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Joseph Sweeney

Joseph Sweeney

Born: 1884-07-26 • 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.

Filmography
If You Knew Elizabeth poster
If You Knew Elizabeth
1957 • Mr Owen
12 Angry Men poster
12 Angry Men
1957 • Juror 9
The Fastest Gun Alive poster
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 • Reverend
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit poster
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 • Edward M. Schultz
The Petrified Forest poster
The Petrified Forest
1955 • Gramps
Twelve Angry Men poster
Twelve Angry Men
1954 • Juror #9
Outside the Wall poster
Outside the Wall
1950 • Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
The Philadelphia Story poster
The Philadelphia Story
1940 • Butler (uncredited)
Soak the Rich poster
Soak the Rich
1936 • Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
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Where's That Tiger?
1933 • Landlord(uncredited)
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Sylvia on a Spree
1918 • Jack's Pal