Norman Wisdom

Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom OBE[1] (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English comedian, singer, songwriter, actor and musician.

Sir Norman Wisdom

OBE
Sir Norman, Peel, Isle of Man (2005)
Born4 February 1915
Marylebone, London,
England
Died4 October 2010 (aged 95)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, Comedian, Musician, Singer-songwriter
Years active1948–2005, 2007–2008, 2010
Spouse(s)Doreen Brett
(m. 1941-1946, divorced)
Freda Simpson
(m. 1947–1968, divorced)
AwardsBAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Film
1954 Trouble in Store
London Film Critics Circle - Special Achievement Award
1996 for services to comedy

Filmography
  • A Date with a Dream (1948)
  • Wit and Wisdom (1948–1950, TV)
  • Trouble in Store (1953)
  • One Good Turn (1954)
  • As Long as They're Happy (1955)
  • Man of the Moment (1955)
  • Up in the World (1956)
  • Just My Luck (1957)
  • The Square Peg (1958)
  • Follow a Star (1959)
  • There Was a Crooked Man (1960)
  • The Bulldog Breed (1960)
  • On the Beat (1962)
  • The Girl on the Boat (1962)
  • A Stitch in Time (1963)
  • The Early Bird (1965)
  • The Sandwich Man (1966)
  • Press for Time (1966)
  • Androcles and the Lion (1967, TV)
  • The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
  • What's Good for the Goose (1969)
  • Norman (1970, TV)
  • Music Hall (1970, TV)
  • Nobody Is Norman Wisdom (1973, TV)
  • A Little Bit of Wisdom (1974, TV)
  • BBC Playhouse: "Going Gently" (1981, TV)
  • Bergerac: "Almost Like a Holiday" (1983, TV)
  • The 1950s: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988, TV)
  • Double X: The Name of the Game (Double X, Run Rabbit Run) (1992)
  • Last of the Summer Wine episode "The Man Who Nearly Knew Pavarotti" (1995, TV)
  • Last of the Summer Wine episode "Extra, Extra!" (1996, TV)
  • Where on Earth Is ... Katy Manning (1998, TV)
  • Casualty episode "She Loved the Rain" (1998, TV)
  • Last of the Summer Wine episode "The Coming of the Beast" (2001, TV)
  • Last of the Summer Wine episode "A Musical Passing for a Miserable Muscroft" (2002, TV)
  • Dalziel and Pascoe episode "Mens Sana" (2002, TV)
  • Coronation Street (2004, TV)
  • Five Children and It (2004) Played Nesbitt.
  • Last of the Summer Wine episode "Variations on a Theme of the Widow Winstanley" (2004, TV)
  • Expresso (2007) [www.expressofilm.com]
  • Evil Calls: The Raven (2008)
  • Wonderland: The Secret Life Of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 and 3/4 (2008, TV)

CDs and vinyl
  • I Would Like to Put on Record
  • Jingle Jangle
  • The Very Best of Norman Wisdom
  • Androcles and the Lion
  • Where's Charley?
  • Wisdom of a Fool
  • Nobody's Fool
  • Follow a Star
  • 1957 Original Chart Hits
  • Follow a Star/Give Me a Night in June
  • Happy Ending/The Wisdom Of A Fool
  • Big in Albania - One Hit Wonderland

References
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
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