Joseph Wiseman

Joseph Wiseman

Nascimento : 1918-05-15, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Morte : 2009-10-19

História

Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian theater and film actor, best known for starring as the titular antagonist of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, as well as his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theater". Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Wiseman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman

Filmes

James Bond e seus Melhores Momentos
Dr. No (archive footage) (uncredited)
Um documentário sobre os 10 mais eletrizantes momentos da franquia James Bond 007 em seus 40 anos de história. Nesta obra, estão os mais desafiantes momentos do agente, seus sinistros vilões e maravilhosas mulheres. Há também entrevistas com elenco e críticos, lembrando seus momentos favoritos. Apresentação de Roger Moore.
Lady Mobster
Victor Castle
Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather's staunchest defender.
Seize the Day
Dr. Adler
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward spiral, he must, in addition, face the father who never really understood him, while trying to balance his newly precarious existence.
Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
Narrator
This 1986 film chronicles the rise and fall of the summer pilgrimage from New York City to the Catskills once made by 1 million people a year from the 1920s to the 1960s.
The Ghost Writer
Judge Wapter
Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E. I. Lonoff. Also staying is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past.
Rage of Angels
Antonio Granelli
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost disbarred but fights back to become a top attorney, torn between two lovers: Morell and a married lawyer with political aspirations.
Jaguar Lives!
Ben Ashir
The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
Buck Rogers no Século XXV
Draco
No ano de 1987, a espaçonave Ranger 3 comandada pelo Capitão William “Buck” Rogers é lançada pela NASA para cumprir uma missão de cinco meses ao redor do sistema solar. A espaçonave é congelada depois de enfrentar forças desconhecidas e permanece em uma órbita estacionária durante mais de 500 anos. Sem envelhecer pelo estado de animação suspensa, o Capitão Rogers é despertado em 2491 pelas forças armadas do mundo da Draconia. A Terra que Buck Rogers encontra está completamente destruída por causa do holocausto nuclear do século XXI…
The Betsy
Jake Weinstein
Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his mistress.
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Narrator (voice) - English version
For over three-quarters of a century, Russian-born Marc Chagall set new standards for modern art with his colorful, heartfelt paintings, murals and stained glass works. In rare filmed interviews and looks at his creations Chagall's devotion to his Jewish heritage and his love of humanity is shown.
Murder at the World Series
Sam Druckman
A disturbed young man threatens violence at the World Series after failing to make the Houston Astros.
Jornada do Pavor
Colonel Haki
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.
Zalmen, or, The Madness of God
Rabbi
This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely angry about the repression of Jews in the Soviet Union.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Uncle Benjy
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
Men of the Dragon
Balashev
Two men and a woman, all friends and martial arts experts, visit Hong Kong, where they grew up. When the woman disappears, the men find out that she has been kidnapped by white slavers, and find themselves battling a gang of kung-fu killers in an attempt to rescue their friend.
Nightside
Grudin
The story of three people - a press agent, a private detective and a nightclub owner - whose careers require them to spend most of the night awake and on the prowl. In the pilot episode, Carmine manages to rescue Smitty's night club from being demolition and manages to resurrect a fading star's acting career.
The Suicide Club
Mr. Silverado
A young gambler seeking greater challenges joins a card club where the members literally gamble for their lives.
Perseguição Sem Trégua
Dr. Nordman
O que começa como uma investigação de rotina rapidamente se transforma em uma corrida emocionante para salvar milhões da morte certa neste thriller tenso e emocionante. Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) "faz uma impressionante estreia na direção" (The Hollywood Reporter) neste jogo mortal de gato e rato em que as apostas não poderiam ser maiores! Quando o agente do governo Steven Graves (Ben Gazzara) investiga o extremista político James Wright (E.G. Marshall), ele descobre uma conspiração diabólica para explodir gás letal em San Diego durante a Convenção Republicana. O que é pior, um hacker de computador (Martin Sheen) forneceu a Wright um perfil psicológico para ajudá-lo a enganar Graves. Como Wright engenhosamente ilude Graves, Graves pode encontrar uma maneira de detê-lo antes que o pesadelo final comece?
Os Segredos da Cosa Nostra
Salvatore Maranzano
