Peter Sallis
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
2024
as Wallace (archive footage)
Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
2024
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
as Self (archive)
What We Were Watching
2018
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit - Hearts of Clay
2017
as Wallace / Gromit
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015
as Self - Voice of Wallace
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
2015
as Wallace (voice)
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)
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010
as Wallace (voice)
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009
as Self
Living with Macular Disease
2009
as Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008
as Wallace (voice)
Kingdom
2007
as Cyril
British Film Forever
2007
as Self (as Peter Sallis OBE)
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006
as Wallace (voice)
Displacements
2006
as himself
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006
as Self
The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006
as Wallace (archive footage)
Eureka
2006
as Guest (uncredited)
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
2006
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Time Trumpet
2006
as Clegg
Time Trumpet
2006
as Clegg (archive footage)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
as Wallace / Hutch (voice)
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Patient
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Norman Clegg (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belonging
2004
as Nathan
Britain's Best Sitcom
2004
as Self
Easy
2003
as Man (uncredited)
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
as Self
Comedy Connections
2003
as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Comedy Connections
2003
as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes
2002
as Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002
as Wallace (voice)
Balamory
2002
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
as Wallace (voice)
Hotel!
2001
as Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited)
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
2001
as Wallace (Voice)
Sooty
2001
as (voice) (uncredited)
Then and Now
2001
as Guest
Songs of Praise
2001
as Guest
Doctors
2000
as Arthur Weatherill
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
1999
as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)
Holby City
1999
as Lionel Davis
Everyday Readers
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Rex the Runt
1998
as Wallace (voice) (uncredited)
Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out
1998
as Wallace (Voice)
Whatever You Want
1997
as Clegg
Operation Good Guys
1997
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Light Lunch
1997
as Self
A Close Shave
1996
as Wallace (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
1996
as Wallace
Smillie's People
1996
as Self
Character Building
1995
as Wallace (voice)
The National Television Awards
1995
as Self
Room 101
1994
as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)
Room 101
1994
as Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
The Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (voice)
The Crane
1993
as Man (uncredited)
Inside the Wrong Trousers
1993
as Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self - Interviewee
The Christmas Collection
1992
as Rat (voice)
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Noel's House Party
1991
as Clegg
Auntie's Bloomers
1991
as Self/Acting Role (uncredited)
A Grand Day Out
1990
as Wallace (voice)
More Children's Holiday Favourites
1990
as Rat (voice)
Come Home Charlie and Face Them
1990
as Evan Rhys-Jones
Oh, Mr. Toad
1990
as Rat
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1989
as Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1989
as Rat (voice)
Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2
1989
as Rat (voice)
More Children's Summer Stories
1989
as Rat (voice)
Troldspejlet
1989
as Wallace (archive footage)
Children's Favourites - Volume 1
1988
as Rat (voice)
First of the Summer Wine
1988
Motormouth
1988
as Wallace (Voice)
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
1987
as Norman Clegg
The New Statesman
1987
as Sidney Bliss
Sylvanian Families
1987
as Rabbit (voice, uncredited)
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)
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
1986
as Norman Clegg
Open Air
1986
as Self
Rocky Hollow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Rocky Hollow
1985
as Narrator (voice)
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
as Clegg
The Wind in the Willows
1984
as Rat (voice)
Strangers and Brothers
1984
as Leonard March
Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home
1983
as Norman Clegg
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Clegg
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Carter
The Kids International Show
1982
as Clegg
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981
as Shushin
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
1980
as Solicitor
Lady Killers
1980
as O'Brien
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Leslie
She Loves Me
1979
as Ladislav Sipos
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Solicitor
Room Service
1979
as Mr. Fellows
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
as St. Claire
Full Circle
1978
as Jeffrey Branscombe
Across a Crowded Room
1978
as Cyril Smallpiece
628-E8
1978
as Mirbeau
Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982
1978
as Clegg
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Leave it to Charlie
1978
as Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister
The Clifton House Mystery
1978
as Milton Guest
The Obelisk
1977
as Ernest
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977
as Worker (uncredited)
Raffles
1977
The Val Doonican Music Show
1977
as Self
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Rodney Gloss
Premiere
1977
as Ernest
The Daedalus Equations
1976
as Major Venables
The Winter Warrior
1976
as Deor
The Incredible Sarah
1976
as Thierry
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Mr Gudgin
Yanks Go Home
1976
as Randall Todd
The Snowdropper
1975
as Spicer
The Secret Agent
1975
as Chief Inspector Heat
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Henry Tong
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
The Capone Investment
1974
as Wheatfield
Frankenstein: The True Story
1974
as Priest
Back of Beyond
1974
as Man (uncredited)
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
as Man (uncredited)
Graceless Go I
1974
as Mr. Wainwright
Who Killed Lamb?
1974
as Lloyd
The Prison
1974
as Benitet
Late Night Drama
1974
as Patient
Playhouse
1974
as Maj. Venables
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Benitet
The Pallisers
1974
as Mr Bonteen
Beyond Our Means
1973
as Onslow
Lady Killer
1973
as Man
Song at Twilight
1973
as Austin Melcroft
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Banker #2 (uncredited)
Frankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
as Priest
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
as Clegg
Frankenstein
1973
as Man (uncredited)
The Reprieve
1972
as Cossack Horseman
Crown Court
1972
as Gerald Prosser
Crown Court
1972
as Insp. George Storton
Spyder's Web
1972
as Grovnik
The Moonstone
1972
as Mr. Bruff
The Road Builder
1971
as Rev. Rupert Palafox
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
as Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice
The Railwayman's New Clothes
1971
as Lumley
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
Budgie
1971
as Peter Olliphant
The Persuaders!
