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