in London on 9 February 1957. However, it was a turbulent relationship, with Usher leaving him sixteen times before they divorced in 1965 on grounds of desertion and adultery. They reconciled in 1983 and continued to live together until 1999. Sallis remained close to Usher until her death in 2014. They had one son, Timothy Crispian, who went on to become an Oscar-nominated film set designer. Sallis suffered from macular degeneration, and in 2005 recorded an appeal on BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Macular Society of which he was a patron. He also recorded on behalf of the society a television appeal, which was broadcast on BBC One on 8 March 2009. Following his diagnosis of the disease, Aardman produced a short animated film for the society. Sallis was awarded an Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Birthday Honours for services to Drama. On 17 May 2009, he appeared on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, selecting Sibelius' Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major as his favourite. Death Sallis died at Denville Hall, a professional actors' retirement home, in Northwood, London, on 2 June 2017. He was 96 years old. He was buried next to fellow Last of the Summer Wine actor Bill Owen in the churchyard of St John's Parish Church, Upperthong, near the town of Holmfirth in Yorkshire, the home of Last of the Summer Wine. Filmography Film Television Video games Radio Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1986) – Hercule Poirot. BBC Radio adaption. Living with Betty (1986) – Harold. Radio sitcom first broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1986 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder (1993) – Jonas Oldacre References External links Peter Sallis at the British Film Institute 1921 births 2017 deaths 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors Actors from Twickenham Alumni of RADA Annie Award winners British male comedy actors English entertainers English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from London Officers of the Order of the British Empire Royal Air Force airmen Royal Air Force personnel of World War II