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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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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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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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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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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film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom. The screenplay was written by Eddie Leslie and Wisdom, based on the 1963 novel Yea Yea Yea, by...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Expresso (film) (section Norman Wisdom)
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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John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson and Jerry Desmonde. It was produced by Rank. Norman is given a job as a window cleaner...
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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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is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Henry Kaplan and starring Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin and Richard Briers. It is based on the 1922 novel...
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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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film features Norman Wisdom, William Katt, Gemma Craven, Simon Ward, Bernard Hill, & Chloë Annett Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten (Wisdom) masterminds...
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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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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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married to Box), and directed by Gerald Thomas (brother of Ralph). The Norman Wisdom comedies, the last of which was released in 1966, were also filmed at...
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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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Westinghouse Studio One There Was a Crooked Man (1960 film), featuring Norman Wisdom There Was a Crooked Man... (1970 film) a western film starring Kirk...
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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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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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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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