Joseph Sweeney

Joseph Sweeney

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

Morte : 1963-11-25

História

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.

Perfil

Joseph Sweeney

Filmes

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 Homens e Uma Sentença
Juror 9
Um jovem porto-riquenho é acusado do brutal crime de ter matado o próprio pai. Quando ele vai a julgamento, doze jurados se reúnem para decidir a sentença, levando em conta que o réu deve ser considerado inocente até que se prove o contrário. Onze dos jurados têm plena certeza de que ele é culpado, e votam pela condenação, mas um jurado acha que é melhor investigar mais para que a sentença seja correta. Para isso ele terá que enfrentar diferentes interpretações dos fatos, e a má vontade dos outros jurados, que só querem ir logo para suas casas.
Gatilho Relâmpago
Reverend
Aposentado como o atirador mais rápido do oeste, George Temple agora busca um pouco de paz ao lado de sua esposa Dora. No entanto, um dia ele bebe além da conta e acaba exibindo suas surpreendentes habilidades no gatilho. Preocupado com a possibilidade de ser desafiado para um duelo, George resolve sair da cidade com Dora. Os cidadãos locais prometem manter segredo, mas um garoto o entrega a uma gangue de criminosos e monta o cerco para, talvez, seu mais importante confronto.
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.
Casamento escandaloso
Butler (uncredited)
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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.