Joseph Sweeney

Actor

Born: July 26, 1884
Died: November 25, 1963 (age 79)
From: 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 (11)

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