Actor
Joseph Sweeney
Born July 26, 1884 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied November 25, 196311 films
Joseph Sweeney (July 26, 1884 – November 25, 1963) was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies. His most famous role was as the elderly Juror #9 in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men, the role he originated in a 1954 Westinghouse Studio One live teleplay of which the film was an adaptation.
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First watch12 Angry Men19578.6as Juror 9The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father.View filmEssential films
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11 films as actor- 1957If You Knew ElizabethMr Owen
- 195712 Angry MenJuror 9
- 1956The Fastest Gun AliveReverend
- 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitEdward M. Schultz
- 1955The Petrified ForestGramps
- 1954Twelve Angry MenJuror #9
- 1950Outside the WallPrison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
- 1940The Philadelphia StoryButler (uncredited)
- 1936Soak the RichCapt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
- 1933Where's That Tiger?Landlord(uncredited)
- 1918Sylvia on a SpreeJack's Pal