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Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor. [2] [3] 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.
Vengeance Most Fowl was Whitehead's first full film performance as Wallace following Peter Sallis' retirement in 2010 and subsequent death in 2017. Whitehead has voiced Wallace in video games and commercials since 2008. Peter Kay as Chief Inspector Albert Mackintosh, former police
Peter Sallis, who voiced Wallace in the "Wallace and Gromit" films, has died at 96. The British actor died "peacefully with his family by his side" on Friday, according to his agents.
The Academy Award winning films originally starred Peter Sallis, who first agreed to do the role in exchange for a £50 donation to a children’s charity. Once the franchise took off, he became ...
The original voice of Wallace, Peter Sallis with Nick Park in 2008 [PA Media] Take a bow, Ben Whitehead - the 47-year-old actor and voice artist says he feels honoured to be taking on the role ...
Following Peter Sallis' last work as Wallace in 2010, [6] [7] Whitehead became the official voice of the character beginning with Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels, Prom 20 of the 2012 season of the BBC Proms. [8] Outside of acting, Whitehead is also Aardman's read-in artist.
Vengeance Most Fowl marks the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit to include Whitehead in the role of Wallace, following the death of original actor Peter Sallis in 2017.
Peter Sallis, who voiced Wallace, said The Wrong Trousers was based loosely on the 1964 film Topkapi, and said it was his favourite Wallace & Gromit film. [4] David Sproxton , the co-founder of Aardman and the producer of the Wallace & Gromit films, said that The Wrong Trousers was "a whole league higher up the food chain in terms of production ...