Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 14, 1908
Place of Birth:
Grand Chute, Wisconsin, USA
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Joseph McCarthy
Biography
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in the United States in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread communist subversion. He alleged that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, universities, film industry, and elsewhere. Ultimately he was censured by the Senate in 1954 for refusing to cooperate with and abusing members of the committee established to investigate whether or not he should be censured. The term "McCarthyism", coined in 1950 in reference to McCarthy's practices, was soon applied to similar anti-communist activities. Today the term is used more broadly to mean demagogic, reckless, and unsubstantiated accusations, as well as public attacks on the character or patriotism of political opponents.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | |
| 2020 | The Soul of America | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | McCarthy | Self - (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Lavender Scare | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Coup 53 | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| 2018 | RBG | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | RBG | Self (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America | Self (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Imminent Threat | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Ethel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer | Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1981 | The Day After Trinity | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Hearts and Minds | Self (archive footage) |
| 1971 | USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin | Archive Footage |
| 1969 | The Two Kennedys | Self (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Point of Order! | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Lincoln Project | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Greatest Events of World War II in Colour | Self (archive footage) |