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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Pp-protected Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor.<ref name="The Independent"/><ref name="BBC News obit-2017" /> 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).

Early life

Peter John Sallis<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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).<ref name="Herbert-1977">Who's Who in the Theatre, 16th edition, Ian Herbert et al, 1977, p.1094</ref><ref>Summer Wine and Other Stories, Peter Sallis, 2014, John Blake Publishing, p.4</ref> 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.<ref name="Fading">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.Template: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.

Career

Theatre

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.<ref name=ww>Herbert, p. 1374</ref> 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.<ref name=ww/>

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.<ref name=ww/>

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.<ref name=ww/> In Gielgud's 1953 gramophone recording of The Importance of Being Earnest Peter Sallis played Lane opposite Roland Culver as Algernon.<ref>Notes to EMI recording Angel 3504 B (Template:Oclc)</ref> 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.<ref name=ww/>

At the Globe in May 1955, he played Virgil Penny in Into Thin Air;<ref name=ww/> 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.<ref>"London Theatres", The Stage, on 23 June 1955, p. 9</ref> 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).<ref name=ww/>

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.<ref name=ww/> At the Royal Court in April 1960 he played Bottard in Rhinoceros transferring to the Strand Theatre in June 1960.<ref name=ww/> 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.<ref name=ww/>

His later stage roles included Roat in Wait Until Dark (Strand, July 1966),<ref name=od/> Herr Schultz in Cabaret (Palace, February 1968), Edwin Palmer in The Pay-Off (Comedy Theatre, 1972)<ref name=od/> and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, (Strand, 1989).<ref name=od>O'Donnell, p. 378</ref>

Television and films

Sallis appeared in more than 150 films and in more than 170 television shows. From 1955–1979 Sallis appeared in many of the ITV and BBC playhouse/play/theatre programmes including ITV Television Playhouse, Play of the Week, Sunday Night Theatre, World Theatre, BBC Sunday Night Play, Musical Playhouse, Armchair Theatre, The Wednesday Play, Play of the Month, Plays of Today, Thirty Minute Theatre, Comedy Playhouse, Play for Today, Armchair Cinema, Playhouse, BBC2 Playhouse, Jackanory Playhouse and Premiere.<ref name="BFI"/>

From 1955-1956, Sallis appeared in three episodes of the television series Strange Experiences, playing a different character in each episode, such as pickpocket Chippy Griggs in the episode "The Pickpocket"; criminal Squishy Taylor in the episode "Safe and Sound"; and a Poor Man in the episode "The Inveterate Gambler". Sallis was also the only guest star actor to appear in more than one episode out of all the cast members from the TV series. The episodes "Safe and Sound" and "The Knife Thrower" were first shown in the 1955 TV movie/TV play Fcb TV Show No. 1. They were included in the TV movie/TV play to give some idea of how an evening's viewing might appear on the forthcoming ITA channel in London. Both episodes were eventually given a separate release on television by themselves as episodes of the TV series Strange Experiences in 1956.<ref name="BFI"/>

Sallis' first extended television role came in 1958 where he played Samuel Pepys in the BBC serial The Diary of Samuel Pepys.<ref name="BFI"/> That same year Sallis started in the TV series The Black Arrow as Sir Oliver Oates and he appeared in the TV series The Lost King as abbe Fleuriel in the episode "Monsieur Charles Deslys".<ref name="BFI"/> In 1959 Sallis played Cady in the 1959 TV series The Widow of Bath based on the book of the same name by Margot Bennett.<ref name="BFI"/> He appeared in Jango in the episode "Treacle on Three Fingers" (1961) as Oscar Grant.<ref name="BFI"/> He appeared in Danger Man in the episode "Find and Destroy" (1961) as Gordon and he also later that year played Rev. Alexander Mill in the BBC TV Play Candida.

In 1962, Sallis appeared in Maigret in the episode "The Reluctant Witnesses" as Armand Lachaume.<ref name="BFI"/> In 1963 Sallis played the lead role of the scientist Mad Willy in the Drama and Mystery series The Chem. Lab. Mystery.<ref name="BFI"/> In 1964 Sallis played a big role in the TV series The Avengers where played role of Hal Anderson in the episode "The Wringer".<ref name="BFI"/> He appeared in the BBC Doctor Who story "The Ice Warriors" (1967), playing renegade scientist Elric Penley;<ref name="Mulkern-2009">Template:Cite news</ref> and in 1983 was due to play the role of Striker in another Doctor Who serial, "Enlightenment", but had to withdraw.<ref name="Doctor Who The Episode Guide">Template:Cite book</ref>

Sallis appeared as schoolteacher Mr Gladstone in an episode of the first series of Catweazle in 1970. He was cast in the BBC comedy sitcom 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">Template:Cite news</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">Template:Cite news</ref>

He appeared twice in the series Hadleigh, first in 1971 in the episode "Bow to the Lady" as Dakin and again in 1976 in the episode "The Charm Factor" as Strapper Strapton.<ref name="BFI"/>

He appeared three times in the British police series Softly, Softly: Task Force. First in 1971 in the episode "Cash and Carry" as Lodge, then 1975 in the episode "High Life" as Professor Dowell and in 1976 in the episode "A Shot in the Dark" as Edward Letheridge.<ref name="BFI"/>

In 1971, Sallis played a lead role in the TV series The Ten Commandments in the episode "The Nineteenth Hole" where he played the second commandment named Gerry.<ref name="BFI"/>

