Joseph McCarthy
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.
Acting
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
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RBG
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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RBG
as Self (uncredited)
2018
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Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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Hearts and Minds
as Self (archive footage)
1974
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
2021
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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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The Day After Trinity
as Self (archive footage)
1980
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Where's My Roy Cohn?
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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Coup 53
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
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Point of Order!
as Self
1964
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Ethel
as Self (archive footage)
2012
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
2008
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Heir To An Execution
as Self - Senator
2004
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Imminent Threat
as Self (archive footage)
2015
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The Lavender Scare
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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The Soul of America
as Self (archive footage)
2020
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McCarthy
as Self - (archive footage)
2020
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Grierson
as Self (archive footage)
1973
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McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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The Lincoln Project
as Self (archive footage)
2022
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USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin
as Archive Footage
1971
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Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self (uncredited)
2017