Cast
Norman Wisdom
Acting
Cast
Norman Wisdom
Known for
Acting
Born
1915-02-04
From
Marylebone, London, England
Died
2010-10-04
Also known 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 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.
★7.5
MOVIE1981
Going Gently
as Bernard Flood
MOVIE2007
Expresso
as The Vicar (as Sir Norman Wisdom)
★6.2
MOVIE1955
One Good Turn
as Norman
★6.0
MOVIE1962
The Girl on the Boat
as Sam Marlowe
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE1967
Androcles and the Lion
as Androcles
★2.1
MOVIE2008
The Legend of Harrow Woods
as Winston
★6.5
MOVIE1966
The Sandwich Man
as Boxing Vicar
★6.5
MOVIE2010
Norman Wisdom: His Story
as Himself : Archive footage
★7.6
MOVIE1965
The Early Bird
as Norman Pitkin
★6.0
MOVIE1960
The Bulldog Breed
as Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
MOVIE1994
Cue Here for Laughs with John Virgo
as Self
MOVIE2003
Thora Hird Tribute
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1958
The Square Peg
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
★6.6
MOVIE1960
There Was a Crooked Man
as Davy Cooper
★5.7
MOVIE1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Chick Williams
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Date with a Dream
as Shadow Boxer
★5.9
MOVIE1966
Press for Time
as Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister
★7.5
MOVIE1955
As Long as They're Happy
as Norman
★7.7
MOVIE1962
On the Beat
as Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
★5.8
MOVIE1969
What's Good for the Goose
as Timothy Bartlett
★8.5
MOVIE1998
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
★8.0
MOVIE1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1963
A Stitch in Time
as Norman Pitkin
★6.1
MOVIE1953
Trouble in Store
as Norman
★5.4
MOVIE1992
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Follow a Star
as Norman Truscott
★10.0
MOVIE1997
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
★6.4
MOVIE1956
Up in the World
as Norman
★10.0
MOVIE1977
To See Such Fun
MOVIE2011
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
as Himself (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1955
Man of the Moment
as Norman
MOVIE2008
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1957
Just My Luck
as Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett
MOVIE1959
Look at Life: A Dog's Life
as Self
MOVIE2008
Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
as Self