Joseph Cotten
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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
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Jedediah Leland
The Oscar (1966)
as Kenneth Regan
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Coroner (uncredited)
Soylent Green (1973)
as William R. Simonson
Gaslight (1944)
as Brian Cameron
The Third Man (1949)
as Holly Martins
Heaven's Gate (1980)
as The Reverend Doctor
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Henry L. Stimson
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Charlie Oakley
Petulia (1968)
as Mr. Danner
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
as Dr. Vesalius
Airport '77 (1977)
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Caravans (1978)
as Crandall
F for Fake (1973)
as Self
Baron Blood (1972)
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
as Eugene Morgan
Othello (1951)
as Senator (uncredited)
Niagara (1953)
as George Loomis
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
as Drew Bayliss
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
as Eben Adams
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Jesse McCanles
White Comanche (1968)
as Sheriff Logan
Half Angel (1951)
as John Raymond Jr.
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
as Baron Frankenstein
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
as Dr. Ziegler
Delusion (1981)
as Ivar Langrock
The Money Trap (1965)
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Under Capricorn (1949)
as Sam Flusky
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Dupin
The Last Sunset (1961)
as John Breckenridge
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Tony Willett
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
as Glenn Morley
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968)
as Self
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
The Hearse (1980)
as Walter Prichard
Syndicate Sadists (1975)
as Paternò
The Survivor (1981)
as Priest
Latitude Zero (1969)
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
The Hellbenders (1967)
as Colonel Jonas
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
as Zachary Morgan
The Tramplers (1965)
as Temple Cordeen
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
as Detective Sam Wagner
Concorde Affair (1979)
as Milland
The Scopone Game (1972)
as George
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
as Victor Barbicane
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
as Major Marcus A. Reno
September Affair (1950)
as David Lawrence
Journey into Fear (1943)
as Howard Graham
Two Flags West (1950)
as Clay Tucker
Special Delivery (1955)
as John Adams
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
Mysteries of the Gods (1976)
as Narrator
Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979)
as Richard Gable
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
as Hawthorne
Too Much Johnson (2013)
as Augustus Billings (uncredited)
Love Letters (1945)
as Allen Quinton
The Perfect Crime (1978)
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Our American Heritage (1947)
as Narrator
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
as Judge Weatherby
The Green Fog (2018)
Actor
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979)
as Self
Untamed Frontier (1952)
as Kirk Denbow
Lydia (1941)
as Michael Fitzpatrick
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hers to Hold (1943)
as Bill Morley
The Grasshopper (1970)
as Richard Morgan
Peking Express (1951)
as Michael Bachlin
Assault on the Wayne (1971)
as Admiral
A Whisper in the Dark (1976)
as The Professor
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
as Chris Hale/Steve
Egypt by Three (1953)
as Narrator
Casino (1980)
as Ed Booker
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Beyond the Forest (1949)
as Doctor Louis Moline
Split Second to an Epitaph (1968)
as Dr. Ben Stern
Alexander The Great (1968)
as Antigonus
Some May Live (1967)
as Colonel Woodward
Return to Fantasy Island (1978)
as Simon Grant
The Halliday Brand (1957)
as Daniel Halliday
Jack of Diamonds (1967)
as Ace
The Steel Trap (1952)
as Jim Osborne
A Delicate Balance (1973)
as Harry
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Foster Johnson
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
as Jim
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
as Robert Rainey
The Screaming Woman (1972)
as George Tresvant
Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)
as Dr. Robert Carson
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. (1937)
Actor
Cutter's Trail (1970)
as General Spalding
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000)
as Self
Expedition to Ararat (1976)
as Self - Host - Narrator
Gangsters '70 (1968)
as Destil
Journey to Murder (1971)
as Jeff Wheeler
The Lonely Profession (1969)
as Martin Bannister
Timber Tramps (1975)
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Doomsday Voyage (1972)
as Captain Jason
Police Dog (1973)
as Narrator