Joseph Wiseman

Deceased · Born: May 15, 1918 · Died: Oct 19, 2009

Personal Details

Born May 15, 1918 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Spouse

Pearl Lang
( Dec 31, 1969 to Feb 24, 2009 )
Nell Kinard
( Aug 28, 1943 to May 7, 2024 )

Biography

Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian theater and film actor, best known for starring as the titular antagonist of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, as well as his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theater". Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Wiseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

1988

Lady Mobster as Victor Castle

MacGyver as Joe Catano

1987

Crime Story as Manny Weisbord

1986

Seize the Day as Dr. Adler

1985

The Equalizer as Eddie Vanessi

1984

The A-Team as Zeke Westerland

1983

Rage of Angels as Antonio Granelli

1982

1981

Masada as Jerahmeel

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Draco

Jaguar Lives! as Ben Ashir

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Carl Morphus

1978

The Betsy as Jake Weinstein

1977

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love as Narrator (voice) - English version

1975

Zalmen: or, the Madness of God

Zalmen: or, the Madness of God as Rabbi

Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear as Colonel Haki

1974

Men of the Dragon

Men of the Dragon as Balashev

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz as Uncle Benjy

1973

The Wide World of Mystery

The Wide World of Mystery as Mr. Silverado

1972

Pursuit as Dr. Nordman

The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers as Salvatore Maranzano

1970

Night Gallery as Jacob Bauman (segment "Room with a View")

1969

Stiletto as Emilio Matteo

1968

The Night They Raided Minsky's

The Night They Raided Minsky's as Louis Minsky

Bye Bye Braverman

Bye Bye Braverman as Felix Ottensteen

The Counterfeit Killer

The Counterfeit Killer as Rajeski

1967

The Outsider as Ernest Grimes

1962

Dr. No as Dr. No

1961

The Happy Thieves

The Happy Thieves as Jean Marie Calbert

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1960

The Unforgiven as Abe Kelsey

The Westerner as 'Serafin'

1957

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle as George Kovan

1955

The Prodigal as Carmish

1954

The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice as Mijamin

1953

Champ for a Day

Champ for a Day as Dominic Guido

1952

Viva Zapata! as Fernando

Les Miserables as Genflou

1951

Detective Story

Detective Story as Charley Gennini

1950

With These Hands

With These Hands as Mike Deleo

appearances

1965

The Incredible World of James Bond

The Incredible World of James Bond