Peter Sallis and he later starred alongside Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Whately and Anna Massey in the one-off ITV1 drama "Belonging" (2004). While a student in 1983, animator Nick Park wrote to Sallis asking him if he would voice his character Wallace, an eccentric inventor. Sallis agreed to do so for a donation of £50 to his favourite charity. The work was eventually released in 1989 and Aardman Animations' "Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out" went on to win a BAFTA award. Sallis reprised his role in the Oscar- and BAFTA Award-winning films "The Wrong Trousers" in 1993 and "A Close Shave"
Nick Palance Nick Palance Nicholas Steve “Nick” Palance is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and actor. As a singer and actor, Palance headlines concert halls throughout the United States and Canada. He had his first major success starring in the lead role of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in the off-Broadway tour. Palance is the second cousin of Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance After a tenure with the Canadian Tenors, Palance started his recording career under the guidance of Oscar and Grammy award-winning producer, arranger and composer, Jorge Calandrelli and famed producer, programmer, sound designer and engineer Greg Bartheld.