Joseph Cotten
Acting • Born 1905-05-15 – Died 1994-02-06
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), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).
Filmography
140 credits
Citizen Kane
Movie • 1941
Jedediah Leland
The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie • 1942
Eugene Morgan
The Third Man
Movie • 1949
Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
Movie • 1958
Coroner (uncredited)
Lady Frankenstein
Movie • 1971
Baron Frankenstein
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Movie • 1964
Drew Bayliss
Under Capricorn
Movie • 1949
Sam Flusky
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
Movie • 1937
Heaven's Gate
Movie • 1980
The Reverend Doctor
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie • 1970
Henry L. Stimson
Baron Blood
Movie • 1972
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Journey into Fear
Movie • 1943
Howard Graham
I'll Be Seeing You
Movie • 1944
Zachary Morgan
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie • 1943
Uncle Charlie
The Steel Trap
Movie • 1952
Jim Osborne
A Blueprint for Murder
Movie • 1953
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Airport '77
Movie • 1977
Nicholas St. Downs III
Soylent Green
Movie • 1973
William R. Simonson
Duel in the Sun
Movie • 1946
Jesse McCanles
Portrait of Jennie
Movie • 1948
Eben Adams
The Halliday Brand
Movie • 1957
Daniel Halliday
Island of the Fishmen
Movie • 1979
Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Killer Is Loose
Movie • 1956
Detective Sam Wagner
Gaslight
Movie • 1944
Brian Cameron
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Movie • 1979
Richard Gable
Syndicate Sadists
Movie • 1975
Paternò
Beyond the Forest
Movie • 1949
Doctor Louis Moline
Caravans
Movie • 1978
Crandall
Since You Went Away
Movie • 1944
Lieutenant Tony Willett
F for Fake
Movie • 1973
Self
The Farmer's Daughter
Movie • 1947
Glenn Morley
The Money Trap
Movie • 1965
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
From the Earth to the Moon
Movie • 1958
Victor Barbicane
A Delicate Balance
Movie • 1973
Harry
The Last Sunset
Movie • 1961
John Breckenridge
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie • 1971
Dr. Vesalius
The Grasshopper
Movie • 1970
Richard Morgan
White Comanche
Movie • 1968
Sheriff Logan
Latitude Zero
Movie • 1969
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
City Beneath the Sea
Movie • 1971
Dr. Ziegler
Niagara
Movie • 1953
George Loomis
The Hearse
Movie • 1980
Walter Prichard
The Man with a Cloak
Movie • 1951
Dupin
The Hellbenders
Movie • 1967
Colonel Jonas
September Affair
Movie • 1950
David Lawrence
Lydia
Movie • 1941
Michael Fitzpatrick
The Oscar
Movie • 1966
Kenneth Regan
The Scopone Game
Movie • 1972
George
The Survivor
Movie • 1981
Priest
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie • 1977
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Casino
Movie • 1980
Ed Booker
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie • 1950
Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
Movie • 1950
Col. Clay Tucker
The Perfect Crime
Movie • 1978
Sir Arthur Dundee
The Devil's Daughter
Movie • 1973
Judge Weatherby
Love Letters
Movie • 1945
Allen Quinton
Assault on the Wayne
Movie • 1971
Admiral
The Bottom of the Bottle
Movie • 1956
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Jack of Diamonds
Movie • 1967
Ace
Half Angel
Movie • 1951
John Raymond Jr.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Screaming Woman
Movie • 1972
George Tresvant
The Tramplers
Movie • 1965
Temple Cordeen
Gangsters '70
Movie • 1968
Destil
A Whisper in the Dark
Movie • 1976
The Professor
The Angel Wore Red
Movie • 1960
Hawthorne
Peking Express
Movie • 1951
Michael Bachlin
Too Much Johnson
Movie • 1938
Augustus Billings
Untamed Frontier
Movie • 1952
Kirk Denbow
Hers to Hold
Movie • 1943
Bill Morley
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Movie • 1976
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Movie • 2000
Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie • 1961
Self (uncredited)
Our American Heritage
Movie • 1947
Narrator
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Last In, First Out
Movie • 1978
Foster Johnson
Alexander The Great
Movie • 1968
Antigonus
Petulia
Movie • 1968
Mr. Danner
Return to Fantasy Island
Movie • 1978
Simon Grant
Special Delivery
Movie • 1955
John Adams
Delusion
Movie • 1981
Ivar Langrock
Do You Take This Stranger?
Movie • 1971
Dr. Robert Carson
Timber Tramps
Movie • 1975
Greedy sawmill mogul
Journey to Murder
Movie • 1971
Jeff Wheeler
Some May Live
Movie • 1967
Colonel Woodward
The Great Sioux Massacre
Movie • 1965
Major Marcus A. Reno
Othello
Movie • 1951
Senator (uncredited)
Concorde Affair
Movie • 1979
Milland
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Movie • 1966
Jim
Doomsday Voyage
Movie • 1972
Captain Jason
Churchill and the Generals
Movie • 1979
Gen. George C. Marshall
The Edge of Innocence
Movie • 1957
Robert Rainey
Egypt by Three
Movie • 1953
Narrator
The Lonely Profession
Movie • 1969
Martin Bannister
Split Second to an Epitaph
Movie • 1968
Dr. Ben Stern
Cutter's Trail
Movie • 1970
General Spalding
Mysteries of the Gods
Movie • 1976
Narrator
Police Dog
Movie • 1973
Narrator
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Movie • 1968
Himself
Lionpower from MGM
Movie • 1967
Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie • 1979
Self
Citizen Kane Trailer
Movie • 1940
himself/Jedediah Leland
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Captain Meehan
Checkmate
TV • 1960
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Lionel
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Paul Henty
Ironside
TV • 1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
William Callew
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Ben Harper
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Charles Ladovan
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Dick Burlingame
On Trial
TV • 1956
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Self - Guest Host
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV • 1960
Mac McClay
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Captain
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Private Harris
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Charles Lawrence
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Origins of the Mafia
TV • 1976
The Envoy
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Tony Gould
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Courtney Masterson
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Warner Jameson
Aspen
TV • 1977
Horton Paine
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Colonel Van Ryker
Hollywood and the Stars
TV • 1963
Narrator
Suspicion
TV • 1957
Gregg Carey
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Edward