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