Joseph Cotten
Birthday
1905/05/15
Day of death
1994/02/06 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also know as
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr., Джозеф Коттен, Joseph Cheshire 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).
Acting
(1941) Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
(1942) The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
(1949) The Third Man
as Holly Martins
(1958) Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1971) Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
(1964) Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
(1949) Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
(1980) Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
(1937) Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
as ---
(1990) Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
(1970) Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
(1972) Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
(1943) Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
(1944) I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
(1943) Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
(1952) The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
(1953) A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
(1977) Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
(1973) Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
(1946) Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
(1948) Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
(1957) The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
(1979) Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
(1956) The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
(1944) Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
(1979) Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
(1975) Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
(1949) Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
(1978) Caravans
as Crandall
(1944) Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
(1973) F for Fake
as Self
(1947) The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
(1965) The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
(1958) From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
(1973) A Delicate Balance
as Harry
(1961) The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
(1971) The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
(1970) The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
(1968) White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
(1969) Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
(1971) City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
(1953) Niagara
as George Loomis
(1980) The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
(1951) The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
(1967) The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
(1950) September Affair
as David Lawrence
(1941) Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
(1966) The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
(1972) The Scopone Game
as George
(1981) The Survivor
as Priest
(1977) Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
(1980) Casino
as Ed Booker
(1950) Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale aka Steve
(1950) Two Flags West
as Col. Clay Tucker
(1978) The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
(1973) The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
(1945) Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
(1971) Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
(1956) The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
(1967) Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
(1951) Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
(1991) Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
(1972) The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
(1965) The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
(1968) Gangsters '70
as Destil
(1976) A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
(1960) The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
(1951) Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
(1934) Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings
(1952) Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
(1943) Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
(1976) The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
(2000) Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
(1947) Our American Heritage
as Narrator
(2018) They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
(1968) Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
(1968) Petulia
as Mr. Danner
(1978) Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
(1955) Special Delivery
as John Adams
(1981) Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
(1971) Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
(1975) Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
(1971) Journey to Murder
as Jeff Wheeler
(1967) Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
(1965) The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
(1951) Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
(1979) Concorde Affair
as Milland
(1966) Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Jim
(1972) Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
(1979) Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
(1957) The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
(1953) Egypt by Three
as Narrator
(1969) The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
(1968) Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
(1970) Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
(1976) Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
(1973) Police Dog
as Narrator
(1968) Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Himself
(1967) Lionpower from MGM
as ---
(1979) All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Captain Meehan
(1960) Checkmate
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Lionel
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Paul Henty
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as William Callew
(1961) Bus Stop
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1967) Cimarron Strip
as ---
(1968) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben Harper
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Charles Ladovan
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dick Burlingame
(1956) On Trial
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Mac McClay
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Captain
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Private Harris
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Charles Lawrence
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1976) Origins of the Mafia
as The Envoy
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tony Gould
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Courtney Masterson
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Warner Jameson
(1977) Aspen
as Horton Paine
(1977) The Love Boat
as Colonel Van Ryker
(1963) Hollywood and the Stars
as Narrator
(1957) Suspicion
as Gregg Carey
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Edward