Personal info
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7/26/1884
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 11/25/1963 (aged 79)
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Joe Sweeney
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.
12 titles

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

Twelve Angry Men
1954
Juror #9

Outside the Wall
1950
Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)

Studio One
1948TV
Juror #9

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Mr Barger

The Petrified Forest
1955
Gramps
Wesley
1949TV
Grandpa

Soak the Rich
1936
Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective

If You Knew Elizabeth
1957
Mr Owen


