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	Norman Wisdom Biography
		Wisdom’s mother left home when he was nine, and he and his brother were left in the charge of a father.
		Wisdom ran away from home when he was 11, but returned to become an errand boy with a grocery store on leaving school at 13.
		Wisdom clung to fl and white film as long as he dared, and the eventual switch to colour in 1965 only proved how right he'd been.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /actors/w/005.html (297 words)

	Norman Wisdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Norman Wisdom, OBE (born 4 February 1915) is an English comedian, singer and actor.
		Norman Wisdom was born in the London district of Marylebone to Frederick and Maude Wisdom.
		Wisdom’s mother left when he was nine, and he and his brother were left in the charge of their father.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norman_Wisdom (1131 words)

	NORMAN WISDOM MOVIES
		Norman Wisdom's first film features the clumsy Cockney comic as a lowly employee at a huge department store with dreams of becoming a window dresser.
		Slapstick maven Norman Wisdom is smitten with a nice girl who lives nearby, but he tries to impress her by heading to the local bookie to place a bet.
		Norman Wisdom is a tailor with a nice voice hired to do the crooning for a has-been singer.
	www.britcoms.com /video/wisdom.html (778 words)

	The Biography Channel - Norman Wisdom Biography
		Wisdom was born in humble circumstances and had a tough childhood, until he joined the army at the age of fourteen, as a bandsman with the 100th Hussars.
		Wisdom's comedy films were so low budget that they appeared to have been filmed in someone's basement, but each one of them made a fortune.
		Like Jerry Lewis, Wisdom would punctuate his slapstick set pieces with excessive doses of pathos (frequently screaming and crying in his efforts to pluck your heartstrings), and also like Lewis, Wisdom was reliant upon a tall straight man, the sober-sided Jerry Desmonde.
	www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/373:0/Norman_Wisdom.htm (339 words)

	The Norman Wisdom Public Noticeboard
		Norman thank you for bringing joy not to my life but to the millions of others that have watched your films through the years, your movies have and will always be timeless classics.
		Wisdom is very respected in Southport for all the support he gave to a blind school, which unfortunately could not stay open.
		Norman is very supportive over Sylvia and he is fine, his health is good, his secretary/pa/cleaner/shopper/ she does it all and she`s good, Norman told me she treats him like a King and at 88 he deserves it.
	www.normanwisdom.co.uk /noticeboard2003.html (7741 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Sir Norman Wisdom: Clown Prince of Albania
		As the 86 year-old comic Sir Norman Wisdom is once again greeted by vast crowds in Albania, Andrew Walker of the BBC's News Profiles Unit examines the enduring magic of one of Britain's greatest clowns.
		Sir Norman Wisdom's triumphant return to Tirana, capital of Europe's poorest country, is testament to the continuing popularity of his work.
		Wisdom wowed Broadway in the 1960s and, to the delight of the normally hard-bitten stateside critics, was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Night They Raided Minsky's, a spirited evocation of the glory days of American burlesque theatre.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1251406.stm (777 words)

	Norman Wisdom News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The operation to fit Mr Wisdom's pacemaker took an hour Comedian Norman Wisdom is recovering well at his Isle of Man home after undergoing heart surgery.
		Sir Norman Wisdom will reopen the Hampshire museum on Tuesday A comic and a prince are in Hampshire on Tuesday to reopen one of Britain's most historic cavalry regiment museums.
		Wisdom in Legal Battle Comic actor Norman Wisdom is facing a legal battle with his former assistant.
	www.topix.net /who/norman-wisdom (458 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Timothy Bartlett (Norman Wisdom) is in a career and romance rut, working a dull banking job and being ignored by his busy wife Margaret (Sally Bazely).
		Norman Wisdom is a well-known and loved cult film icon in Albania and was the only Western actor whose films were allowed in the country during the Communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha.
		Norman Wisdom was born in the London district of Marylebone to Frederick and Maude Wisdom.
	www.lycos.com /info/norman-wisdom.html (515 words)

	The Norman Wisdom Public Noticeboard
		Dear Sir Norman Wisdom, I might say I was in love with you, your hero,your clothes,your childish and clever behaviour,your ego, your...
		Norman, you have always beed my Idol however the past two years bedridden, I'm now on the improve and enjoying a good laugh again since my hubby suprised me with four of your moveis.
		Norman, you have made me laugh till it hurt for just so many years and way back when I was a child back in Cheshire.
	www.normanwisdom.co.uk /noticeboard.html (2514 words)

