Peter Sallis
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
282
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
Holby City
60 Minutes
The Avengers
Eureka
The Oscars
Playhouse
Play for Today
Last of the Summer Wine
BBC Play of the Month
HBO First Look
Tales of the Unexpected
Omnibus
Omnibus
Omnibus
Crown Court
Crown Court
Doctors
Anastasia
The Poet
The Persuaders!
Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67
Full Circle
Rapture
Rumpole of the Bailey
Sunday Night Theatre
Character Building
The Concert
Z-Cars
Z-Cars
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Hotel!
Public Eye
Public Eye
The New Statesman
The South Bank Show
Maigret
My Lover, My Son
The Scapegoat
Room 101
Room 101
Danger Man
The Reprieve
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Softly, Softly
Displacements
Clash by Night
The Crane
Bel Ami
Colour Me Kubrick
Festival
Festival
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
Sunday-Night Play
Graceless Go I
Lady Killer
Justice
The Obelisk
Sweeney Todd
She Loves Me
Kingdom
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Charlie Bubbles
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
The Snowdropper
Harry Hill's TV Burp
The Prison
Kitty Clive
Wuthering Heights
Callan
The Troubleshooters
Lady Killers
Doctor in Love
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Softly Softly: Task Force
Softly Softly: Task Force
Softly Softly: Task Force
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mystery and Imagination
Balamory
Frankenstein
The Winter Warrior
Budgie
The Christmas Collection
Zero One
International Detective
Catweazle
The Wind in the Willows
A Grand Day Out
Songs of Praise
Paul Temple
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
The Bible: In the Beginning...
The Pallisers
Open Air
The Wrong Trousers
Hadleigh
Hadleigh
Call My Bluff
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Noel's House Party
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
The Trial
A Night to Remember
The Ten Commandments
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
I Thank a Fool
The National Television Awards
Raffles
ITV Playhouse
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Operation Good Guys
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Sooty
A Close Shave
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Motormouth
Troldspejlet
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Rex the Runt
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
The Val Doonican Music Show
First of the Summer Wine
A Taste of Honey
Light Lunch
Comedy Connections
Comedy Connections
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Time Trumpet
Time Trumpet
Strange Experiences
Strange Experiences
Strange Experiences
Britain's Best Sitcom
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Spyder's Web
Frankenstein: The True Story
Child's Play
The Millionairess
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The V.I.P.s
Witness for the Prosecution
Leave it to Charlie
Menace
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
628-E8
Strangers and Brothers
Orson Welles Over Europe
Armchair Cinema
Brand
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Whatever You Want
Yanks Go Home
Scream and Scream Again
Oh, Mr. Toad
Easy
The Third Secret
Mr. Denning Drives North
The Clifton House Mystery
The Reckoning
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Late Night Drama
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
The Moonstone
Room Service
Belonging
The Sullavan Brothers
British Film Forever
The Pickpocket
Maigret at Bay
The Mouse on the Moon
World Theatre
World Theatre
Bel Ami
Amelia
Rocky Hollow
Candida
Stranger from Venus
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Frankenstein: The True Story
The Clifton House Mystery
Kate
The Kids International Show
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
Thora Hird Tribute
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Crying Down the Lane
No Love for Johnnie
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Auntie's Bloomers
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
The Ladies: Joan
Inadmissible Evidence
Trial
Who Killed Lamb?
The Incredible Sarah
The Road Builder
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
The Capone Investment
The Funny Side of Christmas
Song at Twilight
The Wind in the Willows
Heart to Heart
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
The Secret Agent
The Doctor's Dilemma
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Fcb TV Show No.1
Esther
The Moonstone
Knock on Any Door
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Sylvanian Families
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Inside the Wrong Trousers
Beyond Our Means
Rocky Hollow
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
The Lark Ascending
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Into the Dark
Cream – Farewell Concert
The Adventures of Alice
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Quay South
The Bristol Entertainment
What We Were Watching
Dance Date
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Cinderella
Then and Now
Getting Sam Home
Across a Crowded Room
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Smillie's People
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
More Children's Summer Stories
Menace
The Big Flame
Wind Versus Polygamy
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
The Drummer and the Bloke
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
The Zoo Story
The Railwayman's New Clothes
The Daedalus Equations
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Back of Beyond
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
The Hallelujah Handshake
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Everyday Readers
Safe and Sound
The Inveterate Gambler
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Living with Macular Disease
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