Um membro da máfia Americana, Joseph Valachi cumpre pena de prisão e aceita ser testemunha especializada num importante julgamento de mafiosos filmado para a TV. Perante as câmaras, desvenda a história da sua vida: desde a sua infância aos primeiros encontros com membros veteranos da máfia, culminando com o seu casamento com a filha do próprio padrinho assassinado. Quando Joe Valachi vê a sua cabeça a prémio posta por Don Vito Genovese, não lhe restam senão medidas desesperadas para se proteger enquanto está na prisão. Uma tentativa mal sucedida de lhe cortarem a garganta coloca-o à beira de quebrar o código de silêncio.
Mato em Nome da Lei
Lucas
Um homem da lei de Bannock chega no sábado para prender todos os pecuaristas cuja celebração selvagem no ano anterior resultou na morte acidental de um homem velho. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
The Mask of Sheba
Fandil Bondalok
Intrigue, romance, and the customary angry natives are the major elements in this tale of a hunt for a priceless gold mask in the jungles of Ethiopia.
Stiletto
Emilio Matteo
A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don't like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won't be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.
Quando o Striptease Começou
Louis Minsky
A jovem Rachel sai de sua comunidade Amish e vai morar em Nova York para se tornar uma dançarina. Mas quando ela se envolve com o cômico Raymond, seu caminho muda de rumo e acidentalmente inventam o strip-tease.
The Counterfeit Killer
Rajeski
A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.
Bye Bye Braverman
Felix Ottensteen
One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez, who is more flirtatious than grieving, Morroe joins up with three other writer friends, Barnet, Felix, and Holly to attend funeral services. However, the quartet faces numerous obstacles that could keep them from paying their respects.
The Outsider
Ernest Grimes
Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect in an attractive woman's death. This NBC TV movie served as a pilot for the later series.
007: Contra o Satânico Dr. No
Dr. No
James Bond (Sean Connery) investiga o desaparecimento de um agente britânico. Em meio às suas investigações ele descobre o esconderijo do Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman), um gênio louco que pretende desviar o rumo dos foguetes americanos.
O Sétimo Mandamento
Jean Marie Calbert
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
O Passado Não Perdoa
Abe Kelsey
Um estranho Faroeste sobre intolerância racial. Os índios afirmam que Rachel, a filha adotiva de Zachary, é uma Kiowa raptada em um ataque. A disputa faz os outros brancos virarem as costas para o Zacharys quando a verdade é revelada pela mãe. Cash, o irmão impetuoso, reage violentamente ao saber que sua "irmã" é uma Pele Vermelha. Ele deixa a família, mas retorna para ajudá-los a lutar contra um ataque de índios durante o qual Rachel mata seu irmão Kiowa, escolhendo assim um lado de uma vez por todas.
The Garment Jungle
George Kovan
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
Three Brave Men
Jim Barron
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
O Filho Pródigo
Carmish
70 A.C. Micah (Edmund Purdom), o filho de Eli (Walter Hampden), fica tão obcecado por Samarra (Lana Turner), uma sacerdotisa pagã, que pega parte da fortuna de seu pai e vai atrás dela, que foi para Damasco. Apesar de desejar muito Samarra ele se recusa a fazer qualquer oferenda aos deuses que ela adora, pois Micah jurou ser fiel apenas para Jeová. Mas Samarra planeja seduzir Micah e fazê-lo abandonar sua fé.
The Silver Chalice
Mijamin
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Champ for a Day
Dominic Guido
An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favored Frankie Sebastian. George arrives but his manager Dolan is nowhere to be found. But Ma and Pa Karlsen, owners of Karlsen's Kozy Kottages motel and restaurant take him under their wing. He meets Miss Gormley who is also there to meet the no-show manager who is blackmailing her brother. Dolan still hasn't arrived by the date of the fight but, to the surprise of sports-promoters Tom Healy and Dominic Guido, George shows up and wins the fight. This wins him the friendship of trainer Al Muntz and the enmity of Willie Foltis, a punchy ex-fighter and a Healy henchman. This leads George to a fight with "Soldier" Freeman, whose manager Scotty Cameron has made arrangements for the favored-Freeman to take a dive, so he and Healy and Guido can clean up betting on the underdog. But Honest George has other plans.
O Implacável
Genflou
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert, a pursuit that consumes both men's lives for many years.
Viva Zapata
Fernanfo
Em 1909, no México, um grupo de lavradores vai até o presidente, afirmando que suas terras foram roubadas, e um deles deixa claro que o governo não pretende fazer nada por eles. Este lavrador acaba se tornando um guerrilheiro, que por vários anos teve importância política na vida do país.
Chaga de Fogo
Charley Gennini
Conta a história de um dia na vida de várias pessoas que passam por um esquadrão de detetives da polícia. Um policial amargurado, Det. Jim McLeod (Douglas) lidera uma série de personagens em sua sombria batalha diária com a baixa qualidade da cidade. Os personagens que passam pela delegacia ao longo do dia incluem um jovem trapaceiro, um par de ladrões e um ingênuo ladrão de lojas.
With These Hands
Mike Deleo
Produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film used actors to recreate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compare working conditions of the early 20th century to that of the 1950s.