Peter Sallis
Known for Acting · 269 credits
- Born
- 1921-02-01
- Died
- 2017-06-02
- Place of birth
- Twickenham, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter John Sallis · Pete Sallis · Pītā Sarisu · Pedro Sallis · Pierre Sallis · Pietro Sallis
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (118)
Holby City
1999
as Lionel Davis
60 Minutes
1968
as Guest
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self / Self - Filmed Tribute
Doctors
2000
as Arthur Weatherill
Crown Court
1972
as Gerald Prosser / Insp. George Storton
The Avengers
1961
as Hal Anderson
Omnibus
1967
as Mirbeau / Guest / Self
Play for Today
1970
Doctor Who
1963
as Penley
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Clegg
Z-Cars
1962
as Seaton
Songs of Praise
2001
as Guest
Playhouse
1974
as Maj. Venables
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Eric / Man
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Solicitor
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as (uncredited)
Open Air
1986
as Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lumley
Eureka
2006
as Guest (uncredited)
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Hesketh-Payne / Harry Shell
The Persuaders!
1971
as Piper
Maigret
1960
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Room 101
1994
as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Noel's House Party
1991
as Clegg
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Public Eye
1965
as Eddie Meadows / Colin Reynolds
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Snug / J. G.
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Leslie / Patient
Troldspejlet
1989
as Wallace (archive footage)
Softly, Softly
1966
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Mallard / Roland Green
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Henry Wynn
Danger Man
1960
as John Gordon
Justice
1971
as Coroner
The Pallisers
1974
as Mr Bonteen
Light Lunch
1997
as Self
Balamory
2002
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Festival
1963
as Captain of the Fire Brigade / Romainville
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Lodge / Edward Letheridge / Professor Dowell
Call My Bluff
1965
as Self
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Rat (voice)
Callan
1967
as Routledge
The New Statesman
1987
as Sidney Bliss
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
as Wallace (voice)
Kingdom
2007
as Cyril
Lady Killers
1980
as O'Brien
Comedy Connections
2003
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Budgie
1971
as Peter Olliphant
Hadleigh
1969
as Dakin / Strapper Strapton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Carter
Paul Temple
1969
Premiere
1977
as Ernest
Rex the Runt
1998
as Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Catweazle
1970
as Stuffy Gladstone
Raffles
1977
Movies (151)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Wallace / Hutch (voice)
A Grand Day Out
1990
as Wallace (voice)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (voice)
A Close Shave
1996
as Wallace (voice)
The Scapegoat
1959
as Customs Official
A Night to Remember
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Shielders
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008
as Wallace (voice)
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Samuel Paxton
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Secretary at Picture Gallery
The Prison
1974
as Benitet
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Banker #2 (uncredited)
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964
as Mr. Pender
The Crane
1993
as Man (uncredited)
Candida
1961
as Rev. Alexander Mill
Anastasia
1956
as Grischa (uncredited)
Kitty Clive
1956
as John Hall
Displacements
2006
as himself
Menace
1970
as Narrator (voice)
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Don Enrique
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Man (uncredited)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Man in Suit (uncredited)
My Lover, My Son
1970
as Sir Sidney Brent
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as Russian Delegate
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Doctor
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
as Man (uncredited)
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Patient
The Third Secret
1964
as Lawrence Jacks
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Carter
The Millionairess
1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Thierry
Full Circle
1978
as Jeffrey Branscombe
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Priest
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Man (uncredited)
628-E8
1978
as Mirbeau
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Man (uncredited)
She Loves Me
1979
as Ladislav Sipos
Child's Play
1954
as Bill - grocery merchant
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
as Hudson
Easy
2003
as Man (uncredited)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Wallace
The Snowdropper
1975
as Spicer
Maigret at Bay
1969
as (uncredited)
Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Solicitor
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009
as Himself
Stranger from Venus
1954
as Soldier (uncredited)
Brand
1959
as Doctor & Provost
The Road Builder
1971
as Rev. Rupert Palafox
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955
as Squishy Taylor
The Winter Warrior
1976
as Deor
Rapture
1965
as Armand
A Wicked World
1964
as Ronald Green
The Obelisk
1977
as Ernest
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Graceless Go I
1974
as Mr. Wainwright
The Reckoning
1970
as Keresley
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
as Solicitor
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969
as Guest
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as M.P.
Doctor in Love
1960
as Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
as Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Rat (voice)
The Ladies: Joan
1969
as Mr. Street
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
The Secret Agent
1975
as Chief Inspector Heat
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
as Wallace
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Schweitz
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as Tweedledee
Lady Killer
1973
as Man
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Stage Manger /Flask
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
as Mr. Walker
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Frankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as St. Claire
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
as Hesketh-Payne
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Cyril Smallpiece
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
as Wallace (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Rat (voice)
Into the Dark
1963
as Alfred Purdie
The Pickpocket
1955
as Chippy Criggs
Who Killed Lamb?
1974
as Lloyd
Character Building
1995
as Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
2024
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
as Wallace (Voice)
Hotel!
2001
as Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Snug
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Leslie
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Clegg
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
as Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
as Clegg
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Sleazy Doctor
Cinderella
1958
as Baron Aristide de Pennilac
Clash by Night
1964
as Victor
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Man (uncredited)
The Lark Ascending
2012
as Self (uncredited)
The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Major Venables
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963
as Philip Mallard
Belonging
2004
as Nathan
The Moonstone
1972
as Mr. Buff
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Man (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967
as Penley
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Ernest Charles, KC
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Rat (voice)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self - Interviewee
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Rat (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
as Rat (voice)
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960
as Robinet
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
as Eric
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024
as Wallace (archive footage)
The Capone Investment
1974
as Wheatfield
The Reprieve
1972
as Cossack Horseman
Inside the Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
as Shushin
About 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… With 269 credits spanning from 1947 to 2024, Peter Sallis has appeared in 151 films and 118 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peter Sallis Movies
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) — as Wallace / Hutch (voice)
- A Grand Day Out (1990) — as Wallace (voice)
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Wrong Trousers (1993) — as Wallace (voice)
- A Close Shave (1996) — as Wallace (voice)
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