Joseph Cotten

ActorWriter May 15 (died age 88) Petersburg, Virginia, USA 1937–2018 (81 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Citizen Kane

Jedediah Leland

Film

The Third Man

Holly Martins

Film

Touch of Evil

Coroner (uncredited)

Film

Shadow of a Doubt

Uncle Charlie

Film

Soylent Green

William R. Simonson

Film

Gaslight

Brian Cameron

Film

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Henry L. Stimson

Film

The Magnificent Ambersons

Eugene Morgan

Filmography

Acting (141)

Movies (104)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Too Much Johnson

2013

as Augustus Billings

5.4

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

2000

as Self

7.0

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

6.3

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

as (archive footage)

The Survivor

as Priest

Delusion

as Ivar Langrock

Heaven's Gate

as The Reverend Doctor

The Hearse

as Walter Prichard

Casino

as Ed Booker

Island of the Fishmen

1979

as Prof. Ernest Marvin

5.7

Guyana: Crime of the Century

as Richard Gable

Concorde Affair

as Milland

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

1979

as Self

Churchill and the Generals

1979

as Gen. George C. Marshall

The Perfect Crime

as Sir Arthur Dundee

Caravans

as Crandall

Last In, First Out

as Foster Johnson

Return to Fantasy Island

1978

as Simon Grant

4.7

Airport '77

1977

as Nicholas St. Downs III

5.6

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

6.4

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

6.4

Mysteries of the Gods

1976

as Narrator

5.6

A Whisper in the Dark

1976

as The Professor

5.9

Expedition to Ararat

1976

as Self - Host - Narrator

Syndicate Sadists

1975

as Paternò

6.0

Timber Tramps

1975

as Greedy sawmill mogul

Soylent Green

1973

as William R. Simonson

The Devil's Daughter

as Judge Weatherby

F for Fake

as Self

A Delicate Balance

as Harry

Police Dog

as Narrator

The Screaming Woman

as George Tresvant

The Scopone Game

as George

Baron Blood

as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

6.1

Doomsday Voyage

1972

as Captain Jason

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971

as Dr. Vesalius

7.0

Lady Frankenstein

1971

as Baron Frankenstein

City Beneath the Sea

as Dr. Ziegler

Assault on the Wayne

as Admiral

Do You Take This Stranger?

1971

as Dr. Robert Carson

5.0

Journey to Murder

1971

as Jeff Wheeler

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Henry L. Stimson

The Grasshopper

as Richard Morgan

Cutter's Trail

as General Spalding

Latitude Zero

as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

5.9

The Lonely Profession

1969

as Martin Bannister

Petulia

as Mr. Danner

White Comanche

as Sheriff Logan

Gangsters '70

as Destil

Alexander The Great

as Antigonus

Split Second to an Epitaph

1968

as Dr. Ben Stern

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

1968

as Himself

The Hellbenders

as Colonel Jonas

Jack of Diamonds

as Ace

Some May Live

as Colonel Woodward

Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.5

The Oscar

1966

as Kenneth Regan

4.8

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

1966

as Jim

5.5

The Money Trap

1965

as Dr. Horace Van Tilden

5.0

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965

as Major Marcus A. Reno

4.5

The Tramplers

1965

as Temple Cordeen

5.9

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

as Drew Bayliss

7.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)

The Last Sunset

as John Breckenridge

The Angel Wore Red

as Hawthorne

Touch of Evil

as Coroner (uncredited)

7.7

From the Earth to the Moon

as Victor Barbicane

The Halliday Brand

as Daniel Halliday

The Edge of Innocence

1957

as Robert Rainey

The Killer Is Loose

1956

as Detective Sam Wagner

6.7

The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

as Pat 'P.M.' Martin

5.7

Special Delivery

1955

as John Adams

Niagara

as George Loomis

Egypt by Three

as Narrator

A Blueprint for Murder

1953

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Untamed Frontier

as Kirk Denbow

The Steel Trap

as Jim Osborne

Half Angel

as John Raymond Jr.

Othello

as Senator (uncredited)

The Man with a Cloak

as Dupin

Peking Express

as Michael Bachlin

Two Flags West

as Col. Clay Tucker

Walk Softly, Stranger

as Chris Hale/Steve

September Affair

as David Lawrence

The Third Man

as Holly Martins

Under Capricorn

as Sam Flusky

Beyond the Forest

as Doctor Louis Moline

6.7

Portrait of Jennie

1948

as Eben Adams

7.2

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

as Glenn Morley

7.1

Our American Heritage

1947

as Narrator

Duel in the Sun

as Jesse McCanles

Love Letters

as Allen Quinton

Gaslight

as Brian Cameron

Since You Went Away

as Lieutenant Tony Willett

I'll Be Seeing You

as Zachary Morgan

Shadow of a Doubt

as Uncle Charlie

Journey into Fear

as Howard Graham

Hers to Hold

as Bill Morley

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Eugene Morgan

Citizen Kane

as Jedediah Leland

Lydia

as Michael Fitzpatrick

6.5

Citizen Kane Trailer

1940

as himself/Jedediah Leland

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

1937

4.3

Television (37)

Tales of the Unexpected

as Edward

Fantasy Island

as Simon Grant

The Love Boat

as Colonel Van Ryker

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Aspen

as Horton Paine

Origins of the Mafia

as The Envoy

Origins of the Mafia

1976

as The Envoy

The Rockford Files

1974

as Warner Jameson

7.6

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

as Self

6.3

The Streets of San Francisco

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Ironside

Cimarron Strip

The Great Adventure

as Captain Meehan

Hollywood and the Stars

1963

as Narrator

6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Charles Ladovan

Bus Stop

Checkmate

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

as Mac McClay

6.2

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Dick Burlingame

77 Sunset Strip

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Kraft Music Hall

Wagon Train

as Captain Dan Brady

Suspicion

as Gregg Carey

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ben Harper

Telephone Time

On Trial

as Edward Pritchard

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.8

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Self - Host

Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

General Electric Theater

1953

as Paul Henty

6.4

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as John Ashburn

7.8

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

7.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Journey into Fear

1943

Screenplay

6.1