Character Occupations in "12 Angry Men" Quiz

Answer: school football coach

Juror #1 reveals his job talking to juror #8 when they are standing at the window watching the rain during a cloudburst. #1 explains how it reminds him of the weather when he was coaching high school football games. He was portrayed by Martin Balsam who had prominent roles in other movies such as "Psycho" and an Academy Award performance in "A Thousand Clowns".

Answer: bank teller

John Fiedler played mousy juror #2. He mentions in conversation that he works as a bank teller. He is also the only character to smoke a pipe. Fiedler acted in many supporting roles in movies and TV and also provided the reedy voice of Piglet in a series of "Winnie the Pooh" theatrical cartoons.

Answer: runs a messenger service

Played by Lee J. Cobb, juror #3 is a hothead with a personal agenda. He seems to go out of his way to attempt to get the young man on trial convicted because of an incident involving his own son. He also mentions that he operates a messenger service entitled "Beck and Call". Cobb started out in theater and had an acclaimed performance in "Death of a Salesman".

His motion picture credits include "On the Waterfront", "Exodus" and "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit".

Answer: stockbroker

Juror #4 is a cool, intellectual and even-tempered stockbroker. He one of the last to be convinced to vote "not guilty" and is only persuaded by plausible arguments. Played by E. G. Marshall who was mainly a movie actor, although he also acted in some TV series. He appeared in such notable films as "The Caine Mutiny", "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "Nixon".

Answer: house painter

Played by Edward Binns, juror #6 reveals his occupation when the panel is discussing the noise made by an el train. He says that he painted an apartment located near an el and its noise was deafening. Apparently he is not self-employed as he also says about his work,"My boss makes the decisions." He had many roles as guest spots on TV shows and dozens of movies.

Some of his films include "Patton", "North by Northwest" and "Judgment at Nuremberg".

Answer: salesman

Juror #7 is a sports-loving man and is anxious to conclude the jury deliberations so he can get to a baseball game. Played by Jack Warden, he mentions he is in "sales" but never reveals what he sells. Warden has a long list of TV and movie appearances to his credit, being nominated twice for Academy Awards ("Shampoo" and "Heaven Can Wait") and having won a Emmy for "Brian's Song".

Some of his other movies include "From Here to Eternity", "Darby's Rangers" and "All the President's Men".

Answer: architect

Played by renowned actor Henry Fonda, juror #8 answers that he is an architect when asked. The whole plot revolves around his objection to railroading a guilty verdict by all the other jurors. Fonda's acting roles are almost innumerable. He started out as a stage actor and broke into motion pictures in 1935 in "The Farmer Takes a Wife". Considering his long and productive career, he was only nominated for Academy Awards three times for acting roles - in "The Grapes of Wrath" and "On Golden Pond", and his last theatrical movie, and for which he finally won.

Some of his other films are "Young Mr. Lincoln", "Mister Roberts" and "The Ox Bow Incident".

Answer: garage owner

Academy Award winner Ed Begley plays juror #10 who happens to have a bad cold and is constantly sniffing and blowing his nose. He also has some emotional baggage with racial prejudice being the issue that comes into play the most in making his decisions to find the defendant guilty. Begley worked on the stage and in radio, films and TV.

He won an Academy Award for his work in the movie "Sweet Bird of Youth". He has a son who is also an actor.

Answer: watchmaker

George Voskovec, a Czech-born actor, writer and director, portrayed juror #11. He speaks with an Eastern European accent and mentions he is a watchmaker. He is often at odds with juror #10 because of differing views regarding ethnicities. Voskovec immigrated to the U.S. in 1939 and became a naturalized citizen in 1955.

He worked in such films as "Uncle Vanya", "BUtterfield 8" and "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold", among others.

Answer: ad man

Robert Webber fills out the jury panel as juror #12. As this character, he often mentions that he works for an advertising agency and once brags about a jingle he wrote and sometimes uses his office jargon. He is also a vacillating man and changes his verdict several times by being persuaded back and forth by other jurors' arguments. Webber has dozens of supporting roles in radio, TV and movies. Some of his other films include "The Silencers", "The Dirty Dozen" and "Private Benjamin".

Only juror #5 (Jack Klugman) and juror #9 (Joseph Sweeney) never reveal what their occupations are or were.