Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

5/15/1905 – 2/6/1994Petersburg, Virginia, USA

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).

Filmography (146 titles)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead7.1Movie

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Self (archive footage) · 2018

The Green Fog6.1Movie

The Green Fog

2018

Too Much Johnson5.4Movie

Too Much Johnson

Augustus Billings · 2013

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film7.3Movie

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

Self · 2000

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies8.0Movie

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Self (archive footage) · 1995

The Complete 'Citizen Kane'Movie

The Complete 'Citizen Kane'

1991

6.3Movie

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) · 1991

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths5.7Movie

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

(archive footage) · 1990

The Survivor5.2Movie

The Survivor

Priest · 1981

Delusion4.8Movie

Delusion

Ivar Langrock · 1981

Heaven's Gate6.7Movie

Heaven's Gate

The Reverend Doctor · 1980

Casino10.0Movie

Casino

Ed Booker · 1980

The Hearse5.3Movie

The Hearse

Walter Prichard · 1980

All Star Tribute to Ingrid BergmanMovie

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

Self · 1979

Churchill and the Generals9.0Movie

Churchill and the Generals

Gen. George C. Marshall · 1979

Guyana: Crime of the Century5.0Movie

Guyana: Crime of the Century

Richard Gable · 1979

Tales of the Unexpected6.8Show

Tales of the Unexpected

Lionel · 1979

Concorde Affair6.5Movie

Concorde Affair

Milland · 1979

Island of the Fishmen5.7Movie

Island of the Fishmen

Prof. Ernest Marvin · 1979

The Perfect Crime5.2Movie

The Perfect Crime

Sir Arthur Dundee · 1978

Caravans5.8Movie

Caravans

Crandall · 1978

Last In, First Out4.5Movie

Last In, First Out

Foster Johnson · 1978

Return to Fantasy Island6.0Movie

Return to Fantasy Island

Simon Grant · 1978

Aspen8.0Show

Aspen

Horton Paine · 1977

The Love Boat6.3Show

The Love Boat

Colonel Van Ryker · 1977

Airport '775.6Movie

Airport '77

Nicholas St. Downs III · 1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming6.5Movie

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State · 1977

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries7.1Show

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Weldon Rathbone · 1977

Origins of the Mafia8.0Show

Origins of the Mafia

The Envoy · 1976

A Whisper in the Dark5.9Movie

A Whisper in the Dark

The Professor · 1976