Peter Sallis

ActorCrewSound Feb 1 (died age 96) Twickenham, England, UK 1947–2024 (77 year career)

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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 b…

Known For

Film

Chicken Run

Thanks

Film

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Wallace / Hutch (voice)

Film

The Wrong Trousers

Wallace (voice)

Film

A Close Shave

Wallace (voice)

Film

A Grand Day Out

Wallace (voice)

Film

A Matter of Loaf and Death

Wallace (voice)

Film

A Night to Remember

Minor Role (uncredited)

Film

Early Man

In Memory Of

Filmography

Acting (267)

Movies (151)

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection

2024

as Wallace

Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit

2024

as Wallace (archive footage)

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

2023

as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)

7.3

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

2022

as Self (archive)

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015

as Self - Voice of Wallace

7.0

The Lark Ascending

2012

as Self (uncredited)

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years

2012

as Reccoat (archive footage)

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

2010

as Wallace (voice)

6.1

Orson Welles Over Europe

2009

as Himself

7.0

Living with Macular Disease

2009

as Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice

A Matter of Loaf and Death

2008

as Wallace (voice)

7.4

Displacements

2006

as himself

The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2006

as Wallace (archive footage)

10.0

How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood

2006

as Self

8.0

Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD

2006

as Wallace (voice)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

as Wallace / Hutch (voice)

7.1

Colour Me Kubrick

2005

as Patient

5.7

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)

Belonging

as Nathan

Thora Hird Tribute

as Self

Easy

2003

as Man (uncredited)

5.6

Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes

2002

as Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

2002

as Wallace (voice)

7.3

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit

2001

as Wallace (Voice)

Hotel!

2001

as Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)

4.5

The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit

1999

as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)

7.1

Everyday Readers

1998

as Narrator (voice)

A Close Shave

1996

as Wallace (voice)

7.6

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

1996

as Wallace

7.6

Character Building

1995

as Wallace (voice)

The Wrong Trousers

1993

as Wallace (voice)

7.8

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993

as Self - Interviewee

The Crane

1993

as Man (uncredited)

6.7

Inside the Wrong Trousers

1993

as Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)

The Christmas Collection

1992

as Rat (voice)

More Children's Holiday Favourites

1990

as Rat (voice)

A Grand Day Out

1990

as Wallace (voice)

7.5

More Children's Summer Stories

1989

as Rat (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2

1989

as Rat (voice)

Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1989

as Rat (voice)

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

1989

as Rat (voice)

5.0

Children's Favourites - Volume 1

1988

as Rat (voice)

A Dangerous Kind of Love

1986

as Mr. Walker

The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors

1986

The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales

1986

as Rat (voice)

Rocky Hollow

1985

as Narrator (voice)

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

as Clegg

The Wind in the Willows

1984

as Rat (voice)

Getting Sam Home

1983

as Norman Clegg

8.0

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Carter

6.3

The Funny Side of Christmas

1982

as Clegg

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

1981

as Shushin

Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place

1980

as Solicitor

She Loves Me

1979

as Ladislav Sipos

8.7

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

1979

as Leslie

Full Circle

1978

as Jeffrey Branscombe

6.2

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1978

as St. Claire

6.1

The Clifton House Mystery

1978

as Milton Guest

Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982

1978

as Clegg

4.0

628-E8

1978

as Mirbeau

Across a Crowded Room

1978

as Cyril Smallpiece

The Obelisk

1977

as Ernest

The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People

1977

as Minor Role (uncredited)

5.0

The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

1977

as Worker (uncredited)

5.0

The Winter Warrior

1976

as Deor

The Daedalus Equations

1976

as Major Venables

The Incredible Sarah

1976

as Thierry

5.0

The Snowdropper

1975

as Spicer

The Secret Agent

1975

as Chief Inspector Heat

Back of Beyond

1974

as Man (uncredited)

The Prison

1974

as Benitet

The Capone Investment

1974

as Wheatfield

6.2

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1974

as Man (uncredited)

Graceless Go I

1974

as Mr. Wainwright

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974

as Priest

7.3

Who Killed Lamb?

