Peter Sallis

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{{Short description|British actor (1921–2017)}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Peter H. Salus]] or [[Peter Sellers]]}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Peter Sallis
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|OBE}}
| image = Peter Sallis.jpg
| caption = Sallis in 2008
| birth_name = Peter John Sallis
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Twickenham]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|6|2|1921|2|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], [[London]], England
| resting_place = St John the Evangelist Churchyard, [[Upperthong]], [[West Yorkshire]], England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1946–2010
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Elaine Usher]]|1957|1965|reason=divorced}}
| children = [[Crispian Sallis]]
}}

'''Peter John Sallis''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, mainly known for his work in television.

He was the voice of [[Wallace and Gromit#Wallace|Wallace]] in the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'' films and portrayed [[Norman Clegg|Norman "Cleggy" Clegg]] in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' from its 1973 inception until the final episode in 2010, making him the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes. Additionally, he portrayed Norman Clegg's father in the prequel series ''[[First of the Summer Wine]]''. Although Sallis was born and brought up in London, the characters of Wallace and Clegg were both [[Northern England|Northerners]].

Among his television credits, Sallis appeared in ''[[Danger Man]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV programme)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ("[[The Ice Warriors]]"), ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' and ''[[The Ghosts of Motley Hall]]''. His film appearances include the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961) and ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'' (1970).

==Early life==
Peter John Sallis<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/movies/peter-sallis-dead-wallace-and-gromit.html|title=Peter Sallis, Voice of 'Wallace and Gromit' Cartoons, Dies at 96|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 June 2017|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard}}</ref> was born on 1 February 1921 in [[Twickenham]], [[Middlesex]], the only child of Dorothy Amea Frances (''[[née]]'' Barnard; 1891–1975) and Harry Sallis (1889–1964), a bank manager.<ref name="auto">Who's Who in the Theatre, sixteenth edition, Ian Herbert et al., 1977, pg 1094</ref><ref>Summer Wine and other stories, Peter Sallis, 2014, John Blake Publishing, pg 4</ref> After attending Minchenden Grammar School in [[Southgate, London|Southgate]], North London, Sallis went to work in a bank, working on shipping transactions.

He became a wireless mechanic instead and went on to teach radio procedures at [[RAF Cranwell]].<ref name="Independent"/>

==Career==
===Theatre work===
Sallis began his career as an amateur actor during his four years with the RAF when one of his students offered him the lead in an amateur production of [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]''.<ref name="Guardian"/> After his success in the role, he resolved to become an actor after the war, winning a [[Alexander Korda|Korda]] scholarship and training at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. He made his first professional appearance on the London stage in September 1946 in a [[Bit part|walk-on]] part in [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]'s ''[[St Patrick's Day (play)|The Scheming Lieutenant]]'' (1775).<ref name="Independent"/>

Sallis then spent three years in [[repertory theatre]] before appearing in his first speaking role on the London stage in 1949.<ref name="Independent"/> Other roles followed in the 1950s and 1960s including [[Orson Welles]]' 1955 production of ''[[Moby Dick—Rehearsed]]''.<ref name="Guardian"/> In his autobiography, ''Fading into the Limelight'', Sallis recounts a later meeting with Welles where he received a mysterious telephone call summoning him to the deserted [[Gare d'Orsay]] in [[Paris]] where Welles announced he wanted him to dub [[Hungary|Hungarian]] bit-players in his cinema adaptation of [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[The Trial (1962 film)|The Trial]]'' (1962). Sallis wrote that "the episode was Kafka-esque, to coin a phrase". Later, he was in the first West End production of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' in 1968 opposite [[Judi Dench]].<ref name="msn">{{Cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/wallace-and-gromit-actor-peter-sallis-dies-aged-96/ar-BBC4QRt |title=Wallace and Gromit actor Peter Sallis dies, aged 96 |access-date=6 June 2017 |work=msn.com |date=5 June 2017}}</ref>

