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 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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Known For
Acting
Born
February 1, 1921
Place of Birth
Twickenham, England, UK
Died
June 2, 2017 age 96
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1996

A Close Shave

1990

A Grand Day Out

1993

The Wrong Trousers

2005

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

1982

Witness for the Prosecution

2004

Belonging

1978

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

2008

A Matter of Loaf and Death

1970

Taste the Blood of Dracula

1963

The V.I.P.s

1954

Stranger from Venus

1968

The Drummer and the Bloke

1970

Sweeney Todd

1965

Rapture

1962

I Thank a Fool

2022

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

1964

Clash by Night

1968

Inadmissible Evidence

1979

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

1959

Brand

1983

Getting Sam Home

2010

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

2002

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

1961

The Curse of the Werewolf

1971

The Road Builder

1996

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

1973

Beyond Our Means

2015

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

1977

The Obelisk

1960

Doctor in Love

1961

The Zoo Story

1973

Lady Killer

1955

Quay South

1962

The Trial

2006

Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD

1966

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1958

A Night to Remember

1960

The Millionairess

1970

My Lover, My Son

1978

Full Circle

2003

Easy

1979

She Loves Me

2006

Displacements

1970

Scream and Scream Again

1974

The Capone Investment

2006

How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood

1954

Child's Play

1993

The Crane

1972

The Moonstone

2002

The Autochef

2002

A Christmas Cardomatic

2002

The Snoozatron

2002

The 525 Crackervac

2002

Shopper 13

2002

The Bully Proof Vest

2002

The Soccamatic

2002

The Tellyscope

2002

The Snowmantron

2002

The Turbo Diner

2005

Colour Me Kubrick

1959

The Scapegoat

1974

Frankenstein: The True Story

1970

Wuthering Heights

1968

Charlie Bubbles

1960

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1961

No Love for Johnnie

1973

Song at Twilight

1962

Heart to Heart

1964

The Third Secret

1981

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

2009

Orson Welles Over Europe

1967

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

1976

The Daedalus Equations

1989

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1963

The Mouse on the Moon

2001

Hotel!

1974

Who Killed Lamb?

1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1974

The Prison

1969

The Ladies: Joan

1975

The Snowdropper

1956

Kitty Clive

1961

Candida

1960

The Poet

1986

A Dangerous Kind of Love

1964

Don't Ever Talk to Clocks

1971

The Bristol Entertainment

1972

The Reprieve

1986

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

1998

Everyday Readers

1970

Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary

1978

Across a Crowded Room

1955

Moby Dick Rehearsed

1960

The Adventures of Alice

1955

Fcb TV Show No.1

1958

Cinderella

1975

The Secret Agent

1970

Menace

1999

The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

2001

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit

2023

Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

2009

Living with Macular Disease

1976

The Winter Warrior

1963

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man

1978

628-E8

1955

The Concert

1970

The Hallelujah Handshake

1977

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

1977

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

1974

Back of Beyond

1964

Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World

1958

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1984

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1951

Mr. Denning Drives North

1954

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1956

Anastasia

1959

The Doctor's Dilemma

1970

The Reckoning

1982

The Funny Side of Christmas

1978

The Clifton House Mystery

2012

The Lark Ascending

2003

Thora Hird Tribute

1968

Wind Versus Polygamy

1969

The Big Flame

1971

The Railwayman's New Clothes

1961

A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

1976

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

1969

Cream – Farewell Concert

2002

Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes

2006

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

1986

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1973

Frankenstein

1974

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1978

Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982

1985

Rocky Hollow

1993

Inside the Wrong Trousers

2012

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years

1960

Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe

1988

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

More Children's Summer Stories

1990

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1992

The Christmas Collection

NaN

Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit

1995

Character Building

1955

The Pickpocket

1974

Graceless Go I

1956

Safe and Sound

1956

The Inveterate Gambler

1976

The Incredible Sarah

1971

Bel Ami

1984

The Wind in the Willows

1947

The Loves of Joanna Godden

1961

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

A Taste of Honey

2023

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

2023

Budgie

2023

Softly, Softly

2023

Doctor Who

2023

First of the Summer Wine

2023

Z-Cars

2023

The Persuaders!

2023

Frankenstein: The True Story

2023

Rumpole of the Bailey

2023

Callan

2023

Barlow

2023

Hallmark Hall of Fame

2023

Raffles

2023

Catweazle

2023

The Wind in the Willows

2023

Play for Today

2023

Crying Down the Lane

2023

Yanks Go Home

2023

Sunday-Night Play

2023

Amelia

2023

Menace

2023

Mystery and Imagination

2023

Lady Killers

2023

International Detective

2023

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

2023

Maigret

2023

Leave It To Charlie

2023

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

2023

The Clifton House Mystery

2023

Come Home Charlie and Face Them

2023

Paul Temple

2023

Murder Most English

2023

Softly Softly: Task Force

2023

Justice

2023

Kingdom

2023

Tales of the Unexpected

2023

Oh, Mr. Toad

2023

Public Eye

2023

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

2023

Danger Man

2023

The New Statesman

2023

Armchair Theatre

2023

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

2023

The Avengers

2023

Holby City

2023

Eureka

2023

Trial

2023

Noel's House Party

2023

Aardman: A Cracking Collection

2023

Doctors

2023

The Sullavan Brothers

2023

Rex the Runt

2023

Balamory

2023

Sooty

2023

Kate

2023

Whatever You Want

2023

Hadleigh

2023

Operation Good Guys

2023

Hadleigh

2023

Softly Softly: Task Force

2023

Last of the Summer Wine

2023

Room Service

2023

Strangers and Brothers

2023

Armchair Theatre

2023

Armchair Theatre

2023

Softly Softly: Task Force

2023

Drama 61-67

2023

Drama 61-67

2023

Z-Cars

2023

Crown Court

2023

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

2023

The Kids International Show

2023

World Theatre

2023

World Theatre

2023

Crown Court

2023

Bel Ami

2023

Omnibus

2023

Omnibus

2023

The Ten Commandments

2023

Strange Experiences

2023

Strange Experiences

2023

Strange Experiences

2023

Late Night Drama

2023

The Chem. Lab. Mystery

2023

Knock on Any Door

2023

Playhouse

2023

Jango

2023

BBC Play of the Month

2023

Thirty-Minute Theatre

2023

Rocky Hollow

2023

The Troubleshooters

2023

Festival

2023

Festival

2023

Then and Now

2023

Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out

2023

60 Minutes

2023

Motormouth

2023

The Val Doonican Music Show

2023

Harry Hill's TV Burp

2023

The South Bank Show

2023

Auntie's Bloomers

2023

The National Television Awards

2023

Sylvanian Families

2023

Public Eye

2023

Room 101

2023

Room 101

2023

Omnibus

2023

Zero One

2023

Smillie's People

2023

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

2023

Comedy Connections

2023

Comedy Connections

2023

What We Were Watching

2023

Songs of Praise

2023

British Film Forever

2023

Armchair Cinema

2023

Spyder's Web

2023

Call My Bluff

2023

The Moonstone

2023

The Oscars

2023

Troldspejlet

2023

Time Trumpet

2023

Time Trumpet

2023

HBO First Look

2023

Britain's Best Sitcom

2023

Esther

2023

Light Lunch

2023

Open Air

2023

ITV Playhouse

2018

Early Man

2000

Chicken Run

1979

She Loves Me

2023

The Wind in the Willows

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