Sallis started alongside Robin Ellis, Suzanne Neve, Garfield Morgan, Margaret Courtenay, Elvi Hale, John Bryans, Maurice Quick, James Cossins and Arthur Pentelow in the 1971 British TV Series Bel Ami, based on the French novel by Guy de Maupassant. Sallis played the character Norbert de Varenne in four episodes of the series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sallis acted alongside Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in an episode of The Persuaders! ("The Long Goodbye", 1971).<ref name="Contemporary Legend">Template:Cite book</ref> He appeared in many British films of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s including Child's Play (1954), Anastasia (1956), The Doctor's Dilemma (1958), The Scapegoat (1959),<ref name="BFI"/> Saturday Night and Sunday Morning,<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition">Template:Cite book</ref> Doctor in Love (1960), No Love for Johnnie,<ref name="BFI"/> The Curse of the Werewolf (1961),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> I Thank a Fool (1962), The Mouse on the Moon,<ref name="BFI"/> The V.I.P.s ,<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> Clash by Night (1963), The Third Secret (1964), Rapture (1965),<ref name="BFI"/> Charlie Bubbles,<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> Inadmissible Evidence (1968),<ref name="BFI"/> The Reckoning,<ref name="BFI"/> Scream and Scream Again, Taste the Blood of Dracula, My Lover My Son,<ref name="BFI"/> Wuthering Heights (1970),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> The Night Digger (1971),<ref name="BFI"/> The Incredible Sarah (1976),<ref name="The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition" /> Full Circle (1977)<ref name="BFI"/> and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978).<ref name="Science fiction, horror and fantasy film and television credits">Template:Cite book</ref>

Sallis appeared in many British TV movies/TV plays of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including Fcb TV Show No.1 (1955), Kitty Clive (1956), Cinderella (1958), David and Broccoli (1960), Candida (1961), Heart to Heart (1962), Who Killed Lamb?, Graceless Go I (1974), The Secret Agent (1975), Across a Crowded Room (1978), She Loves Me (1979), The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors, A Dangerous Kind of Love, That's Television Entertainment (1986), A Tale of Two Toads (1989) and Belonging (2004).<ref name="BFI"/>

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">Template:Cite book</ref>

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

Later career

In 1972, Sallis played Mr. Bruff in three episodes of the 1972 TV series The Moonstone, based on the book of the same name by Wilkie Collins.<ref name="BFI"/> In the same period, he started alongside Edward Woodward, T.P. McKenna, Russell Hunter and William Squire in the TV series Callan in the episode "The Richardmond File: A Man Like Me" as Routledge as well as his role as Sammy Harrison in two episodes of the TV series Kate.<ref name="BFI"/>

Sallis was cast in the 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="auto5">Template:Cite web</ref> The pilot was successful and the BBC commissioned a series. Sallis had already worked on stage with Michael Bates, who played the self-appointed leader 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.<ref name="auto5"/> 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.

In 1974, Sallis started alongside Glyn Owen, Isobel Black, John Thaw, Roland Curram, Jill Dixon and John Bown in the TV show The Capone Investment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sallis appeared twice in the TV series Crown Court first in 1974 in "Triangle" as Gerald Prosser in all three parts and again in 1977 in "Such a Charming Man" as Insp. George Storton in all three parts.<ref name="BFI"/> In 1975 he appeared in the BBC, Wales TV Movie The Snowdropper as Spicer, a snowdropper that where's Overalls/Dungarees. That same year he also appeared in Prometheus: The Life of Balzac in the episode "The Race of Death" (1975) as Victor Hugo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BFI"/> 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">Template:Cite book</ref>

Sallis also appeared in the TV series Yanks Go Home where he played Randell Todd in four episodes in 1977.<ref name="BFI"/> In the same period, he starred alongside Northern comic actor David Roper in the ITV sitcom Leave it to Charlie as Charlie's pessimistic boss.<ref name="Harry and Wally's favorite TV shows">Template:Cite book</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">Template:Cite book</ref> In 1980, he appeared in Lady Killers in the episode "Not for the Nervous" (1980) as O'Brien and that same year he also appeared in Tales of the Unexpected in the episode "A Picture of a Place" (1980). In 1984, Sallis played Leonard March in three episodes of the TV series Strangers and Brothers.<ref name="BFI"/> In 1986, Sallis played the role of Lucy Walker's supporting father Mr. Walker in the BBC TV Movie A Dangerous Kind of Love.<ref name="BFI"/> In 1987, he played a former hangman named Sidney Bliss in two episodes of the TV series The New Statesman opposite Rik Mayall.<ref name="BFI"/>

In 1990, Sallis played another major acting role in the television series titled Come Home Charlie & Face Them based on the book of the same name by R.F. Delderfield. In the series, Sallis played role of Evan Rhys-Jones in all three episodes of the series. In the series, Evan Rhys-Jones and his wife, Gwladys Rhys-Jones, immediately start throwing their daughter, 27-year-old Ida Rhys-Jones, at Charlie.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Voice acting

