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Joseph Nye Welch 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 famously asked McCarthy "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.
Birth Name
Joseph Nye Welch
Born
Wednesday, 22 October 1890
Died
Thursday, 06 October 1960
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy | Self - U.S. Army Chief Counsel | 2023 |
| Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn | Self | 2020 |
| Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self | 2019 |
| Ethel | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Moyers & Company | Self | 2012 |
| Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech | Self | 2009 |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. | Self | 2005 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' | 1991 |
| Point of Order! | Self | 1964 |
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | Self - Host / Self (Host) / Self - Narrator / Self - -Host | 1960 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy | Self - U.S. Army Chief Counsel | 2023 |
| Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn | Self | 2020 |
| Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self | 2019 |
| Ethel | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Moyers & Company | Self | 2012 |
| Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech | Self | 2009 |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. | Self | 2005 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Anatomy of a Murder' | 1991 |
| Point of Order! | Self | 1964 |
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | Self - Host / Self (Host) / Self - Narrator / Self - -Host | 1960 |
| Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Moscow | Self | 1959 |
| Startime | Self - Host | 1959 |
| Anatomy of a Murder | Judge Weaver | 1959 |
| Small World | Self - Boston Attorney | 1958 |
| Omnibus | Self - Presenter (segment) / Self - Commentator (segment "The Trial of Lizzie Borden") / Self - Lawyer (segment "Boyhoods - Joseph N. Welch") / Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter (segment "One Nation") / Self - Presenter (segment "With Liberty and Justice for All") | 1952 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Self - Guest Host | 1947 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1960 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
