Actor

Joseph Sweeney

Birthday: July 26, 1884

Born in: 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.

Movie Credits

If You Knew Elizabeth (1957) as Mr Owen
Age: 72
12 Angry Men (1957) as Juror 9
Age: 72
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) as Reverend
Age: 71
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) as Edward M. Schultz
Age: 71
The Petrified Forest (1955) as Gramps
Age: 70
Twelve Angry Men (1954) as Juror #9
Age: 70
Outside the Wall (1950) as Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
Age: 65
The Philadelphia Story (1940) as Butler (uncredited)
Age: 56
Soak the Rich (1936) as Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
Age: 51
Where's That Tiger? (1933) as Landlord(uncredited)
Age: 48
Sylvia on a Spree (1918) as Jack's Pal
Age: 34