About
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...
Known for
CasualtySeries • 1986
Last of the Summer WineSeries • 1973
BergeracSeries • 1981
PlayhouseSeries • 1974
Dalziel and PascoeSeries • 1996
This Is Your LifeSeries • 1955
Five Children and ItMovie • 2004
The Square PegMovie • 1958
On the BeatMovie • 1962
The Early BirdMovie • 1965
Trouble in StoreMovie • 1953
The Night They Raided Minsky'sMovie • 1968
A Stitch in TimeMovie • 1963