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Peter John Sallis, Pete Sallis, ピーター・サリス, Pītā Sarisu, 彼得·薩里斯, Pedro Sallis, Pierre Sallis, Pietro Sallis, بيتر ساليس
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1921-02-01
- event Death Date 2017-06-02
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.3
- info Birth Place Twickenham, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Peter Sallis
7.6
A Close Shave
1996-03-07
7.5
A Grand Day Out
1990-05-18
7.8
The Wrong Trousers
1993-12-17
7.2
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005-09-15
5.6
Belonging
2004-09-12
6.1
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978-09-13
7.4
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008-12-26
6.1
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970-05-07
6.2
The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01
0
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968-01-31
0
Sweeney Todd
1970-02-16
7
Rapture
1965-08-23
5.5
I Thank a Fool
1962-09-14
0
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022-03-05
7
Clash by Night
1964-08-29
0
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979-01-02
0
Brand
1959-08-11
8
Getting Sam Home
1983-12-27
6.1
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010-01-14
7.4
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002-10-15
6.1
The Road Builder
1971-02-25
7.6
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996-06-14
0
Beyond Our Means
1973-09-18
7
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015-12-26
0
The Obelisk
1977-10-13
5.3
Doctor in Love
1960-07-12
0
The Zoo Story
1961-01-12
6.7
Lady Killer
1973-01-18
0
Quay South
1955-12-10
7.5
The Trial
1962-08-25
0
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006-10-02
7.3
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966-09-28
7.7
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
5.4
The Millionairess
1960-10-18
3.9
My Lover, My Son
1970-05-13
6.2
Full Circle
1978-02-09
5.7
Easy
2003-09-10
8.7
She Loves Me
1979-04-13
0
Displacements
2006-01-01
5.3
Scream and Scream Again
1970-02-02
6.2
The Capone Investment
1974-06-07
8
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006-06-28
6.3
Child's Play
1954-10-01
6.7
The Crane
1993-01-01
8
The Moonstone
1972-01-01
5.7
Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06
7.3
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974-09-19
6.3
Wuthering Heights
1970-06-09
6.4
Charlie Bubbles
1968-02-11
7
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960-10-27
0
Song at Twilight
1973-02-05
6.1
The Third Secret
1964-02-02
0
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981-02-17
7
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009-12-27
7.4
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967-12-16
0
The Daedalus Equations
1976-10-20
5
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989-12-29
6.1
The Mouse on the Moon
1963-05-07
4.5
Hotel!
2001-02-17
6.1
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973-04-19
0
The Ladies: Joan
1969-09-18
0
The Snowdropper
1975-05-29
0
Kitty Clive
1956-03-27
0
Candida
1961-12-29
0
The Poet
1960-10-25
0
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986-06-30
0
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
1964-02-18
0
The Bristol Entertainment
1971-12-03
0
The Reprieve
1972-10-01
0
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986-03-31
0
Everyday Readers
1998-01-01
0
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970-06-25
0
Across a Crowded Room
1978-03-26
0
Moby Dick Rehearsed
1955-06-16
0
The Adventures of Alice
1960-12-23
0
Cinderella
1958-12-26
0
The Secret Agent
1975-10-01
0
Menace
1970-01-01
7.1
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999-01-01
0
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001-09-04
7
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
2023-01-14
0
Living with Macular Disease
2009-03-08
0
The Winter Warrior
1976-12-22
0
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963-07-28
0
628-E8
1978-11-16
0
The Concert
1955-10-22
7.5
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970-12-17
5
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977-03-29
5
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977-04-05
0
Back of Beyond
1974-11-14
0
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
1964-03-08
0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958-11-09
0
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984-11-25
6
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951-12-18
7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954-12-16
6.8
Anastasia
1956-12-13
6.1
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959-01-01
7.3
The Reckoning
1970-01-31
0
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982-12-27
0
The Clifton House Mystery
1978-10-08
0
The Lark Ascending
2012-01-13
0
Thora Hird Tribute
2003-03-30
0
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968-07-15
5
The Big Flame
1969-02-19
0
The Railwayman's New Clothes
1971-03-08
0
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961-06-25
5.2
Cream – Farewell Concert
1969-01-05
0
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
2002-01-01
10
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006-02-07
0
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
1986-11-03
6.9
Frankenstein
1973-01-16
0
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974-08-20
4
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
1978-12-26
0
Rocky Hollow
1985-01-01
0
Inside the Wrong Trousers
1993-12-26
0
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012-07-02
0
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960-01-17
0
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988-02-01
0
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989-05-01
0
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989-05-01
0
More Children's Summer Stories
1989-06-05
0
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990-06-04
0
The Christmas Collection
1992-10-05
0
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024-12-23
0
Character Building
1995-01-01
0
The Pickpocket
1955-09-24
0
Graceless Go I
1974-10-08
0
Safe and Sound
1956-01-01
0
The Inveterate Gambler
1956-03-25
5
The Incredible Sarah
1976-11-05
0
Bel Ami
1971-05-08
0
The Wind in the Willows
1984-04-27
7
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947-06-08
6.8
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961-11-01
7
A Taste of Honey
1961-10-01
6.3
Witness for the Prosecution
1982-12-04
0
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964-09-13
0
Into the Dark
1963-02-03
0
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955-01-01
0
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980-08-16
0
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993-10-05
0
Maigret at Bay
1969-02-09
0
Who Killed Lamb?
