Norman Wisdom
Known for
Acting
Born
February 4, 1915
Birthplace
Marylebone, London, England
Died
October 4, 2010 (aged 95)
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...
Best known work
Five Children and It
2004
Casualty
1986
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
A Stitch in Time
1963
The Early Bird
1965
The Square Peg
1958
On the Beat
1962
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968
Trouble in Store
1953Filmography
2025
Innes Lloyd: The Produceras Self (archive footage)
2011
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdomas Himself (archive footage)
2010
Norman Wisdom: His Storyas Himself : Archive footage
2008
2008
The Legend of Harrow Woodsas Winston
2008
2007
Expressoas The Vicar (as Sir Norman Wisdom)
2004
2003
2003
Thora Hird Tributeas Self
2003
1999
1998
1997
1996
1996
1994
1992
Double X: The Name of the Gameas Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
1986
1985
1982
1981
1981
Going Gentlyas Bernard Flood
1978
1978