Portrait of Peter Sallis

Acting

Peter Sallis

Career

Active from 1954 to 2024, busiest in 1970 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
58
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Peter Sallis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Stop-Motion Animation 9
  • British Humor 7
  • Family-Friendly 7
  • Nostalgic Charm 5
  • Eccentric Characters 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Slapstick Comedy 3
  • Family-Friendly Adventure 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Crime Caper 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

244
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit
Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit (2024)

as Wallace (archive footage)

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances (2023)

as Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited)

2010s

7 titles · average score 67
Early Man
Early Man (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

In Memory Of

What We Were Watching
What We Were Watching (2018)

TV show · as Clegg (archive footage, uncredited)

Wallace & Gromit - Hearts of Clay
Wallace & Gromit - Hearts of Clay (2017)

as Wallace / Gromit

Aardman: A Cracking Collection
Aardman: A Cracking Collection (2015)

TV show · as Wallace (voice)

Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years (2012)

as Reccoat (archive footage)

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Wallace (voice)

Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention (2010)
GoodWatch score 66

as Wallace (voice)

2000s

24 titles · average score 68
Living with Macular Disease
Living with Macular Disease (2009)

as Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice

A Matter of Loaf and Death
A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
GoodWatch score 76

as Wallace (voice)

Kingdom
Kingdom (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Cyril

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
GoodWatch score 83

as Wallace / Hutch (voice)

Belonging
Belonging (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

as Nathan

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Wallace (voice)

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

as Wallace (voice)

Harry Hill's TV Burp
Harry Hill's TV Burp (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Wallace (voice)

Balamory
Balamory (2002)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Man at Train Station (uncredited)

The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit (2001)
GoodWatch score 92

as Wallace (Voice)

Chicken Run
Chicken Run (2000)
GoodWatch score 81

Thanks

Doctors
Doctors (2000)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Arthur Weatherill

1990s

20 titles · average score 77
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit
The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

as Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage)

Holby City
Holby City (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Lionel Davis

Everyday Readers
Everyday Readers (1998)

as Narrator (voice)

Operation Good Guys
Operation Good Guys (1997)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Minor Role (uncredited)

A Close Shave
A Close Shave (1996)
GoodWatch score 91

as Wallace (voice)

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation
Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (1996)

as Wallace

Room 101
Room 101 (1994)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Norman Clegg (archive footage, uncredited) / Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)

The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers (1993)
GoodWatch score 92

as Wallace (voice)

Inside the Wrong Trousers
Inside the Wrong Trousers (1993)

as Wallace (archive footage, uncredited)

Noel's House Party
Noel's House Party (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Clegg

A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out (1990)
GoodWatch score 90

as Wallace (voice)

Come Home Charlie and Face Them
Come Home Charlie and Face Them (1990)

TV show · as Evan Rhys-Jones

1980s

26 titles · average score 66
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads (1989)

as Rat (voice)

First of the Summer Wine
First of the Summer Wine (1988)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show

Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres
Last of the Summer Wine: Big Day at Dream Acres (1987)

as Norman Clegg

The New Statesman
The New Statesman (1987)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Sidney Bliss

Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride
Last of the Summer Wine: Uncle of the Bride (1986)

as Norman Clegg

A Dangerous Kind of Love
A Dangerous Kind of Love (1986)

as Mr. Walker

Rocky Hollow
Rocky Hollow (1985)

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Rocky Hollow
Rocky Hollow (1985)

as Narrator (voice)

The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows (1984)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Rat (voice)

Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home
Last of the Summer Wine: Getting Sam Home (1983)

as Norman Clegg

Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place (1980)
GoodWatch score 65

as Solicitor

Lady Killers
Lady Killers (1980)

TV show · as O'Brien

1970s

73 titles · average score 66
She Loves Me
She Loves Me (1979)

as Ladislav Sipos

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1979)

as Leslie

Leave it to Charlie
Leave it to Charlie (1978)

TV show · as Arthur Simister, Alfred Simister

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mr Gudgin

The Daedalus Equations
The Daedalus Equations (1976)

as Major Venables

The Snowdropper
The Snowdropper (1975)

as Spicer

The Capone Investment
The Capone Investment (1974)

as Wheatfield

Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Clegg

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
GoodWatch score 58

as Samuel Paxton

Menace
Menace (1970)

as Narrator (voice)

My Lover, My Son
My Lover, My Son (1970)
GoodWatch score 46

as Sir Sidney Brent

Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd (1970)

as Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins

1960s

64 titles · average score 66
The Drummer and the Bloke
The Drummer and the Bloke (1968)

as Eric

Omnibus
Omnibus (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Mirbeau / Self

A Wicked World
A Wicked World (1964)

as Ronald Green

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Penley

Into the Dark
Into the Dark (1963)

as Alfred Purdie

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man (1963)

as Philip Mallard

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Seaton

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Hal Anderson

The Zoo Story
The Zoo Story (1961)

as Peter

Candida
Candida (1961)

as Rev. Alexander Mill

The Poet
The Poet (1960)

as Giulio

Danger Man
Danger Man (1960)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as John Gordon

1950s

27 titles · average score 66
Brand
Brand (1959)

as Doctor & Provost

The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1958)

TV show · as Samuel Pepys

Cinderella
Cinderella (1958)

as Baron Aristide de Pennilac

A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember (1958)
GoodWatch score 90

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Kitty Clive
Kitty Clive (1956)

as John Hall

Safe and Sound
Safe and Sound (1956)

as Squishy Taylor

The Inveterate Gambler
The Inveterate Gambler (1956)

as The Burglar

The Pickpocket
The Pickpocket (1955)

as Chippy Criggs

Fcb TV Show No.1
Fcb TV Show No.1 (1955)

as Squishy Taylor

Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955)

as A Stage Manger /Flask

Child's Play
Child's Play (1954)
GoodWatch score 57

as Bill - grocery merchant

Sunday Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as J. G. / Snug

1940s

1 title · average score 68
The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Man (uncredited)