ACTOR

Peter Sallis

1921 - 2017

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Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Sallis has received more than 3,200,987 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Peter Sallis is the 6,624th most popular actor (up from 7,748th in 2019), the 4,846th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,294th in 2019) and the 747th most popular British Actor.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 43.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Sallis ranks 6,624 out of 13,578. Before him are Amol Palekar, Jung Kyung-ho, Ana Alicia, Inma Cuesta, Marilu Henner, and Nadia Farès. After him are Marguerite Clark, Lee Yo-won, Jung Il-woo, Oleg Zhakov, Violetta Ferrari, and Michael Cera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Peter Sallis ranks 406. Before him are Fernando Roldán, John Russell, Jean Kent, Farley Mowat, Adolf Wiklund, and Muhibbe Darga. After him are Paul Falk, Peggy Rea, Spartaco Bandinelli, R. K. Laxman, Franz Gabl, and Jacques Friedel. Among people deceased in 2017, Peter Sallis ranks 492. Before him are Selena Rocky Malone, Sofía Ímber, Erin Moran, Boris Nikolov, Józef Grudzień, and Norman Johnson. After him are Marc Baecke, Paul Falk, David Storey, Nils Nilsson, Thomas Starzl, and Bernie Casey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Sallis ranks 4,846 out of 8,785. Before him are Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), Joe Spence (1898), Basil Dearden (1911), Lawrence Stone (1919), Anna Friel (1976), and Jonathan Penrose (1933). After him are Edward Lhuyd (1660), Ray Kennedy (1951), Mark Mazower (1958), Nick Land (1962), Michael Winterbottom (1961), and Graeme Obree (1965).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Sallis ranks 747. Before him are Naomi Scott (1993), Laura Haddock (1985), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Lynne Frederick (1954), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), and Anna Friel (1976). After him are Dawn French (1957), Shirley Stelfox (1941), Gia Scala (1934), Diana Wynyard (1906), John Barrowman (1967), and Robin Sachs (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace / Hutch (voice)
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
Sep 15th 20057.1 / 10
The Wrong Trousers
Wallace (voice)
Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Dec 17th 19937.8 / 10
A Grand Day Out
Wallace (voice)
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
May 18th 19907.468 / 10