1974

as Lloyd

Frankenstein

as Man (uncredited)

Lady Killer

as Man

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as Banker #2 (uncredited)

6.1

Beyond Our Means

1973

as Onslow

Song at Twilight

1973

as Austin Melcroft

The Moonstone

1972

as Mr. Buff

8.0

The Reprieve

1972

as Cossack Horseman

The Road Builder

1971

as Rev. Rupert Palafox

6.2

Bel Ami

1971

as Norbert de Varenne

The Railwayman's New Clothes

1971

as Lumley

The Bristol Entertainment

1971

as Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice

Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary

1970

as Ernest Charles, KC

The Hallelujah Handshake

1970

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Wuthering Heights

as Mr. Shielders

The Reckoning

as Keresley

Taste the Blood of Dracula

as Samuel Paxton

My Lover, My Son

as Sir Sidney Brent

Scream and Scream Again

1970

as Schweitz

5.3

Sweeney Todd

1970

as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins

Menace

1970

as Narrator (voice)

The Big Flame

1969

as Man (uncredited)

5.0

Maigret at Bay

1969

as (uncredited)

The Ladies: Joan

1969

as Mr. Street

Cream: Farewell Concert

1969

as Guest

5.2

Inadmissible Evidence

as Hudson

Charlie Bubbles

as Solicitor

The Drummer and the Bloke

1968

as Eric

Wind Versus Polygamy

1968

as Man (uncredited)

Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors

1967

as Penley

7.3

The Bible: In the Beginning...

1966

as Minor Role (uncredited)

7.3

Rapture

1965

as Armand

7.0

Don't Ever Talk to Clocks

1964

The Trial of Dr. Fancy

1964

as Mr. Pender

The Third Secret

as Lawrence Jacks

Clash by Night

as Victor

Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World

1964

as Ronald Green

Into the Dark

1963

as Alfred Purdie

The V.I.P.s

1963

as Doctor

6.1

The Mouse on the Moon

1963

as Russian Delegate

6.1

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man

1963

as Philip Mallard

I Thank a Fool

1962

as Sleazy Doctor

5.5

Heart to Heart

1962

as Frank Godsell

The Zoo Story

1961

as Peter

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

as Man (uncredited)

6.8

The Curse of the Werewolf

as Don Enrique

No Love for Johnnie

as M.P.

A Taste of Honey

as Man (uncredited)

Candida

as Rev. Alexander Mill

A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

1961

as Hesketh-Payne

Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe

1960

as Robinet

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960

as Man in Suit (uncredited)

7.0

The Poet

1960

as Giulio

Doctor in Love

1960

as Mr. Luke (uncredited)

5.2

The Millionairess

1960

as Minor Role (uncredited)

5.3

The Adventures of Alice

1960

as Tweedledee

The Scapegoat

1959

as Customs Official

6.8

The Doctor's Dilemma

1959

as Secretary at Picture Gallery

6.1

Brand

1959

as Doctor & Provost

A Night to Remember

1958

as Minor Role (uncredited)

7.7

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1958

as Snug

Cinderella

1958

as Baron Aristide de Pennilac

Anastasia

1956

as Grischa (uncredited)

6.8

Kitty Clive

1956

as John Hall

The Inveterate Gambler

1956

as The Burglar

Safe and Sound

1956

as Squishy Taylor

Fcb TV Show No.1

1955

as Squishy Taylor

The Concert

1955

as Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)

Quay South

1955

as Corporal Foster

Moby Dick—Rehearsed

1955

as A Stage Manger /Flask

The Pickpocket

1955

as Chippy Criggs

Stranger from Venus

1954

as Soldier (uncredited)

Nineteen Eighty-Four

as Man (uncredited)

Child's Play

as Bill - grocery merchant

6.3

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951

as Man (uncredited)

6.0

The Loves of Joanna Godden

1947

as Man (uncredited)

7.0

Television (116)

What We Were Watching

2018

as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)

7.5

Aardman: A Cracking Collection

2015

as Wallace (voice)

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

as Wallace (voice)

Kingdom

as Cyril

British Film Forever

as Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)

5.5

Eureka

2006

as Guest (uncredited)

7.7

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

2006

as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)

8.1

Time Trumpet

2006

as Clegg

7.4

Britain's Best Sitcom

2004

as Self

Comedy Connections

2003

as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)

2.0

Harry Hill's TV Burp

2002

as Wallace (voice)

6.3

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

2002

as Wallace (voice)

