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