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Norman Wisdom
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English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter
OverviewAI-generated
Norman Wisdom was a British comedian, screenwriter, musician, and singer-songwriter. Born in Marylebone in 1915, he began his work period in 1948. He served in the British Army and participated in World War II. His musical career involved recording for EMI and Philips Records, with works including *Lucky Little Devil!*, *Walking Happy*, and *Don't Laugh at Me*. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Wisdom received the honors of Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Knight Bachelor. He died of a myocardial infarction in 2010 on the Isle of Man under natural causes. His works are described on MUBI, and he is associated with genres such as oldies, pop, and jazz.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Firecrawl, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Lucky Little Devil!
- Lucky Little Devil
- Walking happy
- Norman Wisdom Presents
- Don't Laugh at Me
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Marylebone, London, England
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,…
Known for
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Unforgettable Norman Wisdom — Himself (archive footage)2011
- Norman Wisdom: His Story — Himself : Archive footage2010
- Norman Wisdom: Trouble On Tour — Self2008
- The Legend of Harrow Woods — Winston2008
- The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾ — Self2008
- Expresso — The Vicar (as Sir Norman Wisdom)2007
- Thora Hird Tribute — Self2003
- Between The Sheets — Maurice Hardy2003
- The Last Detective — Lofty Brock2003
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1915
- Active to
- 2010
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,746
- Total plays
- 30,992
Tags
Norman Wisdom (born February 4, 1915 - died October 4, 2010) has become the great British clown very much in the mould of Charles Chaplin with his "little man" in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap. His character is "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 father disowned him. He joined the army where he discovered that his performing ability was appreciated. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/No
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
· 2000 · cited 23,019x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,616x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,809x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
via Crossref · CC0
Described at
Norman Wisdom – Movies, Bio and Lists on MUBI
Norman Wisdom – Movies, Bio and Lists on MUBI
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Place of death
- Isle of Man
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Philips Records
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Norman Wisdom Peel IoM 2005 -CCR27366-.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1915-02-04
- date of death
- 2010-10-04
- Commons category
- Norman Wisdom
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described at URL
- mubi.com/en/cast/norman-wisdom
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0