1971
as Piper
Justice
1971
as Coroner
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Dr. Jervis
Trial
1971
as Almond
The Ten Commandments
1971
as Gerry
Bel Ami
1971
as Norbert de Varenne
Taste the Blood of Dracula
1970
as Samuel Paxton
Sweeney Todd
1970
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
My Lover, My Son
1970
as Sir Sidney Brent
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Schweitz
Wuthering Heights
1970
as Mr. Shielders
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary
1970
as Ernest Charles, KC
Menace
1970
as Narrator (voice)
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Reckoning
1970
as Keresley
Catweazle
1970
as Stuffy Gladstone
Play for Today
1970
Menace
1970
as Sonny Waters
Kate
1970
as Sammy Harrison
The Ladies: Joan
1969
as Mr. Street
The Big Flame
1969
as Man (uncredited)
Cream: Farewell Concert
1969
as Guest
Maigret at Bay
1969
as (uncredited)
Paul Temple
1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Lodge
Hadleigh
1969
as Dakin
Hadleigh
1969
as Strapper Strapton
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Edward Letheridge
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
as Professor Dowell
Plays of Today
1969
as Mr. Street
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
as Eric
Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Solicitor
Wind Versus Polygamy
1968
as Man (uncredited)
Inadmissible Evidence
1968
as Hudson
60 Minutes
1968
as Guest
Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors
1967
as Penley
Callan
1967
as Routledge
Omnibus
1967
as Mirbeau
Omnibus
1967
as Guest
Omnibus
1967
as Self
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Leslie
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Patient
Omnibus
1967
The Bible: In the Beginning...
1966
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Softly, Softly
1966
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins
Rapture
1965
as Armand
Public Eye
1965
as Eddie Meadows
Knock on Any Door
1965
as Stannage
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as (uncredited)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Lumley
The Troubleshooters
1965
as Henry Wynn
Public Eye
1965
as Colin Reynolds
Call My Bluff
1965
as Self
Blackmail
1965
as Miles Beckett
Clash by Night
1964
as Victor
The Third Secret
1964
as Lawrence Jacks
Don't Ever Talk to Clocks
1964
A Wicked World
1964
as Ronald Green
The Trial of Dr. Fancy
1964
as Mr. Pender
The Sullavan Brothers
1964
as Kenneth K. Hirst
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Eric
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Man
The V.I.P.s
1963
as Doctor
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963
as Philip Mallard
Into the Dark
1963
as Alfred Purdie
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as Russian Delegate
Doctor Who
1963
as Penley
The Chem. Lab. Mystery
1963
as Mad Willy
Festival
1963
as Captain of the Fire Brigade
Festival
1963
as Romainville
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Rev. Hubert Wales
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Sleazy Doctor
Heart to Heart
1962
as Frank Godsell
Z-Cars
1962
Crying Down the Lane
1962
as Champion
Z-Cars
1962
as Seaton
Zero One
1962
as Major Konel
The Zoo Story
1961
as Peter
Candida
1961
as Rev. Alexander Mill
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
as Hesketh-Payne
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
1961
as Man (uncredited)
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Man (uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Don Enrique
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as M.P.
Amelia
1961
as William Hogarth
The Avengers
1961
as Hal Anderson
Drama 61-67
1961
as Philip Mallard
Drama 61-67
1961
as Roland Green
A Chance of Thunder
1961
as Howard
Doctor in Love
1960
as Mr. Luke (uncredited)
The Millionairess
1960
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
as Man in Suit (uncredited)
The Poet
1960
as Giulio
The Adventures of Alice
1960
as Tweedledee
Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe
1960
as Robinet
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Hesketh-Payne
Maigret
1960
Danger Man
1960
as John Gordon
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Harry Shell
Brand
1959
as Doctor & Provost
The Scapegoat
1959
as Customs Official
The Doctor's Dilemma
1959
as Secretary at Picture Gallery
International Detective
1959
as Eugene Payas
World Theatre
1959
as Barere, Simon, Prisoner
World Theatre
1959
as Doctor & Provost
Dance Date
1959
A Night to Remember
1958
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Cinderella
1958
as Baron Aristide de Pennilac
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Snug
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
1958
as Samuel Pepys
Kitty Clive
1956
as John Hall
Anastasia
1956
as Grischa (uncredited)
Safe and Sound
1956
as Squishy Taylor
The Inveterate Gambler
1956
as The Burglar
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Alfred Purdie
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mr. Pender
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Onslow
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Sam Carter
Quay South
1955
as Corporal Foster
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
as A Stage Manger /Flask
The Concert
1955
as Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis)
The Pickpocket
1955
as Chippy Criggs
Fcb TV Show No.1
1955
as Squishy Taylor
Strange Experiences
1955
as Chippy Griggs
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self - Filmed Tribute
Strange Experiences
1955
as Squishy Taylor
Strange Experiences
1955
as The Burglar
Child's Play
1954
as Bill - grocery merchant
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
as Man (uncredited)
Stranger from Venus
1954
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Man (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Carter
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Snug
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as J. G.
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947
as Man (uncredited)