Biography
Peter Sallis
Acting
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…
Career works
265
Movies
149
Series
116
Career average
6.9/10
Birth date
02/01/1921
Place of birth
Twickenham, England, UK
Date of death
06/02/2017
Filmography highlights
Movies
Wallace & Gromit: The Collection
2024
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023 · 7.3
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015 · 7.1
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012
The Lark Ascending
2012
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010 · 6.1
Orson Welles Over Europe
2009 · 7.0
A Matter of Loaf and Death
2008 · 7.3
Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD
2006
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006 · 8.0
Displacements
2006
Colour Me Kubrick
2005 · 5.7
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · 7.1
Belonging
2004 · 5.9
Series
What We Were Watching
2018 · 7.5
Aardman: A Cracking Collection
2015
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
2010 · 6.6
British Film Forever
2007 · 5.5
Kingdom
2007 · 7.1
Time Trumpet
2006 · 7.4
Eureka
2006 · 7.7
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
2006 · 8.1
Britain's Best Sitcom
2004
Comedy Connections
2003 · 5.5
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002 · 6.4
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
2002 · 8.4
Balamory
2002 · 7.2
Songs of Praise
2001 · 9.0
Doctors
2000 · 4.8