Peter Sallis
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
291
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-02-01
Day of death
2017-06-02 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Twickenham, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sallis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Doctor Who
The Avengers
60 Minutes
Eureka
Holby City
Last of the Summer Wine
Play for Today
Crown Court
Crown Court
BBC Play of the Month
Tales of the Unexpected
Omnibus
Omnibus
Omnibus
Rumpole of the Bailey
The South Bank Show
Playhouse
The Oscars
The Persuaders!
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Doctors
HBO First Look
Callan
Open Air
Z-Cars
Z-Cars
Maigret
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Room 101
Room 101
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Softly, Softly
Danger Man
Balamory
Songs of Praise
Sunday-Night Play
Public Eye
Public Eye
The Trial
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Rapture
Justice
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Bel Ami
The Wind in the Willows
Troldspejlet
A Matter of Loaf and Death
The Wrong Trousers
Kingdom
Sweeney Todd
Wuthering Heights
Anastasia
Easy
Sunday Night Theatre
The Moonstone
Quay South
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Lady Killer
Frankenstein
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Festival
Festival
Full Circle
The Reckoning
Character Building
Charlie Bubbles
Budgie
The New Statesman
The Scapegoat
A Grand Day Out
The Troubleshooters
Hotel!
The Millionairess
The Prison
A Close Shave
Noel's House Party
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Catweazle
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Inadmissible Evidence
Hadleigh
Hadleigh
Raffles
Softly Softly: Task Force
Softly Softly: Task Force
Softly Softly: Task Force
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
A Night to Remember
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Displacements
The Crane
Lady Killers
The Obelisk
International Detective
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
My Lover, My Son
The Snowdropper
The Concert
Beyond Our Means
More Children's Summer Stories
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Zero One
Motormouth
Light Lunch
Kitty Clive
Witness for the Prosecution
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Scream and Scream Again
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
A Taste of Honey
Paul Temple
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Mystery and Imagination
The Road Builder
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Third Secret
ITV Playhouse
Comedy Connections
Comedy Connections
The Christmas Collection
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Zoo Story
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Operation Good Guys
Who Killed Lamb?
The Doctor's Dilemma
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Maigret at Bay
The Val Doonican Music Show
The Mouse on the Moon
The Loves of Joanna Godden
The V.I.P.s
Menace
Stranger from Venus
Rex the Runt
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Bel Ami
She Loves Me
Back of Beyond
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
The National Television Awards
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Getting Sam Home
The Drummer and the Bloke
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Sooty
Doctor in Love
A Dangerous Kind of Love
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Belonging
The Ten Commandments
The Big Flame
Frankenstein: The True Story
No Love for Johnnie
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
The Hallelujah Handshake
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
The Poet
Brand
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Into the Dark
Clash by Night
Inside the Wrong Trousers
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Spyder's Web
Colour Me Kubrick
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Orson Welles Over Europe
The Incredible Sarah
I Thank a Fool
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Leave it to Charlie
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Time Trumpet
Time Trumpet
The Winter Warrior
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Cream – Farewell Concert
The Kids International Show
Heart to Heart
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Mr. Denning Drives North
Armchair Cinema
The Clifton House Mystery
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
Strangers and Brothers
Shopper 13
Fcb TV Show No.1
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Amelia
Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67
Yanks Go Home
Britain's Best Sitcom
The Sullavan Brothers
Call My Bluff
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
The Reprieve
Room Service
The Autochef
First of the Summer Wine
Frankenstein: The True Story
British Film Forever
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
The Snowmantron
Kate
Whatever You Want
A Christmas Cardomatic
Esther
The Moonstone
Trial
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
Across a Crowded Room
Jango
The Turbo Diner
Oh, Mr. Toad
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Strange Experiences
Strange Experiences
Strange Experiences
Crying Down the Lane
Late Night Drama
Sylvanian Families
Graceless Go I
The Pickpocket
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
Auntie's Bloomers
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
The Tellyscope
628-E8
The Snoozatron
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
The Adventures of Alice
The Soccamatic
The Railwayman's New Clothes
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Song at Twilight
The Daedalus Equations
Thora Hird Tribute
The Secret Agent
Smillie's People
The Funny Side of Christmas
Candida
Child's Play
Royal Variety Performance 1984
The Clifton House Mystery
The Ladies: Joan
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
The Capone Investment
World Theatre
World Theatre
The Lark Ascending
What We Were Watching
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Rocky Hollow
The Wind in the Willows
The Bully Proof Vest
Moby Dick Rehearsed
The 525 Crackervac
Menace
Rocky Hollow
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
Cinderella
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
Wind Versus Polygamy
Safe and Sound
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
The Bristol Entertainment
Then and Now
Everyday Readers
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Living with Macular Disease
Knock on Any Door
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
The Inveterate Gambler
