Joseph Cotten
Actor
Born May 15, 1905 in Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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).
Filmography
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
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'
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
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
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Vesalius
Do You Take This Stranger?
Dr. Robert Carson
Assault on the Wayne
Admiral
Journey to Murder
Jeff Wheeler
The Grasshopper
Richard Morgan
Cutter's Trail
General Spalding
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Henry L. Stimson
The Lonely Profession
Martin Bannister
Latitude Zero
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Split Second to an Epitaph
Dr. Ben Stern
Journey to the Unknown
Jeff Wheeler
The Name of the Game
Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
White Comanche
Sheriff Logan
Petulia
Mr. Danner
Gangsters '70
Destil
Alexander The Great
Antigonus
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
Col. Heinrich
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Himself
Jack of Diamonds
Ace
Cimarron Strip
Nathan Tio
Some May Live
Colonel Woodward
Ironside
Dr. Benjamin Stern
The Hellbenders
Colonel Jonas
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Jim
The Oscar
Kenneth Regan
The Tramplers
Temple Cordeen
The Money Trap
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Great Sioux Massacre
Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Drew Bayliss
Hollywood and the Stars
Narrator
The Great Adventure
Captain Meehan
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Virginian
Judge Will McMasters
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Bus Stop
Professor Wheelwright
Dr. Kildare
Charles Ladovan
The Last Sunset
John Breckenridge
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mac McClay
Checkmate
Dr. George Mallinson
The Angel Wore Red
Hawthorne
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dick Burlingame
From the Earth to the Moon
Victor Barbicane
77 Sunset Strip
Arnold Buhler
Kraft Music Hall
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Black McSween
Touch of Evil
Coroner (uncredited)
The Edge of Innocence
Robert Rainey
Suspicion
Gregg Carey
Wagon Train
Captain Dan Brady
The Halliday Brand
Daniel Halliday
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ben Harper
Telephone Time
The Killer Is Loose
Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Self - Host
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
William Callew
Special Delivery
John Adams
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
A Blueprint for Murder
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
General Electric Theater
Paul Henty
Niagara
George Loomis
The Steel Trap
Jim Osborne
The Ford Television Theatre
John Ashburn
Untamed Frontier
Kirk Denbow
Othello
Senator (uncredited)
The Man with a Cloak
Dupin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Peking Express
Michael Bachlin
Half Angel
John Raymond Jr.
September Affair
David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger
Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
Col. Clay Tucker
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Beyond the Forest
Doctor Louis Moline
Under Capricorn
Sam Flusky
The Third Man
Holly Martins
Portrait of Jennie
Eben Adams
The Farmer's Daughter
Glenn Morley
Duel in the Sun
Jesse McCanles
Love Letters
Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You
Zachary Morgan
Since You Went Away
Tony Willett
Gaslight
Brian Cameron
Hers to Hold
Bill Morley
Shadow of a Doubt
Uncle Charlie
Journey into Fear
Howard Graham
The Magnificent Ambersons
Eugene Morgan
Lydia
Michael Fitzpatrick
Citizen Kane
Jedediah Leland
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.