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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 4, 1915
Died
October 4, 2010
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England
Also Known As
- Норман Уисдом
Norman Wisdom
1.1 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
0.0
Himself (archive footage)
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011
6.5
Himself : Archive footage
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010
0.0
Self
Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
2008
2.1
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008
🎬
0.0
Self
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008
4.5
Maurice Hardy
Between The Sheets
2003
🎬
0.0
Self
Thora Hird Tribute
2003
7.7
Lofty Brock
The Last Detective
2003
🎬
6.0
Self
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
Credits
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
2025
8.0
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Norman Wisdom: His Story
as Himself : Archive footage
2010
6.5
Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
as Self
2008
0.0
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008
2.1
🎬
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
as Self
2008
0.0
Between The Sheets
as Maurice Hardy
2003
4.5
🎬
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self
2003
0.0
The Last Detective
as Lofty Brock
2003
7.7
🎬
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
1999
6.0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998
9.0
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
1997
0.0
🎬
Style Challenge
1996
0.0
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996
6.3
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
1992
5.0
Casualty
as Mr. Cole
1986
6.1
🎬
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
6.0
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Bergerac
as Vincent
1981
6.7
Going Gently
as Bernard Flood
1981
7.5
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
To See Such Fun
1977
0.0
A Little Bit Of Wisdom
as Norman
1974
0.0
Playhouse
as Bernard Flood
1974
7.0
🎬
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
as Nobody
1973
0.0
Last of the Summer Wine
as Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited)
1973
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
as Billy Ingleton
1973
7.1
🎬
Norman
1970
0.0
What's Good for the Goose
as Timothy Bartlett
1969
5.3
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Chick Williams
1968
5.5
Androcles and the Lion
as Androcles
1967
0.0
Press for Time
as Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister
1966
5.6
The Sandwich Man
as Boxing Vicar
1966
6.1
The Early Bird
as Norman Pitkin
1965
7.6
A Stitch in Time
as Norman Pitkin
1963
7.4
On the Beat
as Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
1962
7.7
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Girl on the Boat
as Sam Marlowe
1962
5.6
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Bulldog Breed
as Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
1960
5.7
There Was a Crooked Man
as Davy Cooper
1960
6.1
Follow a Star
as Norman Truscott
1959
6.1
🎬
Look at Life: A Dog's Life
as Self
1959
0.0
The Square Peg
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
1958
6.5
Just My Luck
as Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett
1957
6.0
Up in the World
as Norman
1956
6.3
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
5.9
Man of the Moment
as Norman
1955
6.5
This Is Your Life
1955
6.4
As Long as They're Happy
as Norman
1955
7.7
One Good Turn
as Norman
1955
6.1
Trouble in Store
as Norman
1953
6.1
Date with a Dream
as Shadow Boxer
1948
0.0