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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.


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Born:
Feb 4, 1915 In Marylebone, London, England
Movie/TV Credits:
27
First Appeared:
In the movie Date With a Dream 1948-11-01
Latest Project:
Movie The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom 2011-11-08
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom Himself (archive footage) 2011-11-08
Movie Norman Wisdom: His Story Himself : Archive footage 2010-10-14
Series Between The Sheets Maurice Hardy 2003-11-17
Movie Where on Earth Is Katy Manning? 1998-01-01
Movie Double X: The Name of the Game Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby 1992-06-05
Movie The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio Self 1985-01-01
Movie Going Gently Bernard Flood 1981-06-05
Series Norman 1970-04-02
Movie What's Good for the Goose Timothy Bartlett 1969-03-21
Movie The Night They Raided Minsky's Chick Williams 1968-12-22
Movie The Sandwich Man Boxing Vicar 1966-07-01
Movie Press for Time Norman Sheilds 1966-01-01
Movie The Early Bird Norman Pitkin 1965-11-30
Movie A Stitch in Time Norman Pitkin 1963-12-01
Movie On the Beat Norman Pitkin 1962-12-11
Movie The Girl on the Boat Sam Marlowe 1962-08-05
Movie There Was a Crooked Man Davy Cooper 1960-08-31
Movie The Bulldog Breed Norman 1960-12-13
Movie Follow a Star Norman Truscott 1959-01-01
Movie The Square Peg Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber 1958-12-04
Movie Just My Luck Norman Hackett 1957-11-14
Movie Up in the World Norman 1956-12-06
Movie Man of the Moment Norman 1955-01-01
Movie One Good Turn Norman 1955-01-04
Movie As Long as They're Happy Norman 1955-03-15
Movie Trouble in Store Norman 1953-12-14
Movie Date With a Dream Shadow Boxer 1948-11-01