Sallis appeared in the [[Hal Prince]]–produced musical ''[[She Loves Me]]'' in 1963.<ref name="Fading"/> Though not a success, it led to him making his Broadway debut the following year. Prince was producer of a musical based on the work of Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] called ''[[Baker Street (musical)|Baker Street]]''. Sallis was asked by Prince to take the role of [[Dr. Watson]] to [[Fritz Weaver]]'s Sherlock Holmes. The show ran for six months on Broadway.<ref name="Fading">{{cite book|title=Fading into The Limelight|first=Peter|last=Sallis|isbn=9781409105725|date=18 September 2008}}</ref>

Just before ''Baker Street'' ended he was offered the role of Wally in John Osborne's ''[[Inadmissible Evidence]]'', which had been played by [[Arthur Lowe]] in London with [[Nicol Williamson]] reprising the lead role. The production was troubled with Williamson hitting producer [[David Merrick]] with a bottle and walking out before being persuaded to continue. The show was a minor success and ran for six months in New York, opening at the [[Belasco Theater]] before transferring to the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theater]].<ref name="Fading"/> Sallis reprised his role in the 1968 film adaptation.<ref name="BFI"/>

===Television and films===
Sallis' first extended television role was as [[Samuel Pepys]] in the BBC serial of the same name in 1958.<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/Obituaries/peter-sallis-dead-life-career-who-was-he-last-summer-wine-wallace-gromit-death-age-obituary-a7774161.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/Obituaries/peter-sallis-dead-life-career-who-was-he-last-summer-wine-wallace-gromit-death-age-obituary-a7774161.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Peter Sallis dead: Last of the Summer Wine actor who found fame in latter years as Wallace and Gromit voiceover|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> He appeared in ''[[Danger Man]]'' in the episode "[[List of Danger Man episodes#Series 1(1960–1962)|Find and Destroy]]", (1960–1963) he played Armand Lachaume in the ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]''<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/54544380 |title=Shade coffee and migratory birds : the {{notatypo|IMBD}} 2001 theme. |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |oclc=54544380}}</ref> TV series (1961) as Gordon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0553778/ |title="Danger Man" Find and Destroy (1961) |work=The Internet Movie Database |access-date=15 February 2010 }}</ref> He appeared in the [[British Broadcasting Company|BBC]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Ice Warriors]]'' (1967), playing renegade scientist Elric Penley;<ref name="radiotimes">{{Cite news |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/blog/2009-06-29/the-ice-warriors |title=The Ice Warriors |last=Mulkern |first=Patrick |access-date=6 June 2017 |work=Radio Times |date=29 June 2009}}</ref> and in 1983 was due to play the role of Striker in another ''Doctor Who'' serial, ''[[Enlightenment (Doctor Who)|Enlightenment]]'', but he had to withdraw and was replaced by [[Keith Barron]].<ref name="Doctor Who The Episode Guide">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pe2MAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT104 |title=Doctor Who The Episode Guide |last=Campbell |first=Mark |publisher=Oldcastle Books |year=2011 |isbn=9781842436608 |page=104}}</ref>

He appeared as schoolteacher Mr Gladstone in an episode of the first series of ''[[Catweazle]]'' in 1970. He was cast in the BBC comedy series ''The Culture Vultures'' (1970), which saw him play stuffy Professor George Hobbs to [[Leslie Phillips]]'s laid-back rogue Dr Michael Cunningham.<ref name="radiotimes2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-05/last-of-the-summer-wine-and-wallace-and-gromit-actor-peter-sallis-dies-aged-96 |title=Last of the Summer Wine and Wallace and Gromit actor Peter Sallis dies aged 96 |access-date=6 June 2017 |work=Radio Times |date=5 June 2017}}</ref> During the production, Phillips was rushed to hospital with an [[internal haemorrhage]] and as a result, only five episodes were completed.<ref name="curiousbritishtelly">{{Cite news |url=http://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2016/10/25-curious-british-tv-comedies-that.html |title=25 Curious British TV Comedies That Only Had One Series |access-date=6 June 2017 |publisher=Curious British Telly}}</ref>

