Joseph Sweeney
Actor
- Born
- July 26, 1884 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- November 25, 1963 (age 79)
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
12 Angry Men
April 10, 1957
The Philadelphia Story
December 5, 1940
The Fastest Gun Alive
July 12, 1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
April 12, 1956
Twelve Angry Men
September 20, 1954
Outside the Wall
February 8, 1950
The Petrified Forest
May 30, 1955
Soak the Rich
January 17, 1936
If You Knew Elizabeth
April 11, 1957
Acting11
- 1957If You Knew Elizabeth as Mr Owen
- 195712 Angry Men as Juror 9
- 1956The Fastest Gun Alive as Reverend
- 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Edward M. Schultz
- 1955The Petrified Forest as Gramps
- 1954Twelve Angry Men as Juror #9
- 1950Outside the Wall as Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
- 1940The Philadelphia Story as Butler (uncredited)
- 1936Soak the Rich as Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
- 1933Where's That Tiger?