In 1954 he voiced Lane the butler opposite John Gielgud in the audio cassette series The Importance Of Being Earnest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In his autobiography, Fading into the Limelight, Sallis recounts a meeting with Orson 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 Hungarian bit-players in his film adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial (1962). Sallis wrote that "the episode was Kafka-esque, to coin a phrase".<ref name="Fading" /> From 1966–1983 he appeared in 8 episodes of the BBC Radio series Afternoon Theatre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref> In 1970 Sallis narrated a UK Public information film called Menace. The short film was about the safety of householders to reduce the risk of burglary by locking all windows and points of entry.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1971 he voiced King Henry in the BBC TV movie The Bristol Entertainment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sallis was the narrator on Rocky Hollow (1983) for all 26 episodes. He voiced Rat in The Wind in the Willows (1984–90), based on the book by Kenneth Grahame and produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, alongside Michael Hordern as Badger, David Jason as Toad and Richard Pearson as Mole. He also voiced Rat in the second Wind in the Willows movie A Tale of Two Toads in 1989.<ref name="BFI"/> 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.<ref name="auto2">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="auto8">Template:Cite web</ref> From 1986–1987 Sallis voiced Harold in all six episodes of the BBC Radio series Living with Betty and he also voiced the lead character Hercule Poirot, alongside Manning Wilson as Col Johnson, in a BBC Radio 4 audio cassette titled Hercule Poirot's Christmas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1996 Sallis narrated two audiobooks from the Little Bear book series those being Little Bear and Little Bear's Visit.<ref name="auto9">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="auto7">Template:Cite web</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">Template:Cite book</ref> and he later starred alongside Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately and Anna Massey in the one-off ITV1 drama Belonging (2004).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

During the 1980s to the 1990s, Sallis provided the voiceover for a series of television adverts for Polo mints.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also provided voiceover for many other adverts such as Heinz Classic Soup Cream of Chicken with White Wine, Panasonic, Contac 400, Lift Lemon Tea, Hotpoint, Persil Liquid, Super Poli-Grip and Shredded Wheat Gold.Template:Citation needed

Sallis also voiced Hugo in the animated series Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime.Template:Citation needed He narrated "Postman Pat's Parcel of Stories", a cassette tape story compilation based on Postman Pat.<ref name="abebooks.co.uk">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1996 he narrated two audio cassette tapes of the Frog and Toad book series those being Days With Frog and Toad and Frog and Toad All Year which were both published by Abbey Home Entertainment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Around the same time period he also narrated another two audio cassette tapes, those being Little Bear and Little Bear's Visit which were both stories from the Little Bear book series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That same year he also starred alongside John Moffatt, Graham Crowden, Jeremy Clyde, Roger May, Bill Nighy and Diana Quick in a BBC Radio adaptation of Death at Broadcasting House where he provided the voice of Detective Inspector Spears. It was also shown as an episode of the BBC Radio series Saturday Playhouse.<ref name="auto6">Template:Cite web</ref>

Sallis also appeared in the Saturday Playhouse episode "The Trials of Oscar Wilde: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name" where he voiced Edward Clarke alongside Simon Russell Beale and Nigel Davenport<ref name="auto3">Template:Cite web</ref> 2005 Sallis narrated the audio CD of Six-Dinner Sid based on the book of the same name by Inga Moore.<ref name="Six-Dinner Sid book and CD">Template:Cite web</ref> The following year when Sallis released his autobiography book titled Fading into the Limelight: Peter Sallis the Autobiography he also narrated his autobiography book for an audio CD that was released the same year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2001, Sallis had a cameo voiceover role in the TV movie Hotel! where he provided the radio voice of Little Ashford Flying Club.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

While a student in 1983, 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. The work was eventually released in 1989 and Aardman Animations' Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out went on to win a BAFTA award. Sallis reprised his role in the Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning films The Wrong Trousers in 1993 and A Close Shave in 1995.<ref name="auto1">Template:Cite news</ref>

Throughout the late 1990s to the early 2000s, Sallis continued to voice Wallace in many Wallace & Gromit video games, adverts and audio cassettes, and returned to voice Wallace in 2002 TV series Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions and in the Oscar-winning 2005 motion picture film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, for which he won an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production. In 2008, Sallis voiced a new Wallace & Gromit adventure, A Matter of Loaf and Death. Following 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. In 2009, he played Gloria Millington's father Cyril in the TV series Kingdom in the episode "Episode 3.1".<ref name="BFI"/> His last role as Wallace was in 2010's Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention. Two years later, Sallis retired from acting due to ill health, with Ben Whitehead taking over as the voice of Wallace.<ref name="auto1"/>

Autobiography

In 2006, Sallis published an autobiography entitled Fading into the Limelight.<ref name="Fading"/> As well as his 36 years in Last of the Summer Wine, Sallis also recounts the early era of his relationship with Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park when it took six years for A Grand Day Out to be completed. He says that his work as Wallace has "raised his standing a few notches in the public eye".<ref name="hollywoodreporter">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Personal life

Sallis married actress Elaine Usher at St. John's Wood Church in London on 9 February 1957.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Herbert-1977"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, it was a turbulent relationship, with Usher leaving him sixteen times before they divorced in 1965 on grounds of desertion and adultery.<ref name="The Independent">Template:Cite news</ref> They eventually reconciled and continued to live together until 1999. Sallis remained close to Usher until her death in 2014.<ref name="Guardian">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They had one son, Crispian Sallis (born 1959), and two grandchildren.<ref name="Guardian"/> Sallis also lived with three cats in a small cottage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sallis suffered from macular degeneration,<ref name="Guardian"/> and in 2005 recorded an appeal on BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Macular Society, of which he was a patron.<ref>Template:Cite web</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>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sallis was awarded the OBE 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 Sibelius' Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major as his favourite.<ref name="auto4">Template:Cite web</ref> Just before his death he recorded/voiced Wallace one last time for the hospital elevators inside the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Aardman did this to make his voice live on forever.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Death

