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).
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
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.