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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 4,355th most popular actor, the 6,384th most popular biography from United States and the 1,952nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Joseph Sweeney ranks 4,355 out of 13,578. Before him are Louis Calhern, Corbin Bleu, Carole Laure, Thelma Todd, Steven Culp, and Bernadette Peters. After him are Rutanya Alda, Peter Facinelli, Maurice Costello, John Ratzenberger, La Jana, and Tom Wopat.

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Among people born in 1884, Joseph Sweeney ranks 177. Before him are John Hutchinson, York Bowen, Ali Aaltonen, Nora Barnacle, Rodney Heath, and Otto Froitzheim. After him are Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Harry Ferguson, Har Dayal, Kurt Behrens, Axel Norling, and Georges Pitoëff. Among people deceased in 1963, Joseph Sweeney ranks 155. Before him are Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, Jens Hundseid, August Jakobson, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Carl Skottsberg, and Henri Masson. After him are Learco Guerra, Vasyl Barvinsky, Medgar Evers, Frans Blom, István Somodi, and Hugh O'Flaherty.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Sweeney ranks 6,384 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Sargent (1925), Robert Ryman (1930), Jane Colden (1724), Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), and Bernadette Peters (1948). After him are Jerrie Cobb (1931), Theodore Robinson (1852), Patricia Bath (1942), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), Victor J. Stenger (1935), and Peter Facinelli (1973).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joseph Sweeney ranks 1,952. Before him are Melinda Dillon (1939), Louis Calhern (1895), Corbin Bleu (1989), Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), and Bernadette Peters (1948). After him are Peter Facinelli (1973), Maurice Costello (1877), John Ratzenberger (1947), Tom Wopat (1951), Eriq La Salle (1962), and Mädchen Amick (1970).

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