Joseph McCarthy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1908
- Died
- May 2, 1957 (aged 48)
- Birthplace
- Grand Chute, Wisconsin, USA
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
The Lincoln Project
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Soul of America
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
McCarthy
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)
The Lavender Scare
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coup 53
Movie · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
RBG
Movie · as Self (archive footage), Self (uncredited)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Imminent Threat
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ethel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heir To An Execution
Movie · as Self - Senator
The Day After Trinity
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hearts and Minds
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Grierson
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin
Movie · as Archive Footage
Too Near the Sun
Movie · as self (archive footage)
Point of Order!
Movie · as Self