Norman Wisdom
English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Lived 1915 to 2010 · aged 95
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom was an English actor, comedian, musician, and singer best known for his series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966, in which he portrayed the endearingly inept character Norman Pitkin.
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Something wrong?A life in dates
Norman Wisdom: His StoryFilm, 2010Himself : Archive footage2007
ExpressoFilm, The Vicar (as Sir Norman Wisdom)2003
Between The SheetsSeries, Maurice Hardy
Thora Hird TributeFilm, 20032000Knight BachelorAward1999It's Only TV But I Like ItSeries1995Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1994Cue Here for Laughs with John VirgoFilm1986
CasualtySeries, Mr. Cole1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary StudioFilm1982
WoganSeries1978
An Audience with...Series1977
To See Such FunFilm1974
A Little Bit of WisdomSeries, Norman Wisdom1970NormanSeries1968
The Night They Raided Minsky'sFilm, Chick Williams1966
Press for TimeFilm, Writer1963
A Stitch in TimeFilm, Writer1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1959
Follow a StarFilm, Writer1957
Just My LuckFilm, Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett1956
Tony AwardsSeries1955
This Is Your LifeSeries
As Long As They're HappyFilm, 1955Norman1948
Date with a DreamFilm, Shadow Boxer1915Born4 February 1915People around Norman
- John Paddy Carstairs Directed Trouble in Store and One Good Turn
Robert Asher Directed The Bulldog Breed and On the Beat- Jack Davies Wrote The Square Peg and The Bulldog Breed
- Jerry Desmonde Also in Follow a Star and The Early Bird
Edward Chapman Also in The Square Peg and Just My Luck- Peter Jones Also in The Bulldog Breed and A Stitch in Time
- Terence Alexander Also in The Square Peg and The Bulldog Breed
John Bryan Produced There Was a Crooked Man (1960)- Cyril Chamberlain Also in Trouble in Store and Man of the Moment
Frank Williams Also in The Square Peg and The Bulldog Breed
Hattie Jacques Also in As Long As They're Happy (1955)- Michael Brennan Also in Trouble in Store and Up in the World
Ronnie Stevens Also in As Long As They're Happy and On the Beat- Sydney Tafler Also in Follow a Star and The Bulldog Breed
- Robert Hartford-Davis Produced Press for Time (1966)
Penny Morrell Also in The Bulldog Breed and A Stitch in Time
Glyn Houston Also in There Was a Crooked Man (1960)- Michael Balfour Also in One Good Turn and Press for Time
Earl St. John Produced A Stitch in Time (1963)
Margaret Rutherford Also in Trouble in Store and Just My Luck
William Friedkin Directed The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Jeannie Carson Also in Date with a Dream (1948)- Mike Vickers Wrote Press for Time and The Sandwich Man
- Ted Willis Wrote Trouble in Store and One Good Turn
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About this person
He rose to prominence with his first leading film role in Trouble in Store (1953), which earned him the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.
