
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

Self
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Jedediah Leland (archive footage)
Black Baby

himself/Jedediah Leland
Citizen Kane Trailer
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
104
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-05-15
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.