![]() ![]() He brought his unique gift and humour to all that he did, and encapsulated the very British art of the droll and understated. I knew him of course from the very popular long running BBC series Last of the Summer Wine. “He was always my first and only choice for Wallace. “I’m so sad, but feel so grateful and privileged to have known and worked with Peter over so many years,” Park said in a message posted on the Aardman website. ![]() Shortly after the news broke on Monday, Wallace & Gromit director and Aardman partner Nick Park (pictured at right with Sallis) led the tributes. Sallis died at his home in London on June 2. He partnered with Bristol-based Aardman in 1993 and voiced Wallace for 15 years over various feature, short and video game iterations. He appeared in all 295 episodes from 1973 until 2010. After a successful TV and stage career that had also brought great acclaim for the timbre of his voice, he signed on for his longest role as Norman Clegg alongside Brian Wilde and Bill Owen in the sitcom Last Of The Summer Wine. Sallis was born on February 1, 1921, in Twickenham, England. Peter Sallis, the British actor who voiced Wallace from Aardman Animation’s Wallace & Gromit franchise and starred in TV show Last of The Summer Wine, has died. ![]()
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