8.6

Balamory

2002

as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

7.0

Songs of Praise

2001

as Guest

Sooty

2001

as (voice) (uncredited)

1.0

Then and Now

2001

as Guest

Doctors

as Arthur Weatherill

Holby City

as Lionel Davis

Rex the Runt

as Wallace (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out

1998

as Wallace (Voice)

Light Lunch

1997

as Self

Operation Good Guys

1997

as Minor Role (uncredited)

6.5

Whatever You Want

1997

as Clegg

Smillie's People

1996

as Self

The National Television Awards

1995

as Self

1.0

Room 101

1994

as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)

HBO First Look

as Self

Noel's House Party

as Clegg

Auntie's Bloomers

as Self/Acting Role (uncredited)

Come Home Charlie and Face Them

1990

Oh, Mr. Toad

1990

as Rat

Troldspejlet

1989

as Wallace (archive footage)

6.1

Motormouth

1988

as Wallace (Voice)

8.0

First of the Summer Wine

The New Statesman

as Sidney Bliss

Sylvanian Families

as Rabbit (voice, uncredited)

Open Air

as Self

Rocky Hollow

as Narrator (voice)

The Wind in the Willows

1984

as Rat (voice)

7.6

Strangers and Brothers

1984

as Leonard March

5.5

The Kids International Show

1982

as Clegg

Lady Killers

1980

as O'Brien

5.0

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Solicitor

6.7

Room Service

1979

as Mr. Fellows

The South Bank Show

1978

as Self

5.6

Leave it to Charlie

1978

as Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister

5.0

The Clifton House Mystery

1978

6.0

The Val Doonican Music Show

1977

as Self

Raffles

1977

8.0

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

1977

as Rodney Gloss

5.5

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

1976

as Mr Gudgin

6.8

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

Yanks Go Home

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

6.9

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

Playhouse

as Maj. Venables

The Pallisers

as Mr Bonteen

Armchair Cinema

as Benitet

Late Night Drama

as Patient

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

as Clegg

7.1

Last of the Summer Wine

1973

as Clegg

7.1

Frankenstein: The True Story

as Priest

Crown Court

as Gerald Prosser

Spyder's Web

as Grovnik

The Moonstone

as Mr. Bruff

The Persuaders!

as Piper

Justice

as Coroner

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Jervis

Budgie

as Peter Olliphant

The Ten Commandments

as Gerry

Bel Ami

1971

as Norbert de Varenne

Trial

1971

as Almond

Play for Today

Catweazle

as Stuffy Gladstone

Menace

Kate

as Sammy Harrison

Softly Softly: Task Force

as Lodge

Paul Temple

Hadleigh

as Dakin

60 Minutes

as Guest

Omnibus

as Mirbeau

Callan

as Routledge

ITV Playhouse

as Leslie

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins

5.5

Softly, Softly

1966

5.0

BBC Play of the Month

as (uncredited)

The Troubleshooters

as Henry Wynn

Public Eye

as Colin Reynolds

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Lumley

Call My Bluff

as Self

Knock on Any Door

as Stannage

The Sullavan Brothers

1964

as Kenneth K. Hirst

Doctor Who

1963

as Leader Clent

7.9

Festival

1963

as Captain of the Fire Brigade

8.0

The Chem. Lab. Mystery

1963

as Mad Willy

Z-Cars

as Seaton

Zero One

as Major Konel

Crying Down the Lane

as Champion

The Avengers

1961

as Hal Anderson

7.7

Drama 61-67

1961

as Philip Mallard

Amelia

1961

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Hesketh-Payne

Danger Man

as John Gordon

Maigret

International Detective

1959

as Eugene Payas

7.0

World Theatre

1959

as Barere, Simon, Prisoner

5.0

Dance Date

1959

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

1958

as Samuel Pepys

Armchair Theatre

as Alfred Purdie

Armchair Theatre

as Alfred Purdie

This Is Your Life

as Self

Strange Experiences

as Chippy Griggs

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Carter

Sunday Night Theatre

as Snug

Esther

as Self

Crew (5)

Movies (4)

Early Man

In Memory Of

Chicken Run

Thanks

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

1981

Vocals

She Loves Me

1979

Vocals

8.7

Television (1)

The Wind in the Willows

1984

Vocals

7.6