
Norman Wisdom
- Date of Birth: 1915-02-04
- Date of Death: 2010-10-04
- Place of Birth: Marylebone, London, England
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 com... 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.

Press for Time
Comedy • 1966 January

Tony Awards
• 1956 April

The Mike Douglas Show
Comedy, Talk • 1961 December

An Audience with...
Talk • 1978 January

Between The Sheets
Comedy, Drama • 2003 November

Double X: The Name of the Game
Thriller, Crime • 1992 June

Going Gently
Drama, TV Movie • 1981 June

Wogan
Talk • 1982 May

The Legend of Harrow Woods
Horror • 2008 February

To See Such Fun
Comedy • 1977 November