Joseph Sweeney

Joseph Sweeney

Nacimiento : 1884-07-26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Muerte : 1963-11-25

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Joseph Sweeney (July 26, 1884 (other sources state 1882) – 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.

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Joseph Sweeney

Películas

Winter Dreams
Mr. Gordon
A successful young man announces his recent engagement, only to be forced to reconsider his future following the sudden reappearance of a girl he has loved for years.
12 hombres sin piedad
Juror 9
Tras escuchar todos los testimonios y valorar las pruebas presentadas, un jurado popular compuesto por doce hombres tiene que decidir, por unanimidad, si absuelve o condena a muerte a un joven acusado de haber matado a su padre. Al principio, once están completamente convencidos de su culpabilidad y se inclinan por la condena, pero el que discrepa empieza a plantear dudas razonables que, poco a poco, van resquebrajando la inicial seguridad de los demás. Alabadísimo debut cinematográfico de Sidney Lumet.
Llega un pistolero
Reverend
Un hombre pacífico y abstemio (Glenn Ford) es el propietario de un modesto almacén en un pequeño pueblo del Oeste. Aunque, por su carácter, casi todos lo admiran, el hecho de ir desarmado es para algunos motivo de desprecio. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Petrified Forest
Gramps
Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #9
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.
Historias de Filadelfia
Butler (uncredited)
Historias de Filadelfia es una comedia protagonizada por Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn y James Stewart. Tracy Lord (Katherine Hepburn) es idolatrada por todo el mundo y debe mantener a su siniestro ex-marido, un periodista alcohólico, y su futuro marido contentos.
Where's That Tiger?
Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals are practicing in the basement of a building owned by a nasty landlord. He has them arrested for disturbing the peace but Borrah and the Rascals serenade the judge and the charges are dismissed.