1974-02-04
0
Heart to Heart
1962-12-06
0
The Prison
1974-05-24
6.5
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961-05-01
6.8
The Scapegoat
1959-08-06
6.2
No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14
5.1
Stranger from Venus
1954-08-23
6
Inadmissible Evidence
1968-06-23
6.8
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976-04-28
7
Budgie
1971-04-09
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23
5
Softly, Softly
1966-01-05
5.8
First of the Summer Wine
1988-09-04
7
Z-Cars
1962-01-02
7.7
The Persuaders!
1971-09-17
8.5
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973-11-30
6.9
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975-12-17
7
Callan
1967-07-08
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
8
Raffles
1977-02-25
7.7
Catweazle
1970-02-15
7.6
The Wind in the Willows
1984-04-27
6.3
Play for Today
1970-10-15
0
Crying Down the Lane
1962-01-08
0
Sunday-Night Play
1960-09-25
5
Yanks Go Home
1976-11-22
0
Amelia
1961-04-14
0
Menace
1970-09-29
5
Lady Killers
1980-07-20
7
International Detective
1959-12-26
0
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975-10-20
7.2
Maigret
1960-10-31
6.7
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010-11-03
6
The Clifton House Mystery
1978-10-08
0
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
1990-11-25
7
Paul Temple
1969-11-23
6
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969-11-20
6
Justice
1971-10-08
7.1
Kingdom
2007-04-22
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24
0
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990-03-27
7.8
Public Eye
1965-01-23
8.6
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002-10-15
7.4
Danger Man
1960-09-11
7.4
The New Statesman
1987-09-13
5.8
Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08
7.4
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971-09-20
7.8
The Avengers
1961-01-07
0
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
2015-12-25
0
Trial
1971-08-26
5.8
Holby City
1999-01-12
7.8
Eureka
2006-07-18
4.7
Doctors
2000-03-27
0
The Sullavan Brothers
1964-10-03
7
Rex the Runt
1998-12-21
7.2
Noel's House Party
1991-11-23
7
Balamory
2002-09-02
1
Sooty
2001-11-05
5.5
Hadleigh
1969-09-16
5.5
Hadleigh
1969-09-16
6.5
Operation Good Guys
1997-12-29
0
Whatever You Want
1997-04-05
6
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969-11-20
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04
0
Room Service
1979-01-02
5.5
Strangers and Brothers
1984-01-11
5.8
Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08
5.8
Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08
6
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969-11-20
0
Drama 61-67
1961-03-19
0
Drama 61-67
1961-03-19
7
Z-Cars
1962-01-02
5.4
Crown Court
1972-10-11
0
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
1958-03-07
5
World Theatre
1959-05-05
5
World Theatre
1959-05-05
5.4
Crown Court
1972-10-11
7.2
Omnibus
1967-10-13
7.2
Omnibus
1967-10-13
0
The Ten Commandments
1971-03-30
0
Strange Experiences
1955-09-24
0
Late Night Drama
1974-07-10
0
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
1963-01-05
0
Knock on Any Door
1965-10-02
7
Playhouse
1974-03-13
5
BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19
3.5
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965-10-07
7
Rocky Hollow
1985-01-01
5
The Troubleshooters
1965-07-07
8
Festival
1963-10-09
8
Festival
1963-10-09
0
Then and Now
2001-11-18
0
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
1998-01-01
6.6
60 Minutes
1968-09-24
8
Motormouth
1988-09-03
0
The Val Doonican Music Show
1977-04-09
6.3
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002-11-14
5.6
The South Bank Show
1978-01-14
0
Auntie's Bloomers
1991-12-29
1
The National Television Awards
1995-08-29
1
Sylvanian Families
1987-09-18
7.8
Public Eye
1965-01-23
6.3
Room 101
1994-07-04
6.3
Room 101
1994-07-04
7.2
Omnibus
1967-10-13
6
Zero One
1962-10-03
0
Smillie's People
1996-10-14
8.2
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
2006-03-02
2
Comedy Connections
2003-06-09
2
Comedy Connections
2003-06-09
7.5
What We Were Watching
2018-12-23
0
Songs of Praise
2001-02-04
5.5
British Film Forever
2007-07-28
7
Armchair Cinema
1974-05-28
4
Spyder's Web
1972-01-21
7.5
Call My Bluff
1965-10-17
6
The Moonstone
1972-01-16
7.1
The Oscars
1953-03-19
6.1
Troldspejlet
1989-02-03
7.4
Time Trumpet
2006-08-03
7.4
Time Trumpet
2006-08-03
4.9
HBO First Look
1992-06-12
0
Britain's Best Sitcom
2004-01-10
0
Esther
0
Light Lunch
1997-03-24
5.5
Open Air
1986-10-27
6.5
ITV Playhouse
1967-09-25
6.4
This Is Your Life
1955-07-29
6.4
This Is Your Life
1955-07-29
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950-01-01
5.5
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977-05-08
5
Leave it to Charlie
1978-07-13
0
Strange Experiences
1955-09-24
0
Strange Experiences
1955-09-24
0
Kate
1970-01-06
0
Bel Ami
1971-05-08
0
The Kids International Show
1982-05-31
5.5
Mystery and Imagination
1966-01-29
