Joseph Cotten


    Starbirth:
    May 15, 1905
    Supernova:
    February 6, 1994
    Birthplace:
    Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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Overview

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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AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special Self (archive footage) 2023
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Self (archive footage) 2018
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut The Reverend Doctor 2014
Too Much Johnson Augustus Billings 2013
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Self 2000
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) 1991
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (archive footage) 1990
The Survivor Priest 1981
The House Where Death Lives Ivar Langrock 1981
Heaven's Gate The Reverend Doctor 1980
Casino Ed Booker 1980
The Hearse Walter Prichard 1980
Churchill and the Generals Gen. George C. Marshall 1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century Richard Gable 1979
Concorde Affair Milland 1979
Island of the Fishmen Prof. Ernest Marvin 1979
The Perfect Crime Sir Arthur Dundee 1978
Caravans Crandall 1978
Last In, First Out Foster Johnson 1978
Return to Fantasy Island Simon Grant 1978
Airport '77 Nicholas St. Downs III 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State 1977
A Whisper in the Dark The Professor 1976
Mysteries of the Gods Narrator 1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Dr. Joseph Francis Condon 1976
Timber Tramps Greedy sawmill mogul 1975
Syndicate Sadists Paternò 1975
A Delicate Balance Harry 1973
F for Fake Self 1973
Soylent Green William R. Simonson 1973
The Devil's Daughter Judge Weatherby 1973
The Scopone Game George 1972
Baron Blood Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker 1972
Doomsday Voyage Captain Jason 1972
The Screaming Woman George Tresvant 1972
Lady Frankenstein Baron Frankenstein 1971
City Beneath the Sea Dr. Ziegler 1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Dr. Vesalius 1971
Do You Take This Stranger? Dr. Robert Carson 1971
Assault on the Wayne Admiral 1971
Journey to Murder Jeff Wheeler 1971
The Grasshopper Richard Morgan 1970
Cutter's Trail General Spalding 1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War 1970
The Lonely Profession Martin Bannister 1969
Latitude Zero Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie 1969
Split Second to an Epitaph Dr. Ben Stern 1968
White Comanche Sheriff Logan 1968
Petulia Mr. Danner 1968
Gangsters '70 Destil 1968
Alexander The Great Antigonus 1968
Jack of Diamonds Ace 1967
The Hellbenders Colonel Jonas 1967
Some May Live Colonel Woodward 1967
Brighty of the Grand Canyon Jim 1966
The Oscar Kenneth Regan 1966
The Tramplers Edith Wickett 1965
The Money Trap Dr. Horace Van Tilden 1965
The Great Sioux Massacre Major Marcus A. Reno 1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Drew Bayliss 1964
Hollywood and the Stars Narrator 1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years Self (uncredited) 1961
The Last Sunset John Breckenridge 1961
The Angel Wore Red Hawthorne 1960
"General Electric Theater" High Green Wall 1959
From the Earth to the Moon Victor Barbicane 1958
Touch of Evil Coroner (uncredited) 1958
The Edge of Innocence Robert Rainey 1957
The Halliday Brand Daniel Halliday 1957
The Killer is Loose Detective Sam Wagner 1956
The Bottom of the Bottle Pat 'P.M.' Martin 1956
Special Delivery John Adams 1955
A Blueprint for Murder Whitney 'Cam' Cameron 1953
Egypt by Three Narrator 1953
Niagara George Loomis 1953
The Steel Trap Jim Osborne 1952
Untamed Frontier Kirk Denbow 1952
Othello Senator (uncredited) 1951
The Man with a Cloak Dupin 1951
Peking Express Michael Bachlin 1951
Half Angel John Raymond Jr. 1951
September Affair David Lawrence 1950
Walk Softly, Stranger Chris Hale aka Steve 1950
Two Flags West Col. Clay Tucker 1950
Beyond the Forest Doctor Louis Moline 1949
Under Capricorn Sam Flusky 1949
The Third Man Holly Martins 1949
Portrait of Jennie Eben Adams 1948
Our American Heritage Narrator 1947
The Farmer's Daughter Glenn Morley 1947
Duel in the Sun Jesse McCanles 1946
Love Letters Allen Quinton 1945
I'll Be Seeing You Zachary Morgan 1944
Since You Went Away Lieutenant Tony Willett 1944
Gaslight Brian Cameron 1944
Hers to Hold Bill Morley 1943
Shadow of a Doubt Charlie Oakley 1943
Journey into Fear Howard Graham 1943
The Magnificent Ambersons Eugene Morgan 1942
Lydia Michael Fitzpatrick 1941
Citizen Kane Jedediah Leland 1941
Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y. 1937
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