Wisdom later forged a career on Broadway in New York City alongside stars such as Mandy Patinkin, and as a television actor, winning critical acclaim for his dramatic role of a dying cancer patient in the television play Going Gently in 1981. He toured Australia and South Africa. After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, a hospice was named in his honour. In 1995, he was given the Freedom of the City of London and of Tirana. The same year, he was appointed OBE and was knighted five years later.
Wisdom later forged a career on Broadway in New York City alongside stars such as Mandy Patinkin and as a television actor winning critical acclaim for his dramatic role of a dying cancer patient in the television play Going Gently in 1981 He toured Australia and South Africa After the 1986 Chernobyl disaster a hospice was named in his honour In 1995 he was given the Freedom of the City of London and of Tirana The same year he was appointed OBE and was knighted five years later