Actor Joseph Wiseman, Who Played Dr. No Has Died

Actor Joseph Wiseman, Who Played Dr. No Has Died

One of the most notorious and memorable villains to go down in cinematic history has to be the sinister Dr. No, from the James Bond film of the same name. The actor Joseph Wiseman, who portrayed the character has unfortunately died at the age of 91. The sad news was confirmed by his daughter Martha who officially broke the story to the NYTimes and the LATimes. She explained that her father’s health had been declining for the past few years.

Even though Wiseman was best known for going toe to toe with Sean Connery’s 007, he was a refined stage actor at heart. Before even appearing as Dr. No, he had several credible Broadway performances under his belt including, Detective Story and Viva Zapata! In a 1992 interview, he revealed that he had no idea how big the Bond film series would become.

“I had no idea it would achieve the success it did. As far as I was concerned, I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery.”

More than likely, Wiseman will go down in history mostly noted for his role as the Bond villain, a fact that his daughter says frustrated him.



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but this is an exception...

The power of his unseen face and presence in the first apart of the film and his extraordinarily understated performance once introduced was incredible. The four early Bond films were, IMO, the best action/drama/political films of any era.

Understating a sinister character is not that easy to do, and he was superb at it.

RIP, Joseph. You will live on forever to challenge 007.