Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Known for
Acting
Born
May 15, 1905
Died
February 6, 1994 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead poster

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
The Green Fog poster

The Green Fog

Movie

2013
Too Much Johnson poster

Too Much Johnson

Movie · as Augustus Billings (uncredited)

2000
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film poster

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Movie · as Self

1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies poster

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths poster

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1981
The Survivor poster

The Survivor

Movie · as Priest

1981
Delusion poster

Delusion

Movie · as Ivar Langrock

1980
Heaven's Gate poster

Heaven's Gate

Movie · as The Reverend Doctor

1980
The Hearse poster

The Hearse

Movie · as Walter Prichard

1980
Casino poster

Casino

Movie · as Ed Booker

1979
Island of the Fishmen poster

Island of the Fishmen

Movie · as Prof. Ernest Marvin

1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century poster

Guyana: Crime of the Century

Movie · as Richard Gable

1979
Concorde Affair poster

Concorde Affair

Movie · as Milland

1979
Churchill and the Generals poster

Churchill and the Generals

Movie · as Gen. George C. Marshall

1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman poster

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Movie · as Self

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Lionel, Edward · 1 ep

1978
Caravans poster

Caravans

Movie · as Crandall

1978
The Perfect Crime poster

The Perfect Crime

Movie · as Sir Arthur Dundee

1978
Last In, First Out poster

Last In, First Out

Movie · as Foster Johnson

1978
Return to Fantasy Island poster

Return to Fantasy Island

Movie · as Simon Grant

1978
Fantasy Island poster

Fantasy Island

TV · as Thomas Cummings · 1 ep

1977
Airport '77 poster

Airport '77

Movie · as Nicholas St. Downs III

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming poster

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Movie · as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · as Weldon Rathbone · 1 ep

1977
Aspen poster

Aspen

TV · as Horton Paine · 3 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Colonel Van Ryker · 1 ep

1976
A Whisper in the Dark poster

A Whisper in the Dark

Movie · as The Professor

1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case poster

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Movie · as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

1976
Mysteries of the Gods poster

Mysteries of the Gods

Movie · as Narrator

1976
Expedition to Ararat poster

Expedition to Ararat

Movie · as Self - Host - Narrator

1976
Origins of the Mafia poster

Origins of the Mafia

TV · as The Envoy · 1 ep

1975
Syndicate Sadists poster

Syndicate Sadists

Movie · as Paternò

1975
Timber Tramps poster

Timber Tramps

Movie · as Greedy sawmill mogul

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Warner Jameson · 1 ep

1973
Soylent Green poster

Soylent Green

Movie · as William R. Simonson

1973
F for Fake poster

F for Fake

Movie · as Self

1973
A Delicate Balance poster

A Delicate Balance

Movie · as Harry

1973
The Devil's Daughter poster

The Devil's Daughter

Movie · as Judge Weatherby

1973
Police Dog

Police Dog

Movie · as Narrator

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Baron Blood poster

Baron Blood

Movie · as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

1972
The Scopone Game poster

The Scopone Game

Movie · as George

1972
The Screaming Woman poster

The Screaming Woman

Movie · as George Tresvant

1972
Doomsday Voyage poster

Doomsday Voyage

Movie · as Captain Jason

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as John R. James · 1 ep

1971
Lady Frankenstein poster

Lady Frankenstein

Movie · as Baron Frankenstein

1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes poster

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Movie · as Dr. Vesalius

1971
City Beneath the Sea poster

City Beneath the Sea

Movie · as Dr. Ziegler

1971
Assault on the Wayne poster

Assault on the Wayne

Movie · as Admiral

1971
Do You Take This Stranger? poster

Do You Take This Stranger?

Movie · as Dr. Robert Carson

1971
Journey to Murder poster

Journey to Murder

Movie · as Jeff Wheeler

1971
V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · as Henry L. Stimson

1970
The Grasshopper poster

The Grasshopper

Movie · as Richard Morgan

1970
Cutter's Trail poster

Cutter's Trail

Movie · as General Spalding

1969
Latitude Zero poster

Latitude Zero

Movie · as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

1969
The Lonely Profession poster

The Lonely Profession

Movie · as Martin Bannister

1968
White Comanche poster

White Comanche

Movie · as Sheriff Logan

1968
Gangsters '70 poster

Gangsters '70

Movie · as Destil

1968
Alexander The Great poster

Alexander The Great

Movie · as Antigonus

1968
Petulia poster

Petulia

Movie · as Mr. Danner

1968
Split Second to an Epitaph poster

Split Second to an Epitaph

Movie · as Dr. Ben Stern

1968
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie poster

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

Movie · as Self

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

1968
It Takes a Thief poster

It Takes a Thief

TV · as Col. Heinrich, Mr. Jack · 2 eps

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner · 1 ep

1968
Journey to the Unknown poster

Journey to the Unknown

TV · as Jeff Wheeler · 1 ep

1967
The Hellbenders poster

The Hellbenders

Movie · as Colonel Jonas

1967
Jack of Diamonds poster

Jack of Diamonds

Movie · as Ace

1967
Some May Live poster

Some May Live

Movie · as Colonel Woodward

1967
Lionpower from MGM poster

Lionpower from MGM

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

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Dr. Benjamin Stern · 1 ep

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · as Nathan Tio · 1 ep

1966
The Oscar poster

The Oscar

Movie · as Kenneth Regan

1966
Brighty of the Grand Canyon poster

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Movie · as Jim

1965
The Money Trap poster

The Money Trap

Movie · as Dr. Horace Van Tilden

1965
The Tramplers poster

The Tramplers

Movie · as Temple Cordeen

1965
The Great Sioux Massacre poster

The Great Sioux Massacre

Movie · as Major Marcus A. Reno

1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte poster

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Movie · as Drew Bayliss

1963
The Great Adventure poster

The Great Adventure

TV · as Captain Meehan · 2 eps

1963
Hollywood and the Stars poster

Hollywood and the Stars

TV · as Narrator · 31 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Judge Will McMasters, Judge Hobbs · 1 ep

