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Joseph Sweeney

Acting · Born July 26, 1884 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Movies with Joseph Sweeney

• 12 Angry Men (1957) — Juror 9
• The Philadelphia Story (1940) — Butler (uncredited)
• The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) — Reverend
• The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) — Edward M. Schultz
• If You Knew Elizabeth (1957) — Mr Owen
• Twelve Angry Men (1954) — Juror #9
• The Petrified Forest (1955) — Gramps
• Soak the Rich (1936) — Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
• Outside the Wall (1950) — Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)