- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Marylebone, London, England
- Died
- October 4, 2010
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,…
Filmography
movieInnes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Self (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
movieThe Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011 · Himself (archive footage)
movieNorman Wisdom: His Story
2010 · Himself : Archive footage
movieNorman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
2008 · Self
movieThe Legend of Harrow Woods
2008 · Winston
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
movieThe Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008 · Self
movieExpresso
2007 · The Vicar (as Sir Norman Wisdom)
tvBetween The Sheets
2003 · Maurice Hardy
movieThora Hird Tribute
2003 · Self
tvThe Last Detective
2003 · Lofty Brock
It's Only TV But I Like It
tvIt's Only TV But I Like It
1999 · Self
movieWhere on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
movieAn Audience with Bruce Forsyth
1997
Style Challenge
tvStyle Challenge
1996
Cue Here for Laughs with John Virgo
movieCue Here for Laughs with John Virgo
1994 · Self
movieDouble X: The Name of the Game
1992 · Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
tvCasualty
1986 · Mr. Cole
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
movieThe Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 · Self
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvBergerac
1981 · Vincent
movieGoing Gently
1981 · Bernard Flood
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · Self
movieTo See Such Fun
1977
tvA Little Bit of Wisdom
1974 · Norman Wisdom
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Bernard Flood
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
tvNobody Is Norman Wisdom
1973 · Nobody
tvLast of the Summer Wine
1973 · Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited), Billy Ingleton
Norman
tvNorman
1970
movieWhat's Good for the Goose
1969 · Timothy Bartlett
movieThe Night They Raided Minsky's
1968 · Chick Williams
movieAndrocles and the Lion
1967 · Androcles
moviePress for Time
1966 · Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister, Screenplay
movieThe Sandwich Man
1966 · Boxing Vicar
movieThe Early Bird
1965 · Norman Pitkin
movieA Stitch in Time
1963 · Norman Pitkin, Writer
movieOn the Beat
1962 · Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani, Screenplay
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
movieThe Girl on the Boat
1962 · Sam Marlowe
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieThe Bulldog Breed
1960 · Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle, Screenplay
movieThere Was a Crooked Man
1960 · Davy Cooper
movieFollow a Star
1959 · Norman Truscott, Screenplay
Look at Life: A Dog's Life
movieLook at Life: A Dog's Life
1959 · Self
movieThe Square Peg
1958 · Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber, Screenplay
movieJust My Luck
1957 · Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett
movieUp in the World
1956 · Norman
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee / Performer
movieMan of the Moment
1955 · Norman
tvThis Is Your Life
1955
movieAs Long as They're Happy
1955 · Norman
movieOne Good Turn
1955 · Norman
movieTrouble in Store
1953 · Norman
movieDate with a Dream
1948 · Shadow Boxer