Joseph Wiseman

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Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian American theatre and film actor best known for his role as Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No in 1962.

Manny Weisbord on the television show Crime Story and his time on Broadway were also known for his work as Wiseman.

He was once known as "the spookiest actor in the American theater."

Early life

Louis and Pearl Rubin, an Orthodox Jewish couple, was born in Montreal, Canada, and Jedy and Pearl Rubin (née Ruchwarger). Wiseman was raised in New York City, USA. He began working in summer stock and became a professional, which offended his parents.

Wiseman, a student at John Adams High School in Queens, New York, (graduated June 1935), as did his Dr. No co-star Jack Lord.

Personal life and death

In New York on August 25, 1943, Wiseman married Nell Kinard, but they divorced in Durham, NC, on May 15, 1964. Pearl Lang, a ballet instructor and choreographer, was married to dancer, instructor, and choreographer from 1964 to her death in February 2009. Wiseman died on October 19, 2009, at his Manhattan home, at the age of 91, after being in declining health for some time. Martha Graham Wiseman's daughter, Martha Graham Wiseman, and his sister, Ruth Wiseman, are all survivors.

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Career

Wiseman made his Broadway debut in 1938, playing a small part in Robert E. Sherwood's Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Among the many productions he appeared in live theatre, were the title role in In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer on Broadway in 1968, and the role of Father Massieu in the original Broadway production of Joan of Lorraine, the Maxwell Anderson play which eventually became the film Joan of Arc.

Wiseman appeared in several films in the 1950s. He made his first major film appearance in 1951's Detective Story, where he recreated his performance from Broadway as an unstable small-time hood. Soon after, he played Marlon Brando's archenemy in Viva Zapata! (1952). Wiseman's role as the titular Dr. No in the first James Bond film by Eon Productions was a decision of producer Harry Saltzman, who cast Wiseman in the role in December 1961. It was Wiseman's performance in Detective Story that gained him the part. (Later in his life, he viewed the film with disdain, and preferred to be remembered for his theater career.)

In 1967, he was cast as Billy Minsky's father in The Night They Raided Minsky's; later he appeared opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in The Betsy (1978). Wiseman had roles in a wide variety of other films: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Seize the Day, Bye Bye Braverman. He had guest-starring and cameo roles in TV series including The Westerner, The Streets of San Francisco, The Untouchables, Crime Story, The Twilight Zone ("One More Pallbearer"), Magnum, P.I., Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Night Gallery. His last film was released in 1988, though he appeared in TV shows such as MacGyver, L.A. Law, and Law & Order after that time. Wiseman's last appearance on television was the supporting role of Seymour Bergreen on a 1996 episode of Law & Order titled "Family Business". His last Broadway appearance was in Judgment at Nuremberg in 2001.

Following the death of Charles Gray in 2000, Wiseman was the last surviving main villain of the James Bond films which Sean Connery made for United Artists.

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