Joseph Cotten
- Acting
- May 15, 1905 · Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- February 6, 1994
Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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
Filmography
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead · Self
- The Green Fog
- Too Much Johnson · Augustus Billings (uncredited)
- Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film · Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook · Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths · Self
- The Survivor · Priest
- Delusion · Ivar Langrock
- Heaven's Gate · The Reverend Doctor
- Casino · Ed Booker
- The Hearse · Walter Prichard
- All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman · Self
- Churchill and the Generals · Gen. George C. Marshall
- Guyana: Crime of the Century · Richard Gable
- Tales of the Unexpected · Lionel, Edward
- Concorde Affair · Milland
- Island of the Fishmen · Prof. Ernest Marvin
- The Perfect Crime · Sir Arthur Dundee
- Caravans · Crandall
- Last In, First Out · Foster Johnson
- Fantasy Island · Thomas Cummings
- Return to Fantasy Island · Simon Grant
- Aspen · Horton Paine
- The Love Boat · Colonel Van Ryker
- Airport '77 · Nicholas St. Downs III
- Twilight's Last Gleaming · Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries · Weldon Rathbone
- Origins of the Mafia · The Envoy
- A Whisper in the Dark · The Professor
- Mysteries of the Gods · Narrator
- The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
- Expedition to Ararat · Self
- Timber Tramps · Greedy sawmill mogul
- Syndicate Sadists · Paternò
- The Rockford Files · Warner Jameson
- A Delicate Balance · Harry
- F for Fake · Self
- Soylent Green · William R. Simonson
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- The Devil's Daughter · Judge Weatherby
- Police Dog · Narrator
- The Streets of San Francisco · John R. James
- The Scopone Game · George
- Baron Blood · Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
- Doomsday Voyage · Captain Jason
- The Screaming Woman · George Tresvant
- Lady Frankenstein · Baron Frankenstein
- City Beneath the Sea · Dr. Ziegler
- V.I.P. Schaukel · Self
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes · Dr. Vesalius
- Do You Take This Stranger? · Dr. Robert Carson
- Assault on the Wayne · Admiral
- Journey to Murder · Jeff Wheeler
- The Grasshopper · Richard Morgan
- Cutter's Trail · General Spalding
- Tora! Tora! Tora! · Henry L. Stimson
- The Lonely Profession · Martin Bannister
- Latitude Zero · Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
- Split Second to an Epitaph · Dr. Ben Stern
- Journey to the Unknown · Jeff Wheeler
- The Name of the Game · Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
- White Comanche · Sheriff Logan
- Petulia · Mr. Danner
- Gangsters '70 · Destil
- Alexander The Great · Antigonus
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Self
- It Takes a Thief · Col. Heinrich, Mr. Jack
- Petulia: The Uncommon Movie · Self
- Jack of Diamonds · Ace
- Cimarron Strip · Nathan Tio
- Some May Live · Colonel Woodward
- Ironside · Dr. Benjamin Stern
- The Hellbenders · Colonel Jonas
- Lionpower from MGM · Self
- Brighty of the Grand Canyon · Jim
- The Oscar · Kenneth Regan
- The Tramplers · Temple Cordeen
- The Money Trap · Dr. Horace Van Tilden
- The Great Sioux Massacre · Major Marcus A. Reno