Sallis acted alongside [[Roger Moore]] and [[Tony Curtis]] in an episode of ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' ("The Long Goodbye", 1971).<ref name="Contemporary Legend">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw_XAAAAMAAJ |title=Contemporary Legend: The Journal of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research |publisher=Hisarlik Press |year=1995 |volume=5 |page=36}}</ref> He appeared in many British films of the 1960s and 1970s,including ''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]'' (1960),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1998 |title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2016 |isbn=9781526111968 |editor-last=McFarlane |editor-first=Brian |page=1998}}</ref> ''[[Doctor in Love]]'' (1960), ''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]'' (1961),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> ''[[The V.I.P.s (film)|The V.I.P.s]]'' (1963),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> ''[[Charlie Bubbles]]'' (1967),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> ''[[Scream and Scream Again]]'' (1969), ''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]'', ''[[Wuthering Heights (1970 film)|Wuthering Heights]]'' (1970),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> ''[[The Incredible Sarah]]'' (1976)<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> and ''[[Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?]]'' (1978).<ref name="Science fiction, horror and fantasy film and television credits">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionho0002lent/page/1162 |url-access=registration |title=Science fiction, horror and fantasy film and television credits |last=Lentz |first=Harris M. |publisher=McFarland |year=1983 |isbn=9780899500706 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionho0002lent/page/1162 1162] }}</ref> Additionally, in 1968, he was cast as the well-intentioned Coker in a BBC Radio production of [[John Wyndham]]'s ''[[The Day of the Triffids]]''.<ref name="John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection">{{Cite book |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1113085/john-wyndham-a-bbc-radio-drama-collection/ |title=John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection |website=Penguin Random House}}</ref>

He played a priest in the TV film ''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' (1973), and the following year he played Mr Bonteen in the BBC period drama ''[[The Pallisers]]''.<ref name="BFI"/>

Sallis was cast in a pilot for ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' which became the first episode of ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (retrospectively titled "[[Of Funerals and Fish]]", 1973), as the unobtrusive lover of a quiet life, Norman Clegg.<ref name="Guardian"/> The pilot was successful and the BBC commissioned a series. Sallis had already worked on stage with [[Michael Bates (actor)|Michael Bates]], who played the unofficial ringleader Blamire in the first two series. Sallis played the role of Clegg from 1973 to 2010, and was the only cast member to appear in every episode. He also appeared, in 1988, as Clegg's father in ''[[First of the Summer Wine]]'',<ref name="BFI"/> a prequel to ''Last of the Summer Wine'' set in 1939.

He appeared in the children's series ''[[The Ghosts of Motley Hall]]'' (1976–78), in which he played Arnold Gudgin, an estate agent who did not want to see the hall fall into the wrong hands,<ref name="BFI"/> and he played Rodney Gloss in the BBC series ''Murder Most English'' (1977).<ref name="Serials on British Television, 1950-1994">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjMbAQAAIAAJ |title=Serials on British Television, 1950–1994 |last=Baskin |first=Ellen |publisher=Scolar Press |year=1996 |isbn=9781859280157 |page=147}}</ref> In the same period, he starred alongside [[Northern England|Northern]] comic actor [[David Roper (actor)|David Roper]] in the [[ITV Network|ITV]] sitcom ''Leave it to Charlie'' as Charlie's pessimistic boss.<ref name="Harry and Wally's favorite TV shows">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ccJkAAAAMAAJ |title=Harry and Wally's favorite TV shows |last1=Castleman |first1=Harry |last2=Podrazik |first2=Walter J. |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |year=1989 |isbn=9780139332500 |page=285}}</ref> The programme ran for four series, ending in 1980. Sallis also played the part of the ghost-hunter Milton Guest in the children's paranormal drama series ''[[The Clifton House Mystery]]'' (1978).<ref name="The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama – An Encyclopedia">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/hillbeyondchildr0000mcgo |url-access=registration |title=The Hill and Beyond: Children's Television Drama – An Encyclopedia |last1=Docherty |first1=Mark J. |last2=McGown |first2=Alistair D. |publisher=British Film Institute |year=2003 |isbn=9780851708782 |edition=illustrated |page=[https://archive.org/details/hillbeyondchildr0000mcgo/page/125 125]}}</ref>

