Peter Sallis
Known for Acting · 265 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 (116)
Doctor Who
1963
as Penley
The Avengers
1961
as Hal Anderson
Holby City
1999
as Lionel Davis
Play for Today
1970
Crown Court
1972
as Gerald Prosser / Insp. George Storton
60 Minutes
1968
as Guest
Eureka
2006
as Guest (uncredited)
Z-Cars
1962
as Seaton
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as (uncredited)
Doctors
2000
as Arthur Weatherill
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Solicitor
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Eric
Omnibus
1967
as Mirbeau / Guest / Self
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Clegg
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Playhouse
1974
as Maj. Venables
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Leslie / Patient
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Danger Man
1960
as John Gordon
The Persuaders!
1971
as Piper
Maigret
1960
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self / Self - Filmed Tribute
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Snug / J. G.
Room 101
1994
as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Softly, Softly
1966
Justice
1971
as Coroner
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lumley
Public Eye
1965
as Eddie Meadows / Colin Reynolds
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Mallard / Roland Green
Catweazle
1970
as Stuffy Gladstone
Festival
1963
as Captain of the Fire Brigade / Romainville
Balamory
2002
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Henry Wynn
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
International Detective
1959
as Eugene Payas
Kingdom
2007
as Cyril
Callan
1967
as Routledge
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
as Wallace (voice)
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Hesketh-Payne / Harry Shell
The New Statesman
1987
as Sidney Bliss
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Lodge / Edward Letheridge / Professor Dowell
Open Air
1986
as Self
Noel's House Party
1991
as Clegg
Budgie
1971
as Peter Olliphant
Songs of Praise
2001
as Guest
Lady Killers
1980
as O'Brien
Motormouth
1988
as Wallace (Voice)
The Pallisers
1974
as Mr Bonteen
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Rat (voice)
Paul Temple
1969
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Carter
Hadleigh
1969
as Dakin / Strapper Strapton
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Mr Gudgin
Rex the Runt
1998
as Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Menace
1970
as Sonny Waters
Raffles
1977
Zero One
1962
as Major Konel
Movies (149)
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)
A Night to Remember
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (voice)
A Close Shave
1996
as Wallace (voice)
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Shielders
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Samuel Paxton
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008
as Wallace (voice)
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Wallace
My Lover, My Son
1970
as Sir Sidney Brent
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Carter
The Millionairess
1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Banker #2 (uncredited)
Anastasia
1956
as Grischa (uncredited)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Man (uncredited)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as St. Claire
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Don Enrique
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Man (uncredited)
Easy
2003
as Man (uncredited)
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Doctor
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Man (uncredited)
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as Russian Delegate
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Patient
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
as Wallace
Full Circle
1978
as Jeffrey Branscombe
The Scapegoat
1959
as Customs Official
The Third Secret
1964
as Lawrence Jacks
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Priest
Doctor in Love
1960
as Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Man (uncredited)
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as M.P.
The Reckoning
1970
as Keresley
Frankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Solicitor
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Sleazy Doctor
Rapture
1965
as Armand
The Road Builder
1971
as Rev. Rupert Palafox
Belonging
2004
as Nathan
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Secretary at Picture Gallery
The Crane
1993
as Man (uncredited)
Who Killed Lamb?
1974
as Lloyd
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Schweitz
Lady Killer
1973
as Man
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Clegg
Hotel!
2001
as Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
Stranger from Venus
1954
as Soldier (uncredited)
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
as Man (uncredited)
Clash by Night
1964
as Victor
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Thierry
She Loves Me
1979
as Ladislav Sipos
The Moonstone
1972
as Mr. Buff
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969
as Guest
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968
as Man (uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
as Hudson
The Prison
1974
as Benitet
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
as Eric
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977
as Worker (uncredited)
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
as Shushin
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Sweeney Todd
1970
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as Tweedledee
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
as Clegg
Child's Play
1954
as Bill - grocery merchant
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
as Wallace (Voice)
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009
as Himself
The Zoo Story
1961
as Peter
The Capone Investment
1974
as Wheatfield
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012
as Reccoat (archive footage)
Brand
1959
as Doctor & Provost
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
2024
as Wallace
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967
as Penley
The Big Flame
1969
as Man (uncredited)
The Obelisk
1977
as Ernest
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Man (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Snug
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Rat (voice)
Getting Sam Home
1983
as Norman Clegg
The Pickpocket
1955
as Chippy Criggs
Candida
1961
as Rev. Alexander Mill
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
as Mr. Walker
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Ernest Charles, KC
The Poet
1960
as Giulio
The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Major Venables
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Stage Manger /Flask
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006
as Self
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960
as Robinet
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Reprieve
1972
as Cossack Horseman
Beyond Our Means
1973
as Onslow
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Leslie
The Clifton House Mystery
1978
as Milton Guest
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964
as Ronald Green
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self - Interviewee
Cinderella
1958
as Baron Aristide de Pennilac
The Secret Agent
1975
as Chief Inspector Heat
Song at Twilight
1973
as Austin Melcroft
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Rat (voice)
Heart to Heart
1962
as Frank Godsell
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955
as Squishy Taylor
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
as Solicitor
Kitty Clive
1956
as John Hall
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
as Wallace (voice)
Back of Beyond
1974
as Man (uncredited)
The Winter Warrior
1976
as Deor
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024
as Wallace (archive footage)
Rocky Hollow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
The Snowdropper
1975
as Spicer
628-E8
1978
as Mirbeau
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006
as Wallace (voice)
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Cyril Smallpiece
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 265 credits spanning from 1947 to 2024, Peter Sallis has appeared in 149 films and 116 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)
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Wrong Trousers (1993) — as Wallace (voice)
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