Sallis died from natural causes at the Denville Hall nursing home in Northwood, London on 2 June 2017, aged 96.<ref name="BBC News obit-2017">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="variety">Template:Cite news</ref> He was buried next to fellow Last of the Summer Wine actor Bill Owen in the churchyard of St John's Parish Church, Upperthong, near the town of Holmfirth in Yorkshire, the home of the sitcom.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Stage credits

Theatre

Year Title Role Director Theatre
1943 Hay Fever<ref name="Guardian"/> Unknown Noël Coward Unknown
1946 The Scheming Lieutenant<ref name="The Independent"/> 2nd Soldier Unknown Arts Theatre
1949 Grand National Night<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unknown Lionel Dunn Civic Theatre, Chesterfield
Suspect<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1951 Three Sisters<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alexei Petrovitch Fedotik Peter Ashmore Aldwych Theatre
Summer and Smoke<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Roger Doremus Peter Glenville Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Duchess Theatre
Timon of Athens<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unknown Tyrone Guthrie The Old Vic
1953 The Way of the World<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Waitwell John Gielgud Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
Venice Preserv'd<ref name="The Independent"/> Retrosi Thomas Otway
1954 The Dark Is Light Enough<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> 1st Soldier Peter Brook Aldwych Theatre
The Matchmaker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A Musician, Joe Scanlon Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Royal Haymarket
1955 Into Thin Air<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Virgil Penny Garson Kanin UK Tour, Globe Theatre
Moby Dick—Rehearsed<ref name="Guardian"/> A Stage Manager/ Flask Orson Welles Duke of York's Theatre
The Count of Clerambard<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Priest Murray Macdonald UK Tour, Garrick Theatre
1956 The Rivals<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fag John Clements Saville Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre
Nude with Violin<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Clinton Preminger John Gielgud Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Who Cares?<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> J.G. Basil Dean Fortune Theatre
1957 Janus<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Denny Lionel Harris Theatre Royal, Brighton, Aldwych Theatre
Be My Guest<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Frank Verhoff Peter Wood UK Tour, Winter Garden Theatre
1958 The Day Before Yesterday<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ug Peter Coe Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
1959 Brand<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Doctor, Provost Michael Elliott Lyric Theatre Hammersmith
Look After Lulu!<ref name="Guardian"/> Gigot Noël Coward Royal Court Theatre
1960 Rhinoceros<ref name="The Independent"/> Bottard Eugène Ionesco Royal Court Theatre, Strand Theatre
1962 Two Stars for Comfort<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mr. Moxer Michael Elliott Tour, Garrick Theatre
1963 A Shot in the Dark<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Morestan Harold Clurman Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Lyric Theatre
1964 She Loves Me<ref name="Fading"/> Mr Maraczek Harold Prince Lyric Theatre
1965 Baker Street<ref name="Fading"/> Dr. Watson Fritz Weaver Broadway Theatre, Martin Beck Theatre
Inadmissible Evidence<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hudson Anthony Page Belasco Theatre, Shubert Theatre
1966 Wait Until Dark<ref name="auto"/> Roat Arthur Penn Strand Theatre
1968 Cabaret<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Herr Schultz Harold Prince Palace Theatre
1969 Anything for Baby<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nicky Patrick Cargill UK Tour
1972 A Doll's House<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Nils Krogstad Hugh Goldie UK Tour
1974 The Pay-Off<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Edwin Palmer Nigel Patrick Theatre Royal, Brighton, Comedy Theatre, Westminster Theatre
1980 Much Ado About Nothing<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Verges Peter Dews Chichester Festival Theatre
Old Heads and Young Hearts (freely adapted by Sallis from Boucicault)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Reverend Jesse Rural Michael Simpson Chichester Festival Theatre
1982 Sisterly Feelings<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Dr Ralph Matthews Peter Barkworth Tour
1983 The Wizard of Oz<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cowardly Lion Teddy Green Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Pride and Prejudice<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Mr Bennet Bill Pryde Theatre Royal, Bath, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon
1985-1986 Leicester Haymarket Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, The Old Vic
1985 Run for Your Wife<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unknown Ray Cooney Criterion Theatre
1987 Three Sisters<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Dr Chebutykin Elijah Moshinsky Greenwich Theatre, Albery Theatre
1989 Ivanov<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lyebedev UK Tour, Strand Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Dogberry Strand Theatre

