| Peter Sallis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Sallis 1 February 1921 Twickenham, England |
| Other name(s) | Pete Sallis Peter Sallis OBE |
| Occupation | Actor, Singer, Musician, Entertainer |
| Years active | 1947–present |
| Spouse(s) | Elaine Usher (?–present) |
Peter Sallis OBE (born 1 February 1921, Twickenham, then Middlesex now Greater London, England) is an Annie Award-winning English actor and entertainer, well known for his work on British television. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south west London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Twickenham is a suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, in south west London. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works See also Entertainment (disambiguation and The Entertainer (disambiguation Entertainment is an activity designed to give people The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Despite being born and raised in London, his two most notable roles require him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner. Northern England, The North, The North of England or (less commonly The North Country refers to the parts of England north of an ill-defined line
Sallis is 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 fictionalised Yorkshire town, and is currently the longest serving cast member. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain.
He is also famous for providing the voice for Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit films, utilising another Northern accent. However his long career has included many other stage, film and TV appearances.
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Biography
After attending Minchenden Grammar School in North London, Sallis started as an amateur actor in the RAF during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He failed to get into the aircrew because of a medical problem and so taught radio procedures at RAF Cranwell. RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. During his four years with the RAF, one of his students offered him the lead in an amateur production. His success in the role caused him to resolve to become an actor after the war, and so he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, making his first professional appearance on the London stage in 1946. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world Numerous appearances in London’s West End then followed. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland"
He also appeared in a couple of the most notable Hammer Horror Films including The Curse of the Werewolf and Taste the Blood of Dracula; in the latter he plays a leading role as a Victorian/Edwardian gentleman, one of three who betrays Dracula and has to face his revenge. Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. The Curse of the Werewolf is a 1961 British film based on the novel The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore. Taste the Blood of Dracula is a British Horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions and released in 1970.
His first notable television role was as Samuel Pepys in the BBC serial of the same name in 1958. Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703 was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for He appeared in the Doctor Who story The Ice Warriors in 1968, playing renegade scientist Elric Penley; and in 1983 was due to play the role of Striker in another Doctor Who story, Enlightenment before having to withdraw. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The Ice Warriors is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in Enlightenment is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in In 1970 he was cast in the BBC comedy The Culture Vultures, which saw him play stuffy Professor George Hobbs to Leslie Phillips' laid-back rogue Dr Michael Cunningham. Leslie Samuel Phillips, CBE (born 20 April 1924) is a BAFTA -nominated English Actor, best known for his comedy roles During the production, Phillips was rushed to hospital with an internal haemorrhage and as a result, only five episodes were ever made. Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging / haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of Blood from
Sallis was cast in a one-off pilot for Comedy Playhouse entitled Last of the Summer Wine as the unobtrusive lover of a quiet life, Norman Clegg. Comedy Playhouse was a long running British series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1974 Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Sallis had already worked with Michael Bates, who played unofficial ring-leader Blamire in the first two series, on stage. Michael Bates ( December 4 1920 &ndash January 11 1978) was a British Actor born in Jhansi, India The pilot proved popular and the BBC commissioned a series. As of 2007 Sallis is still playing the role of Clegg, and is one of only three cast members remaining from the original Comedy Playhouse pilot, Kathy Staff, who plays Nora Batty, and Jane Freeman who plays Ivy, the cafe owner, being the other two. Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom on 12 July 1928) is an English actress, well known for her work on British Television The following is a list of characters from the BBC Sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. Jane Freeman is an English actress, well known for her work on British Television. In 1988 he appeared as Clegg's father in First of the Summer Wine, a prequel to Last Of The Summer Wine set in 1939. First of the Summer Wine was a sitcom written by Roy Clarke that aired on BBC One. Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One.
Between 1976 and 1978 he appeared in the children's series The Ghosts of Motley Hall, in which he played Mr Gudgin, an estate agent who did not want to see the eponymous hall fall into the wrong hands. The Ghosts of Motley Hall was a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter, produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence and shown
In 1978 he starred alongside northern comic actor David Roper for the ITV sitcom Leave it to Charlie as Charlie's (Roper) pessimistic boss. David Roper (born June 20, 1944 in Bradford) is a British Actor, best known for his roles in the Sitcoms Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The programme lasted for four series, ending in 1980.
