Norman Wisdom
Birthday
1915/02/04
Day of death
2010/10/04 (95 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England
Also know as
Норман Уисдом
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 a...Read more
Acting
(1960) The Bulldog Breed
as Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
(1968) The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Chick Williams
(1969) What's Good for the Goose
as Timothy Bartlett
(1958) The Square Peg
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
(1963) A Stitch in Time
as Norman Pitkin
(1959) Follow a Star
as Norman Truscott
(1957) Just My Luck
as Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett
(1955) Man of the Moment
as Norman
(1962) On the Beat
as Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
(1955) One Good Turn
as Norman
(1966) Press for Time
as Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister
(1965) The Early Bird
as Norman Pitkin
(1953) Trouble in Store
as Norman
(1956) Up in the World
as Norman
(1962) The Girl on the Boat
as Sam Marlowe
(2010) Norman Wisdom: His Story
as Himself : Archive footage
(2008) Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
as Self
(1955) As Long as They're Happy
as Norman
(1992) Double X: The Name of the Game
as Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
(1997) An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
as ---
(1985) The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
(1981) Going Gently
as Bernard Flood
(1960) There Was a Crooked Man
as Davy Cooper
(1966) The Sandwich Man
as Boxing Vicar
(1967) Androcles and the Lion
as Androcles
(2011) The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
as Himself (archive footage)
(1998) Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
as ---
(1948) Date with a Dream
as Shadow Boxer
(2008) The Legend of Harrow Woods
as ---
(1977) To See Such Fun
as ---
(2008) The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
as Self
(1959) Look at Life: A Dog's Life
as Self
(2003) Thora Hird Tribute
as Self
(2025) Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
(1981) Bergerac
as Vincent
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1955) This Is Your Life
as ---
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(2003) Between The Sheets
as Maurice Hardy
(1973) Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
as Nobody
(1970) Norman
as ---
(2003) The Last Detective
as Lofty Brock
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Man Carrying Gnome (uncredited)
(1999) It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
(1974) Playhouse
as Bernard Flood
(1996) Style Challenge
as ---
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1986) Casualty
as Mr. Cole
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer
(1974) A Little Bit Of Wisdom
as Norman
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Billy Ingleton