1921-02-01 Twickenham, England, UK
Peter Sallis, OBE (February 1, 1921 – June 2, 2017) was an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles required him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner. Peter John Sallis was born on 1 February 1921 in Twickenham, Middlesex (now in Greater London). He was the only child of bank manager Harry Sallis (1889–1964) and Dorothy Amea Frances (née Barnard; 1891–1975). His first big television role came in 1958 where he played the role of Samuel Pepys in the BBC serial The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Sallis was best known for his role as the main character Norman Clegg in the long-running British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine, set in a Yorkshire town. He was the longest serving cast member, appearing in all 295 episodes, and by the end of the show's run was the only one surviving from the programme's first episode in 1973. He also appeared in all 13 of the episodes of the prequel series First of the Summer Wine as Norman Clegg's father. He was also famous for providing the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit films, again using a northern accent. Sallis also starred alongside Richard Pearson, Michael Horden and David Jason in Cosgrove Hall's The Wind in the Willows (1984-1990) as the voice of Rat/Ratty. In 1975 he appeared in the BBC Wales, TV play The Snowdropper as Spicer, a snowdropper that where's Overalls/Dungarees. In 1976 he played Mr. Gudgin/Arnold Gudgin in the children's series The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976–78). The character Gudgin Sallis played in the series was a estate agent who did not want to see the hall fall into the wrong hands. Sallis also appeared in the TV series Yanks Go Home (1976-1977) where he played Randell Todd in four episodes of the series. Around the same period, he starred alongside Northern comic actor David Roper in the ITV sitcom Leave it to Charlie (1978-1980) as Charlie's pessimistic boss. The programme ran for a total of 26 episodes over four series, ending in 1980. He also played the part of the ghost-hunter Milton Guest in the children's paranormal drama TV series The Clifton House Mystery (1978). Sallis was married to Elaine Usher in 1957 until they eventually divorced in 1965. Sallis and Usher eventually reconciled and decided to come living together until 1999. Sallis continued to remain close to Usher until eventually she died on 1 January 2014 at the age of 81. They both had one son named Crispian Sallis who was born on 24 June 1959 who later became a British art director and set decorator. Sallis and Usher also had two grandchildren from Crispian. Sallis also lived with three small cats in a small cottage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Sallis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit | Wallace (archive footage) | 2024-12-23 |
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Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances | Cleggy (archive footage, uncredited) | 2023-01-14 |
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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs | Self (archive) | 2022-03-05 |
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of Wallace | 2015-12-26 |
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Second Time Around: The Troughton Years | Reccoat (archive footage) | 2012-07-02 |
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The Lark Ascending | Self (uncredited) | 2012-01-13 |
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Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention | Wallace (voice) | 2010-01-14 |
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Orson Welles Over Europe | Himself | 2009-12-27 |
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Living with Macular Disease | Peter Sallis/Narrator Voice | 2009-03-08 |
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A Matter of Loaf and Death | Wallace (voice) | 2008-12-26 |
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Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD | Wallace (voice) | 2006-10-02 |
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How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood | Self | 2006-06-28 |
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Displacements | himself | 2006-01-01 |
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The Making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Wallace (archive footage) | 2006-02-07 |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Wallace / Hutch (voice) | 2005-09-15 |
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Colour Me Kubrick | Patient | 2005-10-06 |
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Belonging | Nathan | 2004-09-12 |
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Thora Hird Tribute | Self | 2003-03-30 |
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Easy | Man (uncredited) | 2003-09-10 |
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A Christmas Cardomatic | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The Snoozatron | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The Autochef | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The Tellyscope | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The Snowmantron | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions: Behind the Scenes | Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-01-01 |
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The Soccamatic | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The Bully Proof Vest | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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Shopper 13 | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The 525 Crackervac | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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The Turbo Diner | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-12 |
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Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions | Wallace (voice) | 2002-10-15 |
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The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & Gromit | Wallace (Voice) | 2001-09-04 |
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Hotel! | Radio Voice of Little Ashford Flying Club (Uncredited) | 2001-02-17 |
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The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit | Wallace (Voice) (Archive Footage) | 1999-01-01 |
