Joseph Wiseman: 'Dr. No' Actor Dies at 91

by Jordan Yerman | October 21, 2009 at 10:25 am

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Joseph Wiseman, the actor who created the archetypal Bond Villain with Dr. No, has died at age 91. The Canadian-born Joseph Wiseman was known thereafter for his work in the seminal Sean Connery 007 movie, though he was an accomplished Broadway stage actor.

Check street cred: Joseph Wiseman appeared in Buck Rogers, The A-Team, Magnum P.I., and MacGyver!

(Joseph Wiseman's filmography)

A precise and intense actor, Wiseman created the template for all future James Bond nemeses with his performance in 1962's 'Dr. No,' the titular Chinese villain. Though Wiseman's Dr. No was megalomaniacal and bent on world domination, he was also cool, genteel, refined and quietly ruthless. Oh yes, and freakishly scarred -- in this case, by a nuclear accident that forced him to wear prosthetic metal claws for hands.