British born actor known for playing working class characters on film and TV. Born William Rowbotham, the son of a tram driver and laundress, he started playing drums in London nightclubs and toured ...

Last of The Summer Wine stars Peter Sallis and Bill Owen have been buried next to each other in the picturesque town where the show is filmed. The pair became close friends over the 26 years they ...

Peter Sallis and Bill Owen co-starred in Britain’s longest-running comedy programme Last of The Summer Wine, which is revisited on Channel 5’s, ‘Last of the Summer Wine: The Story of…’. The friendship ...