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Everyday Readers | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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A Close Shave | Wallace (voice) | 1996-03-07 |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation | Wallace | 1996-06-14 |
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Character Building | Wallace (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
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The Crane | Man (uncredited) | 1993-01-01 |
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The Wrong Trousers | Wallace (voice) | 1993-12-17 |
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Inside the Wrong Trousers | Wallace (archive footage, uncredited) | 1993-12-26 |
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Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One | Self - Interviewee | 1993-10-05 |
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The Christmas Collection | Rat (voice) | 1992-10-05 |
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A Grand Day Out | Wallace (voice) | 1990-05-18 |
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More Children's Holiday Favourites | Rat (voice) | 1990-06-04 |
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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 | Rat (voice) | 1989-05-01 |
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More Children's Summer Stories | Rat (voice) | 1989-06-05 |
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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads | Rat (voice) | 1989-12-29 |
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Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 | Rat (voice) | 1989-05-01 |
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Children's Favourites - Volume 1 | Rat (voice) | 1988-02-01 |
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The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales | Rat (voice) | 1986-11-03 |
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The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors | 1986-03-31 | |
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A Dangerous Kind of Love | Mr. Walker | 1986-06-30 |
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Rocky Hollow | Narrator (voice) | 1985-01-01 |
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Royal Variety Performance 1984 | Clegg | 1984-11-25 |
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The Wind in the Willows | Rat (voice) | 1984-04-27 |
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Getting Sam Home | Norman Clegg | 1983-12-27 |
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The Funny Side of Christmas | Clegg | 1982-12-27 |
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Witness for the Prosecution | Carter | 1982-12-04 |
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The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner | Shushin | 1981-02-17 |
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Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place | Solicitor | 1980-08-16 |
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She Loves Me | Ladislav Sipos | 1979-04-13 |
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You're Not Watching Me, Mummy | Leslie | 1979-01-02 |
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The Clifton House Mystery | Milton Guest | 1978-10-08 |
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Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Specials 1978-1982 | Clegg | 1978-12-26 |
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Across a Crowded Room | Cyril Smallpiece | 1978-03-26 |
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Full Circle | Jeffrey Branscombe | 1978-02-09 |
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628-E8 | Mirbeau | 1978-11-16 |
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | St. Claire | 1978-09-13 |
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The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality | Worker (uncredited) | 1977-04-05 |
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The Obelisk | Ernest | 1977-10-13 |
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The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1977-03-29 |
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The Winter Warrior | Deor | 1976-12-22 |
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The Daedalus Equations | Major Venables | 1976-10-20 |
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The Incredible Sarah | Thierry | 1976-11-05 |
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The Snowdropper | Spicer | 1975-05-29 |
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The Secret Agent | Chief Inspector Heat | 1975-10-01 |
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Back of Beyond | Man (uncredited) | 1974-11-14 |
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Graceless Go I | Mr. Wainwright | 1974-10-08 |
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The Prison | Benitet | 1974-05-24 |
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The Capone Investment | Wheatfield | 1974-06-07 |
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Who Killed Lamb? | Lloyd | 1974-02-04 |
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Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest | Man (uncredited) | 1974-08-20 |
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Frankenstein: The True Story | Priest | 1974-09-19 |
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Song at Twilight | Austin Melcroft | 1973-02-05 |
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Beyond Our Means | Onslow | 1973-09-18 |
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Lady Killer | Man | 1973-01-18 |
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Frankenstein | Man (uncredited) | 1973-01-16 |
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Banker #2 (uncredited) | 1973-04-19 |
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The Reprieve | Cossack Horseman | 1972-10-01 |
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The Moonstone | Mr. Buff | 1972-01-01 |
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The Bristol Entertainment | Water Seller / Coachman / Ameryk / Mayor / Captain Kimber / King Henry Voice | 1971-12-03 |
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The Road Builder | Rev. Rupert Palafox | 1971-02-25 |
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The Railwayman's New Clothes | Lumley | 1971-03-08 |
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Bel Ami | Norbert de Varenne | 1971-05-08 |
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Scream and Scream Again | Schweitz | 1970-02-02 |
