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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1915-02-04
- event Death Date 2010-10-04
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.3
- info Birth Place Marylebone, London, England
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Norman Wisdom
5.8
The Bulldog Breed
1960-12-13
5.6
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968-12-22
6
What's Good for the Goose
1969-03-21
6.3
The Square Peg
1958-12-04
7.4
A Stitch in Time
1963-12-01
6.2
Follow a Star
1959-01-01
6
Just My Luck
1957-11-14
6.4
Man of the Moment
1955-01-01
7.7
On the Beat
1962-12-11
6.1
One Good Turn
1955-01-04
5.6
Press for Time
1966-01-01
7.6
The Early Bird
1965-11-30
6
Trouble in Store
1953-12-14
6.3
Up in the World
1956-12-06
5.6
The Girl on the Boat
1962-08-05
6.5
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010-10-14
0
Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
2008-04-28
7.7
As Long as They're Happy
1955-03-15
5
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992-06-05
0
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
1997-02-01
6
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985-01-01
5
Going Gently
1981-06-05
6.1
There Was a Crooked Man
1960-08-31
6.1
The Sandwich Man
1966-07-01
0
Androcles and the Lion
1967-11-15
0
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011-11-08
9
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998-01-01
0
Date With a Dream
1948-11-01
1.5
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008-02-12
0
To See Such Fun
1977-11-01
0
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008-01-16
6.4
Bergerac
1981-10-18
5.3
The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01
6.4
This Is Your Life
1955-07-29
6.3
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996-03-16
5.3
Between The Sheets
2003-11-17
0
Nobody Is Norman Wisdom
1973-06-26
0
Norman
1970-04-02
7.5
The Last Detective
2003-02-07
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04
6
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999-06-03
7
Playhouse
1974-03-13
0
Style Challenge
1996-09-02
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
5.9
Casualty
1986-09-06
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
0
A Little Bit Of Wisdom
1974-04-09
4.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
1973-01-04