Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Birthday: 1905-05-15
Deathday: 1994-02-06
Place of birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also know as: Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.

Bio

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).

Movies with Joseph Cotten

Citizen Kane

1941
As Jedediah Leland
The Magnificent Ambersons

1942
As Eugene Morgan
The Third Man

1949
As Holly Martins
Touch of Evil

1958
As Coroner (uncredited)
Lady Frankenstein

1971
As Baron Frankenstein
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964
As Drew Bayliss
Under Capricorn

1949
As Sam Flusky
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

1937
As
Heaven's Gate

1980
As The Reverend Doctor
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990
As (archive footage)
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970
As Henry L. Stimson
Baron Blood

1972
As Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Journey into Fear

1943
As Howard Graham
I'll Be Seeing You

1944
As Zachary Morgan
Shadow of a Doubt

1943
As Uncle Charlie
The Steel Trap

1952
As Jim Osborne
A Blueprint for Murder

1953
As Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Airport '77

1977
As Nicholas St. Downs III
Soylent Green

1973
As William R. Simonson
Duel in the Sun

1946
As Jesse McCanles
Portrait of Jennie

1948
As Eben Adams
The Halliday Brand

1957
As Daniel Halliday
Island of the Fishmen

1979
As Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Killer Is Loose

1956
As Detective Sam Wagner
Gaslight

1944
As Brian Cameron
Guyana: Crime of the Century

1979
As Richard Gable
Syndicate Sadists

1975
As Paternò
Beyond the Forest

1949
As Doctor Louis Moline
Caravans

1978
As Crandall
Since You Went Away

1944
As Lieutenant Tony Willett
F for Fake

1973
As Self
The Farmer's Daughter

1947
As Glenn Morley
The Money Trap

1965
As Dr. Horace Van Tilden
From the Earth to the Moon

1958
As Victor Barbicane
A Delicate Balance

1973
As Harry
The Last Sunset

1961
As John Breckenridge
The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971
As Dr. Vesalius
The Grasshopper

1970
As Richard Morgan
White Comanche

1968
As Sheriff Logan
Latitude Zero

1969
As Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
City Beneath the Sea

1971
As Dr. Ziegler
Niagara

1953
As George Loomis
The Hearse

1980
As Walter Prichard
The Man with a Cloak

1951
As Dupin
The Hellbenders

1967
As Colonel Jonas
September Affair

1950
As David Lawrence
Lydia

1941
As Michael Fitzpatrick
The Oscar

1966
As Kenneth Regan
The Scopone Game

1972
As George
The Survivor

1981
As Priest
Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977
As Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Casino

1980
As Ed Booker
Walk Softly, Stranger

1950
As Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West

1950
As Col. Clay Tucker
The Perfect Crime

1978
As Sir Arthur Dundee
The Devil's Daughter

1973
As Judge Weatherby
Love Letters

1945
As Allen Quinton
Assault on the Wayne

1971
As Admiral
The Bottom of the Bottle

1956
As Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Jack of Diamonds

1967
As Ace
Half Angel

1951
As John Raymond Jr.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991
As Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Screaming Woman

1972
As George Tresvant
The Tramplers

1965
As Temple Cordeen
Gangsters '70

1968
As Destil
A Whisper in the Dark

1976
As The Professor
The Angel Wore Red

1960
As Hawthorne
Peking Express

1951
As Michael Bachlin
Too Much Johnson

2013
As Augustus Billings
Untamed Frontier

1952
As Kirk Denbow
Hers to Hold

1943
As Bill Morley
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976
As Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

2000
As Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961
As Self (uncredited)
Our American Heritage

1947
As Narrator
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018
As Self (archive footage)
Last In, First Out

1978
As Foster Johnson
Alexander The Great

1968
As Antigonus
Petulia

1968
As Mr. Danner
Return to Fantasy Island

1978
As Simon Grant
Special Delivery

1955
As John Adams
Delusion

1981
As Ivar Langrock
Do You Take This Stranger?

1971
As Dr. Robert Carson
Timber Tramps

1975
As Greedy sawmill mogul
Journey to Murder

1971
As Jeff Wheeler
Some May Live

1967
As Colonel Woodward
The Great Sioux Massacre

1965
As Major Marcus A. Reno
Othello

1951
As Senator (uncredited)
Concorde Affair

1979
As Milland
Brighty of the Grand Canyon

1966
As Jim
Doomsday Voyage

1972
As Captain Jason
Churchill and the Generals

1979
As Gen. George C. Marshall
The Edge of Innocence

1957
As Robert Rainey
Egypt by Three

1953
As Narrator
The Lonely Profession

1969
As Martin Bannister
Split Second to an Epitaph

1968
As Dr. Ben Stern
Cutter's Trail

1970
As General Spalding
Mysteries of the Gods

1976
As Narrator
Police Dog

1973
As Narrator
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

1968
As Himself
Lionpower from MGM

1967
As Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

1979
As Self
Expedition to Ararat

1976
As Self - Host - Narrator

TV Shows with Joseph Cotten

77 Sunset Strip

1958
As Arnold Buhler
The Great Adventure

1963
As Captain Meehan
Checkmate

1960
As Dr. George Mallinson
Tales of the Unexpected

1979
As Lionel
The Streets of San Francisco

1972
As John R. James
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977
As Weldon Rathbone
General Electric Theater

1953
As Paul Henty
Ironside

1967
As Dr. Benjamin Stern
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
As William Callew
Bus Stop

1961
As Professor Wheelwright
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958
As Black McSween
Cimarron Strip

1967
As Nathan Tio
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968
As Self (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951
As
Kraft Music Hall

1958
As Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
As Ben Harper
Dr. Kildare

1961
As Charles Ladovan
Telephone Time

1956
As
The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959
As Dick Burlingame
Letter to Loretta

1953
As Self - Guest Host
The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960
As Mac McClay
General Electric Theater

1953
As Captain
General Electric Theater

1953
As Private Harris
The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959
As Charles Lawrence
The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973
As Self
What's My Line?

1950
As Self - Mystery Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
As Tony Gould
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
As Courtney Masterson
V.I.P. Schaukel

1971
As Self
The Rockford Files

1974
As Warner Jameson
Aspen

1977
As Horton Paine
The Love Boat

1977
As Colonel Van Ryker
Hollywood and the Stars

1963
As Narrator
Suspicion

1957
As Gregg Carey
Tales of the Unexpected

1979
As Edward
Origins of the Mafia

1976
As The Envoy
It Takes a Thief

1968
As Col. Heinrich
It Takes a Thief

1968
As Mr. Jack
The Name of the Game

1968
As Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962
As Self
The Virginian

1962
As Judge Will McMasters
The Virginian

1962
As Judge Hobbs
Wagon Train

1957
As Captain Dan Brady
Wagon Train

1957
As John Augustus
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show

1956
As Self
The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955
As Self - Host
The Ford Television Theatre

1952
As John Ashburn
On Trial

1956
As Edward Pritchard
On Trial

1956
As Mr. Patterson
On Trial

1956
As Robert Westwood
On Trial

1956
As Senator George Graham Vest
On Trial

1956
As Sanders
On Trial

1956
As Joseph Downey
On Trial

1956
As Gregg Bolton
On Trial

1956
As William Seward
On Trial

1956
As Ray Barnes
On Trial

1956
As Clint Anderson
On Trial

1956
As Reed Murrow
On Trial

1956
As Reed
On Trial

1956
As Frank Parsons
Journey to the Unknown

1968
As Jeff Wheeler

Production Credits

Journey into Fear

1943
As Screenplay