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The Reckoning | Keresley | 1970-01-31 |
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My Lover, My Son | Sir Sidney Brent | 1970-05-13 |
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Sweeney Todd | Brogden / Mundel / Hopkins | 1970-02-16 |
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The Hallelujah Handshake | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1970-12-17 |
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Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary | Ernest Charles, KC | 1970-06-25 |
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Menace | Narrator (voice) | 1970-01-01 |
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Wuthering Heights | Mr. Shielders | 1970-06-09 |
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Taste the Blood of Dracula | Samuel Paxton | 1970-05-07 |
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The Ladies: Joan | Mr. Street | 1969-09-18 |
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The Big Flame | Man (uncredited) | 1969-02-19 |
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Cream – Farewell Concert | Guest | 1969-01-05 |
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Maigret at Bay | (uncredited) | 1969-02-09 |
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The Drummer and the Bloke | Eric | 1968-01-31 |
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Charlie Bubbles | Solicitor | 1968-02-11 |
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Wind Versus Polygamy | Man (uncredited) | 1968-07-15 |
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Inadmissible Evidence | Hudson | 1968-06-23 |
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Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors | Penley | 1967-12-16 |
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The Bible: In the Beginning... | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1966-09-28 |
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Rapture | Armand | 1965-08-23 |
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The Third Secret | Lawrence Jacks | 1964-02-02 |
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Drama '64/Studio '64: A Wicked World | Ronald Green | 1964-03-08 |
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The Trial of Dr. Fancy | Mr. Pender | 1964-09-13 |
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Don't Ever Talk to Clocks | 1964-02-18 | |
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Clash by Night | Victor | 1964-08-29 |
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Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man | Philip Mallard | 1963-07-28 |
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Into the Dark | Alfred Purdie | 1963-02-03 |
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The V.I.P.s | Doctor | 1963-09-01 |
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The Mouse on the Moon | Russian Delegate | 1963-05-07 |
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Le Procès | Uncle Max (uncredited) | 1962-08-25 |
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Heart to Heart | Frank Godsell | 1962-12-06 |
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I Thank a Fool | Sleazy Doctor | 1962-09-14 |
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The Curse of the Werewolf | Don Enrique | 1961-05-01 |
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No Love for Johnnie | M.P. | 1961-02-14 |
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Man (uncredited) | 1961-11-01 |
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 | Hesketh-Payne | 1961-06-25 |
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Candida | Rev. Alexander Mill | 1961-12-29 |
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A Taste of Honey | Man (uncredited) | 1961-10-01 |
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The Zoo Story | Peter | 1961-01-12 |
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The Poet | Giulio | 1960-10-25 |
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Man in Suit (uncredited) | 1960-10-27 |
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The Millionairess | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1960-10-18 |
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Doctor in Love | Mr. Luke (uncredited) | 1960-07-12 |
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe | Robinet | 1960-01-17 |
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The Adventures of Alice | Tweedledee | 1960-12-23 |
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The Scapegoat | Customs Official | 1959-08-06 |
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Brand | Doctor & Provost | 1959-08-11 |
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The Doctor's Dilemma | Secretary at Picture Gallery | 1959-01-01 |
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Cinderella | Baron Aristide de Pennilac | 1958-12-26 |
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A Night to Remember | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1958-07-03 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Snug | 1958-11-09 |
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Anastasia | Grischa (uncredited) | 1956-12-13 |
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Kitty Clive | John Hall | 1956-03-27 |
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Safe and Sound | Squishy Taylor | 1956-01-01 |
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The Inveterate Gambler | The Burglar | 1956-03-25 |
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The Concert | Daniel Kevin (as Pete Sallis) | 1955-10-22 |
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Quay South | Corporal Foster | 1955-12-10 |
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Moby Dick Rehearsed | A Stage Manger /Flask | 1955-06-16 |
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Fcb TV Show No.1 | Squishy Taylor | 1955-01-01 |
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The Pickpocket | Chippy Criggs | 1955-09-24 |
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Nineteen Eighty-Four | Man (uncredited) | 1954-12-16 |
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Child's Play | Bill - grocery merchant | 1954-10-01 |
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Stranger from Venus | Soldier | 1954-08-23 |
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Mr. Denning Drives North | Man (uncredited) | 1951-12-18 |
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The Loves of Joanna Godden | Man (uncredited) | 1947-06-08 |