1961
The Last Sunset poster

The Last Sunset

Movie · as John Breckenridge

1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years poster

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1961
Bus Stop poster

Bus Stop

TV · as Professor Wheelwright · 1 ep

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Charles Ladovan · 1 ep

1960
The Angel Wore Red poster

The Angel Wore Red

Movie · as Hawthorne

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · as Dr. George Mallinson · 1 ep

1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

TV · as Mac McClay · 1 ep

1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV · as Dick Burlingame, Charles Lawrence · 1 ep

1958
Touch of Evil poster

Touch of Evil

Movie · as Coroner (uncredited)

1958
From the Earth to the Moon poster

From the Earth to the Moon

Movie · as Victor Barbicane

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Arnold Buhler · 1 ep

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · as Black McSween · 1 ep

1958
Kraft Music Hall poster

Kraft Music Hall

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
The Halliday Brand poster

The Halliday Brand

Movie · as Daniel Halliday

1957
The Edge of Innocence poster

The Edge of Innocence

Movie · as Robert Rainey

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Gregg Carey · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Captain Dan Brady, John Augustus · 1 ep

1956
The Killer Is Loose poster

The Killer Is Loose

Movie · as Detective Sam Wagner

1956
The Bottom of the Bottle poster

The Bottom of the Bottle

Movie · as Pat 'P.M.' Martin

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Ben Harper · 1 ep

1956
Telephone Time poster

Telephone Time

TV · 1 ep

1956
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
On Trial

On Trial

TV · as Edward Pritchard, Mr. Patterson, Robert Westwood, Senator George Graham Vest, Sanders, Joseph Downey, Gregg Bolton, William Seward, Ray Barnes, Clint Anderson, Reed Murrow, Frank Parsons · 1 ep

1955
Special Delivery poster

Special Delivery

Movie · as John Adams

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as William Callew, Tony Gould, Courtney Masterson · 1 ep

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps

1953
A Blueprint for Murder poster

A Blueprint for Murder

Movie · as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

1953
Niagara poster

Niagara

Movie · as George Loomis

1953
Egypt by Three

Egypt by Three

Movie · as Narrator

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Paul Henty, Captain, Private Harris · 1 ep

1953
Letter to Loretta poster

Letter to Loretta

TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1952
The Steel Trap poster

The Steel Trap

Movie · as Jim Osborne

1952
Untamed Frontier poster

Untamed Frontier

Movie · as Kirk Denbow

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as John Ashburn · 1 ep

1951
The Man with a Cloak poster

The Man with a Cloak

Movie · as Dupin

1951
Half Angel poster

Half Angel

Movie · as John Raymond Jr.

1951
Peking Express poster

Peking Express

Movie · as Michael Bachlin

1951
Othello poster

Othello

Movie · as Senator (uncredited)

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · 1 ep

1950
September Affair poster

September Affair

Movie · as David Lawrence

1950
Walk Softly, Stranger poster

Walk Softly, Stranger

Movie · as Chris Hale/Steve

1950
Two Flags West poster

Two Flags West

Movie · as Clay Tucker

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
The Third Man poster

The Third Man

Movie · as Holly Martins

1949
Under Capricorn poster

Under Capricorn

Movie · as Sam Flusky

1949
Beyond the Forest poster

Beyond the Forest

Movie · as Doctor Louis Moline

1948
Portrait of Jennie poster

Portrait of Jennie

Movie · as Eben Adams

1947
The Farmer's Daughter poster

The Farmer's Daughter

Movie · as Glenn Morley

1947
Our American Heritage

Our American Heritage

Movie · as Narrator

1946
Duel in the Sun poster

Duel in the Sun

Movie · as Jesse McCanles

1945
Love Letters poster

Love Letters

Movie · as Allen Quinton

1944
I'll Be Seeing You poster

I'll Be Seeing You

Movie · as Zachary Morgan

1944
Gaslight poster

Gaslight

Movie · as Brian Cameron

1944
Since You Went Away poster

Since You Went Away

Movie · as Tony Willett

1943
Journey into Fear poster

Journey into Fear

Movie · as Howard Graham

1943
Shadow of a Doubt poster

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · as Charlie Oakley

1943
Hers to Hold poster

Hers to Hold

Movie · as Bill Morley

1942
The Magnificent Ambersons poster

The Magnificent Ambersons

Movie · as Eugene Morgan

1941
Citizen Kane poster

Citizen Kane

Movie · as Jedediah Leland

1941
Lydia poster

Lydia

Movie · as Michael Fitzpatrick

1937
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. poster

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

Movie