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Actor

Joseph N. Welch

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7

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0.3

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Movies: 5Series: 2

TMDB ID: 6116909

Known for: Acting

Born: October 22, 1890

Died: October 6, 1960

Age: 69

Place of birth: Primghar, Iowa, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1948 - 2012

Years active: 65

Average TMDB rating: 7.23

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.