Joseph Cotten

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

138

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-05-15

Deathday

1994-02-06 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

  • Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.
  • Джозеф Коттен
  • Joseph Cheshire Cotten

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

Citizen Kane
8.0%

Citizen Kane

Apr 17, 1941

The Third Man
7.9%

The Third Man

Aug 31, 1949

Touch of Evil
7.7%

Touch of Evil

Mar 30, 1958

Soylent Green
6.9%

Soylent Green

Apr 18, 1973

Shadow of a Doubt
7.5%

Shadow of a Doubt

Jan 15, 1943

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.1%

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Jan 26, 1970

Gaslight
7.5%

Gaslight

May 4, 1944

Niagara
6.8%

Niagara

Jan 26, 1953

Heaven's Gate
6.8%

Heaven's Gate

Nov 19, 1980

F for Fake
7.4%

F for Fake

Sep 1, 1973

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Acting

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

Writing

1943
Journey into Fear as Screenplay
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