Actor
Peter Sallis
151 movies as actor
Born Feb 1, 1921 – Jun 2, 2017 (aged 96)From Twickenham, England, UKAlso known as Peter John Sallis, Pete Sallis, Pītā Sarisu
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 s…
Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Adventure, Animation
The Wrong Trousers
1993 · Animation, Comedy
A Grand Day Out
1990 · Family, Animation
A Close Shave
1996 · Family, Animation
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008 · Family, Animation
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Adventure, History
A Night to Remember
1958 · Drama, Action
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Horror
Anastasia
1956 · Drama, Romance
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Horror
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 · Sci-Fi, Drama
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960 · Drama, Romance
Peter Sallis movies
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024 · Wallace (archive footage)
Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
2024
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023 · Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022 · Self (archive)
Wallace & Gromit - Hearts of Clay
2017 · Wallace / Gromit
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015 · Self - Voice of Wallace
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012 · Reccoat (archive footage)
The Lark Ascending
2012 · Self (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010 · Wallace (voice)
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009 · Self
Living with Macular Disease
Living with Macular Disease
2009 · Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008 · Wallace (voice)
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006 · Wallace (voice)
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006 · Self
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006 · Wallace (archive footage)
Displacements
2006 · himself
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · Patient
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Wallace / Hutch (voice)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belonging
2004 · Nathan
Easy
2003 · Man (uncredited)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002 · Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
2002 · Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001 · Wallace (Voice)
Hotel!
2001 · Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999 · Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Everyday Readers
Everyday Readers
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996 · Wallace
A Close Shave
1996 · Wallace (voice)
Character Building
Character Building
1995 · Wallace (voice)
Inside the Wrong Trousers
1993 · Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
1993 · Wallace (voice)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Self - Interviewee
The Crane
1993 · Man (uncredited)
The Christmas Collection
The Christmas Collection
1992 · Rat (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990 · Rat (voice)
A Grand Day Out
1990 · Wallace (voice)
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989 · Rat (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
More Children's Summer Stories
1989 · Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989 · Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989 · Rat (voice)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988 · Rat (voice)
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
1987 · Norman Clegg
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986 · Rat (voice)
A Dangerous Kind of Love
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986 · Mr. Walker
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986 · Norman Clegg
Rocky Hollow
1985 · Narrator (voice)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984 · Clegg
Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home
1983 · Norman Clegg
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982 · Clegg
Witness for the Prosecution
1982 · Carter
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981 · Shushin
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980 · Solicitor
She Loves Me
1979 · Ladislav Sipos
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979 · Leslie
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specia
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
1978 · Clegg
628-E8
1978 · Mirbeau
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978 · St. Claire
Across a Crowded Room
Across a Crowded Room
1978 · Cyril Smallpiece
Full Circle
1978 · Jeffrey Branscombe
The Obelisk
1977 · Ernest
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977 · Worker (uncredited)
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977 · Minor Role (uncredited)
The Winter Warrior
The Winter Warrior
1976 · Deor
The Incredible Sarah
1976 · Thierry
The Daedalus Equations
1976 · Major Venables
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
1975 · Chief Inspector Heat
The Snowdropper
The Snowdropper
1975 · Spicer
Back of Beyond
1974 · Man (uncredited)
Graceless Go I
Graceless Go I
1974 · Mr. Wainwright
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974 · Priest
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974 · Man (uncredited)
The Capone Investment
1974 · Wheatfield
The Prison
1974 · Benitet
Who Killed Lamb?
1974 · Lloyd
Beyond Our Means
1973 · Onslow
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Banker #2 (uncredited)
Song at Twilight
1973 · Austin Melcroft
Lady Killer
1973 · Man
Frankenstein
1973 · Man (uncredited)
The Reprieve
The Reprieve
1972 · Cossack Horseman
The Bristol Entertainment
The Bristol Entertainment
1971 · Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Bel Ami
Bel Ami
1971 · Norbert de Varenne
The Railwayman's New Clothes
The Railwayman's New Clothes
1971 · Lumley
The Road Builder
1971 · Rev. Rupert Palafox
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970 · Ernest Charles, KC
Wuthering Heights
1970 · Mr. Shielders
My Lover, My Son
1970 · Sir Sidney Brent
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970 · Samuel Paxton
Sweeney Todd
1970 · Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Scream and Scream Again
1970 · Schweitz
The Reckoning
1970 · Keresley
Menace
Menace
1970 · Narrator (voice)
The Ladies: Joan
The Ladies: Joan
1969 · Mr. Street
The Big Flame
1969 · Man (uncredited)
Maigret at Bay
1969 · (uncredited)
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969 · Guest
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968 · Man (uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
1968 · Hudson
Charlie Bubbles
1968 · Solicitor
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968 · Eric
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967 · Penley
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Rapture
1965 · Armand
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964 · Mr. Pender
Clash by Night
1964 · Victor
A Wicked World
1964 · Ronald Green
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
1964
The Third Secret
1964 · Lawrence Jacks
The V.I.P.s
1963 · Doctor
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963 · Philip Mallard
The Mouse on the Moon
1963 · Russian Delegate
Into the Dark
Into the Dark
1963 · Alfred Purdie
Heart to Heart
1962 · Frank Godsell
I Thank a Fool
1962 · Sleazy Doctor
Candida
Candida
1961 · Rev. Alexander Mill
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961 · Man (uncredited)
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Man (uncredited)
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961 · Hesketh-Payne
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · Don Enrique
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · M.P.
The Zoo Story
1961 · Peter
The Adventures of Alice
The Adventures of Alice
1960 · Tweedledee
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960 · Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Poet
The Poet
1960 · Giulio
The Millionairess
1960 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
1960 · Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960 · Robinet
Brand
1959 · Doctor & Provost
The Scapegoat
1959 · Customs Official
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959 · Secretary at Picture Gallery
Cinderella
1958 · Baron Aristide de Pennilac
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958 · Snug
A Night to Remember
1958 · Minor Role (uncredited)
Anastasia
1956 · Grischa (uncredited)
Kitty Clive
Kitty Clive
1956 · John Hall
The Inveterate Gambler
The Inveterate Gambler
1956 · The Burglar
Safe and Sound
Safe and Sound
1956 · Squishy Taylor
Quay South
1955 · Corporal Foster
The Concert
1955 · Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Pickpocket
The Pickpocket
1955 · Chippy Criggs
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955 · A Stage Manger /Flask
Fcb TV Show No.1
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955 · Squishy Taylor
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954 · Man (uncredited)
Child's Play
1954 · Bill - grocery merchant
Stranger from Venus
1954 · Soldier (uncredited)
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 · Man (uncredited)
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947 · Man (uncredited)
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