1915-02-04 ( 110 years old ) in Marylebone, London, England
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Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) 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.
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Movies
The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom
2011-11-08
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010-10-14
Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour
2008-04-28
The Legend of Harrow Woods
2008-02-12
The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾
2008-01-16
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998-01-01
An Audience with Bruce Forsyth
1997-02-01
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992-06-05
Going Gently
1981-06-05
To See Such Fun
1977-11-01
What's Good for the Goose
1969-03-21
The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968-12-22
Androcles and the Lion
1967-11-15
The Sandwich Man
1966-07-01
Press for Time
1966-01-01
The Early Bird
1965-11-30
A Stitch in Time
1963-12-01
On the Beat
1962-12-11
The Girl on the Boat
1962-08-05
The Bulldog Breed
1960-12-13
There Was a Crooked Man
1960-08-31
Follow a Star
1959-01-01
The Square Peg
1958-12-04
Just My Luck
1957-11-14
Up in the World
1956-12-06
As Long as They're Happy
1955-03-15
One Good Turn
1955-01-04
Man of the Moment
1955-01-01
Trouble in Store
1953-12-14
Date With a Dream
1948-11-01
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