Joseph Cotten
Biography 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),
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Known For Acting
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Birthday 1905-05-15
Place of Birth Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also Known As Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. Joseph Cheshire Cotten Content Score
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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), . . . . Read More moss
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage) 2000
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film as Self 1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) 1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage) 1981
Delusion as Ivar Langrock 1980
Heaven's Gate as The Reverend Doctor 1980
The Hearse as Walter Prichard 1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self 1979
Churchill and the Generals as Gen. George C. Marshall 1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century as Richard Gable 1979
Concorde Affair as Milland 1979
Island of the Fishmen as Prof. Ernest Marvin 1978
The Perfect Crime as Sir Arthur Dundee 1978
Last In, First Out as Foster Johnson 1978
Return to Fantasy Island as Simon Grant 1977
Airport '77 as Nicholas St. Downs III 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State 1976
A Whisper in the Dark as The Professor 1976
Mysteries of the Gods as Narrator 1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon 1975
Timber Tramps as Greedy sawmill mogul 1975
Syndicate Sadists as Paternò 1973
A Delicate Balance as Harry 1973
Soylent Green as William R. Simonson 1973
The Devil's Daughter as Judge Weatherby 1972
The Scopone Game as George 1972
Baron Blood as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker 1972
Doomsday Voyage as Captain Jason 1972
The Screaming Woman as George Tresvant 1971
Lady Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein 1971
City Beneath the Sea as Dr. Ziegler 1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Dr. Vesalius 1971
Do You Take This Stranger? as Dr. Robert Carson 1971
Assault on the Wayne as Admiral 1971
Journey to Murder as Jeff Wheeler 1970
The Grasshopper as Richard Morgan 1970
Cutter's Trail as General Spalding 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Henry L. Stimson 1969
The Lonely Profession as Martin Bannister 1969
Latitude Zero as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie 1968
Split Second to an Epitaph as Dr. Ben Stern 1968
White Comanche as Sheriff Logan 1968
Gangsters '70 as Destil 1968
Alexander The Great as Antigonus 1968
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie as Himself 1967
Jack of Diamonds as Ace 1967
The Hellbenders as Colonel Jonas 1967
Some May Live as Colonel Woodward 1967
Lionpower from MGM as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited) 1966
Brighty of the Grand Canyon as Jim 1966
The Oscar as Kenneth Regan 1965
The Tramplers as Temple Cordeen 1965
The Money Trap as Dr. Horace Van Tilden 1965
The Great Sioux Massacre as Major Marcus A. Reno 1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Drew Bayliss 1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited) 1961
The Last Sunset as John Breckenridge 1960
The Angel Wore Red as Hawthorne 1958
From the Earth to the Moon as Victor Barbicane 1958
Touch of Evil as Coroner (uncredited) 1957
The Edge of Innocence as Robert Rainey 1957
The Halliday Brand as Daniel Halliday 1956
The Killer Is Loose as Detective Sam Wagner 1956
The Bottom of the Bottle as Pat 'P.M.' Martin 1955
Special Delivery as John Adams 1953
A Blueprint for Murder as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron 1953
Egypt by Three as Narrator 1953
Niagara as George Loomis 1952
The Steel Trap as Jim Osborne 1952
Untamed Frontier as Kirk Denbow 1951
Othello as Senator (uncredited) 1951
The Man with a Cloak as Dupin 1951
Peking Express as Michael Bachlin 1951
Half Angel as John Raymond Jr. 1950
September Affair as David Lawrence 1950
Walk Softly, Stranger as Chris Hale/Steve 1950
Two Flags West as Col. Clay Tucker 1949
Beyond the Forest as Doctor Louis Moline 1949
Under Capricorn as Sam Flusky 1949
The Third Man as Holly Martins 1948
Portrait of Jennie as Eben Adams 1947
Our American Heritage as Narrator 1947
The Farmer's Daughter as Glenn Morley 1946
Duel in the Sun as Jesse McCanles 1945
Love Letters as Allen Quinton 1944
I'll Be Seeing You as Zachary Morgan 1944
Since You Went Away as Lieutenant Tony Willett 1944
Gaslight as Brian Cameron 1943
Hers to Hold as Bill Morley 1943
Shadow of a Doubt as Uncle Charlie 1943
Journey into Fear as Howard Graham 1942
The Magnificent Ambersons as Eugene Morgan 1941
Lydia as Michael Fitzpatrick 1941
Citizen Kane as Jedediah Leland 1940
Citizen Kane Trailer as himself/Jedediah Leland 1938
Too Much Johnson as Augustus Billings 1937
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. as
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Captain Meehan
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Lionel
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Paul Henty
Coming Soon (1 episode) as William Callew
Coming Soon (2 episode) as Self (uncredited)
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Ben Harper
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Charles Ladovan
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Dick Burlingame
Coming Soon (31 episode) as
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Guest Host
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Mac McClay
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Captain
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Private Harris
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Charles Lawrence
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (5 episode) as The Envoy
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self - Mystery Guest
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Tony Gould
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Courtney Masterson
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Self
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Warner Jameson
Coming Soon (3 episode) as Horton Paine
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Colonel Van Ryker
Coming Soon (31 episode) as Narrator
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Gregg Carey
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Edward 
