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Joseph Cotten
Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

ActingBorn May 15, 1905Died February 6, 1994 (age 88)Petersburg, Virginia, USA

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).

Filmography

2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013
Too Much Johnson

as Augustus Billings

Movie
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

Movie
1981
The Survivor

as Priest

Movie
1981
Delusion

as Ivar Langrock

Movie
1980
Heaven's Gate

as The Reverend Doctor

Movie
1980
Casino

as Ed Booker

Movie
1980
The Hearse

as Walter Prichard

Movie
1979
Churchill and the Generals

as Gen. George C. Marshall

Movie
1979Movie
1979
Concorde Affair

as Milland

Movie
1979
Island of the Fishmen

as Prof. Ernest Marvin

Movie
1978
The Perfect Crime

as Sir Arthur Dundee

Movie
1978
Caravans

as Crandall

Movie
1978
Last In, First Out

as Foster Johnson

Movie
1978Movie
1977
Aspen

as Horton Paine

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Colonel Van Ryker

TV
1977
Airport '77

as Nicholas St. Downs III

Movie
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Movie
1976TV
1976
A Whisper in the Dark

as The Professor

Movie
1976Movie
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

Movie
1976
Expedition to Ararat

as Self - Host - Narrator

Movie
1975
Timber Tramps

as Greedy sawmill mogul

Movie
1975Movie
1974
The Rockford Files

as Warner Jameson

TV
1973Movie
1973
F for Fake

as Self

Movie
1973
Soylent Green

as William R. Simonson

Movie
1973
The Devil's Daughter

as Judge Weatherby

Movie
1973
Police Dog

as Narrator

Movie
1972TV
1972Movie
1972
Baron Blood

as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

Movie
1972
Doomsday Voyage

as Captain Jason

Movie
1972
The Screaming Woman

as George Tresvant

Movie
1971
Lady Frankenstein

as Baron Frankenstein

Movie
1971
City Beneath the Sea

as Dr. Ziegler

Movie
1971TV
1971Movie
1971
Do You Take This Stranger?

as Dr. Robert Carson

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Journey to Murder

as Jeff Wheeler

Movie
1970
The Grasshopper

as Richard Morgan

Movie
1970
Cutter's Trail

as General Spalding

Movie
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Henry L. Stimson

Movie
1969
The Lonely Profession

as Martin Bannister

Movie
1969
Latitude Zero

as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Journey to the Unknown

as Jeff Wheeler

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner

TV
1968
White Comanche

as Sheriff Logan

Movie
1968
Petulia

as Mr. Danner

Movie
1968
Gangsters '70

as Destil

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1968
It Takes a Thief

as Col. Heinrich

TV
1968
It Takes a Thief

as Mr. Jack

TV
1968Movie
1967Movie
1967
Cimarron Strip

as Nathan Tio

TV
1967
Some May Live

as Colonel Woodward

Movie
1967
Ironside

as Dr. Benjamin Stern

TV
1967
The Hellbenders

as Colonel Jonas

Movie
1967
Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1966
The Oscar

as Kenneth Regan

Movie
1965
The Tramplers

as Temple Cordeen

Movie
1965
The Money Trap

as Dr. Horace Van Tilden

Movie
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre

as Major Marcus A. Reno

Movie
1964Movie
1963TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Captain Meehan

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Judge Will McMasters

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Judge Hobbs

TV
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1961
Bus Stop

as Professor Wheelwright

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Charles Ladovan

TV
1961
The Last Sunset

as John Breckenridge

Movie
1960TV
1960
Checkmate

as Dr. George Mallinson

TV
1960
The Angel Wore Red

as Hawthorne

Movie
1959TV
1959TV
1958
From the Earth to the Moon

as Victor Barbicane

Movie
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Arnold Buhler

TV
1958TV
1958TV
1958
Touch of Evil

as Coroner (uncredited)

Movie
1957
The Edge of Innocence

as Robert Rainey

Movie
1957
Suspicion

as Gregg Carey

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Captain Dan Brady

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as John Augustus

TV
1957
The Halliday Brand

as Daniel Halliday

Movie
1956
On Trial

as Edward Pritchard

TV
1956
On Trial

as Mr. Patterson

TV
1956
On Trial

as Robert Westwood

TV
1956
On Trial

as Senator George Graham Vest

TV
1956
On Trial

as Sanders

TV
1956
On Trial

as Joseph Downey

TV
1956
On Trial

as Gregg Bolton

TV
1956
On Trial

as William Seward

TV
1956
On Trial

as Ray Barnes

TV
1956
On Trial

as Clint Anderson

TV
1956
On Trial

as Reed Murrow

TV
1956
On Trial

as Reed

TV
1956
On Trial

as Frank Parsons

TV
1956
The Killer Is Loose

as Detective Sam Wagner

Movie
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle

as Pat 'P.M.' Martin

Movie
1955TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as William Callew

TV
1955TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Courtney Masterson

TV
1955
Special Delivery

as John Adams

Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1953
A Blueprint for Murder

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Movie
1953
Egypt by Three

as Narrator

Movie
1953TV
1953TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Private Harris

TV
1953
Niagara

as George Loomis

Movie
1952
The Steel Trap

as Jim Osborne

Movie
1952TV
1952
Untamed Frontier

as Kirk Denbow

Movie
1951
Othello

as Senator (uncredited)

Movie
1951Movie
1951
Peking Express

as Michael Bachlin

Movie
1951
Half Angel

as John Raymond Jr.

Movie
1950
September Affair

as David Lawrence

Movie
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger

as Chris Hale/Steve

Movie
1950
Two Flags West

as Col. Clay Tucker

Movie
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1949
Beyond the Forest

as Doctor Louis Moline

Movie
1949
Under Capricorn

as Sam Flusky

Movie
1949
The Third Man

as Holly Martins

Movie
1948
Portrait of Jennie

as Eben Adams

Movie
1947Movie
1947
The Farmer's Daughter

as Glenn Morley

Movie
1946
Duel in the Sun

as Jesse McCanles

Movie
1945
Love Letters

as Allen Quinton

Movie
1944
I'll Be Seeing You

as Zachary Morgan

Movie
1944
Since You Went Away

as Lieutenant Tony Willett

Movie
1944
Gaslight

as Brian Cameron

Movie
1943
Hers to Hold

as Bill Morley

Movie
1943
Shadow of a Doubt

as Uncle Charlie

Movie
1943
Journey into Fear

as Howard Graham

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Lydia

as Michael Fitzpatrick

Movie
1941
Citizen Kane

as Jedediah Leland

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 15, 1905
Day of DeathFebruary 6, 1994
Place of BirthPetersburg, Virginia, USA
Popularity1.5