Joseph Cotten
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1905
- Died
- Feb 6, 1994 (aged 88)
- Place of birth
- Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Credits
- 146
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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
1941Movie
Jedediah Leland
The Third Man
1949Movie
Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
1958Movie
Coroner (uncredited)
Soylent Green
1973Movie
William R. Simonson
Shadow of a Doubt
1943Movie
Charlie Oakley
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Movie
Henry L. Stimson
Filmography
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Green Fog
2018Movie
Too Much Johnson
2013Movie
Augustus Billings (uncredited)
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000Movie
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995Movie
Self (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991Movie
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Survivor
1981Movie
Priest
Delusion
1981Movie
Ivar Langrock
Heaven's Gate
1980Movie
The Reverend Doctor
Casino
1980Movie
Ed Booker
The Hearse
1980Movie
Walter Prichard
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979Movie
Self
Churchill and the Generals
1979Movie
Gen. George C. Marshall
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979Movie
Richard Gable
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Lionel, Edward
Concorde Affair
1979Movie
Milland
Island of the Fishmen
1979Movie
Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Perfect Crime
1978Movie
Sir Arthur Dundee
Caravans
1978Movie
Crandall
Last In, First Out
1978Movie
Foster Johnson
Fantasy Island
1978TV
Thomas Cummings
Return to Fantasy Island
1978Movie
Simon Grant
Aspen
1977TV
Horton Paine
The Love Boat
1977TV
Colonel Van Ryker
Airport '77
1977Movie
Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977Movie
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977TV
Weldon Rathbone
Origins of the Mafia
1976TV
The Envoy
A Whisper in the Dark
1976Movie
The Professor
Mysteries of the Gods
1976Movie
Narrator
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976Movie
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Expedition to Ararat
1976Movie
Self - Host - Narrator
Timber Tramps
1975Movie
Greedy sawmill mogul
Syndicate Sadists
1975Movie
Paternò
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Warner Jameson
A Delicate Balance
1973Movie
Harry
F for Fake
1973Movie
Self
Soylent Green
1973Movie
William R. Simonson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
The Devil's Daughter
1973Movie
Judge Weatherby
Police Dog
1973Movie
Narrator
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
John R. James
The Scopone Game
1972Movie
George
Baron Blood
1972Movie
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Doomsday Voyage
1972Movie
Captain Jason
The Screaming Woman
1972Movie
George Tresvant
Lady Frankenstein
1971Movie
Baron Frankenstein
City Beneath the Sea
1971Movie
Dr. Ziegler
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971Movie
Dr. Vesalius
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971Movie
Dr. Robert Carson
Assault on the Wayne
1971Movie
Admiral
Journey to Murder
1971Movie
Jeff Wheeler
The Grasshopper
1970Movie
Richard Morgan
Cutter's Trail
1970Movie
General Spalding
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Movie
Henry L. Stimson
The Lonely Profession
1969Movie
Martin Bannister
Latitude Zero
1969Movie
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Split Second to an Epitaph
1968Movie
Dr. Ben Stern
Journey to the Unknown
1968TV
Jeff Wheeler
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
White Comanche
1968Movie
Sheriff Logan
Petulia
1968Movie
Mr. Danner
Gangsters '70
1968Movie
Destil
Alexander The Great
1968Movie
Antigonus
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
1968TV
Col. Heinrich, Mr. Jack
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968Movie
Self
Jack of Diamonds
1967Movie
Ace
Cimarron Strip
1967TV
Nathan Tio
Some May Live
1967Movie
Colonel Woodward
Ironside
1967TV
Dr. Benjamin Stern
The Hellbenders
1967Movie
Colonel Jonas
Lionpower from MGM
1967Movie
Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966Movie
Jim
The Oscar
1966Movie
Kenneth Regan
The Tramplers
1965Movie
Temple Cordeen
The Money Trap
1965Movie
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965Movie
Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964Movie
Drew Bayliss
Hollywood and the Stars
1963TV
Narrator
The Great Adventure
1963TV
Captain Meehan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Virginian
1962TV
Judge Will McMasters, Judge Hobbs
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961Movie
Self (uncredited)
Bus Stop
1961TV
Professor Wheelwright
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Charles Ladovan
The Last Sunset
1961Movie
John Breckenridge
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960TV
Mac McClay
Checkmate
1960TV
Dr. George Mallinson
The Angel Wore Red
1960Movie
Hawthorne
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
Dick Burlingame, Charles Lawrence
From the Earth to the Moon
1958Movie
Victor Barbicane
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Arnold Buhler
Kraft Music Hall
1958TV
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Black McSween
Touch of Evil
1958Movie
Coroner (uncredited)
The Edge of Innocence
1957Movie
Robert Rainey
Suspicion
1957TV
Gregg Carey
Wagon Train
1957TV
Captain Dan Brady, John Augustus
The Halliday Brand
1957Movie
Daniel Halliday
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Ben Harper
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956TV
Self
On Trial
1956TV
Edward Pritchard, Mr. Patterson, Robert Westwood, Senator George Graham Vest, Sanders, Joseph Downey, Gregg Bolton, William Seward, Ray Barnes, Clint Anderson, Reed Murrow, Reed, Frank Parsons
Telephone Time
1956TV
The Killer Is Loose
1956Movie
Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956Movie
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955TV
Self - Host
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
William Callew, Tony Gould, Courtney Masterson
Special Delivery
1955Movie
John Adams
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Self - Guest Host
A Blueprint for Murder
1953Movie
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Egypt by Three
1953Movie
Narrator
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Paul Henty, Captain, Private Harris
Niagara
1953Movie
George Loomis
The Steel Trap
1952Movie
Jim Osborne
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
John Ashburn
Untamed Frontier
1952Movie
Kirk Denbow
Othello
1951Movie
Senator (uncredited)
The Man with a Cloak
1951Movie
Dupin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Peking Express
1951Movie
Michael Bachlin
Half Angel
1951Movie
John Raymond Jr.
September Affair
1950Movie
David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950Movie
Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
1950Movie
Clay Tucker
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Beyond the Forest
1949Movie
Doctor Louis Moline
Under Capricorn
1949Movie
Sam Flusky
The Third Man
1949Movie
Holly Martins
Portrait of Jennie
1948Movie
Eben Adams
Our American Heritage
1947Movie
Narrator
The Farmer's Daughter
1947Movie
Glenn Morley
Duel in the Sun
1946Movie
Jesse McCanles
Love Letters
1945Movie
Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You
1944Movie
Zachary Morgan
Since You Went Away
1944Movie
Tony Willett
Gaslight
1944Movie
Brian Cameron
Hers to Hold
1943Movie
Bill Morley
Shadow of a Doubt
1943Movie
Charlie Oakley
Journey into Fear
1943Movie
Howard Graham
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942Movie
Eugene Morgan
Lydia
1941Movie
Michael Fitzpatrick
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
Jedediah Leland
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937Movie