	DVD Times - Pitkin: The life and films of Norman Wisdom
		Norman Wisdom stuck to fl and white for as long as possible but eventually moved across to filming in colour in 1966 for The Early Bird but by then the public had tired of his comedy and the film offers soon stopped coming.
		Hoxha, however, decreed that the films of Norman Wisdom were the type of films that woud best entertain his people as well as providing them with a socialist parable on the plight of the proletariat and their fight against the aristocracy.
		In Hoxha's view, Norman Pitkin was a representative of the workers, struggling against capitalism, which was embodied by the characters played by Jerry Desmonde and Edward Chapman including the pompous Mr Grimsdale.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=291 (1440 words)

	Guardian \| Norman Wisdom
		Entertainment legend Sir Norman Wisdom is to retire when he reaches his 90th birthday.
		Sir Norman Wisdom, who has announced his plans to retire from showbusiness when he reaches the age of 90 in February, has made a glittering career out of playing the fool.
		Before he began his career as an entertainer, Sir Norman worked as a coalminer, a waiter and a pageboy, learning how to box during a spell as a cabin boy on a boat bound for Argentina.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5038028-103700,00.html (452 words)

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		Sir Norman is a showbusiness legend and is perhaps best known for his roles as the slapstick comedian, Norman Pitkin, in films such as ‘Trouble in Store’ and ‘A Stitch in Time’.
		During his career spanning well over half-a-century, Norman Wisdom has won praise from audiences and critics alike and is a national comedy hero both home and abroad.
		Norman finds it difficult to get on with both staff and employers but within the staff there is a member of the gang plotting the kidnap of poor Reginald.
	www.lycos.com /info/norman-wisdom--sir-norman-wisdom.html (410 words)

	Norman Wisdom On The Beat - Jennifer Jayne, Raymond Huntley - 1962
		Norman Pitkin's ambition is to be a policeman.
		Norman wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a policeman, but being decidedly on the short side, has to settle for washing police cars.
		Wisdom film-regular David Lodge, previously seen co-starring in The Bulldog Breed (1960) is also on hand, though otherwise the supporting cast is less stellar than before.
	www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/957 (580 words)

	Norman Wisdom : Comedian Profile
		Sir Norman Wisdom is an English comedian, singer and actor.
		Wisdom is a supporter and a former board member of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C..
		Wisdom was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999.
	www.comedy-zone.net /standup/comedian/w/wisdom-norman.htm (380 words)

	NORMAN WISDOM MEETS LAUREL & HARDY
		Checking the cash in his pocket, Norman was all for abandoning the cab upon realising that the fare exceeded his resources.
		Thus it was, upon his finally arriving, that Norman had to rush inside Stan's appartment and borrow the excess.
		Norman was in appearing as 'Buttons' in the pantomime Cinderella, at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, but somehow managed to get down to London for the reception.
	members.aol.com /Lahbritishtours/saysir.html (1141 words)

	Norman Wisdom
		In it he played Norman Pitkin the enthusiastic imbecile in the too-tight suit and his screen persona was set for all time.
		He was a huge star but, despite the annual Wisdom being one of Rank's few guaranteed hits, the films declined in quality.
		Wisdom still crops up occasionally in guest roles on telly, notably in Last of the Summer Wine, and he's more welcome now than he's been in a long time since age has softened his nervous twitching.
	www.britishpictures.com /stars/Wisdom.htm (495 words)

	Norman Wisdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A late, postwar addition to the music hall tradition he enjoyed phenomenal success in variety and TV in the early 1950s after which he was taken up by Britain's largest film distributor, and enjoyed one of the longest unbroken runs of cinema success ever recorded by a British comic.
		Born in Paddington on the 4th February 1915 his mother went to live with another man when he was just nine, leaving him and his brother Fred with their father who was drunk and violent and soon abandoned them.
		Norman Wisdom appeared in his first Royal Variety Show in 1955 and has performed in nine others as well as entertaining the Royal family at Windsor on several occasions.
	www.nmhvfestival.co.uk /normanwisdom.html (879 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Sir Norman takes final stage bow
		Sir Norman gave his final bow to a packed house at the Theatre Royal, Norwich, on Sunday night.
		The show sold out after Sir Norman announced earlier this week it would be his last stage appearance before retiring when he turns 90 in February.
		He gave the audience a snapshot of his life, telling how he was sent to foster parents in Deal, Kent, aged nine, and how he discovered his comic talent while performing a comedy boxing routine in an army gym.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/3751896.stm (405 words)

	Norman Wisdom
		Despite the rigorous control and censorship placed on the Albanian media during the Hoxha regime, little Norman Wisdom was able to sneak through and entertain with his own unique humour.
		In November 1994, he was able to speak to Norman's agent and arranged a meeting to discuss the possibility of visiting Albania.
		The arrival of Norman on Thursday 22nd January was reminiscent to sketches in his early film career.
	www.geocities.com /spiritofalbania/pitkin.htm (734 words)