In 1983 he was the narrator on Rocky Hollow a show produced by Bumper Films for S4C before Fireman Sam and Joshua Jones were made. Bumper Films was a children's stop-motion production company founded by John Walker and Ian Frampton in 1982 S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru meaning Channel Four Wales) is a television channel in Wales Fireman Sam (Sam Tân is a Welsh Stop-motion animation Children's television series about a fireman called Sam his fellow firefighters and For the Welsh TV series see Joshua Jones (TV series Joshua Jones (born 1982 is an American speaker and author who has started various businesses
Between 1984 and 1990, he alternated with Ian Carmichael as the voice of Rat in the British television series The Wind in the Willows, based on the book by Kenneth Grahame. Ian Carmichael OBE (born 18 June 1920) is an English Film, stage, Television and Radio Actor The Wind in the Willows is a 52-episode TV series that originally aired between 1984 and 1987 based on characters from Kenneth Grahame 's classic story The Kenneth Grahame ( March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a British Writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows Alongside him were Michael Hordern as Badger, David Jason as Toad and Richard Pearson as Mole. Sir Michael Murray Hordern ( 3 October 1911 &ndash 2 May 1995) was an English Actor, knighted in 1983 for his services Sir David John White OBE, known by his Stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940 is an English Actor, known The series was animated in stop motion, prefiguring his work with Aardman Animations. Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) animation is an Animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own Aardman Animations Ltd, also known as Aardman Studios, is an Academy Award -winning British Animation studio based in Bristol,
Sallis achieved great success when, in 1989 he voiced Wallace, the eccentric inventor in Aardman Animations' Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out. A Grand Day Out (full name A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit) is an award-nominated 1989 Animated film directed and animated The made-for-television film won a BAFTA award and was followed by the Oscar-winning films The Wrong Trousers in 1993 and A Close Shave in 1995. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 Animated film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters A Close Shave is a 1995 Animated film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Though the characters were temporarily retired in 1996, Sallis has returned to voice Wallace in several short films and in the Oscar-winning 2005 motion picture Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British stop-motion animated film the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit
Sallis was then recruited to play the part of Sidney Bliss in two episodes of The New Statesman. For the current affairs magazine see New Statesman. For other uses see New Statesmen. Bliss was a pub landlord and ex-hangman in main character Alan B'Stard's constituency. For other meanings of the term see Executioner (disambiguation.
Sallis suffers from macular degeneration and in 2005 recorded an appeal on BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Macular Degeneration Society. Macular degeneration is a medical condition usually of older adults which results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the Macula) because
Sallis is currently starring in the 28th series of Last of the Summer Wine. However, due to increasing frailty and difficulty with his sight, his appearances in the episodes are not as prolific as they once were. Clegg remains central to the storylines but is often seen only at the beginning, middle and end of the episode. He is currently filming the 29th series of the show which will be aired in BBC1 in 2008. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's 2007 Birthday Honours list for services to Drama. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V.
As of the 2009 series of Last of the Summer Wine which is currently in production, Sallis along with co star Frank Thornton will no longer appear in outdoor scenes due to problems with insurance as both actors are now in their 88th year.
Fading Into the Limelight
In 2006 Sallis published a well-received autobiography entitled, with typical self-deprecation, Fading Into the Limelight. Reviewing in The Mail on Sunday, Roger Lewis said 'Though Sallis is seemingly submissive, he has a sly wit and sharp intelligence that make this book a total delight. The Mail on Sunday is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format '
Sallis recounts revealing tales from his lifetime as an actor: on a tour of Rhodesia, John Gielgud cheerfully told the press 'We've all been working like blacks. Rhodesia was the name adopted when the formerly British colony of Southern Rhodesia declared itself independent ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an ' Orson Welles had to travel round Paris in a converted cattle truck - he was too fat to fit in a taxi. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city When Laurence Olivier was on stage he became demonically possessed and his face turned a livid green. Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron 'If it was acting it was frightening acting' says Sallis.
Sallis starred with Welles in his stage version of Moby-Dick entitled Moby Dick Rehearsed and tells of a later meeting with him where he received a mysterious telephone call summoning him to the deserted and spooky Gare d'Orsay in Paris where Welles announced he wanted him to dub Hungarian bit-players in his cinema adaptaion of Kafka's The Trial. Moby-Dick is an 1851 Novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaleship Gare d'Orsay is a former Parisian Railway station and hotel built in 1900 to designs by Victor Laloux, Lucien Magne and Émile Bénard Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Trial ( Der Process) is a novel by As Sallis says 'the episode was Kafka-esque, to coin a phrase. '
Despite his nearly 35 years in Last Of The Summer Wine, this is far from the main focus of the book, in which Sallis recounts 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. Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park CBE (b 6 December 1958 is a four-time Academy Award -winning English filmmaker of Stop motion He admits modestly that his work as Wallace has 'raised his standing a few notches in the public eye. '
Television roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 to present | Last of the Summer Wine | Norman Clegg |
| 1978 to 1980 | Leave It To Charlie | Arthur Simister |
| 1988 to 1989 | First of the Summer Wine | Mr Clegg |
| 1989 to present | Wallace and Gromit | Wallace |
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