
as Sir Sidney Brent
MovieTaste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Samuel Paxton
MovieSweeney Todd
1970
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
TVCatweazle
1970
as Stuffy Gladstone
MovieScream and Scream Again
1970
as Schweitz
MovieThe Reckoning
1970
as Keresley
Kate
1970
as Sammy Harrison
Menace
1970
as Narrator (voice)
TVPaul Temple
1969
TVSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Lodge
The Ladies: Joan
1969
as Mr. Street
TVHadleigh
1969
as Dakin
Plays of Today
1969
as Mr. Street
MovieThe Big Flame
1969
as Man (uncredited)
MovieMaigret at Bay
1969
as (uncredited)
MovieCream: Farewell Concert
1969
as Guest
TV60 Minutes
1968
as Guest
MovieWind Versus Polygamy
1968
as Man (uncredited)
MovieInadmissible Evidence
1968
as Hudson
MovieCharlie Bubbles
1968
as Solicitor
MovieThe Drummer and the Bloke
1968
as Eric
MovieDoctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967
as Penley
TVOmnibus
1967
as Mirbeau
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Leslie
TVCallan
1967
as Routledge
MovieThe Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
TVMystery and Imagination
1966
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
TVSoftly, Softly
1966
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as (uncredited)
TVCall My Bluff
1965
as Self
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lumley
Knock on Any Door
1965
as Stannage
MovieRapture
1965
as Armand
TVThe Troubleshooters
1965
as Henry Wynn
TVPublic Eye
1965
as Eddie Meadows
The Sullavan Brothers
1964
as Kenneth K. Hirst
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Eric
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964
as Mr. Pender
MovieClash by Night
1964
as Victor
MovieA Wicked World
1964
as Ronald Green
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
1964
MovieThe Third Secret
1964
as Lawrence Jacks
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Penley
Festival
1963
as Captain of the Fire Brigade
MovieThe V.I.P.s
1963
as Doctor
MovieDrama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963
as Philip Mallard
MovieThe Mouse on the Moon
1963
as Russian Delegate
Into the Dark
1963
as Alfred Purdie
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
1963
as Mad Willy
MovieHeart to Heart
1962
as Frank Godsell
TVZero One
1962
as Major Konel
MovieI Thank a Fool
1962
as Sleazy Doctor
Crying Down the Lane
1962
as Champion
TVZ-Cars
1962
Candida
1961
as Rev. Alexander Mill
A Chance of Thunder
1961
as Howard
MovieThe Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Man (uncredited)
MovieA Taste of Honey
1961
as Man (uncredited)
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
as Hesketh-Payne
MovieThe Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Don Enrique
Amelia
1961
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Mallard
MovieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
as M.P.
MovieThe Zoo Story
1961
as Peter
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Hal Anderson
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as Tweedledee
TVMaigret
1960
MovieSaturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Poet
1960
as Giulio
MovieThe Millionairess
1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Hesketh-Payne
TVDanger Man
1960
as John Gordon
MovieDoctor in Love
1960
as Mr. Luke (uncredited)
MovieTwentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960
as Robinet
International Detective
1959
as Eugene Payas
MovieBrand
1959
as Doctor & Provost
MovieThe Scapegoat
1959
as Customs Official
World Theatre
1959
as Barere, Simon, Prisoner
MovieThe Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Secretary at Picture Gallery
Dance Date
1959
MovieCinderella
1958
as Baron Aristide de Pennilac
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Snug
MovieA Night to Remember
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
1958
as Samuel Pepys
MovieAnastasia
1956
as Grischa (uncredited)
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Alfred Purdie
Kitty Clive
1956
as John Hall
The Inveterate Gambler
1956
as The Burglar
Safe and Sound
1956
as Squishy Taylor
MovieQuay South
1955
as Corporal Foster
MovieThe Concert
1955
as Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Pickpocket
1955
as Chippy Criggs
TVStrange Experiences
1955
as Chippy Griggs
TVThis Is Your Life
1955
as Self
MovieMoby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Stage Manger /Flask
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955
as Squishy Taylor
MovieNineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Man (uncredited)
MovieChild's Play
1954
as Bill - grocery merchant
MovieStranger from Venus
1954
as Soldier (uncredited)
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Carter
MovieMr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Man (uncredited)
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Snug
MovieThe Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Man (uncredited)
Esther
as Self