===Voice acting===
Sallis was the narrator on ''[[Rocky Hollow]]'' (1983), a show produced by [[Bumper Films]], who later produced ''[[Fireman Sam]]'', and understudied [[Ian Carmichael]] as the voice of Rat in the British television series ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' (1984–89), based on the book by [[Kenneth Grahame]] and produced by [[Cosgrove Hall Films]]. Alongside him were [[Michael Hordern]] as Badger, [[David Jason]] as Toad and [[Richard Pearson (actor)|Richard Pearson]] as Mole. The series was animated in [[stop motion]], prefiguring his work with [[Aardman Animations]]. Also in 1983 he played the lead character Jim Bloggs, alongside [[Brenda Bruce]] as Hilda, in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Raymond Briggs' ''[[When the Wind Blows (comics)|When the Wind Blows]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9144b6c80b9b4c7c97d8da016c46f047|title=The Monday Play: When the Wind Blows – BBC Radio 4 FM – 7 February 1983 – BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/inspiration/profile_raymond_briggs.shtml |title=BBC – Radio 4 – Radio and the Artist – Raymond Briggs|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Sallis appeared in the last episode of ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1992)<ref name="The Art of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFRquqbCgOoC |title=The Art of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit |last1=Lane |first1=Andy |last2=Simpson |first2=Paul |publisher=Titan |year=2005 |isbn=9781845762155 |edition=illustrated |page=37}}</ref> and he later starred alongside [[Brenda Blethyn]], [[Kevin Whately]] and [[Anna Massey]] in the one-off ITV1 drama ''Belonging'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.themoviescene.co.uk/reviews/belonging-2004/belonging-2004.html |title=Belonging (2004) |website=themoviescene.co.uk}}</ref>

Sallis also narrated a few stories of the children's television series ''[[Postman Pat]]'' for audio cassettes when the original voice actor [[Ken Barrie]] wasn't available at the time and also voiced Hugo in the animated series ''[[Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime]]'' (filling in for ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' co-star [[David Jason]] who was the usual voice of Hugo, although Jason's voice of Hugo can still be heard in the opening and closing theme songs) for audio cassettes as well.{{fact|date=November 2022}}

While a student in 1983, animator [[Nick Park]] wrote to Sallis asking him if he would voice his character Wallace, an eccentric inventor. Sallis agreed to do so for a donation of £50 to his favourite charity.<ref name="HDE">{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/last-summer-wine-star-peter-13141918|title=Last of the Summer Wine star Peter Sallis has died|newspaper=Huddersfield Daily Examiner|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> The work was eventually released in 1989 and Aardman Animations' ''[[A Grand Day Out|Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out]]'' went on to win a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] award.<ref name="HDE"/> Sallis reprised his role in the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]- and BAFTA Award-winning films ''[[The Wrong Trousers]]'' in 1993 and ''[[A Close Shave]]'' in 1995.<ref name="Guardian"/>

Though the characters were temporarily retired in 1996, Sallis returned to voice Wallace in several short films and in the Oscar-winning 2005 motion picture ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', for which he won an [[Annie Awards|Annie Award]] for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production.<ref name="Guardian"/> In 2008, Sallis voiced a new ''Wallace and Gromit'' adventure, ''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]''.<ref name="Guardian"/> After the ''Curse of the Were-Rabbit'', Sallis's eyesight began to fail as a result of [[macular degeneration]] and he used a talking portable typewriter with a specially illuminated scanner to continue working.<ref name="Guardian"/> His last role as Wallace was in 2010's ''[[Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention]]''.<ref name="Guardian"/> Sallis then retired due to ill health, with [[Ben Whitehead]] taking over the role.<ref name="Guardian"/>

