ACTOR

Norman Wisdom

1915 - 2010

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Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless character called Norman Pitkin. He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles following the release of Trouble in Store, his first film in a lead role. Wisdom gained celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania where his films were the only ones with Western actors permitted to be shown by dictator Enver Hoxha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Wisdom has received more than 1,807,962 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Wisdom is the 2,888th most popular actor (down from 2,347th in 2019), the 2,497th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,192nd in 2019) and the 346th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Norman Wisdoms by language

Over the past year Norman Wisdom has had the most page views in the with 199,742 views, followed by Persian (29,005), and Russian (12,561). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (104.40%), Czech (69.35%), and Luxembourgish (52.14%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Norman Wisdom ranks 2,888 out of 13,578. Before him are Dennis Franz, Johan Leysen, Maggie Q, Phil Hartman, Lea Padovani, and Yoko Shimada. After him are Ferdinand Raimund, L. Q. Jones, Yuri Lyubimov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Martha Hyer, and John Doman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Norman Wisdom ranks 133. Before him are M. F. Husain, John Tukey, Hans Christian Blech, Wilhelm Gliese, Zulfiya, and Taheyya Kariokka. After him are Kurt Aland, Amedeo Biavati, Karl Leisner, Henner Henkel, Vladimir Zeldin, and Saifuddin Azizi. Among people deceased in 2010, Norman Wisdom ranks 189. Before him are Sandro de América, Lena Horne, Corin Redgrave, Nicola Cabibbo, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, and Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. After him are Samuel T. Cohen, Luigi Poggi, Vitaly Sevastyanov, Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Frazetta, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Wisdom ranks 2,497 out of 8,785. Before him are Jane Morris (1839), Lindsay Duncan (1950), Samuel Clarke (1675), Gareth Southgate (1970), Martin Peters (1943), and André Waterkeyn (1917). After him are Edward Coke (1552), Ian Bannen (1928), Andy Murray (1987), Laurence Doherty (1875), Hugh Bonneville (1963), and James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Norman Wisdom ranks 346. Before him are Eric Porter (1928), Bernard Fox (1927), Corin Redgrave (1939), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Belinda Lee (1935), and Lindsay Duncan (1950). After him are Ian Bannen (1928), Hugh Bonneville (1963), Joanne Whalley (1961), Matt Smith (1982), Natalie Dormer (1982), and Vincent Regan (1965).

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Television and Movie Roles

On the Beat
Norman Pitkin
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause
Dec 11o 19627.7 / 10
A Stitch in Time
Norman Pitkin
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
Dec 1o 19637.6 / 10
The Early Bird
Norman Pitkin
Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues
Nov 30o 19657.5 / 10