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1947 A Midsummer Night's Dream<ref name="BFI"/> Quince
1948 Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth<ref name="BFI"/> Sir Toby Belch
Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth/II<ref name="BFI"/>
1951 Mr. Denning Drives North<ref name="auto10">Template:Cite web</ref> Minor Role Uncredited
1953 King in Motley<ref name="BFI"/> Will
The New Shilling<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Bligh
1954 Stranger from Venus Soldier Uncredited
Child's Play Bill (grocery merchant) Filmed in 1952
Nineteen Eighty-Four<ref name="BFI"/> Unknown
1955 Fcb TV Show No.1<ref name="BFI"/> Guest
Moby Dick Rehearsed<ref name="BFI"/> Actor
Cheltenham Festival of Contemporary Literature<ref name="BFI"/> Oscar Wilde
1956 Kitty Clive<ref name="BFI"/> John Hall
Anastasia Grischa Uncredited
1958 A Night to Remember<ref name="auto10"/> Minor Role
The Doctor's Dilemma Secretary at Picture Gallery
Cinderella<ref name="BFI"/> Baron Aristide de Pennilac
1959 The Scapegoat<ref name="BFI"/> Customs Official
1960 David and Broccoli<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Slingsby
Doctor in Love<ref name="BFI"/> Love-Struck Patient Uncredited
The Millionairess<ref name="The Independent"/> Minor Role
The Poet<ref name="BFI"/> Giulio
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning<ref name="BFI"/> Man in Suit Uncredited
The Adventures of Alice<ref name="BFI"/> Tweedledee
1961 No Love for Johnnie<ref name="BFI"/> M.P.
Dear Charles Edward
The Curse of the Werewolf<ref name="BFI"/> Don Enrique
The Renegade Henry Stolt
Candida<ref name="BFI"/> Rev. Alexander Mill
1962 I Thank a Fool Sleazy Doctor
The Trial<ref name="BFI"/> Uncle Max (voice)
Heart to Heart<ref name="BFI"/> Frank Godsell
1963 The Mouse on the Moon Russian Delegate
The V.I.P.s<ref name="BFI"/> Doctor
Clash by Night Victor Lush
1964 Don't Ever Talk to Clocks Unknown
The Third Secret<ref name="BFI"/> Lawrence Jacks
1965 Rapture<ref name="BFI"/> Armand
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning...<ref name="BFI"/> Minor Role Uncredited
1968 Charlie Bubbles<ref name="BFI"/> Solicitor
Inadmissible Evidence<ref name="BFI"/> Hudson
1970 Menace<ref name="BFI"/> Narrator (voice)
The Reckoning<ref name="BFI"/> Keresley
Scream and Scream Again<ref name="BFI"/> Schweitz
Taste the Blood of Dracula<ref name="BFI"/> Samuel Paxton
My Lover, My Son<ref name="BFI"/> Sir Sidney Brent
Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary Ernest Charles, KC
Wuthering Heights<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Shielders
1971 The Night Digger<ref name="BFI"/> Reverend Rupert Palafox
The Bristol Entertainment Water Seller, Coachman, Ameryk, Mayor, Captain Kimber, King Henry Voice
1972 The Reprieve<ref name="BFI"/> Cossack Horseman
1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days<ref name="BFI"/> Banker #2
Frankenstein: The True Story Priest
1974 Who Killed Lamb?<ref name="BFI"/> Lloyd
Graceless Go I<ref name="BFI"/> Guest Star
1975 The Secret Agent<ref name="BFI"/> Chief Inspector Heat
The Snowdropper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Spicer
1976 The Incredible Sarah<ref name="BFI"/> Thierry
1977 Full Circle<ref name="BFI"/> Jeffrey Branscombe
1978 Across a Crowded Room<ref name="BFI"/> Cyril Smallpiece
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?<ref name="BFI"/> St. Claire
1979 She Loves Me<ref name="BFI"/> Ladislav Sipos
1982 Witness for the Prosecution<ref name="BFI"/> Carter
The Funny Side of Christmas<ref name="BFI"/> Clegg 1982 Comedy Sketch
1984 Royal Variety Performance<ref name="BFI"/> 1984 Comedy Sketch
1986 The Secret Diary's of the Film Censors<ref name="BFI"/> Unknown
A Dangerous Kind of Love<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Walker
That's Television Television<ref name="BFI"/> Clegg
1989 A Tale of Two Toads<ref name="BFI"/> Rat (voice)
A Grand Day Out<ref name="BFI"/> Wallace (voice)
1993 The Wrong Trousers<ref name="BFI"/>
1995 A Close Shave<ref name="BFI"/>
1998 Everyday Readers<ref name="BFI"/> Narrator (voice)
1999 Shaggy Dog Story<ref name="BFI"/> Norman Clegg
2001 Hotel! Radio Voice of little Ashford Flying Club Uncredited
2004 Belonging<ref name="BFI"/> Nathan
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 KubrickTemplate:Cn The Second Patient Cameo appearance
2006 Displacements<ref name="BFI"/> Peter Sallis
2008 A Matter of Loaf and Death<ref name="BFI"/> Wallace (voice)
2009 Living with Macular Disease<ref name="BFI"/> Peter Sallis, Narrator (voice)
2012 The Lark Ascending Self

