| Norman Wisdom AKA Norman Pitkin
Born: 4-Feb-1915 Birthplace: London, England
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor, Musician Nationality: England Executive summary: The Great British Clown Military service: British Army (10th Royal Hussars, 1930); British Army (Royal Corps of Signals, WWII) Father: Frederick Wisdom (chauffer) Mother: Maud Targett (dressmaker) Brother: Fred (b. 1913) Wife: Freda Simpson (m. 1947, div. 1969, one son, one daughter) Son: Nicholas (b. 1953) Daughter: Jacqueline (b. 1954)
Knighthood 6-Jun-2000 Officer of the British Empire 1995 (Queen's Birthday Honours) British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement (1992)
Left at Orphanage Risk Factors: Pacemaker
TELEVISION Last of the Summer Wine Billy Ingleton (1995-2004)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Five Children and It (11-Sep-2004) The Night They Raided Minsky's (22-Dec-1968) The Early Bird (30-Nov-1965) The Bulldog Breed (13-Dec-1960) The Square Peg (1958) Trouble in Store (14-Dec-1953)
Official Website: http://www.normanwisdom.com/
Author of books:
Don't Laugh at Me: An Autobiography (1992, memoir, with William Hall) 'Cos I'm a Fool (1996, memoir, with Bernard Bale)
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.
Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile
Copyright ©2009 Soylent Communications
|