Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy...
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medium pace. The son of Sir Norman Wisdom, the comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, he was born in Edmonton, Middlesex. Wisdom made two first-class appearances...
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film features Norman Wisdom, William Katt, Gemma Craven, Simon Ward, Bernard Hill, & Chloë Annett Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten (Wisdom) masterminds...
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Norman is a British comedy television series which was originally broadcast on ITV in 1970. It starred Norman Wisdom as a man who quits his job with the...
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Abroad (1972) and Carry On Girls (1973). She also starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the film What's Good for the Goose (1969), and appeared with Vincent...
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starring Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Bryan Pringle, Richard Vernon, John Le Mesurier and Jerry Desmonde. It was the first Norman Wisdom film to be...
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Robert Ray Wisdom (born September 14, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in The Wire, Norman "Lechero" St...
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a 1966 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom. The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Norman Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel Yea Yea Yea...
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Television and starred Norman Wisdom. All 20 episodes are missing, and are believed to be lost. Norman Wisdom as Norman Neil McCarthy as Alec Potter Frances...
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27 December 2008. "Sir Norman's swansong is released". BBC News. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2008. "Sir Norman Wisdom Passes Away". BBC News...
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donates money for the charity. The next day Norman dreams he is back in hospital. Norman Wisdom as Norman Pitkin Edward Chapman as Mr Grimsdale Jeanette...
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with a ten-second talking role in the Norman Wisdom film On the Beat and in 1963 as a nurse in the Norman Wisdom film A Stitch in Time – both were uncredited...
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war comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom. Norman Wisdom plays two different characters: a man who digs and repairs roads...
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1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom. Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, cannot seem...
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He is perhaps best known for his work as a comedic foil in duos with Norman Wisdom and Sid Field. Jerry Desmonde was born James Robert Sadler in the Linthorpe...
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"Mr. William Grimsdale", the officious superior and comic foil to Norman Wisdom's character of Pitkin in many of his films from the late 1950s and 1960s...
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1953 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom in his cinema debut. The film also featured Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford...
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was an influence on future comedians—particularly Charlie Drake and Norman Wisdom—and, culturally, on entertainers such as the Beatles, who referred to...
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"Sir Norman Wisdom". Telegraph. London. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2010. "Norman Wisdom Mobbed...
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is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Stuart Burge and starring Norman Wisdom, Alfred Marks, Andrew Cruickshank, Reginald Beckwith and Susannah York...
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Wisdom of a Fool is a one-man play based on the early life and career of actor and comedian Norman Wisdom. The play premiered at The Capitol Theatre Horsham...
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voice of It-Psammead, Georgio Serafini, John Sessions, Kim Fenton, Norman Wisdom and Duncan Preston and Zak. The film premiered at the Toronto International...
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white comedy musical film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom. Norman Truscott works as a dry cleaner, but dreams of being a stage performer...
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(born 1946), Ever Decreasing Circles, Surgical Spirit Sir Norman Wisdom (1915–2010), Wit and Wisdom Victoria Wood (1953–2016), dinnerladies Mike Wozniak (born...
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His slapstick humour has led to comparisons with Norman Wisdom, though Evans does not regard Wisdom as an influence. In 1993, he won the Perrier Comedy...
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the Air (1952) with David Tomlinson, Trouble in Store (1953), with Norman Wisdom, The Runaway Bus (1954) with Frankie Howerd and An Alligator Named Daisy...
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noted guests on the programme included John Cleese, Ron Moody, Sir Norman Wisdom, Eric Sykes, Liz Fraser, Stanley Lebor, and Philip Jackson. Last of...
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Normandy Norman (2010 film), a 2010 drama film Norman (2016 film), a 2016 drama film Norman (TV series), a 1970 British sitcom starring Norman Wisdom The Normans...
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comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne and Raymond Huntley. Norman Pitkin works at Scotland Yard as a car cleaner...
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Boeing 737-400 owned by Cardiff Aviation and it is named after Sir Norman Wisdom, who was a popular actor for Albanians during the communist regime of...
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