Joseph Wiseman: Actor of stage and screen who played the title role in the 1962 James Bond movie...

EVERETT COLLECTION/REX FEATURES An air ofmenace: Wiseman (left) as Dr. No, alongside Sean Connery and Ursula Andress The Canadian actor Joseph Wiseman had a long career in which he gave distinguished performances on stage, screen and television, with particular success in roles of deception or villainy. With his gaunt demeanour, narrow eyes and thin lips, he conveyed an air of menace with an unsettling instability, and was rarely to be trusted. In his first screen role, in Detective Story (1951), he repeated the role he had created on stage on Broadway, that of a highly-strung "four-time loser" being held in a police station but watching for the first opportunity to break free. But he will be remembered best for his portrayal of the title character in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No (1962). He was not the first choice for... [read full story]                    

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