Joseph 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).
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
140
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-05-15 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Acting
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)2013
Too Much Johnson as Augustus Billings1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)1981
The Survivor as Priest1981
Delusion as Ivar Langrock1980
Heaven's Gate as The Reverend Doctor1980
The Hearse as Walter Prichard1980
Casino as Ed Booker1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Lionel1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Edward1979
Island of the Fishmen as Prof. Ernest Marvin1979
Concorde Affair as Milland1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century as Richard Gable1979
Churchill and the Generals as Gen. George C. Marshall1978
Caravans as Crandall1978
Return to Fantasy Island as Simon Grant1978
The Perfect Crime as Sir Arthur Dundee1978
Last In, First Out as Foster Johnson1977
The Love Boat as Colonel Van Ryker1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Not available1977
Airport '77 as Nicholas St. Downs III1977
Aspen as Horton Paine1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State1976
Origins of the Mafia as The Envoy1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon1976
Mysteries of the Gods as Narrator1976
A Whisper in the Dark as The Professor1975
Timber Tramps as Greedy sawmill mogul1975
Syndicate Sadists as Paternò1974
The Rockford Files as Warner Jameson1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self1973
Soylent Green as William R. Simonson1973
F for Fake as Self1973
A Delicate Balance as Harry1973
The Devil's Daughter as Judge Weatherby1973
Police Dog as Narrator1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Not available1972
The Scopone Game as George1972
Baron Blood as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker1972
The Screaming Woman as George Tresvant1972
Doomsday Voyage as Captain Jason1971
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Dr. Vesalius1971
Lady Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein1971
City Beneath the Sea as Dr. Ziegler1971
Assault on the Wayne as Admiral1971
Journey to Murder as Jeff Wheeler1971
Do You Take This Stranger? as Dr. Robert Carson1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! as Henry L. Stimson1970
The Grasshopper as Richard Morgan1970
Cutter's Trail as General Spalding1969
Latitude Zero as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie1969
The Lonely Profession as Martin Bannister1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self1968
White Comanche as Sheriff Logan1968
Petulia as Mr. Danner1968
Alexander The Great as Antigonus1968
Split Second to an Epitaph as Dr. Ben Stern1968
Gangsters '70 as Destil1968
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie as Himself1967
Ironside as Not available1967
Cimarron Strip as Not available1967
The Hellbenders as Colonel Jonas1967
Jack of Diamonds as Ace1967
Some May Live as Colonel Woodward1966
The Oscar as Kenneth Regan1966
Brighty of the Grand Canyon as Jim1965
The Great Sioux Massacre as Major Marcus A. Reno1965
The Money Trap as Dr. Horace Van Tilden1965
The Tramplers as Temple Cordeen1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Drew Bayliss1964
Hollywood and the Stars as Narrator1963
The Great Adventure as Captain Meehan1963
Hollywood and the Stars as Narrator1961
Dr. Kildare as Charles Ladovan1961
Bus Stop as Not available1961
The Last Sunset as John Breckenridge1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Mac McClay1960
Checkmate as Not available1960
The Angel Wore Red as Hawthorne1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Dick Burlingame1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Charles Lawrence1958
77 Sunset Strip as Not available1958
Kraft Music Hall as Not available1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Not available1958
Touch of Evil as Coroner (uncredited)1958
From the Earth to the Moon as Victor Barbicane1957
Suspicion as Gregg Carey1957
The Halliday Brand as Daniel Halliday1957
The Edge of Innocence as Robert Rainey1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Harper1956
Telephone Time as Not available1956
On Trial as Not available1956
The Killer Is Loose as Detective Sam Wagner1956
The Bottom of the Bottle as Pat 'P.M.' Martin1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as William Callew1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tony Gould1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Courtney Masterson1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited)1955
Special Delivery as John Adams1953
Niagara as George Loomis1953
Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host1953
General Electric Theater as Paul Henty1953
General Electric Theater as Captain1953
General Electric Theater as Private Harris1953
A Blueprint for Murder as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron1953
Egypt by Three as Narrator1952
Untamed Frontier as Kirk Denbow1952
The Steel Trap as Jim Osborne1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Not available1951
Othello as Senator (uncredited)1951
Peking Express as Michael Bachlin1951
The Man with a Cloak as Dupin1951
Half Angel as John Raymond Jr.1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest1950
Two Flags West as Col. Clay Tucker1950
Walk Softly, Stranger as Chris Hale aka Steve1950
September Affair as David Lawrence1949
The Third Man as Holly Martins1949
Under Capricorn as Sam Flusky1949
Beyond the Forest as Doctor Louis Moline1948
Portrait of Jennie as Eben Adams1947
The Farmer's Daughter as Glenn Morley1947
Our American Heritage as Narrator1946
Duel in the Sun as Jesse McCanles1945
Love Letters as Allen Quinton1944
Gaslight as Brian Cameron1944
Since You Went Away as Lieutenant Tony Willett1944
I'll Be Seeing You as Zachary Morgan1943
Shadow of a Doubt as Uncle Charlie1943
Journey into Fear as Howard Graham1943
Hers to Hold as Bill Morley1942
The Magnificent Ambersons as Eugene Morgan1941
Citizen Kane as Jedediah Leland1941
Lydia as Michael Fitzpatrick1937
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. as Not availableCrew
1943
Journey into Fear Screenplay