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Norman Wisdom. Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, [1] OBE [2] (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless character called Norman Pitkin. [3] He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading ...
Norman Wisdom. Actor: A Stitch in Time. Sir Norman Wisdom has become the great British clown in the mold of Sir Charles Chaplin with his little man in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap. His character is an everyman, much put upon but struggling through to a (usually) happy ending. He was brought up in an orphanage after his mother died and his ...
- February 4, 1915
- October 4, 2010
Norman Wisdom, actor and comedian: born 4 February 1915; married 1939 Doreen Brett (marriage dissolved), 1947 Freda Simpson (marriage dissolved, died 1992; one son, one daughter); OBE 1995, Kt ...
Norman Wisdom, born in Marylebone, London on the 4th February 1915 had a hard childhood and often attributed his salvation to the British Army. After being a coal miner, waiter and a cabin boy he enlisted as a drummer in the King's Own Royal Regiment where he gained an education, learnt to ride and became the flyweight boxing champion of the British Army. During WWII he took part in a charity ...
Robert Ray Wisdom is an American actor, best known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in the HBO drama series The Wire, Norman "Lechero" St. John in the Fox drama series Prison Break, and Harold Conway in the 2021 Hulu comedy film Vacation Friends. Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C., to Jamaican parents. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and economics. He ...
Norman Wisdom. Actor: A Stitch in Time. Sir Norman Wisdom has become the great British clown in the mold of Sir Charles Chaplin with his little man in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap. His character is an everyman, much put upon but struggling through to a (usually) happy ending. He was brought up in an orphanage after his mother died and his ...
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Norman Wisdom was an English actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian. He is best remembered for his lead role in the film ‘Trouble in Store’ for which he earned a BAFTA Award. He was also popular in Iran, South America, and many Eastern Bloc countries where he was the only one western actor whose films were permitted to be shown.
