Acting
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
February 1, 1921
Died
June 2, 2017 (age 96)
Born in
Twickenham, England, UK
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.
Esther
as Self
TBA
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
as Wallace (archive footage)
2024

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
as Wallace
2024

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
2023

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
as Self (archive)
2022

What We Were Watching
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
2018

Early Man
as In Memory Of
2018

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
as Self - Voice of Wallace
2015

Aardman: A Cracking Collection
as Wallace (voice)
2015

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
as Reccoat (archive footage)
2012

The Lark Ascending
as Self (uncredited)
2012

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
as Wallace (voice)
2010

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
as Wallace (voice)
2010

Orson Welles Over Europe
as Himself
2009
Living with Macular Disease
as Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
2009

A Matter of Loaf and Death
as Wallace (voice)
2008

British Film Forever
as Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
2007

Kingdom
as Cyril
2007

Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
as Wallace (voice)
2006

Time Trumpet
as Clegg
2006