== Autobiography ==
In 2006, Sallis published an autobiography entitled ''Fading into the Limelight'';<ref name="Fading into The Limelight: The Autobiography">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QyunAAAACAAJ |title=Fading into The Limelight: The Autobiography |last=Sallis |first=Peter |publisher=Orion |year=2006 |isbn=9780752875965 |edition=illustrated}}</ref> this was reissued in 2014 as ''Summer Wine and Other Stories: My Autobiography''<ref>{{cite book | first = Peter | last = Sallis | title = Summer Wine and Other Stories: My Autobiography | publisher=John Blake | year=2014 | isbn=9781782197454}}</ref> As well as his 36 years in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', Sallis also recounted the early era of his relationship with [[Wallace and Gromit]] creator [[Nick Park]] when it took six years for ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'' to be completed. He said that his work as Wallace "raised his standing a few notches in the public eye".<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/peter-sallis-dead-voice-wallace-wallace-gromit-films-was-96-1010206 |title=Peter Sallis, Voice of Wallace in 'Wallace & Gromit' Films, Dies at 96 |last=Ritman |first=Alex |access-date=6 June 2017 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=5 June 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sallis married actress [[Elaine Usher]] at [[St John's Wood Church|St. John's Wood Church]] in London on 9 February 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/english-television-actor-peter-sallis-with-his-wife-elaine-news-photo/56860606|title=Sallis Marries Usher|access-date=20 August 2012|publisher=gettyimages.co.uk|work=London Evening Standard}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/leisure/interviews/1731472.0/|title=Don't give Peter Sallis any Wensleydale, please Grommit|author=Melanie Dakin|date=3 October 2007|work=Bucks Free Press|access-date=17 February 2016}}</ref> However, it was a turbulent relationship, with Usher leaving him sixteen times before they divorced in 1965 on grounds of [[Mate desertion|desertion]] and [[adultery]].<ref name="Independent"/> They reconciled in 1983 and continued to live together until 1999. Sallis remained close to Usher until her death in 2014.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/15/peter-sallis-obituary-letter |title=Letter: Peter Sallis obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 June 2017 |access-date=25 June 2017}}</ref> They had one son, [[Crispian Sallis|Timothy Crispian]], who went on to become an Oscar-nominated [[Scenic design|film set designer]].<ref name="Guardian"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.co.uk/85304/peter-sallis-ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-wallace-gromit-actor|title = Peter Sallis: Ten facts about the Wallace & Gromit actor}}</ref>

Sallis suffered from [[macular degeneration]],<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jun/05/peter-sallis-obituary|title=Peter Sallis Obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> and in 2005 recorded an appeal on [[BBC Radio 4]] on behalf of the [[Macular Society]] of which he was a patron.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.macularsociety.org/sites/default/files/resource/access%20SV%20Spring%202015_0.pdf|title=Sideview|publisher=Macular Disease Society|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref> He also recorded on behalf of the society a television appeal, which was broadcast on [[BBC One]] on 8 March 2009. Following his diagnosis of the disease, Aardman produced a short animated film for the society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1575425/Forget-thieving-penguns-Wallace-and-Gromits-animators-draw-attention-to-older-woman-robbed-of-sight|title=Aardman Animations makes charity film following diagnosis of Gromit and Wallace actor with macular degeneration|publisher=Homecare|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>

Sallis was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[2007 Birthday Honours]] for services to Drama.<ref name="Guardian"/> On 17 May 2009, he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', selecting [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]' [[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major]] as his favourite.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kc1lz|title=BBC Radio 4 – Desert Island Discs, Peter Sallis|work=BBC}}</ref>

