Norman Wisdom
Age: N/A | From: Marylebone, London, England
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Норман Уисдом
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Marylebone, London, England
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 13
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Casualty
(1986) Mr. Cole
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Nominee / Performer
Bergerac
(1981) Vincent
The Last Detective
(2003) Lofty Brock
Norman Wisdom: His Story
(2010) Himself : Archive footage
Androcles and the Lion
(1967) Androcles
Double X: The Name of the Game
(1992) Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
(2011) Himself (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Himself : Archive footage | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 2003 | Maurice Hardy | |
| Lofty Brock | ||
| 1999 | Self | |
| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | N/A | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1992 | Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby | |
| 1986 | Mr. Cole | |
| 1985 | Self | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| 1981 | Vincent | |
| Bernard Flood | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| Billy Ingleton | ||
| Himself | ||
| Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited) | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1969 | Timothy Bartlett | |
| 1968 | Chick Williams | |
| 1967 | Androcles | |
| 1966 | Boxing Vicar | |
| Norman Sheilds | ||
| 1965 | Norman Pitkin | |
| 1963 | Norman Pitkin | |
| 1962 | Norman Pitkin | |
| Self | ||
| Sam Marlowe | ||
| 1960 | Norman | |
| Davy Cooper | ||
| 1959 | Norman Truscott | |
| 1958 | Norman Pitkin / General Schreiber | |
| 1957 | Norman Hackett | |
| 1956 | Norman | |
| Self - Nominee / Performer | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Norman | ||
| Norman | ||
| Norman | ||
| 1953 | Norman | |
| 1948 | Shadow Boxer | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Screenplay | |
| 1963 | Writer | |
| 1962 | Screenplay | |
| 1960 | Screenplay | |
| 1959 | Screenplay | |
| 1958 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |