Cast
Joseph Cotten
Acting
Cast
Joseph Cotten
Known for
Acting
Born
1905-05-15
From
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Died
1994-02-06
Also known as Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr., Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 β 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).
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
Niagara
as George Loomis
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
Caravans
as Crandall
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
Gangsters '70
as Destil
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
Casino
as Ed Booker
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
F for Fake
as Self
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
Journey to Murder
as Jeff Wheeler
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
Two Flags West
as Col. Clay Tucker
Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale/Steve
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
Concorde Affair
as Milland
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
The Survivor
as Priest
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
September Affair
as David Lawrence
Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
The Scopone Game
as George
Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings
Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
Syndicate Sadists
as PaternΓ²
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Himself
The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
Police Dog
as Narrator
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Jim
Special Delivery
as John Adams
Our American Heritage
as Narrator
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
Expedition to Ararat
as Self - Host - Narrator