==Death==
Sallis died at [[Denville Hall]], a professional actors' retirement home, in [[Northwood, London]], on 2 June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40165443 |title=Peter Sallis: Last of the Summer Wine actor dies aged 96 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="variety">{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/people-news/peter-sallis-dead-dies-wallace-and-gromit-1202454203/ |title=Peter Sallis, Voice of Wallace in 'Wallace & Gromit' Films, Dies at 96 |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |access-date=6 June 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=5 June 2017}}</ref> He was 96 years old. He was buried next to fellow ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' actor [[Bill Owen (actor)|Bill Owen]] in the churchyard of St John's Parish Church, [[Upperthong]], near the town of [[Holmfirth]] in Yorkshire, the home of ''Last of the Summer Wine''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/last-summer-wine-star-peter-14103261 |title=Last of the Summer Wine star Peter Sallis is laid to rest next to co-star Bill Owen in Holmfirth |work=Huddersfield Examiner |publisher=Trinity Mirror Group |date=2 January 2018 |access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1954||''[[Child's Play (1954 film)|Child's Play]]''||Bill||Filmed in 1952
|-
|''[[Stranger from Venus]]''||Soldier||rowspan="2"|Uncredited
|-
|1956||''[[Anastasia (1956 film)|Anastasia]]''||Grischa
|-
|1958||''[[The Doctor's Dilemma (film)|The Doctor's Dilemma]]''|| Secretary at Picture Gallery (Mr. Denby)||rowspan="2"|
|-
|1959||''[[The Scapegoat (1959 film)|The Scapegoat]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Customs Official
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960||''[[Doctor in Love]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Love-Struck Patient||rowspan="2"|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film)|Saturday Night and Sunday Morning]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Man in Suit
|-
|rowspan="2"|1961||''[[No Love for Johnnie]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||M.P.||rowspan="10"|
|-
|''[[The Curse of the Werewolf]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Don Enrique
|-
|1962||''[[I Thank a Fool]]''||Sleazy Doctor
|-
|rowspan="2"|1963||''[[The V.I.P.s (film)|The V.I.P.s]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Doctor
|-
|''[[The Mouse on the Moon]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Russian Delegate
|-
|rowspan="2"|1964||''[[The Third Secret (film)|The Third Secret]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Lawrence Jacks
|-
|''[[Clash by Night (1963 film)|Clash by Night]]''||Victor Lush
|-
|1965||''[[Rapture (1965 film)|Rapture]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Armand
|-
|1967||''[[Charlie Bubbles]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Solicitor
|-
|1968||''[[Inadmissible Evidence (film)|Inadmissible Evidence]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Hudson
|-
|rowspan="5"|1970||''[[The Reckoning (1970 film)|The Reckoning]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Keresley||Uncredited
|-
|''[[Scream and Scream Again]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Schweitz||rowspan="11"|
|-
|''[[Taste the Blood of Dracula]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Samuel Paxton
|-
|''[[My Lover, My Son]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Sir Sidney Brent
|-
|''[[Wuthering Heights (1970 film)|Wuthering Heights]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Mr. Shielders
|-
|1971||''[[The Night Digger]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Reverend Rupert Palafox
|-
|1976||''[[The Incredible Sarah]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Thierry
|-
|1977||''[[Full Circle (1977 film)|Full Circle]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Jeffrey Branscombe
|-
|1978||''[[Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||St. Claire
|-
|1982||'' [[Witness for the Prosecution (1982 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Carter
|-
|1983||’’ [[Rocky Hollow]]’’<ref name="BFI"/>|| Narrator
|-
|1986||''A Dangerous Kind of Love''<ref name="BFI"/>||Mr. Walker
|-
|1989||''[[A Grand Day Out]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||rowspan="3"|[[Wallace and Gromit#Wallace|Wallace]]||rowspan="3"|Voice
|-
|1993||''[[The Wrong Trousers]]''<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|1995||''[[A Close Shave]]''<ref name="BFI"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2001||''Hotel''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758608/|title=Peter Sallis|website=IMDb|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>||Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club||Uncredited
|-
|''The Incredible Adventures of Wallace and Gromit''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326969/|title=The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (Video 2001)|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>||rowspan="2"|Wallace||rowspan="2"|Voice
|-
|2002||''[[Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339881/|title=Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (TV Series 2002– )|website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2004||''Belonging''<ref name="BFI"/>||Nathan||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2005||''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Wallace, Hutch||Voice, '''Won''' – [[Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production]]
