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Joseph Wiseman

1918 - 2009

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Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian-American theatre, film, and television actor. He starred as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Wiseman has received more than 1,000,991 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Joseph Wiseman is the 1,671st most popular actor (down from 1,425th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 107th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joseph Wiseman ranks 1,671 out of 13,578. Before him are Thelma Ritter, Elizabeth McGovern, Eileen Atkins, Sam Waterston, Lee Young-ae, and Sebastian Koch. After him are Zhang Ziyi, Martin Lawrence, Richard Bohringer, Estelle Getty, Greer Garson, and Machiko Kyō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Joseph Wiseman ranks 105. Before him are Lo Wei, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Massimo Girotti, Kazu Naoki, Bebo Valdés, and Ian Stevenson. After him are Aldo van Eyck, Borys Paton, Arthur Chung, George Lincoln Rockwell, Helmut Lent, and Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. Among people deceased in 2009, Joseph Wiseman ranks 102. Before him are Samak Sundaravej, Yegor Gaidar, Susanna Agnelli, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Félix Malloum, and Al Martino. After him are Marilyn Chambers, Andrew Wyeth, Inger Christensen, Bea Arthur, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, and Yves Rocher.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joseph Wiseman ranks 133 out of 1,622. Before him are John Stanley Plaskett (1865), William Osler (1849), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Gordie Howe (1928), Arthur Hiller (1923), and Ian Stevenson (1918). After him are Katheryn Winnick (1977), Louis Riel (1844), Rocky Johnson (1944), Gil Evans (1912), Eugene Levy (1946), and Tom Cavanagh (1963).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Joseph Wiseman ranks 40. Before him are Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), Eric McCormack (1963), Lorne Greene (1915), and Evangeline Lilly (1979). After him are Katheryn Winnick (1977), Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), Peter Cullen (1941), Raymond Burr (1917), and William B. Davis (1938).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dr. No
Dr. No
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Oct 7th 19627 / 10
Viva Zapata!
Fernando
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Feb 7th 19526.9 / 10
The Unforgiven
Abe Kelsey
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.
Apr 6th 19606.3 / 10