Joseph Sweeney
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday26 July 1884
Died25 November 1963 (age 79)
Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits14
Biography
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.
If You Knew Elizabeth
1957 · Mr Owen
12 Angry Men
1957 · Juror 9
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Reverend
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Edward M. Schultz
The Petrified Forest
1955 · Gramps
Twelve Angry Men
1954 · Juror #9
Outside the Wall
1950 · Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
Wesley
1949 · Grandpa
Studio One
1948 · Juror #9
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Mr Barger
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Butler (uncredited)
Soak the Rich
1936 · Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
Where's That Tiger?
1933 · Landlord(uncredited)
Sylvia on a Spree
1918 · Jack's Pal
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