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1948 For The Children<ref name="BFI"/> Sir Toby Belch Episode: "Scenes from Twelfth Night and Macbeth"
1952 The March of the Peasants<ref name="BFI"/> Blakeley Episode: "The Raven's Father"
1953 The Heir of Skipton Thomas 4 episodes
1955–1961 ITV Television Playhouse<ref name="BFI"/> Daniel Kevin, Corporal Foster, Professor Coogan, Pasquale Sanzio, Peter 5 episodes
1956 Strange Experiences<ref name="BFI"/> Squishy Taylor, Chippy Criggs, Poor Man 3 episodes
1957–1963 Play of the Week<ref name="BFI"/> Homer Bolton, Hannibal, 'Dusty' Miller
1957–1959 Sunday Night Theatre<ref name="BFI"/> J. G., Snug, Wallace Porter 4 episodes
1958 The Black Arrow<ref name="BFI"/> Sir Oliver Oates
The Diary of Samuel Pepys<ref name="The Independent"/> Samuel Pepys 14 episodes
The Invisible Man Nesib Episode: "Crisis in the Desert"
The Lost King<ref name="BFI"/> Abbe Fleuriel Episode: "Monsieur Charles Deslys"
1959 The Widow of Bath<ref name="BFI"/> Cady 6 episodes
World Theatre<ref name="BFI"/> Barere, Simon, Prisoner, Doctor, Provost 2 episodes
1960–1963 BBC Sunday-Night Play<ref name="BFI"/> Robinet, Capt. Hardy, Hesketh-Payne, Harry Shell, Danny Fellows, Housing clerk, Gerald Swinney 7 episodes
1960 Dance Date<ref name="BFI"/> Dancer Episode: "Episode 1.7"
Musical Playhouse<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Max Episode: "Parasol"
International Detective Eugene Payas Episodes: "The Raschid Case"
Summerhouse<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Storyteller Episode: "Episode 1.11"
1960–1973 Armchair Theatre<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Milroy, Sam Carter, Alfred Purdie, Mr. Pender, Onslow 5 episodes
1961 Jango<ref name="BFI"/> Oscar Grant Episode: "Treacle on Three Fingers"
Danger Man John Gordon Episode: "Find and Destroy"
Amelia<ref name="BFI"/> William Hogarth 7 episodes
A Chance of Thunder Howard 3 episodes
1962 Maigret<ref name="BFI"/> Armand Lachaume Episode: "The Reluctant Witnesses"
The Largest Theatre in the World<ref name="BFI"/> Frank Godsell Episode: "Heart to Heart"<ref name="BFI"/>
Crying Down the Lane<ref name="BFI"/> Champion 6 episodes
1963 The Chem. Lab. Mystery<ref name="BFI"/> Mad Willy
It Happened Like This<ref name="BFI"/> Bill Canford Episode: "The Hidden Witness"
1963–1964 Drama 61-67 Philip Mallard, Ronald Green 2 episodes
Z-Cars<ref name="BFI"/> Seaton, Williams
1963 Zero One<ref name="BFI"/> Major Konel Episode: "The Trial"
1963-1964 Festival Captain of the Fire Brigade, Romainville 2 episodes
1964 The Avengers Hal Anderson Episode: "The Wringer"
Story Box John Walker, Bilbo Baggins 2 episodes
Detective<ref name="BFI"/> Man Episode: "The Drawing"
Sergeant Cork<ref name="BFI"/> Rev. Hubert Wales, Feng 2 episodes
The Sullavan Brothers Kenneth K. Hirst Episode: "A Question of Honor"
1965–1971 Public Eye Colin Renolds, Eddie Meadows 2 episodes
1966 Knock on Any Door<ref name="BFI"/> Stannage Episode: "A Laugh in the Dark Question"
Blackmail<ref name="BFI"/> Miles Beckett Episode: "The Setup"
1967 Doctor Who<ref name="BFI">Template:Cite web</ref> Penley Serial: "The Ice Warriors"
1968–1970 The Wednesday Play<ref name="BFI"/> Eric, Minor Role (Uncredited), Man (Uncredited) 3 episodes
1969–2000 Omnibus<ref name="BFI"/> Guest, Self - Introduction, Mirbeau, Self 7 episodes
1969 Play of the Month<ref name="BFI"/> Minor Role (Uncredited) Episode: "Maigret at Bay"
Plays of Today<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Street Episode: The Ladies: Joan
1970 Catweazle Stuffy Gladstone Episode: "The Curse of Rapykin"
Mystery and Imagination<ref name="BFI"/> Brogden, Mundel, Hopkins Episode: "Sweeney Todd"
Parkin's Patch<ref name="BFI"/> Chief Supt. Mitchum Episode: "Two Gentlemen Standing"
The Culture Vultures Professor George Hobbes 3 episodes
The Troubleshooters Henry Wynn Episode: "We All Need Experts"
Menace<ref name="BFI"/> Sonny Waters Episode: "The Millicent Sisters, Edward de Bruno and Ruth - Where Are They Now?"
1971–1976 Hadleigh<ref name="BFI"/> Dakin, Strapper Strapton 2 episodes
Softly, Softly: Task Force<ref name="BFI" /> Lodge, Professor Dowell, Edward Letheridge 3 episodes
1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre<ref name="BFI"/> Lumley Episode: The Railwayman's New Clothes"
The Ten Commandments<ref name="BFI"/> Gerry Episode: "The Nineteenth Hole"
Budgie Peter Olliphant Episode: "Grandee Hotel"
Bel Ami Norbert de Varenne 4 episodes
Paul Temple George Robertson Episode: "The Quick and the Dead"
Trial Almond Episode: "Debris"
Justice Coroner Episode: "When Did You First Feel the Pain?"
The Persuaders!<ref name="BFI"/> David Piper Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
1972 Spyder's Web<ref name="BFI"/> Grovnik Episode: "Romance on Wheels"
The Moonstone<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Bruff 3 episodes
Callan Routledge Episode: "The Richmond File: A Man Like Me"
Kate Sammy Harrison 2 episodes
1973–2010 Last of the Summer Wine<ref name="BFI"/> Norman Clegg 295 episodes
