Joseph Cotten
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1905-05-15
- Died
- 1994-02-06
- Place of birth
- Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. · Joseph Cheshire 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
TV Shows (40)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Colonel Van Ryker
Wagon Train
1957
as Captain Dan Brady / John Augustus
Ironside
1967
as Dr. Benjamin Stern
The Virginian
1962
as Judge Will McMasters / Judge Hobbs
The Rockford Files
1974
as Warner Jameson
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Charles Ladovan
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Ben Harper
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Lionel / Edward
The Name of the Game
1968
as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Arnold Buhler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as William Callew / Tony Gould / Courtney Masterson
Suspicion
1957
as Gregg Carey
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as John R. James
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
as Weldon Rathbone
Kraft Music Hall
1958
as Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Black McSween
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Self - Host
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Col. Heinrich / Mr. Jack
Checkmate
1960
as Dr. George Mallinson
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as John Ashburn
Telephone Time
1956
The Great Adventure
1963
as Captain Meehan
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Nathan Tio
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Mac McClay
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Dick Burlingame / Charles Lawrence
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Bus Stop
1961
as Professor Wheelwright
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
On Trial
1956
as Edward Pritchard / Mr. Patterson / Robert Westwood / Senator George Graham Vest / Sanders / Joseph Downey / Gregg Bolton / William Seward / Ray Barnes / Clint Anderson / Reed Murrow / Frank Parsons
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Jeff Wheeler
Origins of the Mafia
1976
as The Envoy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Paul Henty / Captain / Private Harris
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
as Narrator
Aspen
1977
as Horton Paine
Movies (106)
Citizen Kane
1941
as Jedediah Leland
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heaven's Gate
1980
as The Reverend Doctor
The Third Man
1949
as Holly Martins
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Henry L. Stimson
Soylent Green
1973
as William R. Simonson
Touch of Evil
1958
as Coroner (uncredited)
Gaslight
1944
as Brian Cameron
Half Angel
1951
as John Raymond Jr.
Island of the Fishmen
1979
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Uncle Charlie
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
White Comanche
1968
as Sheriff Logan
Airport '77
1977
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Niagara
1953
as George Loomis
Othello
1951
as Senator (uncredited)
Delusion
1981
as Ivar Langrock
Baron Blood
1972
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
The Oscar
1966
as Kenneth Regan
Petulia
1968
as Mr. Danner
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Jesse McCanles
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Eben Adams
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Dr. Vesalius
F for Fake
1973
as Self
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Eugene Morgan
Under Capricorn
1949
as Sam Flusky
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Dupin
The Devil's Daughter
1973
as Judge Weatherby
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Drew Bayliss
Caravans
1978
as Crandall
The Hellbenders
1967
as Colonel Jonas
The Last Sunset
1961
as John Breckenridge
City Beneath the Sea
1971
as Dr. Ziegler
The Scopone Game
1972
as George
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
as Himself
Love Letters
1945
as Allen Quinton
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Since You Went Away
1944
as Tony Willett
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Glenn Morley
Special Delivery
1955
as John Adams
A Blueprint for Murder
1953
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Lydia
1941
as Michael Fitzpatrick
The Money Trap
1965
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Hearse
1980
as Walter Prichard
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Egypt by Three
1953
as Narrator
Untamed Frontier
1952
as Kirk Denbow
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Zachary Morgan
Lady Frankenstein
1971
as Baron Frankenstein
Cutter's Trail
1970
as General Spalding
Our American Heritage
1947
as Narrator
Alexander The Great
1968
as Antigonus
The Screaming Woman
1972
as George Tresvant
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
as Major Marcus A. Reno
Assault on the Wayne
1971
as Admiral
Two Flags West
1950
as Clay Tucker
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Chris Hale/Steve
The Survivor
1981
as Priest
The Tramplers
1965
as Temple Cordeen
The Grasshopper
1970
as Richard Morgan
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Hawthorne
Jack of Diamonds
1967
as Ace
Concorde Affair
1979
as Milland
The Killer Is Loose
1956
as Detective Sam Wagner
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Doctor Louis Moline
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
The Halliday Brand
1957
as Daniel Halliday
Peking Express
1951
as Michael Bachlin
Too Much Johnson
2013
as Augustus Billings
Mysteries of the Gods
1976
as Narrator
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
September Affair
1950
as David Lawrence
Latitude Zero
1969
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Syndicate Sadists
1975
as Paternò
Hers to Hold
1943
as Bill Morley
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
as Victor Barbicane
The Edge of Innocence
1957
as Robert Rainey
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
as Richard Gable
Journey into Fear
1943
as Howard Graham
Casino
1980
as Ed Booker
Expedition to Ararat
1976
as Self - Host - Narrator
A Delicate Balance
1973
as Harry
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Gangsters '70
1968
as Destil
Journey to Murder
1971
as Jeff Wheeler
The Green Fog
2018
The Steel Trap
1952
as Jim Osborne
The Lonely Profession
1969
as Martin Bannister
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
The Perfect Crime
1978
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Police Dog
1973
as Narrator
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966
as Jim
Split Second to an Epitaph
1968
as Dr. Ben Stern
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971
as Dr. Robert Carson
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
Last In, First Out
1978
as Foster Johnson
A Whisper in the Dark
1976
as The Professor
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
as Simon Grant
Timber Tramps
1975
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Some May Live
1967
as Colonel Woodward
Doomsday Voyage
1972
as Captain Jason
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937
About Joseph Cotten
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… With 146 credits spanning from 1937 to 2018, Joseph Cotten has appeared in 106 films and 40 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joseph Cotten Movies
- Citizen Kane (1941) — as Jedediah Leland
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) — as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Heaven's Gate (1980) — as The Reverend Doctor
- The Third Man (1949) — as Holly Martins
- Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — as Henry L. Stimson
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