Norman Wisdom
Acting
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.
The Square Peg
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Age 43 (now 95)
Press for Time
as Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister
Age 51 (now 95)
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Chick Williams
Age 53 (now 95)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
Age 110 (now 95)The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
as Himself (archive footage)
Age 96 (now 95)
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
as Self
Age 92 (now 95)
Cue Here for Laughs with John Virgo
as Self
Age 79 (now 95)
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
Age 77 (now 95)The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
Age 69 (now 95)
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Chick Williams
Age 53 (now 95)
Press for Time
as Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister
Age 51 (now 95)
The Square Peg
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
Age 43 (now 95)
Last of the Summer Wine
as Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited)
Age 57 (now 95)
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Also Known As
Норман Уисдом
IMDB
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