	Norman Wisdom CDs, Norman Wisdom Records, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl, Albums, Discography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		NORMAN WISDOM Autographed Publicity Photograph (Superb 10" x 8" fl & white publicity photograph featuring Norman in an army cap carrying Christmas presents that has been clearly AUTOGRAPHED & dedicated 'To Graham Norman Wisdom' in fl marker pen.
		NORMAN WISDOM Autographed Photograph (Superb 10" x 8" fl & white publicity photograph featuring Norman in an attractive nurse's uniform (!) that has been clearly AUTOGRAPHED & dedicated 'To Graham Norman Wisdom' in fl marker pen.
		NORMAN WISDOM Autographed Photograph (Nice 10" x 8" full colour full length publicity photograph of Norman in a suit that has been clearly AUTOGRAPHED in fl marker pen 'Best Wishes Norman Wisdom'.
	eil.com /shop/artistlist.asp?artistname=norman-wisdom (459 words)

	Summer Wine - The News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sir Norman Wisdom is a special favourite of mine - it is an honour to be introducing this piece.
		NORMAN - Well, it's about a chap who's a bit of a nutcase and an idiot, but reckons he can play the piano and wants to become world famous.
		NORMAN - You're leading me on to swank, but I've still got the all-time record for 'bums on seats' at the London Palladium.
	www.area5.co.uk /summer-wine/normanwisdom.htm (1143 words)

	Norman Wisdom
		Sir Norman Wisdom (born February 4, 1915, other dates reported) is an English comedian, singer and actor.
		He created a accident prone 'gump' or fool character called Pitkin, who appeared in several films, most notably, The Early Bird, His famous cry as Pitkin was, "Mr Grimsdale!
		UK chart singles - Don't Laugh At Me (Cause I'm A Fool) (1954): The Wisdom Of A Fool (1957).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/no/Norman_Wisdom.html (65 words)

	Norman Wisdom's Biography : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wisdom created one of the most enduring characters in screen comedy, the dishevelled, put-upon underdog in ill-fitting suit and tuned-up cap, struggling against the world and his own clumsiness.
		Wisdom's career waned with the demise of fl and white film..
		The Norman Wisdom Collection containing the 12 films Trouble in Store, Up in the World, The Square Peg, Follow a Star, On The Beat, Man of the Moment, The Bulldog Breed, One Good Turn, A Stitch in Time, Just My Luck, The Early Bird, Press for Time.
	www.chortle.co.uk /comics/n/368/norman_wisdom (1142 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Norman Wisdom Collection [1953]: DVD: Norman Wisdom,David Lodge,Leslie Phillips,Joan Rice,Margaret ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		norman wisdom/pitkin/shields...whichever character he is playing, norman has kept me in stitches for as long as i can remember.
		Norman has got it all and anyone who see's this genious working just has to admire his honesty in his work.
		When I think of how easy it is now for actors to make it to the top, I think of how hard it was for Norman Wisdom trudging the streets looking for work and having to prove himself with the rest of the up and coming stars of his younger days.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Norman-Wisdom-Collection/dp/B00008YNFN (911 words)

	24. Norman Wisdom - DeathList Forum
		Just wondering if Norman Wisdom has been considered.
		I've got Norman on a personal Deathlist this year but by the look of it the cheeky blighter is still more likely to be calling for Mr Grimshaw rather than Mr Grim-Reaper......
		I see Norman out quite a bit and he's very sprightly for his age.
	www.deathlist.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=962 (520 words)

	Trouble In Store / Up In The World - Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Moira Lister, Derek Bond - 1953
		Norman Wisdom comedies all run to the same formula in different settings.
		Happily Norman's wooing of the usual attractive lady is limited to one brief song.
		All of Norman Wisdoms movies, shows, etc. are brilliant and this is one of my favourites and one of his first movies.
	www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/890 (477 words)

	Reel Streets: norman wisdom in straight role
		Confusingly there's a credit attributing the singing of the theme to Norman himself, but that version is at the end of the film.
		Simply, Norman plays a somewhat timid banker who has a fairly hum drum life, married with children.
		I don't suppose it will hold any interest to anybody anymore apart from the odd Norman Wisdom devotee in Albani (where I believe he was big!) and I can't say I've seen it in thirty years.
	www.reelstreets.com /2005/08/norman-wisdom-in-straight-role.html (663 words)

	My Turn -- Norman Wisdom
		Norman Wisdom's early years could easily have come straight from the pages of a Dickens novel.
		Left by their frightened mother and ill-treated by a brutal father, Norman and his brother were forced to fend for themselves, sleeping rough in London and stealing food to survive.
		From the days working the seasons at Scarborough, to the unforgettable and endearing character Norman Pitkin, the little man in a tight fitting suit, read of his rapid climb up the showbiz ladder.
	www.audible.com /adbl/store/CJProduct.jsp?productID=BK_RHUK_000025 (170 words)

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