Known For
Acting
Born
May 15, 1905
Died
Feb 06, 1994
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Credits
146 titles
Joseph 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
Filmography
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
The Green Fog
Too Much Johnson
Augustus Billings
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
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
Concorde Affair
Milland
Island of the Fishmen
Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Perfect Crime
Sir Arthur Dundee
Caravans
Crandall
Last In, First Out
Foster Johnson
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 - Host - Narrator
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