- He had mixed feelings about his role as the title character in James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962). He preferred to be remembered for his theater career. However, he was proud to be the first of the many actors who have played a main James Bond villain.
- The first actor to play the main villain in an EON Production James Bond film.
- Started his acting career in summer stock as a teenager and made his Broadway debut in 1938 playing a bit part in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois".
- He was awarded the 1968-1969 New York Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for the play, "In The Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer" on Broadway in New York City.
- Due to their similar dramatic voices, it's sometimes stated in sources that Wiseman (albeit uncredited) did the voice of Blofeld in Opération Tonnerre (1965). However, production notes confirm that it was Eric Pohlmann reprising his voice role from Bons Baisers de Russie (1963).
- One daughter, Martha Graham Wiseman, with Nell Kinard.
- Survived by his daughter and his sister, Ruth Wiseman.
- He was awarded the 1992 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Unfinished Stories" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- Graduated John Adams High School, Queens, New York, in June 1935. His James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962) co-star Jack Lord (as John Joseph Patrick Ryan) graduated John Adams High School, Queens, New York, in June 1938.
- Although he played Anthony Holland's father in Bye Bye Braverman (1968), he was only ten years his senior in real life.
- He and actor Roger De Koven both appeared in the same two Broadway plays about "Joan of Arc" - Maxwell Anderson's "Joan of Lorraine" and Jean Anouilh's "The Lark" - but neither actor played the same role in the two plays.
- Brother of Ruth Wiseman.
- Father of Martha Graham Wiseman.
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