
Peter 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.
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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Acting (116 movies)

A Grand Day Out
1990

The Wrong Trousers
1993

A Close Shave
1996

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005

Belonging
2004

A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978

Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970

The V.I.P.s
1963

Stranger from Venus
1954

Sweeney Todd
1970

Rapture
1965

I Thank a Fool
1962

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022

Clash by Night
1964

Inadmissible Evidence
1968

Brand
1959

Getting Sam Home
1983

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002

The Curse of the Werewolf
1961

The Road Builder
1971

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996

Beyond Our Means
1973

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015

The Obelisk
1977

Doctor in Love
1960

The Zoo Story
1961

Lady Killer
1973

Quay South
1955

Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006

The Trial
1962

The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966

The Millionairess
1960

A Night to Remember
1958

My Lover, My Son
1970

Full Circle
1978

Easy
2003

She Loves Me
1979

Scream and Scream Again
1970

The Capone Investment
1974

How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006

Child's Play
1954

The Crane
1993

The Moonstone
1972

Shopper 13
2002

The Autochef
2002

A Christmas Cardomatic
2002

The Tellyscope
2002

The Snowmantron
2002

The Bully Proof Vest
2002

The 525 Crackervac
2002

The Turbo Diner
2002

The Snoozatron
2002

The Soccamatic
2002

Colour Me Kubrick
2005

The Scapegoat
1959

Frankenstein: The True Story
1974

Wuthering Heights
1970

Charlie Bubbles
1968

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960

No Love for Johnnie
1961

Song at Twilight
1973

Heart to Heart
1962

The Third Secret
1964

Orson Welles Over Europe
2009

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967

The Daedalus Equations
1976

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989

The Mouse on the Moon
1963

Hotel!
2001

Who Killed Lamb?
1974

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973

The Prison
1974

Candida
1961

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986

Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970

Moby Dick Rehearsed
1955

Cinderella
1958

The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001

Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
2023

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963

628-E8
1978

The Concert
1955

The Hallelujah Handshake
1970

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977

Back of Beyond
1974

Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958

Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954

Anastasia
1956

The Doctor's Dilemma
1959

The Reckoning
1970

The Funny Side of Christmas
1982

The Clifton House Mystery
1978

The Lark Ascending
2012
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