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Joseph N. Welch

Joseph N. Welch

Actor · 1890 – 1960 · Primghar, Iowa, USA

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.

Movies5

  • Movie7.8

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959 · 1.2K votes

  • Movie7.1

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    2005 · 1.2K votes

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  • Movie6.9

    Ethel

    2012 · 11 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Point of Order!

    1964 · 11 votes

Series5

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV6.8

    Startime

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV7.3

    Small World

    1958 · 3 votes

  • TV8.0