Peter Sallis
Born in Twickenham, England, UK — Feb 01 1921• Died Jun 02 2017
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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…
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Holby City
Lionel Davis
Doctor Who
Penley
The Avengers
Hal Anderson
Play for Today
Eureka
Guest (uncredited)
Crown Court
Gerald Prosser
BBC Play of the Month
(uncredited)
Playhouse
Maj. Venables
Doctors
Arthur Weatherill
Tales of the Unexpected
Solicitor
Last of the Summer Wine
Clegg
Omnibus
Mirbeau
Rumpole of the Bailey
Z-Cars
The Oscars
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
Snug
The Persuaders!
Piper
Public Eye
Eddie Meadows
Drama 61-67
Philip Mallard
Catweazle
Stuffy Gladstone
Danger Man
John Gordon
Sunday-Night Play
Hesketh-Payne
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Lumley
Softly, Softly
Maigret
The Troubleshooters
Henry Wynn
Kingdom
Cyril
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Jervis
This Is Your Life
Self
Callan
Routledge
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Wallace (voice)
HBO First Look
Self
Festival
Captain of the Fire Brigade
The Pallisers
Mr Bonteen
Budgie
Peter Olliphant
Mystery and Imagination
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Justice
Coroner
International Detective
Eugene Payas
The New Statesman
Sidney Bliss
Lady Killers
O'Brien
Chicken Run
Crew
Softly Softly: Task Force
Lodge
Balamory
Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Hadleigh
Dakin
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Carter
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace (voice)
Motormouth
Wallace (Voice)
Rex the Runt
Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Temple
Songs of Praise
Guest
Comedy Connections
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Noel's House Party
Clegg
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Raffles
Early Man
Crew
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Mr Gudgin
The Ten Commandments
Gerry
The Wind in the Willows
Rat (voice)
Open Air
Self
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
ITV Playhouse
Leslie
Operation Good Guys
Minor Role (uncredited)
Whatever You Want
Clegg
Time Trumpet
Clegg
A Grand Day Out
Wallace (voice)
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Rodney Gloss
A Night to Remember
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Minor Role (uncredited)
A Close Shave
Wallace (voice)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys
Strange Experiences
Chippy Griggs
The Val Doonican Music Show
Self
The Moonstone
Mr. Bruff
Menace
Britain's Best Sitcom
Self
The Wrong Trousers
Wallace (voice)
My Lover, My Son
Sir Sidney Brent
Wuthering Heights
Mr. Shielders
Oh, Mr. Toad
Rat
Anastasia
Grischa (uncredited)
British Film Forever
Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
Easy
Man (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
Alfred Purdie
The Scapegoat
Customs Official
Zero One
Major Konel
First of the Summer Wine
The Christmas Collection
Rat (voice)
The National Television Awards
Self
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Banker #2 (uncredited)
Armchair Cinema
Benitet
The V.I.P.s
Doctor
Strangers and Brothers
Leonard March
Call My Bluff
Self
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace (voice)
Witness for the Prosecution
Carter
Full Circle
Jeffrey Branscombe
Yanks Go Home
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Man (uncredited)
Frankenstein: The True Story
Priest
Room Service
Mr. Fellows
Belonging
Nathan
She Loves Me
Ladislav Sipos
Colour Me Kubrick
Patient
Dance Date
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Man (uncredited)
Charlie Bubbles
Solicitor
The Clifton House Mystery
Doctor in Love
Mr. Luke (uncredited)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
St. Claire
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sooty
(voice) (uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf
Don Enrique
Leave it to Charlie
Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
I Thank a Fool
Sleazy Doctor
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Man in Suit (uncredited)
Frankenstein
Man (uncredited)
The Doctor's Dilemma
Secretary at Picture Gallery
A Taste of Honey
Man (uncredited)
Light Lunch
Self
Bel Ami
Norbert de Varenne
The Third Secret
Lawrence Jacks
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Heart to Heart
Frank Godsell
Hotel!
Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
Maigret at Bay
(uncredited)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Clegg
Smillie's People
Self
The Crane
Man (uncredited)
Rapture
Armand
The Road Builder
Rev. Rupert Palafox
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Samuel Paxton
The Reckoning
Keresley
Auntie's Bloomers
Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
Mr. Denning Drives North
Man (uncredited)
The Funny Side of Christmas
Clegg
Sylvanian Families
Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
The Sullavan Brothers
Kenneth K. Hirst
The Moonstone
Mr. Buff
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Self - Voice of Wallace
Candida
Rev. Alexander Mill
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
Ernest Charles, KC
No Love for Johnnie
M.P.
Graceless Go I
Mr. Wainwright
Stranger from Venus
Soldier (uncredited)
The Incredible Sarah
Thierry
The Secret Agent
Chief Inspector Heat
Scream and Scream Again
Schweitz
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Man (uncredited)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self - Interviewee
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
Man (uncredited)
The Millionairess
Minor Role (uncredited)
Lady Killer
Man
Kate
Sammy Harrison
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
Hudson
Esther
Self
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Self (archive)
The Prison
Benitet
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Rat (voice)
Clash by Night
Victor
The Mouse on the Moon
Russian Delegate
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace (voice)
The Big Flame
Man (uncredited)
Spyder's Web
Grovnik
The Daedalus Equations
Major Venables
Brand
Doctor & Provost
Crying Down the Lane
Champion
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
Mr. Pender
The Wind in the Willows
Rat (voice)
Who Killed Lamb?
Lloyd
The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales
Rat (voice)
Bel Ami
Norbert de Varenne
Sweeney Todd
Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
Robinet
The Bristol Entertainment
Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
Penley
Late Night Drama
Patient
The Drummer and the Bloke
Eric
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Stage Manger /Flask
Trial
Almond
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Leslie
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Mr. Walker
The Obelisk
Ernest
Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World
Ronald Green
Beyond Our Means
Onslow
The Hallelujah Handshake
Minor Role (uncredited)
Displacements
himself
Song at Twilight
Austin Melcroft
Cinderella
Baron Aristide de Pennilac
Thora Hird Tribute
Self
The Winter Warrior
Deor
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace (voice)
The Poet
Giulio
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Solicitor
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Worker (uncredited)
Quay South
Corporal Foster
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Wallace
More Children's Summer Stories
Rat (voice)
Amelia
Across a Crowded Room
Cyril Smallpiece
Character Building
Wallace (voice)
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
The Capone Investment
Wheatfield
Back of Beyond
Man (uncredited)
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Minor Role (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snug
The Snowdropper
Spicer
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
Rat (voice)
Orson Welles Over Europe
Himself
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Rat (voice)
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
Self
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
Rat (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
Wallace
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
Wallace (Voice)
The Ladies: Joan
Mr. Street
The Adventures of Alice
Tweedledee
Wind Versus Polygamy
Man (uncredited)
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Hesketh-Payne
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lark Ascending
Self (uncredited)
The Reprieve
Cossack Horseman
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Shushin
The Railwayman's New Clothes
Lumley
The Zoo Story
Peter
More Children's Holiday Favourites
Rat (voice)
Cream: Farewell Concert
Guest
World Theatre
Barere, Simon, Prisoner
Getting Sam Home
Norman Clegg
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Reccoat (archive footage)
Into the Dark
Alfred Purdie
Child's Play
Bill - grocery merchant
Kitty Clive
John Hall
Inside the Wrong Trousers
Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice)
The Clifton House Mystery
Milton Guest
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
Clegg
What We Were Watching
Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
The Concert
Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Kids International Show
Clegg
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
Wallace (voice)
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace (archive footage)
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
Mad Willy
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Philip Mallard
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
Fcb TV Show No.1
Squishy Taylor
628-E8
Mirbeau
Living with Macular Disease
Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
Safe and Sound
Squishy Taylor
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
Wallace (voice)
The Pickpocket
Chippy Criggs
Everyday Readers
Narrator (voice)
The Inveterate Gambler
The Burglar
Then and Now
Guest
Menace
Narrator (voice)
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
Wallace (archive footage)
Rocky Hollow
Narrator (voice)
Knock on Any Door
Stannage