Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He is associated with Orson Welles, leading to appearances in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay, and The Third Man (1949). He was a star in his own right with films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).
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- Born:
- May 15, 1905 In Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 113
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y. 1937-12-31
- Latest Project:
- Movie They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018-08-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
| Movie | Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | 2013-10-09 |
| Movie | Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film | Self | 2000-01-03 |
| Movie | The House Where Death Lives | Ivar Langrock | 1981-01-23 |
| Movie | The Survivor | Priest | 1981-07-09 |
| Movie | The Hearse | Walter Prichard | 1980-06-01 |
| Movie | Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | 1980-11-19 |
| Movie | Island of the Fishmen | Prof. Ernest Marvin | 1979-01-18 |
| Movie | Concorde Affair | Milland | 1979-03-23 |
| Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Lionel | 1979-03-24 |
| Movie | Churchill and the Generals | Gen. George C. Marshall | 1979-09-23 |
| Movie | Guyana: Crime of the Century | Richard Gable | 1979-09-20 |
| Movie | Last In, First Out | Foster Johnson | 1978-08-30 |
| Movie | The Perfect Crime | Sir Arthur Dundee | 1978-11-24 |
| Movie | Caravans | Crandall | 1978-11-02 |
| Series | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown | 1977-01-30 |
| Movie | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | 1977-02-09 |
| Movie | Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | 1977-03-11 |
| Movie | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | 1976-02-26 |
| Movie | Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | 1976-03-17 |
| Movie | A Whisper in the Dark | The Professor | 1976-08-12 |
| Series | Origins of the Mafia | The Envoy | 1976-11-19 |
| Movie | Syndicate Sadists | Paternò | 1975-08-16 |
| Movie | Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul | 1975-12-31 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Warner Jameson | 1974-09-13 |
| Movie | Soylent Green | William R. Simonson | 1973-04-18 |
| Movie | The Devil's Daughter | Judge Weatherby | 1973-01-09 |
| Movie | F for Fake | Self | 1973-09-01 |
| Movie | A Delicate Balance | Harry | 1973-11-12 |
| Movie | Doomsday Voyage | Captain Jason | 1972-02-01 |
| Movie | Baron Blood | Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker | 1972-02-25 |
| Movie | The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | 1972-01-29 |
| Movie | The Scopone Game | George | 1972-08-28 |
| Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
| Movie | Do You Take This Stranger? | Dr. Robert Carson | 1971-01-17 |
| Movie | Assault on the Wayne | Admiral | 1971-01-12 |
| Movie | City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | 1971-05-18 |
| Movie | Lady Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1971-10-22 |
| Movie | Cutter's Trail | General Spalding | 1970-02-10 |
| Movie | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War | 1970-01-26 |
| Movie | The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | 1970-05-27 |
| Movie | Latitude Zero | Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie | 1969-07-26 |
| Movie | Alexander The Great | Antigonus | 1968-01-26 |
| Movie | Gangsters '70 | Destil | 1968-04-29 |
| Movie | Petulia | Mr. Danner | 1968-06-10 |
| Movie | White Comanche | Sheriff Logan | 1968-06-21 |
| Movie | Split Second to an Epitaph | Dr. Ben Stern | 1968-09-26 |
| Movie | The Hellbenders | Colonel Jonas | 1967-02-02 |
| Movie | Some May Live | Colonel Woodward | 1967-01-01 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Jack of Diamonds | Ace | 1967-11-10 |
| Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown | 1967-09-09 |
| Movie | The Oscar | Kenneth Regan | 1966-03-04 |
| Movie | Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Jim | 1966-11-24 |
| Movie | The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Marcus A. Reno | 1965-04-25 |
| Movie | The Tramplers | Edith Wickett | 1965-12-31 |
| Movie | The Money Trap | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | 1965-09-07 |
| Movie | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew Bayliss | 1964-12-15 |
| Series | The Great Adventure | Unknown | 1963-09-27 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Movie | The Last Sunset | John Breckenridge | 1961-06-08 |
| Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1961-10-01 |
| Movie | The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne | 1960-04-14 |
| Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
| Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Unknown | 1959-09-21 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Series | Kraft Music Hall | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Movie | Touch of Evil | Coroner (uncredited) | 1958-03-30 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane | 1958-11-26 |
| Movie | The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | 1957-01-01 |
| Movie | The Edge of Innocence | Robert Rainey | 1957-10-31 |
| Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
| Movie | The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | 1956-02-01 |
| Movie | The Killer is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | 1956-02-03 |
| Series | On Trial | 1956-09-14 | |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Special Delivery | John Adams | 1955-04-07 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | Niagara | George Loomis | 1953-01-26 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 1953-07-24 |
| Movie | Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | 1952-07-23 |
| Movie | The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | 1952-11-12 |
| Movie | Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | 1951-05-05 |
| Movie | Othello | Senator (uncredited) | 1951-11-28 |
| Movie | Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | 1951-08-01 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | 1951-11-27 |
| Movie | Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker | 1950-10-12 |
| Movie | September Affair | David Lawrence | 1950-10-18 |
| Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale aka Steve | 1950-10-14 |
| Movie | The Third Man | Holly Martins | 1949-08-31 |
| Movie | Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline | 1949-10-21 |
| Movie | Under Capricorn | Sam Flusky | 1949-09-08 |
| Series | Ford Theatre | Unknown | 1948-10-17 |
| Movie | Portrait of Jennie | Eben Adams | 1948-12-25 |
| Movie | The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley | 1947-03-26 |
| Movie | Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
| Movie | Love Letters | Allen Quinton | 1945-10-26 |
| Movie | Since You Went Away | Lieutenant Tony Willett | 1944-06-30 |
| Movie | Gaslight | Brian Cameron | 1944-05-04 |
| Movie | I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | 1944-12-31 |
| Movie | Shadow of a Doubt | Charlie Oakley | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | Journey into Fear | Howard Graham | 1943-01-07 |
| Movie | Hers to Hold | Bill Morley | 1943-07-16 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Ambersons | Eugene Morgan | 1942-07-10 |
| Movie | Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | 1941-09-18 |
| Movie | Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 1937-12-31 |