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Peter Sallis
Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor. He was the original voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit films and played 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.
Among his television credits, Peter Sallis appeared in Danger Man, The Avengers, Doctor Who (The Ice Warriors), The Persuaders! and The Ghosts of Motley Hall. Peter Sallis' film appearances included the Hammer horror films The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970).
Peter John Sallis was born on 1 February 1921 in Twickenham, Middlesex (now in Greater London), the only child of bank manager Harry Sallis (1889–1964) and Dorothy Amea Frances (née Barnard; 1891–1975). After attending Minchenden Grammar School in Southgate, Sallis went to work in a bank, working on shipping transactions. He and his family moved to Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, after his mother had fallen in love with her physician but he continued to attend school, for a year, at Minchenden. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force. He was unable to serve as aircrew because of a serum albumin disorder and was told he might black out at high altitudes.[citation needed] He became a wireless mechanic instead and went on to teach radio procedures at RAF Cranwell for which he won a Korda Scholarship.
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Peter Sallis made his first appearance on the professional stage at the Arts Theatre in September 1946 in the small roles of Soldier and Servant in R. B. Sheridan's The Scheming Lieutenant. After three years in provincial repertory theatres and appearing on tour he returned to London in May 1951 as Fedotik in a revival of The Three Sisters at the Aldwych Theatre.
At the Lyric Hammersmith in November 1951, he played Roger Doremus in Summer and Smoke and transferred with the play to the Duchess in January 1952. At the Old Vic in May 1952, he played the Jeweller in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Timon of Athens. Later in that year he appeared in two productions by Bernard Miles: as the Porter and Doctor in Macbeth and Hoard in A Trick to Catch the Old One.
During John Gielgud's season at the Lyric, Hammersmith in 1952–53 Sallis appeared as Waitwell in The Way of the World and Retrosi in Venice Preserved. In Gielgud's 1953 gramophone recording of The Importance of Being Earnest Peter Sallis played Lane opposite Roland Culver as Algernon. At the Aldwych Theatre in April 1954, he played the 1st Soldier in Peter Brook's production of The Dark is Light Enough, and at the Haymarket he played Joe Scanlon in The Matchmaker in November 1954.
At the Globe in May 1955, he played Virgil Penny in Into Thin Air; at the Duke of York's Theatre in June 1955 he played Stage Manager/Flask in Orson Welles's adaptation of Moby Dick in a cast including Welles, Gordon Jackson, Joan Plowright, Patrick McGoohan and Kenneth Williams. He acted in new plays and classics; among the latter he played Fag in a revival of The Rivals in 1956, Simon and Barere in Danton's Death, Thrifty in The Cheats of Scapin and Doctor and Provost in Brand (1959).
At the Royal Court Theatre in July 1959, he played Gigot in Noël Coward's Feydeau adaptation, Look After Lulu. When the production transferred to the New Theatre in September he took over from George Devine as Herr van Putzeboum. At the Royal Court in April 1960 he played Bottard in Rhinoceros transferring to the Strand Theatre in June 1960. He made his first appearance in New York at the Broadway Theatre in February 1965 as Dr Watson in Baker Street; in December of that year, he played Hudson in Inadmissible Evidence at the Belasco Theatre, New York.
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Peter Sallis
Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor. He was the original voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit films and played 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.
Among his television credits, Peter Sallis appeared in Danger Man, The Avengers, Doctor Who (The Ice Warriors), The Persuaders! and The Ghosts of Motley Hall. Peter Sallis' film appearances included the Hammer horror films The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970).
Peter John Sallis was born on 1 February 1921 in Twickenham, Middlesex (now in Greater London), the only child of bank manager Harry Sallis (1889–1964) and Dorothy Amea Frances (née Barnard; 1891–1975). After attending Minchenden Grammar School in Southgate, Sallis went to work in a bank, working on shipping transactions. He and his family moved to Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, after his mother had fallen in love with her physician but he continued to attend school, for a year, at Minchenden. After the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force. He was unable to serve as aircrew because of a serum albumin disorder and was told he might black out at high altitudes.[citation needed] He became a wireless mechanic instead and went on to teach radio procedures at RAF Cranwell for which he won a Korda Scholarship.
After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Peter Sallis made his first appearance on the professional stage at the Arts Theatre in September 1946 in the small roles of Soldier and Servant in R. B. Sheridan's The Scheming Lieutenant. After three years in provincial repertory theatres and appearing on tour he returned to London in May 1951 as Fedotik in a revival of The Three Sisters at the Aldwych Theatre.
At the Lyric Hammersmith in November 1951, he played Roger Doremus in Summer and Smoke and transferred with the play to the Duchess in January 1952. At the Old Vic in May 1952, he played the Jeweller in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Timon of Athens. Later in that year he appeared in two productions by Bernard Miles: as the Porter and Doctor in Macbeth and Hoard in A Trick to Catch the Old One.
During John Gielgud's season at the Lyric, Hammersmith in 1952–53 Sallis appeared as Waitwell in The Way of the World and Retrosi in Venice Preserved. In Gielgud's 1953 gramophone recording of The Importance of Being Earnest Peter Sallis played Lane opposite Roland Culver as Algernon. At the Aldwych Theatre in April 1954, he played the 1st Soldier in Peter Brook's production of The Dark is Light Enough, and at the Haymarket he played Joe Scanlon in The Matchmaker in November 1954.
At the Globe in May 1955, he played Virgil Penny in Into Thin Air; at the Duke of York's Theatre in June 1955 he played Stage Manager/Flask in Orson Welles's adaptation of Moby Dick in a cast including Welles, Gordon Jackson, Joan Plowright, Patrick McGoohan and Kenneth Williams. He acted in new plays and classics; among the latter he played Fag in a revival of The Rivals in 1956, Simon and Barere in Danton's Death, Thrifty in The Cheats of Scapin and Doctor and Provost in Brand (1959).
At the Royal Court Theatre in July 1959, he played Gigot in Noël Coward's Feydeau adaptation, Look After Lulu. When the production transferred to the New Theatre in September he took over from George Devine as Herr van Putzeboum. At the Royal Court in April 1960 he played Bottard in Rhinoceros transferring to the Strand Theatre in June 1960. He made his first appearance in New York at the Broadway Theatre in February 1965 as Dr Watson in Baker Street; in December of that year, he played Hudson in Inadmissible Evidence at the Belasco Theatre, New York.