Joseph Cotten

Actor

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).

Born: May 15, 1905 in Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Died: February 6, 1994 (Age 88)

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Joseph Cotten Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Blueprint for Murder Movie Available on 22 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Whitney 'Cam' Cameron	1953
A Delicate Balance Movie	6.4	Actor	Harry	1973
A Whisper in the Dark Movie	5.5	Actor	The Professor	1976
Airport '77 Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	5.6	Actor	Nicholas St. Downs III	1977
Baron Blood Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	6	Actor	Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker	1972
Beyond the Forest Movie	7	Actor	Doctor Louis Moline	1949
Caravans Movie Available on 27 streaming services.	5.7	Actor	Crandall	1978
Citizen Kane Movie Available on 30 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Jedediah Leland	1941
Concorde Affair Movie	5.3	Actor	Milland	1979
The House Where Death Lives Movie	4.2	Actor	Ivar Langrock	1981
Duel in the Sun Movie	6.5	Actor	Jesse McCanles	1946
F for Fake Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Self	1973
From the Earth to the Moon Movie	5.3	Actor	Victor Barbicane	1958
Gaslight Movie Available on 23 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Brian Cameron	1944
Guyana: Crime of the Century Movie	5.3	Actor	Richard Gable	1979
Half Angel Movie	5.7	Actor	John Raymond Jr.	1951
Heaven's Gate Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	The Reverend Doctor	1980
Hers to Hold Movie	6.1	Actor	Bill Morley	1943
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Drew Bayliss	1964
I'll Be Seeing You Movie	7	Actor	Zachary Morgan	1944
The Perfect Crime Movie	4.6	Actor	Sir Arthur Dundee	1978
Jack of Diamonds Movie	5	Actor	Ace	1967
Journey into Fear Movie	6.4	Actor	Howard Graham	1943
Lady Frankenstein Movie Available on 16 streaming services.	5.2	Actor	Baron Frankenstein	1971
Last In, First Out Movie	5.6	Actor	Foster Johnson	1978
Latitude Zero Movie	6.1	Actor	Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie	1969
The Third Man Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Holly Martins	1949
Touch of Evil Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Coroner (uncredited)	1958
Shadow of a Doubt Movie Available on 29 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Charlie Oakley	1943
Soylent Green Movie Available on 26 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	William R. Simonson	1973
Tora! Tora! Tora! Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War	1970
The Magnificent Ambersons Movie Available on 28 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Eugene Morgan	1942
Niagara Movie Available on 24 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	George Loomis	1953
The Abominable Dr. Phibes Movie	7.1	Actor	Dr. Vesalius	1971
Othello Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.3	Actor	Senator (uncredited)	1951
Portrait of Jennie Movie	7.5	Actor	Eben Adams	1948
Under Capricorn Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	6	Actor	Sam Flusky	1949
Since You Went Away Movie	7.3	Actor	Lieutenant Tony Willett	1944
Petulia Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Mr. Danner	1968
Twilight's Last Gleaming Movie	6.6	Actor	Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State	1977
The Last Sunset Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	John Breckenridge	1961
The Farmer's Daughter Movie	7.4	Actor	Glenn Morley	1947
The Scopone Game Movie	7.4	Actor	George	1972
The Hearse Movie	5	Actor	Walter Prichard	1980
Love Letters Movie	6.8	Actor	Allen Quinton	1945
The Killer Is Loose Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Detective Sam Wagner	1956
Island of the Fishmen Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Prof. Ernest Marvin	1979
The Hellbenders Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Colonel Jonas	1967
The Oscar Movie	5	Actor	Kenneth Regan	1966
The Survivor Movie	5.2	Actor	Priest	1981
The Man with a Cloak Movie	6.4	Actor	Dupin	1951
The Steel Trap Movie	6.7	Actor	Jim Osborne	1952
September Affair Movie	6.6	Actor	David Lawrence	1950
Walk Softly, Stranger Movie	6.3	Actor	Chris Hale aka Steve	1950
The Money Trap Movie	6	Actor	Dr. Horace Van Tilden	1965
Lydia Movie	6.1	Actor	Michael Fitzpatrick	1941
White Comanche Movie	3.9	Actor	Sheriff Logan	1968
Two Flags West Movie	6.5	Actor	Col. Clay Tucker	1950
Syndicate Sadists Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Paternò	1975
The Angel Wore Red Movie	5.6	Actor	Hawthorne	1960
The Great Sioux Massacre Movie	4.9	Actor	Major Marcus A. Reno	1965
Too Much Johnson Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	5.5	Actor	Augustus Billings	2013
The Grasshopper Movie	5.5	Actor	Richard Morgan	1970
The Halliday Brand Movie	6.1	Actor	Daniel Halliday	1957
Untamed Frontier Movie	5.9	Actor	Kirk Denbow	1952
The Bottom of the Bottle Movie	6.3	Actor	Pat 'P.M.' Martin	1956
Peking Express Movie	5.5	Actor	Michael Bachlin	1951
Gangsters '70 Movie	6.4	Actor	Destil	1968
Doomsday Voyage Movie	3.7	Actor	Captain Jason	1972
