Joseph Cotten
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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
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Jedediah Leland
Soylent Green (1973)
as William R. Simonson
The Third Man (1949)
as Holly Martins
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Henry L. Stimson
Gaslight (1944)
as Brian Cameron
Heaven's Gate (1980)
as The Reverend Doctor
Half Angel (1951)
as John Raymond Jr.
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Coroner (uncredited)
Niagara (1953)
as George Loomis
White Comanche (1968)
as Sheriff Logan
The Money Trap (1965)
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
Airport '77 (1977)
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Jesse McCanles
Petulia (1968)
as Mr. Danner
Baron Blood (1972)
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Under Capricorn (1949)
as Sam Flusky
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
as Dr. Vesalius
Othello (1951)
as Senator (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
as Eugene Morgan
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
as Eben Adams
The Oscar (1966)
as Kenneth Regan
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Uncle Charlie
Delusion (1981)
as Ivar Langrock
The Last Sunset (1961)
as John Breckenridge
F for Fake (1973)
as Self
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
as Drew Bayliss
Caravans (1978)
as Crandall
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
as Baron Frankenstein
The Hellbenders (1967)
as Colonel Jonas
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
as Dupin
The Scopone Game (1972)
as George
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
as Judge Weatherby
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
as Dr. Ziegler
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968)
as Himself
The Grasshopper (1970)
as Richard Morgan
Assault on the Wayne (1971)
as Admiral
The Hearse (1980)
as Walter Prichard
Syndicate Sadists (1975)
as Paternò
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Two Flags West (1950)
as Clay Tucker
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
as Zachary Morgan
Lydia (1941)
as Michael Fitzpatrick
The Survivor (1981)
as Priest
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
as Detective Sam Wagner
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
A Delicate Balance (1973)
as Harry
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
as Major Marcus A. Reno
September Affair (1950)
as David Lawrence
Concorde Affair (1979)
as Milland
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
as Glenn Morley
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
as Hawthorne
Egypt by Three (1953)
as Narrator
Love Letters (1945)
as Allen Quinton
Untamed Frontier (1952)
as Kirk Denbow
The Screaming Woman (1972)
as George Tresvant
The Perfect Crime (1978)
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Latitude Zero (1969)
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Gangsters '70 (1968)
as Destil
Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979)
as Richard Gable
The Steel Trap (1952)
as Jim Osborne
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
as Chris Hale/Steve
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Green Fog (2018)
Actor
Jack of Diamonds (1967)
as Ace
Our American Heritage (1947)
as Narrator
The Halliday Brand (1957)
as Daniel Halliday
The Tramplers (1965)
as Temple Cordeen
Alexander The Great (1968)
as Antigonus
Special Delivery (1955)
as John Adams
Mysteries of the Gods (1976)
as Narrator
Beyond the Forest (1949)
as Doctor Louis Moline
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Tony Willett
Journey to Murder (1971)
as Jeff Wheeler
Return to Fantasy Island (1978)
as Simon Grant
A Whisper in the Dark (1976)
as The Professor
Cutter's Trail (1970)
as General Spalding
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self (uncredited)
Hers to Hold (1943)
as Bill Morley
The Lonely Profession (1969)
as Martin Bannister
Too Much Johnson (2013)
as Augustus Billings
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
as Robert Rainey
Casino (1980)
as Ed Booker
Expedition to Ararat (1976)
as Self - Host - Narrator
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Foster Johnson
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman (1979)
as Self
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
as Victor Barbicane
Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)
as Dr. Robert Carson
The Complete 'Citizen Kane' (1991)
Actor
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Journey into Fear (1943)
as Howard Graham
Split Second to an Epitaph (1968)
as Dr. Ben Stern
Timber Tramps (1975)
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Peking Express (1951)
as Michael Bachlin
Police Dog (1973)
as Narrator
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
as Jim
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
as (archive footage)
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000)
as Self
Some May Live (1967)
as Colonel Woodward
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. (1937)
Actor
Doomsday Voyage (1972)
as Captain Jason