Joseph McCarthy

    Joseph McCarthy

    Acting

    November 14, 1908
    Died May 2, 1957 (48 years old)
    Grand Chute, Wisconsin, USA

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    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, unive...

    Known For

    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    Self - U.S. Senator, Wisconsin (archive footage)

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

    Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

    Self (archive footage)

    The Lincoln Project

    The Lincoln Project

    Self (archive footage)

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    Self (archive footage)

    RBG

    RBG

    Self (archive footage)

    RBG

    RBG

    Self (uncredited)

    Grierson

    Grierson

    Self (archive footage)

    Filmography

    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

    2024

    as Self - U.S. Senator, Wisconsin (archive footage)

    7.9
    The Lincoln Project

    The Lincoln Project

    2022

    as Self (archive footage)

    4
    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    2021

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.7
    The Soul of America

    The Soul of America

    2020

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.3
    McCarthy

    McCarthy

    2020

    as Self - (archive footage)

    8
    The Lavender Scare

    The Lavender Scare

    2019

    as Self (archive footage)

    5.6
    Where's My Roy Cohn?

    Where's My Roy Cohn?

    2019

    as Self (archive footage)

    5.6
    Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

    Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

    2019

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.1
    Coup 53

    Coup 53

    2019

    as Self - Politician (archive footage)

    8
    Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

    Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

    2019

    as Self (archive footage)

    8
    RBG

    RBG

    2018

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.5
    RBG

    RBG

    2018

    as Self (uncredited)

    7.5
    Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

    Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

    2017

    as Self (uncredited)

    6
    Imminent Threat

    Imminent Threat

    2015

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.7
    Ethel

    Ethel

    2012

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.9
    The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    2008

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.2
    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    2005

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    7.1
    Heir To An Execution

    Heir To An Execution

    2004

    as Self - Senator

    7
    The Day After Trinity

    The Day After Trinity

    1980

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.6

    McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter

    1975

    as Self (archive footage)

    7
    Hearts and Minds

    Hearts and Minds

    1974

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.6
    Grierson

    Grierson

    1973

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.3
    USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin

    USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin

    1971

    as Archive Footage

    8
    Too Near the Sun

    Too Near the Sun

    1966

    as self (archive footage)

    7
    Point of Order!

    Point of Order!

    1964

    as Self

    6.4