Some May Live Movie	5.8	Actor	Colonel Woodward	1967
Special Delivery Movie	6.5	Actor	John Adams	1955
Timber Tramps Movie	5.9	Actor	Greedy sawmill mogul	1975
Egypt by Three Movie	5.3	Actor	Narrator	1953
The Tramplers Movie	5.6	Actor	Edith Wickett	1965
Brighty of the Grand Canyon Movie	5.7	Actor	Jim	1966
"General Electric Theater" High Green Wall Movie	7.4	Actor		1954
The Edge of Innocence Movie		Actor	Robert Rainey	1957
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film Movie	6.4	Actor	Self	2000
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2018
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths Movie	6.4	Actor	(archive footage)	1990
Mysteries of the Gods Movie	5.5	Actor	Narrator	1976
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut Movie		Actor	The Reverend Doctor	2014
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook Movie	6.4	Actor	Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)	1991
The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award 50th Anniversary Special Movie		Actor	Self (archive footage)
Schlitz Playhouse TV Show	7.5	Actor	1 Episode	1951-1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1958-1960
The Loretta Young Show TV Show Available on 4 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Self - Guest Host 1 Episode	1953-1961
Tales of the Unexpected TV Show	7.4	Actor	Edward 1 Episode	1979-1988
Hollywood and the Stars TV Show	7.4	Actor	Narrator 31 Episodes	1963
Kraft Music Hall TV Show	6.1	Actor	1 Episode	1958-1971
The Great Adventure TV Show	7.5	Actor	Captain Meehan 2 Episodes	1963-1964
The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV Show	7.3	Actor	Charles Lawrence 1 Episode	1959-1961
Checkmate TV Show	7.4	Actor	1 Episode	1960-1962
The Streets of San Francisco TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	1 Episode	1972-1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	1 Episode	1977-1979
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.7	Actor	Private Harris 1 Episode	1953-1962
Bus Stop TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1961-1962
Cimarron Strip TV Show	6.9	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1968
The Rockford Files TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Warner Jameson 1 Episode	1974-1980
V.I.P.-Schaukel TV Show	7.6	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1971
The Barbara Stanwyck Show TV Show	7.2	Actor	Mac McClay 1 Episode	1960-1961
AFI Life Achievement Award TV Show	5.6	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1973
The Love Boat TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Colonel Van Ryker 1 Episode	1977-1987
What's My Line? TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8.3	Actor	Self - Mystery Guest 1 Episode	1950-1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Courtney Masterson 1 Episode	1955-1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	William Callew 1 Episode	1955-1962
Ironside TV Show	6.7	Actor	1 Episode	1967-1975
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.7	Actor	Captain 1 Episode	1953-1962
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.7	Actor	Paul Henty 1 Episode	1953-1962
Dr. Kildare TV Show	6.8	Actor	Charles Ladovan 1 Episode	1961-1966
77 Sunset Strip TV Show	7.5	Actor	1 Episode	1958-1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Self 2 Episodes	1967-1973
Tales of the Unexpected TV Show	7.4	Actor	Lionel 1 Episode	1979-1988
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV Show	7.3	Actor	Ben Harper 1 Episode	1956-1961
Telephone Time TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Actor	1 Episode	1956-1958
Suspicion TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	8	Actor	Gregg Carey 1 Episode	1957-1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show Available on 5 streaming services.	8.4	Actor	Tony Gould 1 Episode	1955-1962
The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV Show	7.3	Actor	Dick Burlingame 1 Episode	1959-1961
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. Short Film	5.9	Actor		1937
Our American Heritage Short Film		Actor	Narrator	1947
City Beneath the Sea Movie	4.9	Actor	Dr. Ziegler	1971
The Devil's Daughter Movie	5.6	Actor	Judge Weatherby	1973
The Screaming Woman Movie	6.4	Actor	George Tresvant	1972
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Movie	6.5	Actor	Dr. Joseph Francis Condon	1976
Assault on the Wayne Movie	5.8	Actor	Admiral	1971
Alexander the Great Movie	4.9	Actor	Antigonus	1963
Churchill and the Generals Movie	7.6	Actor	Gen. George C. Marshall	1979
Do You Take This Stranger? Movie	7.5	Actor	Dr. Robert Carson	1971
The Lonely Profession Movie	7.7	Actor	Martin Bannister	1969
Split Second to an Epitaph Movie	8.2	Actor	Dr. Ben Stern	1968
Cutter's Trail Movie	7.4	Actor	General Spalding	1970
Casino Movie	6.4	Actor	Ed Booker	1980
Hollywood: The Selznick Years Movie	6.5	Actor	Self (uncredited)	1969
Origins of the Mafia Limited Series	6.2	Actor	The Envoy 5 Episodes	1976
Aspen Limited Series	6.9	Actor	Horton Paine 3 Episodes	1977-1977
Journey into Fear Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1943
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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