1973 Comedy Playhouse<ref name="BFI"/> Episode: "Of Funerals and Fish"
1973–1974 Thriller<ref name="BFI"/> Man, Lloyd 2 episodes
1973–1981 Play for Today<ref name="BFI"/> Austin Melcroft, Minor Role, Minor Role, Shushin 4 episodes
1973 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes<ref name="BFI"/> Dr. Jervis Episode: "The Moabite Cypher"
For the Sake of Appearance<ref name="BFI"/> Samuel Pepys Episode: "Perukes and Periwigs"
1974 Barlow at Large<ref name= "BFI"/> Joseph Miller Episode: "Snatch"
The Pallisers<ref name="BFI"/> Mr Bonteen 5 episodes
Armchair Cinema<ref name="BFI"/> Benitet Episode: "The Prison"
The Capone Investment Wheatfield 6 episodes
Late Night Drama<ref name="BFI"/> Guest, Patient 3 episodes
1974–1977 Crown Court<ref name="BFI"/> Gerald Prosser, Insp. George Storton 6 episodes
1974–1979 Playhouse<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Wainwright, Leslie 2 episodes
1974 Call My Bluff<ref name="BFI"/> Self
1975 Prometheus: The Life of Balzac<ref name="BFI"/> Victor Hugo Episode: "The Race to Death"
1976–1978 The Ghosts of Motley Hall<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Gudgin, Old Gudgin 15 episodes
1976 It's Childsplay<ref name="BFI"/> Self Episode: "Episode 1.4"
BBC2 Playhouse<ref name="BFI"/> Major Venables Episode: "The Mind Beyond: The Daedalus Equations"
The Mind Beyond<ref name="BFI"/> Episode: "The Daedalus Equations"
Jackanory Playhouse<ref name="BFI"/> Deor Episode: "The Winter Warrior"
1977 Raffles<ref name="BFI"/> Kingsmill Episode: "The Gold Cup"
Murder Most English: A Falxborough Chronicle<ref name="BFI"/> Rodney Gloss 2 episodes
Yanks Go Home<ref name="BFI"/> Randall Todd 4 episodes
Premiere<ref name="BFI"/> Ernest Episode: "The Obelisk"
1978 A Play for Love<ref name="BFI"/> Cyril Smallpiece Episode: "Across a Crowded Room"
The Clifton House Mystery<ref name="BFI"/> Milton Guest 3 episodes
1978–1980 Leave it to Charlie<ref name="BFI"/> Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister 26 episodes
1979 Room Service<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Fellows Episode "1.3"
This Is Your Life<ref name="BFI"/> Self, Filmed Tribute 7 episodes
The Val Doonican Music Show<ref name="BFI"/> Self Episode: "Val's Christmas Music Show"
1980 Ladykillers<ref name="BFI"/> O'Brien Episode: "Not for the Nervous"
Tales of the Unexpected<ref name="BFI"/> Solicitor Episode: "A Picture of a Place"
1982 The Kids International Show Clegg Episode 1.1
Hallmark Hall of Fame<ref name="BFI"/> Carter Episode "Witness for the Prosecution"
1983–2008 60 Minutes Mr Bennet, Guest 2 episodes
1984 Strangers and Brothers Leonard March 3 episodes
1984–1990 The Wind in the Willows<ref name="BFI"/> Ratty (voice) 66 episodes
1985 Rocky Hollow<ref name="BFI"/> Narrator (voice) 26 episodes
1986 Mountain Men<ref name="BFI"/> Mr. Walker Episode: "A Dangerous Kind of Love"
1987 The New Statesman Sidney Bliss 2 episodes
Sylvanian Families<ref name="BFI"/> (voice) Episode: "Hip to Be Bear/Feud for Thought"
The Bretts<ref name="BFI"/> Dr. Woodward Episode: "The Actress and the Bishop"
1988–1989 First of the Summer Wine<ref name="BFI"/> Mr David Clegg 13 episodes
1988 Blue Peter<ref name="BFI"/> Self Episode: 32.29
1990 Come Home Charlie and Face Them<ref name="BFI"/> Evans Rhys-Jones 3 episodes
1991–1992 Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime<ref name="BFI"/> Hugo (voice) 31 episodes
1992 Rumpole of the Bailey<ref name="BFI"/> Henry Tong Episode: "Rumpole on Trial"
Noel's House Party<ref name="BFI"/> Clegg Episode 2.7
1996 Q.E.D.<ref name="BFI" /> Narrator (voice) Episode: "Sunshine and Scattered Showers"
Wildlife Showcase<ref name="BFI" /> Episode: "Once Upon Australia"
1997 First Light<ref name="BFI" /> Guest Episode: "Reasons to be Thankful"
Animal People<ref name="BFI" /> Narrator (voice) Episode: "There's a Penguin in the House"
Exclusive<ref name="BFI" /> Guest Episode: 1.20
1998 Rex the Runt Wallace (voice) Episode: "Adventures on Telly 1/Adventures on Telly Part 1"
1999 Whatever You Want<ref name="BFI" /> Clegg Episode: 3.7
2000 Auntie's Bloomers<ref name="BFI"/> Self, Acting Role (Uncredited) Episode: "Auntie's Golden Bloomers"
2001 Holby City Lionel Davis Episode: "The Mourning After"
2001-2019 Songs of Praise<ref name="BFI"/> Guest, Self - Guest 2 episodes
2001 Then and Now<ref name="BFI" /> Guest Episode: "1.1"
Turning Point<ref name="BFI" /> Guest Episode: "1.6"
2002 Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions Wallace (voice) 10 episodes
2003 Balamory<ref name="BFI"/> Man at Train Station Episode: "Snowflake Fairy"
Sooty<ref name="BFI"/> (voice) Episode: "Sooty's Ghost"
2004 Doctors Arthur Weartherill Episode: "A Game of Soldiers"
2006 Inside Out<ref name="BFI"/> Clegg Episode: "Last of the Summer Wine, Air Ambulance, and The Lottery"
2007 Eureka<ref name="BFI" /> Guest Episode: "Sight Unseen"
2009 Kingdom<ref name="BFI" /> Cyril Episode 3.1
2010 Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention<ref name="Guardian"/> Wallace (voice) 6 episodes

