Norman Wisdom
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE 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.
Fotos
Películas (37)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010 · Himself : Archive footage
Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
2008 · Self
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008 · Winston
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008 · Self
Expresso
2007 · The Vicar (as Sir Norman Wisdom)
Five Children and It
2004
Thora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
1997
Cue Here for Laughs with John Virgo
1994 · Self
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992 · Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 · Self
Going Gently
1981 · Bernard Flood
To See Such Fun
1977
What's Good for the Goose
1969 · Timothy Bartlett
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968 · Chick Williams
Androcles and the Lion
1967 · Androcles
Press for Time
1966 · Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister, Screenplay
The Sandwich Man
1966 · Boxing Vicar
The Early Bird
1965 · Norman Pitkin
A Stitch in Time
1963 · Norman Pitkin, Writer
On the Beat
1962 · Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani, Screenplay
The Girl on the Boat
1962 · Sam Marlowe
The Bulldog Breed
1960 · Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle, Screenplay
There Was a Crooked Man
1960 · Davy Cooper
Follow a Star
1959 · Norman Truscott, Screenplay
Look at Life: A Dog's Life
1959 · Self
The Square Peg
1958 · Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber, Screenplay
Just My Luck
1957 · Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett
Up in the World
1956 · Norman
Man of the Moment
1955 · Norman
As Long As They're Happy
1955 · Norman
One Good Turn
1955 · Norman
Trouble in Store
1953 · Norman
Date with a Dream
1948 · Shadow Boxer
Series (19)
Between The Sheets
2003 · Maurice Hardy
The Last Detective
2003 · Lofty Brock
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 · Self
Style Challenge
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Bernie Marks
Casualty
1986 · Mr. Cole
Wogan
1982 · Self
Bergerac
1981 · Vincent
The South Bank Show
1978
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
A Little Bit of Wisdom
1974 · Norman Wisdom
Playhouse
1974 · Bernard Flood
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
1973 · Nobody
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited), Billy Ingleton
Norman
1970
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee / Performer
This Is Your Life
1955