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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.
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1957
If You Knew Elizabeth
Movie Mr Owen
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1957
12 Angry Men
Movie Juror 9
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1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
Movie Reverend
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1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Movie Edward M. Schultz
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1955
The Petrified Forest
Movie Gramps
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1954
Twelve Angry Men
Movie Juror #9
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1950
Outside the Wall
Movie Prison Hospital Inmate (uncredited)
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1949
Wesley
TV show Grandpa
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1948
Studio One
TV show Juror #9
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1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV show Mr Barger
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1940
The Philadelphia Story
Movie Butler (uncredited)
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1936
Soak the Rich
Movie Capt. Pettijohn, 1st Detective
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1933
Where's That Tiger?
Movie Landlord(uncredited)
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1918
Sylvia on a Spree
Movie Jack's Pal