Joseph Wiseman(1918-2009)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Joseph Wiseman was born on May 15, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He
came to Broadway in the 1930s, where he was critically hailed for
performances in Shakespeare's "King Lear", Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" and
Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya". Motion pictures in which Wiseman has been seen
include Detective Story (1951), starring Kirk Douglas, Viva Zapata! (1952) with Marlon Brando, The Garment Jungle (1957),
The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), The Valachi Papers (1972) and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) which brought him back to his native
Canada for a co-starring role with Richard Dreyfuss.