Acting
Joseph Cotten
EN, IT, FR, DE cinema · 105 credits
Born
15 May 1905
Died
6 February 1994 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also known as Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. · Joseph Cheshire Cotten
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
as Self (archive footage)
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings (uncredited)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as Self (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
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
Concorde Affair
as Milland
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Caravans
as Crandall
The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
Expedition to Ararat
as Self - Host - Narrator
Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
F for Fake
as Self
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
Police Dog
1973
Police Dog
as Narrator
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
The Scopone Game
as George
The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
Journey to Murder
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
The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
Gangsters '70
as Destil
Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Special Delivery
as John Adams
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Niagara
as George Loomis
Egypt by Three
1953
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
September Affair
as David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
as Clay Tucker
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
Since You Went Away
as Tony Willett
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham, Screenplay
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charlie Oakley
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
