Joseph Sweeney
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
Outside the Wall
1950
Soak the Rich
1936
Sylvia on a Spree
1918
Where's That Tiger?
1933
Twelve Angry Men
1954
The Philadelphia Story
1940
12 Angry Men
1957
The Petrified Forest
1955
If You Knew Elizabeth
1957
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948