|-
|''[[Colour Me Kubrick]]''<ref name=imdbcast>{{cite web | title = Colour Me Kubrick IMDb Cast | work = [[IMDb]] | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376543/fullcredits#cast | access-date = 6 June 2017}}</ref>||The Second Patient||[[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]
|-
|2008||''[[A Matter of Loaf and Death]]''<ref name="BFI"/>||Wallace||Voice (Final film role)
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1958 || ''[[The Diary of Samuel Pepys]]''<ref name="Independent"/> || Samuel Pepys ||
|-
|-rowspan="2"|
|1959
||''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]''||Nesib|| Episode: "Crisis in the Desert"
|-
|1960–1973|| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' || Various roles ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1961 ||''[[Danger Man]]''|| John Gordon || Episode: "Find and Destroy"
|-
|''[[A Chance of Thunder]]''|| Howard || 3 episodes
|-
|1962 || ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]'' ||Armand Lachaume || Episode: "The Reluctant Witnesses"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1964 || ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' || Hal Anderson || Episode: "The Wringer"
|-
| ''[[The Sullavan Brothers]]'' || Kenneth K. Hirst || 1 episode
|-
|1967 || ''[[Doctor Who]]''|| Penley ||1 serial: ''[[The Ice Warriors]]''<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3e777b|title=Peter Sallis|publisher=BFI|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1970 || '' [[Catweazle]] '' || Stuffy Gladstone || rowspan="13"|
|-
| ''[[The Culture Vultures]]'' || Professor George Hobbes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1971 || ''[[The Persuaders!]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || David Piper
|-
| ''[[Public Eye (TV series)|Public Eye]]'' || Eddie Meadows
|-
|rowspan="2"|1972||''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]''||Routledge
|-
|''[[The Moonstone (1972 TV series)|The Moonstone]]'' || Mr. Bruff
|-
|1973–2010 || ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || [[Norman Clegg]]
|-
|1973 || ''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' || Priest
|-
|rowspan="3"|1974 || ''[[The Pallisers]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Mr. Bonteen
|-
|''[[Who Killed Lamb?]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Lloyd
|-
|''[[The Capone Investment]]'' || Wheatfield
|-
|1976–1978 || ''[[The Ghosts of Motley Hall]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Mr Gudgin
|-
|rowspan="2"|1978 || ''[[The Clifton House Mystery]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Milton Guest
|-
|''[[She Loves Me]]'' || Ladislav Sipos || TV Movie
|-
|1978–1980 || ''Leave It To Charlie''<ref name="BFI"/>|| Arthur Simister ||
|-
|1984 || ''[[Strangers and Brothers (TV series)|Strangers and Brothers]]'' || Leonard March || 3 episodes
|-
|1984–1990 || ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Rat||Voice
|-
|1987 || ''[[The New Statesman (1987 TV series)|The New Statesman]]'' || Sidney Bliss || 2 episodes
|-
|1987
|The Bretts
|Dr. Woodward
|1 episode
|-
|1988–1989 || ''[[First of the Summer Wine]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Mr David Clegg ||rowspan="2"|
|-
|1990 || ''Come Home Charlie and Face Them'' || Evan Rhys-Jones
|-
|1992 || ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' || Henry Tong ||rowspan="5"|1 episode
|-
|1998 || ''[[Rex the Runt]]'' || Wallace
|-
|2001 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || Lionel Davis
|-
|2004 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Arthur Weatherill
|-
|2009 || ''[[Kingdom (UK TV series)|Kingdom]]''<ref name="BFI"/> || Cyril
|-
|2010 || ''[[Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention]]''<ref name="Guardian"/> || Wallace||Voice (Final television role)
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|2003 || ''[[Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo]]'' || rowspan="2"| Wallace ||
|-
|2005 || ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (video game)|Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' ||
|}

===Radio===
*''Hercule Poirot's Christmas'' (1986) – Hercule Poirot. BBC Radio adaption.
*''Living with Betty'' (1986) – Harold. Radio sitcom first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1986{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09gvdzc|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Living with Betty, Episode 2}}
*''[[The Adventure of the Norwood Builder]]'' (1993) – Jonas Oldacre<ref name="bbcradio4_19930303_norwood">{{cite web
|url=http://merrisonholmes.com/return.php
|title=The Return of Sherlock Holmes
|date=3 March 1993
|access-date=24 January 2020
|website=The BBC complete audio Sherlock Holmes
|author=Bert Coules
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929101942/http://merrisonholmes.com/return.php
|archive-date=29 September 2016
}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3e777b Peter Sallis] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* {{IMDb name|0758608}}
* {{Cite episode |title=Desert Island Discs |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kc1lz |series=Desert Island Discs | series-link=Desert Island Discs |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] |airdate=17 May 2009}}

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