
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).
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Filmography

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Green Fog
Movie

Too Much Johnson
Movie · as Augustus Billings (uncredited)

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Movie · as Self

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Survivor
Movie · as Priest

Delusion
Movie · as Ivar Langrock

Heaven's Gate
Movie · as The Reverend Doctor

The Hearse
Movie · as Walter Prichard

Casino
Movie · as Ed Booker

Island of the Fishmen
Movie · as Prof. Ernest Marvin

Guyana: Crime of the Century
Movie · as Richard Gable

Concorde Affair
Movie · as Milland

Churchill and the Generals
Movie · as Gen. George C. Marshall

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie · as Self

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Lionel, Edward · 1 ep

Caravans
Movie · as Crandall

The Perfect Crime
Movie · as Sir Arthur Dundee

Last In, First Out
Movie · as Foster Johnson

Return to Fantasy Island
Movie · as Simon Grant

Fantasy Island
TV · as Thomas Cummings · 1 ep

Airport '77
Movie · as Nicholas St. Downs III

Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV · as Weldon Rathbone · 1 ep

Aspen
TV · as Horton Paine · 3 eps

The Love Boat
TV · as Colonel Van Ryker · 1 ep

A Whisper in the Dark
Movie · as The Professor

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Movie · as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

Mysteries of the Gods
Movie · as Narrator

Expedition to Ararat
Movie · as Self - Host - Narrator

Origins of the Mafia
TV · as The Envoy · 1 ep

Syndicate Sadists
Movie · as Paternò

Timber Tramps
Movie · as Greedy sawmill mogul

The Rockford Files
TV · as Warner Jameson · 1 ep

Soylent Green
Movie · as William R. Simonson

F for Fake
Movie · as Self

A Delicate Balance
Movie · as Harry

The Devil's Daughter
Movie · as Judge Weatherby
Police Dog
Movie · as Narrator

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Baron Blood
Movie · as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

The Scopone Game
Movie · as George

The Screaming Woman
Movie · as George Tresvant

Doomsday Voyage
Movie · as Captain Jason

The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as John R. James · 1 ep

Lady Frankenstein
Movie · as Baron Frankenstein

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie · as Dr. Vesalius

City Beneath the Sea
Movie · as Dr. Ziegler

Assault on the Wayne
Movie · as Admiral

Do You Take This Stranger?
Movie · as Dr. Robert Carson

Journey to Murder
Movie · as Jeff Wheeler
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie · as Henry L. Stimson

The Grasshopper
Movie · as Richard Morgan

Cutter's Trail
Movie · as General Spalding

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

The Lonely Profession
Movie · as Martin Bannister

White Comanche
Movie · as Sheriff Logan

Gangsters '70
Movie · as Destil

Alexander The Great
Movie · as Antigonus

Petulia
Movie · as Mr. Danner

Split Second to an Epitaph
Movie · as Dr. Ben Stern

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Movie · as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

It Takes a Thief
TV · as Col. Heinrich, Mr. Jack · 2 eps

The Name of the Game
TV · as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner · 1 ep

Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Jeff Wheeler · 1 ep

The Hellbenders
Movie · as Colonel Jonas

Jack of Diamonds
Movie · as Ace

Some May Live
Movie · as Colonel Woodward

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

Ironside
TV · as Dr. Benjamin Stern · 1 ep

Cimarron Strip
TV · as Nathan Tio · 1 ep

The Oscar
Movie · as Kenneth Regan

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Movie · as Jim

The Money Trap
Movie · as Dr. Horace Van Tilden

The Tramplers
Movie · as Temple Cordeen

The Great Sioux Massacre
Movie · as Major Marcus A. Reno

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Movie · as Drew Bayliss

The Great Adventure
TV · as Captain Meehan · 2 eps

Hollywood and the Stars
TV · as Narrator · 31 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

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

The Last Sunset
Movie · as John Breckenridge

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Bus Stop
TV · as Professor Wheelwright · 1 ep

Dr. Kildare
TV · as Charles Ladovan · 1 ep

The Angel Wore Red
Movie · as Hawthorne

Checkmate
TV · as Dr. George Mallinson · 1 ep

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV · as Mac McClay · 1 ep

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Dick Burlingame, Charles Lawrence · 1 ep

Touch of Evil
Movie · as Coroner (uncredited)

From the Earth to the Moon
Movie · as Victor Barbicane

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Arnold Buhler · 1 ep

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Black McSween · 1 ep

Kraft Music Hall
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Halliday Brand
Movie · as Daniel Halliday

The Edge of Innocence
Movie · as Robert Rainey

Suspicion
TV · as Gregg Carey · 1 ep

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

The Killer Is Loose
Movie · as Detective Sam Wagner

The Bottom of the Bottle
Movie · as Pat 'P.M.' Martin

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Ben Harper · 1 ep

Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
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

Special Delivery
Movie · as John Adams

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

The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps

A Blueprint for Murder
Movie · as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Niagara
Movie · as George Loomis
Egypt by Three
Movie · as Narrator

General Electric Theater
TV · as Paul Henty, Captain, Private Harris · 1 ep

Letter to Loretta
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

The Steel Trap
Movie · as Jim Osborne

Untamed Frontier
Movie · as Kirk Denbow

The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as John Ashburn · 1 ep

The Man with a Cloak
Movie · as Dupin

Half Angel
Movie · as John Raymond Jr.

Peking Express
Movie · as Michael Bachlin

Othello
Movie · as Senator (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep

September Affair
Movie · as David Lawrence

Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie · as Chris Hale/Steve

Two Flags West
Movie · as Clay Tucker

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Third Man
Movie · as Holly Martins

Under Capricorn
Movie · as Sam Flusky

Beyond the Forest
Movie · as Doctor Louis Moline

Portrait of Jennie
Movie · as Eben Adams

The Farmer's Daughter
Movie · as Glenn Morley
Our American Heritage
Movie · as Narrator

Duel in the Sun
Movie · as Jesse McCanles

Love Letters
Movie · as Allen Quinton

I'll Be Seeing You
Movie · as Zachary Morgan

Gaslight
Movie · as Brian Cameron

Since You Went Away
Movie · as Tony Willett

Journey into Fear
Movie · as Howard Graham

Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · as Charlie Oakley

Hers to Hold
Movie · as Bill Morley

The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie · as Eugene Morgan

Citizen Kane
Movie · as Jedediah Leland

Lydia
Movie · as Michael Fitzpatrick

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



