Peter Sallis
Acting
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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Wallace (archive footage)
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
Wallace
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Wallace
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Reccoat (archive footage)
The Lark Ascending
Self (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace (voice)
Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself
Living with Macular Disease
Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace (voice)
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Wallace (voice)
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Self
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace (archive footage)
Displacements
himself
Colour Me Kubrick
Patient
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belonging
Nathan
Easy
Man (uncredited)
Thora Hird Tribute
Self
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice)
Hotel!
Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Everyday Readers
Narrator (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Wallace
A Close Shave
Wallace (voice)
Character Building
Wallace (voice)
Inside the Wrong Trousers
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
Wallace (voice)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
The Crane
Man (uncredited)
The Christmas Collection
Rat (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Rat (voice)
A Grand Day Out
Wallace (voice)
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Rat (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Rat (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Rat (voice)
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Rat (voice)
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Mr. Walker
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Clegg
The Wind in the Willows
Rat (voice)
Getting Sam Home
Norman Clegg
The Funny Side of Christmas
Clegg
Witness for the Prosecution
Carter
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Shushin
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Solicitor
She Loves Me
Ladislav Sipos
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Leslie
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Clegg
628-E8
Mirbeau
The Clifton House Mystery
Milton Guest
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
St. Claire
Across a Crowded Room
Cyril Smallpiece
Full Circle
Jeffrey Branscombe
The Obelisk
Ernest
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Worker (uncredited)
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Winter Warrior
Deor
The Incredible Sarah
Thierry
The Daedalus Equations
Major Venables
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
The Snowdropper
Spicer
Back of Beyond
Man (uncredited)
Graceless Go I
Mr. Wainwright
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Man (uncredited)
The Capone Investment
Wheatfield
The Prison
Benitet
Who Killed Lamb?
Lloyd
Beyond Our Means
Onslow
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Banker #2 (uncredited)
Song at Twilight
Austin Melcroft
Lady Killer
Man
Frankenstein
Man (uncredited)
The Reprieve
Cossack Horseman
The Moonstone
Mr. Buff
The Bristol Entertainment
Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Bel Ami
Norbert de Varenne
The Railwayman's New Clothes
Lumley
The Road Builder
Rev. Rupert Palafox
The Hallelujah Handshake
Minor Role (uncredited)
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Ernest Charles, KC
Wuthering Heights
Mr. Shielders
My Lover, My Son
Sir Sidney Brent
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Samuel Paxton
Sweeney Todd
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Scream and Scream Again
Schweitz
The Reckoning
Keresley
Menace
Narrator (voice)
The Ladies: Joan
Mr. Street
The Big Flame
Man (uncredited)
Maigret at Bay
(uncredited)
Cream: Farewell Concert
Guest
Wind Versus Polygamy
Man (uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
Hudson
Charlie Bubbles
Solicitor
The Drummer and the Bloke
Eric
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Penley
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Rapture
Armand
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Mr. Pender
Clash by Night
Victor
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Ronald Green
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
The Third Secret
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Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
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The Mouse on the Moon
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Into the Dark
Alfred Purdie
Heart to Heart
Frank Godsell
I Thank a Fool
Sleazy Doctor
Candida
Rev. Alexander Mill
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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A Taste of Honey
Man (uncredited)
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Hesketh-Payne
The Curse of the Werewolf
Don Enrique
No Love for Johnnie
M.P.
The Zoo Story
Peter
The Adventures of Alice
Tweedledee
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Poet
Giulio
The Millionairess
Minor Role (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Robinet
Brand
Doctor & Provost
The Scapegoat
Customs Official
The Doctor's Dilemma
Secretary at Picture Gallery
Cinderella
Baron Aristide de Pennilac
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snug
A Night to Remember
Minor Role (uncredited)
Anastasia
Grischa (uncredited)
Kitty Clive
John Hall
The Inveterate Gambler
The Burglar
Safe and Sound
Squishy Taylor
Quay South
Corporal Foster
The Concert
Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Pickpocket
Chippy Criggs
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Stage Manger /Flask
Fcb TV Show No.1
Squishy Taylor
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Man (uncredited)
Child's Play
Bill - grocery merchant
Stranger from Venus
Soldier (uncredited)
Mr. Denning Drives North
Man (uncredited)
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Man (uncredited)