Broadway Star and James Bond's Dr. No Joseph Wiseman Dies at 91

Stage and screen star Joesph Wiseman died yesterday of natural causes at the age of 91 in his Manhattan home.

With a seven decade career as an actor, Wiseman had roles in a wide variety of films and plays. Though best known for his role as Dr. No in the Sean Connery James Bond films, Wiseman was also a seventeen-time Broadway performer, whose credits include: Judgement at Nuremberg (2001); The Tenth Man (1989 - 1990); Enemies (1976); Zalman or the Madness of God (1972); In the Matter of Robert J. Oppenheimer (1969) for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance); Incident at Vichy (1964 - 1965); The Duchess of Malfi (1957); The Lark (1955-1956); Golden Bo (1952); That Lady (1949-1950); Detective Story (1949-1950); Antony and Cleopatra (1947 - 1948); Joan of Lorraine (1946-1947); The Barber Had Two Sons (1943); Candle in the Wind (1941-1942); Journey in Jerusalem (1940); Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938-1939).

In the meantime, Wiseman appeared on screen in very first James Bond film Dr. No, Viva Zapata! with Marlon Brando, The Night They Raided Minsky's, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and the TV series Crime Story and The Twilight Zone. Though his last film appearance was made in 1988, he continued his career on screen with guest spots on TV shows such as MacGyver, L.A. Law, and Law & Order. 

Following the death of Charles Gray on March 7, 2000, Wiseman was the last surviving main villain of the James Bond films that Sean Connery made for United Artists.

In addition to his daughter, Martha Graham, Wiseman is survived by a sister, Ruth Wiseman.