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
Play for Today
1970
Holby City
1999
as Lionel Davis
60 Minutes
1968
as Guest
Crown Court
1972
as Gerald Prosser / Insp. George Storton
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as (uncredited)
Eureka
2006
as Guest (uncredited)
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Solicitor
Doctors
2000
as Arthur Weatherill
Z-Cars
1962
as Seaton
Omnibus
1967
as Mirbeau / Guest / Self
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Eric / Man
Playhouse
1974
as Maj. Venables
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Clegg
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
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Snug / J. G.
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Henry Wynn
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lumley
Maigret
1960
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self / Self - Filmed Tribute
Room 101
1994
as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Softly, Softly
1966
Justice
1971
as Coroner
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Mallard / Roland Green
Public Eye
1965
as Eddie Meadows / Colin Reynolds
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Lodge / Edward Letheridge / Professor Dowell
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
as Wallace (voice)
The New Statesman
1987
as Sidney Bliss
Callan
1967
as Routledge
Kingdom
2007
as Cyril
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Hesketh-Payne / Harry Shell
Festival
1963
as Captain of the Fire Brigade / Romainville
Balamory
2002
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Catweazle
1970
as Stuffy Gladstone
International Detective
1959
as Eugene Payas
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Open Air
1986
as Self
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Mr Gudgin
Budgie
1971
as Peter Olliphant
Noel's House Party
1991
as Clegg
Lady Killers
1980
as O'Brien
Motormouth
1988
as Wallace (Voice)
The Pallisers
1974
as Mr Bonteen
Hadleigh
1969
as Dakin / Strapper Strapton
Songs of Praise
2001
as Guest
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Carter
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Rat (voice)
Rex the Runt
1998
as Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Temple
1969
Menace
1970
as Sonny Waters
Raffles
1977
British Film Forever
2007
as Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
Movies (149)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
A Grand Day Out
1990
as Wallace (voice)
A Night to Remember
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (voice)
A Close Shave
1996
as Wallace (voice)
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Samuel Paxton
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Wallace
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008
as Wallace (voice)
Anastasia
1956
as Grischa (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Shielders
My Lover, My Son
1970
as Sir Sidney Brent
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Carter
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Banker #2 (uncredited)
The Millionairess
1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Reckoning
1970
as Keresley
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as M.P.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Man (uncredited)
Easy
2003
as Man (uncredited)
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as Russian Delegate
The Obelisk
1977
as Ernest
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Man (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
as Wallace
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Patient
Doctor in Love
1960
as Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Priest
Belonging
2004
as Nathan
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Man (uncredited)
The Crane
1993
as Man (uncredited)
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Doctor
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as St. Claire
The Scapegoat
1959
as Customs Official
Full Circle
1978
as Jeffrey Branscombe
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Man (uncredited)
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Don Enrique
The Third Secret
1964
as Lawrence Jacks
The Prison
1974
as Benitet
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Clegg
Rapture
1965
as Armand
Frankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Solicitor
Stranger from Venus
1954
as Soldier (uncredited)
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Sleazy Doctor
Lady Killer
1973
as Man
The Road Builder
1971
as Rev. Rupert Palafox
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Schweitz
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
as Clegg
She Loves Me
1979
as Ladislav Sipos
Who Killed Lamb?
1974
as Lloyd
The Capone Investment
1974
as Wheatfield
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
as Hudson
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Thierry
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968
as Man (uncredited)
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
as Man (uncredited)
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
as Eric
Hotel!
2001
as Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Rat (voice)
Clash by Night
1964
as Victor
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Secretary at Picture Gallery
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967
as Penley
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009
as Himself
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977
as Worker (uncredited)
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Stage Manger /Flask
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
as Shushin
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969
as Guest
The Moonstone
1972
as Mr. Buff
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Big Flame
1969
as Man (uncredited)
Cinderella
1958
as Baron Aristide de Pennilac
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
as Wallace (Voice)
The Zoo Story
1961
as Peter
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Man (uncredited)
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012
as Reccoat (archive footage)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Snug
Sweeney Todd
1970
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
2024
as Wallace
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986
as Rat (voice)
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
as Mr. Walker
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Rat (voice)
The Winter Warrior
1976
as Deor
The Reprieve
1972
as Cossack Horseman
Brand
1959
as Doctor & Provost
Quay South
1955
as Corporal Foster
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Ernest Charles, KC
Child's Play
1954
as Bill - grocery merchant
The Secret Agent
1975
as Chief Inspector Heat
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
as Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
The Clifton House Mystery
1978
as Milton Guest
Getting Sam Home
1983
as Norman Clegg
Back of Beyond
1974
as Man (uncredited)
The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Major Venables
Candida
1961
as Rev. Alexander Mill
Displacements
2006
as himself
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964
as Ronald Green
Kitty Clive
1956
as John Hall
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
as Rat (voice)
Menace
1970
as Narrator (voice)
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Christmas Collection
1992
as Rat (voice)
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
as Solicitor
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Leslie
Beyond Our Means
1973
as Onslow
Character Building
1995
as Wallace (voice)
Heart to Heart
1962
as Frank Godsell
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as Tweedledee
Maigret at Bay
1969
as (uncredited)
Song at Twilight
1973
as Austin Melcroft
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Cyril Smallpiece
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
as Hesketh-Payne
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
as Wallace (voice)
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)
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- A Grand Day Out (1990) — as Wallace (voice)
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Wrong Trousers (1993) — as Wallace (voice)
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