Person
Joseph N. Welch
Acting · 1890–1960 · Primghar, Iowa, USA
Biography
Joseph Nye Welch (October 22, 1890 – October 6, 1960) was an American lawyer who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an investigation known as the Army–McCarthy hearings. His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he asked McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?", is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.
Known for
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Startime
Self – Host
Small World
Self
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self - Special Counsel for the Army (archive footage)
Anatomy of a Murder
Judge Harlan Weaver
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
Self – Host
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Judge Weaver (archive footage)
Point of Order!
Self
Ethel
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2024Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSelf - Special Counsel for the Army (archive footage)
- 2012EthelSelf (archive footage)
- 2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a FilmmakerJudge Weaver (archive footage)
- 1964Point of Order!Self
- 1960The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesSelf – Host
- 1959StartimeSelf – Host
- 1959Anatomy of a MurderJudge Harlan Weaver
- 1958Small WorldSelf
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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