Peter Sallis

Peter John Sallis, (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, known for his work on British television. He was the voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace and 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. He was also in First of the Summer Wine as Norman Clegg's father. Although Sallis was born and brought up in London, the characters of Wallace and Clegg were both Northerners. He also voiced Rat in The Wind in the Willows, appeared in Danger Man in the episode "Find and Destroy" (1961) as Gordon; the BBC Doctor Who serial "The Ice Warriors" (1967) as renegade scientist Elric Penley and in an episode of The Persuaders! "The Long Goodbye" (1971). Other appearances include The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) and Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970).