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Peter Sallis
Actor

Peter Sallis

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Known For Acting
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Birthday February 1, 1921 (105 years old)
Place of Birth Twickenham, England, UK
Also Known As Peter John Sallis, Pete Sallis, Pītā Sarisu, Pedro Sallis
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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 (nΓ©e 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.

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Filmography (265)

Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit 2024
Wallace & Gromit: The Collection 2024
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances 2023
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs 2022
What We Were Watching 2018
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman 2015
Aardman: A Cracking Collection 2015
The Lark Ascending 2012
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years 2012
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention 2010
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention 2010
Orson Welles Over Europe 2009
Living with Macular Disease 2009
A Matter of Loaf and Death 2008
Kingdom 2007
British Film Forever 2007
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD 2006
Displacements 2006
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood 2006
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2006
Eureka 2006
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe 2006
Time Trumpet 2006
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005
Colour Me Kubrick 2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 2005
Belonging 2004
Britain's Best Sitcom 2004
Easy 2003
Thora Hird Tribute 2003
Comedy Connections 2003
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions 2002
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes 2002
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions 2002
Balamory 2002
Harry Hill's TV Burp 2002
Hotel! 2001
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit 2001
Sooty 2001
Then and Now 2001
Songs of Praise 2001
Doctors 2000
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit 1999
Holby City 1999
Everyday Readers 1998
Rex the Runt 1998
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out 1998
Operation Good Guys 1997
Whatever You Want 1997
Light Lunch 1997
A Close Shave 1996
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation 1996
Smillie's People 1996
Character Building 1995
The National Television Awards 1995
Room 101 1994
The Wrong Trousers 1993
The Crane 1993
Inside the Wrong Trousers 1993
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One 1993
The Christmas Collection 1992
HBO First Look 1992
Noel's House Party 1991
Auntie's Bloomers 1991
A Grand Day Out 1990
More Children's Holiday Favourites 1990
Come Home Charlie and Face Them 1990
Oh, Mr. Toad 1990
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads 1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 1989
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 1989
More Children's Summer Stories 1989
Troldspejlet 1989
Children's Favourites - Volume 1 1988
First of the Summer Wine 1988
Motormouth 1988
The New Statesman 1987
Sylvanian Families 1987
A Dangerous Kind of Love 1986
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors 1986
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales 1986
Open Air 1986
Rocky Hollow 1985
Rocky Hollow 1985
Royal Variety Performance 1984 1984
The Wind in the Willows 1984
Strangers and Brothers 1984
Getting Sam Home 1983
The Funny Side of Christmas 1982
Witness for the Prosecution 1982
The Kids International Show 1982
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner 1981
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place 1980
Lady Killers 1980
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy 1979
She Loves Me 1979
Tales of the Unexpected 1979
Room Service 1979
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? 1978
Full Circle 1978
Across a Crowded Room 1978
628-E8 1978
The Clifton House Mystery 1978
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982 1978
The South Bank Show 1978
Leave it to Charlie 1978
The Clifton House Mystery 1978
The Obelisk 1977
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People 1977
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality 1977
Raffles 1977
The Val Doonican Music Show 1977
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle 1977
The Daedalus Equations 1976
The Winter Warrior 1976
The Incredible Sarah 1976
Yanks Go Home 1976
The Ghosts of Motley Hall 1976
The Snowdropper 1975
The Secret Agent 1975
Rumpole of the Bailey 1975
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac 1975
The Capone Investment 1974
Frankenstein: The True Story 1974
Back of Beyond 1974
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest 1974
Graceless Go I 1974
Who Killed Lamb? 1974
The Prison 1974
Late Night Drama 1974
Playhouse 1974
Armchair Cinema 1974
The Pallisers 1974
Beyond Our Means 1973
Lady Killer 1973
Song at Twilight 1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973
Frankenstein 1973
Frankenstein: The True Story 1973
Last of the Summer Wine 1973
Frankenstein 1973
The Moonstone 1972
The Reprieve 1972
Crown Court 1972
Spyder's Web 1972
The Moonstone 1972
The Road Builder 1971
The Bristol Entertainment 1971
The Railwayman's New Clothes 1971
Bel Ami 1971
Budgie 1971
The Persuaders! 1971
Justice 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1971
Trial 1971
The Ten Commandments 1971
Bel Ami 1971
Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970
Sweeney Todd 1970
My Lover, My Son 1970
Scream and Scream Again 1970
Wuthering Heights 1970
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary 1970
Menace 1970
The Hallelujah Handshake 1970
The Reckoning 1970
Catweazle 1970
Play for Today 1970
Menace 1970
Kate 1970
The Ladies: Joan 1969
The Big Flame 1969
Cream: Farewell Concert 1969
Maigret at Bay 1969
Paul Temple 1969
Softly Softly: Task Force 1969
Hadleigh 1969
Plays of Today 1969
The Drummer and the Bloke 1968
Charlie Bubbles 1968
Wind Versus Polygamy 1968
Inadmissible Evidence 1968
60 Minutes 1968
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors 1967
Callan 1967
Omnibus 1967
ITV Playhouse 1967
The Bible: In the Beginning... 1966
Softly, Softly 1966
Mystery and Imagination 1966
Rapture 1965
Public Eye 1965
Knock on Any Door 1965
BBC Play of the Month 1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre 1965
The Troubleshooters 1965
Call My Bluff 1965
Clash by Night 1964
The Third Secret 1964
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks 1964
A Wicked World 1964
The Sullavan Brothers 1964
The Wednesday Play 1964
The V.I.P.s 1963
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man 1963
Into the Dark 1963
The Mouse on the Moon 1963
Doctor Who 1963
The Chem. Lab. Mystery 1963
Festival 1963
I Thank a Fool 1962
Heart to Heart 1962
Z-Cars 1962
Crying Down the Lane 1962
Zero One 1962
The Zoo Story 1961
Candida 1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 1961
The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961
A Taste of Honey 1961
The Curse of the Werewolf 1961
No Love for Johnnie 1961
Amelia 1961
The Avengers 1961
Drama 61-67 1961
Doctor in Love 1960
The Millionairess 1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960
The Poet 1960
The Adventures of Alice 1960
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe 1960
Sunday-Night Play 1960
Maigret 1960
Danger Man 1960
Brand 1959
The Scapegoat 1959
The Doctor's Dilemma 1959
International Detective 1959
World Theatre 1959
Dance Date 1959
A Night to Remember 1958
Cinderella 1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1958
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1958
Kitty Clive 1956
Anastasia 1956
Safe and Sound 1956
The Inveterate Gambler 1956
Armchair Theatre 1956
Quay South 1955
Moby Dickβ€”Rehearsed 1955
The Concert 1955
The Pickpocket 1955
Fcb TV Show No.1 1955
Strange Experiences 1955
This Is Your Life 1955
Child's Play 1954
Nineteen Eighty-Four 1954
Stranger from Venus 1954
The Oscars 1953
Mr. Denning Drives North 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951
Sunday Night Theatre 1950
The Loves of Joanna Godden 1947
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