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Joseph Sweeney

1884 - 1963

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Joseph Sweeney (July 26, 1884 – November 25, 1963) was an American actor who worked in stage productions, television and movies principally in the 1950s, often playing grandfatherly roles. His best-known role was as the elderly Juror #9 in the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men, the role he originated in a 1954 Westinghouse Studio One live teleplay of which the film was an adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Sweeney is the 2,567th most popular actor (up from 4,355th in 2019), the 4,468th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,384th in 2019) and the 1,245th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Joseph Sweeney ranks 2,567 out of 13,578. Before him are Stuart Whitman, Sanford Meisner, Robert Webber, Jamie Dornan, Leo McKern, and Ann E. Todd. After him are Nigel Hawthorne, Ji Chang-wook, Alice Brady, Park Hae-soo, David Leitch, and Marcel Bozzuffi.

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Among people born in 1884, Joseph Sweeney ranks 105. Before him are Ernest Payne, Hermann Boehm, York Bowen, Marcel Granet, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, and Ants Piip. After him are George David Birkhoff, Henri Queuille, Arnaud Denjoy, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Maciej Rataj, and Roy Chapman Andrews. Among people deceased in 1963, Joseph Sweeney ranks 93. Before him are Sophus Nielsen, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Marie Marvingt, André Maschinot, Shinobu Ishihara, and Adolphe Menjou. After him are Alan Gardiner, Rahul Sankrityayan, Elmore James, Maria Tănase, August Rei, and Karl Amadeus Hartmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Sweeney ranks 4,468 out of 20,380. Before him are Stuart Whitman (1928), Sanford Meisner (1905), Elmore Leonard (1925), Robert Webber (1924), Ann E. Todd (1931), and Halsey (1994). After him are Alice Brady (1892), David Leitch (1975), George David Birkhoff (1884), William P. Rogers (1913), Earl Warren (1891), and Howard Fast (1914).

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Among actors born in United States, Joseph Sweeney ranks 1,245. Before him are David Rasche (1944), Tim Kang (1973), Stuart Whitman (1928), Sanford Meisner (1905), Robert Webber (1924), and Ann E. Todd (1931). After him are Alice Brady (1892), David Leitch (1975), Jack Cassidy (1927), Laurie Metcalf (1955), Hope Lange (1933), and Joe Roberts (1871).

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