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), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).

Known For

Jedediah Leland

Citizen Kane

Eugene Morgan

The Magnificent Ambersons

Holly Martins

The Third Man

Coroner (uncredited)

Touch of Evil

Baron Frankenstein

La figlia di Frankenstein

Drew Bayliss

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Sam Flusky

Under Capricorn

The Reverend Doctor

Heaven's Gate

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

(archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Henry L. Stimson

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga

Howard Graham

Journey into Fear

Zachary Morgan

I'll Be Seeing You

Uncle Charlie

Shadow of a Doubt

Jim Osborne

The Steel Trap

Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

A Blueprint for Murder

Nicholas St. Downs III

Airport '77

William R. Simonson

Soylent Green

Jesse McCanles

Duel in the Sun

Eben Adams

Portrait of Jennie

Daniel Halliday

The Halliday Brand

Prof. Ernest Marvin

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Detective Sam Wagner

The Killer Is Loose

Brian Cameron

Gaslight

Richard Gable

Guyana: Crime of the Century

Paternò

Il giustiziere sfida la città

Doctor Louis Moline

Beyond the Forest

Crandall

Caravans

Lieutenant Tony Willett

Since You Went Away

Self

Vérités et Mensonges

Glenn Morley

The Farmer's Daughter

Dr. Horace Van Tilden

The Money Trap

Victor Barbicane

From the Earth to the Moon

Harry

A Delicate Balance

John Breckenridge

The Last Sunset

Dr. Vesalius

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Richard Morgan

The Grasshopper

Sheriff Logan

Comanche blanco

Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

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Dr. Ziegler

City Beneath the Sea

George Loomis

Niagara

Walter Prichard

The Hearse

Dupin

The Man with a Cloak

Colonel Jonas

I crudeli

David Lawrence

September Affair

Michael Fitzpatrick

Lydia

Kenneth Regan

The Oscar

George

Lo scopone scientifico

Priest

The Survivor

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Ed Booker

Casino

Chris Hale aka Steve

Walk Softly, Stranger

Col. Clay Tucker

Two Flags West

Sir Arthur Dundee

Indagine su un delitto perfetto

Judge Weatherby

The Devil's Daughter

Allen Quinton

Love Letters

Admiral

Assault on the Wayne

Pat 'P.M.' Martin

The Bottom of the Bottle

Ace

Jack of Diamonds

John Raymond Jr.

Half Angel

Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

George Tresvant

The Screaming Woman

Temple Cordeen

Gli uomini dal passo pesante

Destil

Gangsters '70

The Professor

Un sussurro nel buio

Hawthorne

The Angel Wore Red

Michael Bachlin

Peking Express

Augustus Billings

Too Much Johnson

Kirk Denbow

Untamed Frontier

Bill Morley

Hers to Hold

Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Self

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Self (uncredited)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Narrator

Our American Heritage

Self (archive footage)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Foster Johnson

L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde

Antigonus

Alexander The Great

Mr. Danner

Petulia

Simon Grant

Return to Fantasy Island

John Adams

Vom Himmel gefallen

Ivar Langrock

Delusion

Dr. Robert Carson

Do You Take This Stranger?

Greedy sawmill mogul

Timber Tramps

Jeff Wheeler

Journey to Murder

Colonel Woodward

Some May Live

Major Marcus A. Reno

The Great Sioux Massacre

Senator (uncredited)

Othello

Milland

Concorde Affaire '79

Jim

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Captain Jason

Doomsday Voyage

Gen. George C. Marshall

Churchill and the Generals

Robert Rainey

The Edge of Innocence

Narrator

Egypt by Three

Martin Bannister

The Lonely Profession

Dr. Ben Stern

Split Second to an Epitaph

General Spalding

Cutter's Trail

Narrator

Botschaft der Götter

Narrator

Police Dog

Himself

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

Lionpower from MGM

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

101

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-05-15

Place of Birth

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.