Norman Wisdom

Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom OBE (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)
Born	4 February 1915 Marylebone, London, England
Died	4 October 2010 (aged 95)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor, Comedian, Musician, Singer-songwriter
Years active	1948–2005, 2007–2008, 2010
Spouse(s)	Doreen Brett (m. 1941-1946, divorced) Freda Simpson (m. 1947–1968, divorced)
Awards	BAFTA 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

Norman Wisdom Media

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  Norman Wisdom demonstrating a typical expression (1965)