Peter Sallis

from Twickenham, England, UK

Artwork for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitImage of Peter Sallis

Biography

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Peter Sallis, OBE (born 1 February 1921, died 2 June 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.

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.

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Timeline

2024Aged 103

2023Aged 102

  • Poster for Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

    Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)

2022Aged 101

  • Poster for Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

    Self (archive)

2018Aged 97

  • Poster for Early Man

    In Memory Of

2015Aged 94

  • Poster for A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

    Self - Voice of Wallace

2012Aged 91

  • Poster for The Lark Ascending

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for Second Time Around: The Troughton Years

    Reccoat (archive footage)

2010Aged 89

  • Poster for Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

    Wallace (voice)

2009Aged 88

2008Aged 87

  • Poster for A Matter of Loaf and Death

    Wallace (voice)

2006Aged 85

2005Aged 84

2004Aged 83

  • Poster for Belonging

    Nathan

2003Aged 82

  • Poster for Thora Hird Tribute

    Self

  • Poster for Easy

    Man (uncredited)

2002Aged 81

  • Poster for Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes

    Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

    Wallace (voice)

2001Aged 80

  • Poster for Hotel!

    Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)

  • Poster for The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit

    Wallace (Voice)

2000Aged 79

  • Poster for Chicken Run

    Thanks

1999Aged 78

  • Poster for The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

    Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)

1998Aged 77

1996Aged 75

  • Poster for A Close Shave

    Wallace (voice)

  • Poster for Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

    Wallace

1995Aged 74

1993Aged 72

1992Aged 71

1990Aged 69

1988Aged 67

1986Aged 65

1985Aged 64

  • Poster for Rocky Hollow

    Narrator (voice)

1984Aged 63

  • Poster for Royal Variety Performance 1984

    Clegg

1983Aged 62

  • Poster for Getting Sam Home

    Norman Clegg

1982Aged 61

  • Poster for Witness for the Prosecution

    Carter

  • Poster for The Funny Side of Christmas

    Clegg

1979Aged 58

  • Poster for You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

    Leslie

  • Poster for She Loves Me

    Ladislav Sipos

1978Aged 57

1977Aged 56

  • Poster for The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

    Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

    Worker (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Obelisk

    Ernest

1976Aged 55

1975Aged 54

1974Aged 53

  • Poster for Who Killed Lamb?

    Lloyd

  • Poster for The Prison

    Benitet

  • Poster for The Capone Investment

    Wheatfield

  • Poster for Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

    Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Frankenstein: The True Story

    Priest

  • Graceless Go I

    Mr. Wainwright

  • Poster for Back of Beyond

    Man (uncredited)

1973Aged 52

  • Poster for Frankenstein

    Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lady Killer

    Man

  • Poster for Song at Twilight

    Austin Melcroft

  • Poster for Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Banker #2 (uncredited)

  • Poster for Beyond Our Means

    Onslow

1972Aged 51

1971Aged 50

1970Aged 49

  • Menace

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for The Reckoning

    Keresley

  • Poster for Scream and Scream Again

    Schweitz

  • Poster for Sweeney Todd

    Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins

  • Poster for Taste the Blood of Dracula

    Samuel Paxton

  • Poster for My Lover, My Son

    Sir Sidney Brent

  • Poster for Wuthering Heights

    Mr. Shielders

  • Poster for Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary

    Ernest Charles, KC

  • Poster for The Hallelujah Handshake

    Minor Role (uncredited)

1969Aged 48

1968Aged 47

  • Poster for The Drummer and the Bloke

    Eric

  • Poster for Charlie Bubbles

    Solicitor

  • Poster for Inadmissible Evidence

    Hudson

  • Poster for Wind Versus Polygamy

    Man (uncredited)

1967Aged 46

  • Poster for Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

    Penley

1966Aged 45

  • Poster for The Bible: In the Beginning...

    Minor Role (uncredited)

1965Aged 44

  • Poster for Rapture

    Armand

1964Aged 43

1963Aged 42

1962Aged 41

  • Poster for I Thank a Fool

    Sleazy Doctor

  • Poster for Heart to Heart

    Frank Godsell

1961Aged 40

1960Aged 39

1959Aged 38

  • Poster for The Doctor's Dilemma

    Secretary at Picture Gallery

  • Poster for The Scapegoat

    Customs Official

  • Poster for Brand

    Doctor & Provost

1958Aged 37

  • Poster for A Night to Remember

    Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Poster for A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Snug

  • Poster for Cinderella

    Baron Aristide de Pennilac

1956Aged 35

1955Aged 34

1954Aged 33

  • Poster for Stranger from Venus

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Child's Play

    Bill - grocery merchant

  • Poster for Nineteen Eighty-Four

    Man (uncredited)

1951Aged 30

  • Poster for Mr. Denning Drives North

    Man (uncredited)

1947Aged 26

  • Poster for The Loves of Joanna Godden

    Man (uncredited)