Joseph McCarthy
Born: 1908-11-14 in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1957-05-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- The Lincoln Project as Self (archive footage)
2021
- The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
2020
- The Soul of America as Self (archive footage)
- McCarthy as Self - (archive footage)
2019
- Greatest Events of World War II in Colour as Self (archive footage)
- Where's My Roy Cohn? as Self (archive footage)
- Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn as Self (archive footage)
- Coup 53 as Self - Politician (archive footage)
- The Lavender Scare as Self (archive footage)
2018
- RBG as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America as Self (uncredited)
2015
- Imminent Threat as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Ethel as Self (archive footage)
2008
- The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Good Night, and Good Luck. as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
- Heir To An Execution as Self - Senator
1981
- The Day After Trinity as Self (archive footage)
1975
- McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter as Self (archive footage)
1974
- Hearts and Minds as Self (archive footage)
1973
- Grierson as Self (archive footage)
1971
- USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin as Archive Footage
1964
- Point of Order! as Self