Norman Wisdom
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character Norman Pitkin. These films initially made more money than the James Bond film series, and secured Wisdom a celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania where his films were permitted by Enver Hoxha – Wisdom was the only Western actor to enjoy this privilege. Charlie Chaplin famously referred to Wisdom as his "favourite clown". Wisdom later forged a career on Broadway and as a television actor, winning critical acclaim for his dramatic role of a dying cancer patient in the television play Going Gently in 1981. It was broadcast on 5 June that year. He toured Australia and South Africa. After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, a hospice was named in his honour. In 1995 he was given the Freedom of the City of London and of Tirana. The same year he received an OBE. Wisdom was knighted in 2000 and spent much of his later life on the Isle of Man. Some of his later appearances included roles in Last of the Summer Wine and Coronation Street, and he retired from acting at the age of 90 after his health declined. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norman Wisdom, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom as Himself (archive footage)
- 2010 · Norman Wisdom: His Story as Himself : Archive footage
- 2008 · Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour as Self
- 2008 · The Legend of Harrow Woods as
- 2008 · The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾ as Self
- 2003 · Between The Sheets as Maurice Hardy
- 2003 · The Last Detective as Lofty Brock
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1998 · Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? as
- 1997 · An Audience with Bruce Forsyth as
- 1996 · Style Challenge as
- 1996 · Dalziel & Pascoe as
- 1992 · Double X: The Name of the Game as Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
- 1986 · Casualty as Mr. Cole
- 1985 · The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · Bergerac as Vincent
- 1981 · Going Gently as Bernard Flood
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · To See Such Fun as
- 1974 · A Little Bit Of Wisdom as Norman
- 1974 · Playhouse as
- 1973 · Nobody Is Norman Wisdom as
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited)
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Billy Ingleton
- 1973 · Last of the Summer Wine as Himself
- 1970 · Norman as
- 1969 · What's Good for the Goose as Timothy Bartlett
- 1968 · The Night They Raided Minsky's as Chick Williams
- 1967 · Androcles and the Lion as Androcles
- 1966 · The Sandwich Man as Boxing Vicar
- 1966 · Press for Time as Norman Sheilds
- 1965 · The Early Bird as Norman Pitkin
- 1963 · A Stitch in Time as Norman Pitkin
- 1962 · On the Beat as Norman Pitkin
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Girl on the Boat as Sam Marlowe
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1960 · The Bulldog Breed as Norman
- 1960 · There Was a Crooked Man as Davy Cooper
- 1959 · Follow a Star as Norman Truscott
- 1958 · The Square Peg as Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber
- 1957 · Just My Luck as Norman Hackett
- 1956 · Up in the World as Norman
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee / Performer
- 1955 · This Is Your Life as
- 1955 · As Long as They're Happy as Norman
- 1955 · One Good Turn as Norman
- 1955 · Man of the Moment as Norman
- 1953 · Trouble in Store as Norman
- 1948 · Date With a Dream as Shadow Boxer