Video

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out (English language teaching adaptation) Wallace (voice) 6 episodes
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (English language teaching adaptation)
Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave (English language teaching adaptation) 7 episodes

Commercials

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Polo "Something Missing"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Narrator (voice)
Polo "Sorry"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Polo "Straight Down The Middle"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Polo "What's In A Name"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 Polo "Holy"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Polo "Planet"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Polo "Runners"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Polo "Taste Drive"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Polo "Trick"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1995 Polo "Corridor"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997–2000s TV Licensing Commercial [Wallace & Gromit]<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Wallace (voice)
1997 Kellogg's Commercial [Wallace & Gromit]<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 Reebok Theatre of Dreams<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 Renault Kangoo-matic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 Jacobs Cracking<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 PG Tips H-H-Hot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2008 BBC One Wallace & Gromit's Runaway Sled Partially voiced by Ben Whitehead
2009 Npower Boiler<ref name="BFI"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Npower Insheepsulation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Children in Need Commercial [Wallace & Gromit]
M&S Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without...<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 Npower Widescreen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Npower Hand of Dog<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
BBC One They're back!<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
BBC One Steam Powered Wheel Chair<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024 BBC One Ice Sculpture<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Archive recordings; Released posthumously
Radio Times Wallace & Gromit Commercial<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
1954 The Importance of Being Earnest<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lane (voice) 1 episode
1967 The War of the Worlds<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Narrator (voice) 1 episode
1968 The Day of the Triffids<ref name="John Wyndham: A BBC Radio Drama Collection"/> Coker (voice) 2 episodes
1976 The Ice Warriors<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Penley (voice) 6 episodes
1980 Haunted: Tales of the Supernatural<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Edward (voice) 1 episode
1983 When the Wind Blows<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto8"/> Jim Bloggs (voice)
1986–1987 Living With Betty<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Harold (voice) 6 episodes
1990 Christmas Tales<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Narrator (voice) 1 episode
1992 Postman Pat<ref name="abebooks.co.uk"/> Narrator (voice) 6 episodes
1993 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder<ref name="bbcradio4_19930303_norwood">Template:Cite web</ref> Jones Oldacre (voice) 1 episode
1994 Stay Stum<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Alan Stamp (voice)
1996 Saturday Playhouse<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto3"/> Detective Inspector Spears, Sir Edward Clarke (voice) 2 episodes
Days With Frog And Toad<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Narrator (voice)
Wallace & Gromit<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Wallace (voice) 3 episodes
1999 Two Handers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bobby (voice) 1 episode
2000 Hercule Poirot's Christmas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hercule Poirot
2002 A Ripe Old Age<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Guest, Conducter (voice) 3 episodes
2009 Desert Island Discs<ref name="auto4"/> Himself
2012 BBC Proms<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Wallace (archive sound) 1 episode
2013-2014 The Secret World<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Man (voice) 2 episodes

Audio CDs

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Little Bear<ref name="auto9"/> Narrator (voice)
Little Bear's Visit<ref name="auto7"/>
1997 Wallace & Gromit and the Lost Slipper Wallace (voice)
1998 Anoraknophobia
1999 Crackers in Space
2005 Six-Dinner Sid<ref name="Six-Dinner Sid book and CD"/> Narrator (voice)
2006 Fading into the Limelight: Peter Sallis the Autobiography<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Wallace (voice)
1997 Wallace & Gromit Cracking Animator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 Wallace & Gromit Print O Matic
2000 Wallace & Gromit Fun Pack 2<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003 Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
2005 Wallace & Gromit PG Tips Flash Game
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (DVD game)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Uncredited
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Paint & Create
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Print Studio
2009 Wallace & Gromit: Top Bun<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Wallace & Gromit Adventures Java<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 Wallace & Gromit: Wallace's Workshop<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Covers

Year Title Role Notes
1965 "A Married Man"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Singer
1968 "It Couldn't Please Me More (Pineapple)"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
"Married"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
"Meeskite"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1984 "You've Got to Have a Little Bit of Style"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
"Fancy Dress"<ref name="The Wind in the Willows">Template:Cite web</ref>
"We'll Go Boating"<ref name="The Wind in the Willows"/>

Books

Year Title
2006 Fading into the Limelight: Peter Sallis the Autobiography<ref name="Fading"/>
2014 Peter Sallis - Summer Wine & Other Stories: My Autobiography - Softcover<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Template:Reference heading
1946 Korda Scholarship Work Training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Template:Won <ref name="The Independent" />
1999 Unsung Heroes Award Acting Film and Television Template:Won <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 Annie Award Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Template:Won <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 Order of the British Empire (OBE) Services to Drama Template:Honoured <ref name="BBC News obit-2017"/>

See also

References

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