Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/4/1915
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England
Also Known As
Норман Уисдом
Norman Wisdom
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"....
Known For
Going Gently
as Bernard Flood
The Early Bird
as Norman Pitkin
On the Beat
as Norman Pitkin / Giulio Napolitani
The Square Peg
as Private Norman Pitkin / General Otto Schreiber
A Stitch in Time
as Norman Pitkin
There Was a Crooked Man
as Davy Cooper
To See Such Fun
Unknown Role
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
Unknown Role
What's Good for the Goose
as Timothy Bartlett
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Arthur Clutton/Maurice Rigby
Up in the World
as Norman
Press for Time
as Norman Shields / Emily Shields / Wilfred, the Prime Minister
Androcles and the Lion
as Androcles
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Chick Williams
Follow a Star
as Norman Truscott
Trouble in Store
as Norman
One Good Turn
as Norman
Date with a Dream
as Shadow Boxer
The Sandwich Man
as Boxing Vicar
Just My Luck
as Norman Hackett / Mr. Hackett