Joseph Sweeney
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Joseph Sweeney was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies principally in the 1950s, often playing grandfatherly roles.
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12 Angry Men
The Philadelphia Story
The Fastest Gun Alive
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Twelve Angry Men
Outside the Wall
The Petrified Forest
Soak the Rich
If You Knew ElizabethSylvia on a Spree
Where's That Tiger?
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The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio OneWesley
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About this person
Joseph Sweeney was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies principally in the 1950s, often playing grandfatherly roles. His best-known role was as the elderly Juror #9 in the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men, the role he originated in a 1954 Westinghouse Studio One live teleplay of which the film was an adaptation.
Country
United StatesCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1884 to 1963 · aged 79
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