Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis OBE
Sallis in 2008
Born	Peter John Sallis 1 Februar 1921(1921-02-01) Twickenham, Middlesex, Ingland
Dee'd	2 Juin 2017(2017-06-02) (aged 96) Northwood, Lunnon, Ingland
Restin place	St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Upperthong, Wast Yorkshire, Ingland
Thrift	Actor vyce actor sangster
Years active	1943–2017
Notable wirk(s)	Wallace & Gromit Last of the Summer Wine
Hicht	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Hauf-marrae(s)	Elaine Usher (m. 1957; div. 1965)
Bairns	Crispian Sallis

Peter Sallis (1 Februar 1921 – 2 Juin 2017) wis an Inglis actor. He wis the original vyce o Wallace in the Academy Awaird-winnin Wallace & Gromit films an pleyed Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine frae its 1973 inception until the final episode in 2010, makin him the anly actor tae appear in all 295 episodes. He portrayed Norman Clegg's faither in the prequel series First of the Summer Wine.

Amang his telly credits, Peter Sallis appeared in Danger Man, The Avengers, Doctor Who (The Ice Warriors), The Persuaders! an The Ghosts of Motley Hall. Peter Sallis' film appearances includit the Hammer horror films The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) an Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970).

Early life an eddication

Peter John Sallis wis born on 1 Februar 1921 in Twickenham, Middlesex (nou in Greater Lunnon), the anly bairn o bank manager Harry Sallis (1889–1964) an Dorothy Amea Frances (1891–1975). Efter attendin Minchenden Grammar Schuil in Soothgate, Sallis went tae wark in a bank, warkin on shippin transactions. He an his faimily flittit tae Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, efter his mither haed fallen in luve wi her physician but he continued tae attend schuil, fur a yeir, at Minchenden. Efter the ootbreak o the Seicont Warld War, he jyned the Ryal Air Force. He wis unable tae serve as aircrew acause o a serum albumin disorder an wis tauld he might black oot at heich altitudes. He becam a wireless mechanic instead an went on tae teach radio procedures at RAF Cranwell fur whilk he wan a Korda Scholarship.