What is Peter Sallis?
{{Infobox person | name = Peter Sallis | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] | image = Peter Sallis.jpg | imagesize = 220px | caption = Sallis in 2008 | birth_name = Peter John Sallis | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|2|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Twickenham]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|6|2|1921|2|1|df=y}} | death_place = [[Denville Hall]], [[London]], England | resting_place = St John the Evangelist Churchyard | nationality = [[English people|English]] | occupation = [[Actor]] | yearsactive = 1946–2010 | known_for = ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]'',<br> ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' | spouse = {{marriage|[[Elaine Usher]]<br>|1957|1965|reason=divorced}} | children = [[Crispian Sallis]] }} '''Peter John Sallis''' {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]}} (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was a [[English people|English]] [[actor]], known for his roles as Norman Clegg in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' from its 1973 inception until its final episode in 2010, making him the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes. He also voiced Wallace in ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]''. He won an [[Annie Award]] in 2005. Sallis was born on 1 February 1921 in [[Twickenham]], [[Middlesex]], [[England]]. He studied at the [[Minchenden Grammar School]] in [[North London]]. Sallis married Elaine Usher in 1957. They had a son, Crispian. Sallis has had a disease called [[macular degeneration]] since 2005. Sallis died at the [[Denville Hall]] nursing home in [[Northwood, London]], on 2 June 2017, aged 96.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actor Peter Sallis dies aged 96|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40165443|website=BBC News}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0758608}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sallis, Peter}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Middlesex]] [[Category:Annie Award winners]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in London]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]]