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Joseph Cotten
Actor · Crew· Petersburg, 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).
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Green Fog | Film | |
| 2013 | Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | Film |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | The Complete 'Citizen Kane' | Film | |
| 1981 | Delusion | Ivar Langrock | Film |
| 1981 | The Survivor | Priest | Film |
| 1980 | The Hearse | Walter Prichard | Film |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | Film |
| 1979 | Concorde Affair | Milland | Film |
| 1979 | Island of the Fishmen | Prof. Ernest Marvin | Film |
| 1979 | Guyana: Crime of the Century | Richard Gable | Film |
| 1978 | Caravans | Crandall | Film |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out | Foster Johnson | Film |
| 1978 | The Perfect Crime | Sir Arthur Dundee | Film |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | Film |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | Film |
| 1976 | Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | Film |
| 1976 | A Whisper in the Dark | The Professor | Film |
| 1975 | Syndicate Sadists | Paternò | Film |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance | Harry | Film |
| 1973 | F for Fake | Self | Film |
| 1973 | The Devil's Daughter | Judge Weatherby | Film |
| 1973 | Soylent Green | William R. Simonson | Film |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | Film |
| 1972 | Baron Blood | Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker | Film |
| 1972 | The Scopone Game | George | Film |
| 1971 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | Film |
| 1971 | City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | Film |
| 1971 | Lady Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | Film |
| 1971 | Assault on the Wayne | Admiral | Film |
| 1970 | The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | Film |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson | Film |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero | Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie | Film |
| 1968 | Gangsters '70 | Destil | Film |
| 1968 | White Comanche | Sheriff Logan | Film |
| 1968 | Petulia | Mr. Danner | Film |
| 1968 | Alexander The Great | Antigonus | Film |
| 1967 | Jack of Diamonds | Ace | Film |
| 1967 | The Hellbenders | Colonel Jonas | Film |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Kenneth Regan | Film |
| 1965 | The Money Trap | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | Film |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Marcus A. Reno | Film |
| 1965 | The Tramplers | Temple Cordeen | Film |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew Bayliss | Film |
| 1961 | The Last Sunset | John Breckenridge | Film |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | Film |
| 1960 | The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne | Film |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | Coroner (uncredited) | Film |
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane | Film |
| 1957 | The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | Film |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | Film |
| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | Film |
| 1953 | A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | Film |
| 1953 | Egypt by Three | Narrator | Film |
| 1953 | Niagara | George Loomis | Film |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | Film |
| 1952 | Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | Film |
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | Film |
| 1951 | Othello | Senator (uncredited) | Film |
| 1951 | Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | Film |
| 1951 | Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | Film |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale/Steve | Film |
| 1950 | September Affair | David Lawrence | Film |
| 1950 | Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker | Film |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Sam Flusky | Film |
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline | Film |
| 1949 | The Third Man | Holly Martins | Film |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Eben Adams | Film |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley | Film |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles | Film |
| 1945 | Love Letters | Allen Quinton | Film |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Tony Willett | Film |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Brian Cameron | Film |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | Film |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold | Bill Morley | Film |
| 1943 | Journey into Fear | Howard Graham | Film |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Uncle Charlie | Film |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Eugene Morgan | Film |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland | Film |
| 1941 | Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | Film |
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