Joseph Cotten
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-05-15
Day of Death
1994-02-06 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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
Acting
(2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings
(2000)
(1991)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
(1990)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
(1981)
The Survivor
as Priest
(1981)
Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
(1980)
Casino
as Ed Booker
(1980)
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
(1980)
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
(1979)
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
(1979)
Concorde Affair
as Milland
(1979)
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
(1979)
Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
(1979)
(1978)
Caravans
as Crandall
(1978)
The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
(1978)
Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
(1978)
Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
(1977)
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
(1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
(1976)
Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
(1976)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
(1976)
A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
(1975)
Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
(1975)
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
(1973)
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
(1973)
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
(1973)
F for Fake
as Self
(1973)
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
(1973)
Police Dog
as Narrator
(1972)
Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
(1972)
The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
(1972)
The Scopone Game
as George
(1972)
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
(1971)
City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
(1971)
Journey to Murder
as Jeff Wheeler
(1971)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
(1971)
Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
(1971)
Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
(1971)
Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
(1970)
Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
(1970)
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
(1969)
Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
(1969)
The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
(1968)
Gangsters '70
as Destil
(1968)
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
(1968)
Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
(1968)
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
(1968)
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
(1968)
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Himself
(1967)
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
(1967)
Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
(1967)
Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
(1967)
(1966)
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
(1966)
(1965)
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
(1965)
The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
(1965)
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
(1964)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
(1961)
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
(1960)
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
(1958)
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
(1958)
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1957)
The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
(1957)
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
(1956)
The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
(1956)
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
(1955)
Special Delivery
as John Adams
(1953)
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
(1953)
Niagara
as George Loomis
(1953)
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
(1952)
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
(1952)
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
(1951)
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
(1951)
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
(1951)
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
(1951)
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
(1950)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale aka Steve
(1950)
September Affair
as David Lawrence
(1950)
Two Flags West
as Col. Clay Tucker
(1949)
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
(1949)
Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
(1949)
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
(1948)
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
(1947)
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
(1947)
Our American Heritage
as Narrator
(1946)
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
(1945)
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
(1944)
Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
(1944)
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
(1944)
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
(1943)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
(1943)
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
(1943)
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
(1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
(1941)
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
(1941)
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
(1937)
Crew
(1943)
Journey into Fear
Screenplay