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Norman Wisdom
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Like many comedians, Norman Wisdom's early life was anything but amusing. Abandoned by his father following his mother's death, the man born Norman Pitkin was raised in an orphanage, before running away at the age of 14 to become a ship's cabin boy. Yes, Norman Wisdom had it tough, but "The Gump" sidestepped adversity to become the most popular comic performer in the country.
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Trying to change his life by joining the navy, Norman Wisdom is chosen to be the first test subject for a planned rocket launch. The Cockney comic has to go through all sorts of tests, and people begin to wonder if he has the "right stuff" for the job. With Ian Hunter, David Lodge. 89 min.
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Norman Wisdom takes on the Swingin' '60s in this racy slapstick tale. He plays a staid bank manager who meets a pair of fun-loving hippie girls while on a business trip and tries "turning on" to their carefree lifestyle, leaving his wife and marriage in the dust. Sally Geeson and Sarah Atkinson co-star; directed by the great Menahem Golan. AKA: "Girl Trouble." 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
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Zany British jokester Norman Wisdom takes charge of his aunt's cottage during the summer months in the roaring '20s. He decides to invite a group of friends to the place, and the get-together leads to a series of hilarious comic situations. Millicent Martin and Ronald Fraser ... star in this adaptation of the P.G. Wodehouse novel. 91 min.
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Norman Wisdom was born in London on 4 February 1915. His mother left the family when he was a boy, and his alcoholic father abandoned him soon after that. He spent a period sleeping rough, and at age 14 decided to become a cabin boy on a coal ship. This meant walking all the way from London to Cardiff - a journey that took three weeks. Working on the ship was a turning point, though, and gave him stability after years of hardship.
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Norman Wisdom was born in February 1915 into a family that fell apart when he was nine. His father was violent and abusive and when his mother left in 1924, Norman and his brother were left in charge of the family but after being thrown out of their home, were placed into care. His father remarried but Norman was never accepted back into his life and at the age of thirteen, Norman and a friend walked from London to Cardiff to get a job down the mines. From then until joining the army a year later, Norman Wisdom worked in a variety of jobs including stints as a waiter, an errand boy and a cabin-boy but with the army he started his life as an entertainer, learning to dance, play a variety of instruments and develop the physical comedy with which he would later become famous.
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