Joseph Cotten

Acting

1905 – 1994 · Petersburg, Virginia, USA

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▸ Biographie

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).

★ 7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Film · 2018
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
The Green Fog
Film · 2018
Role
★ 5.4
Too Much Johnson
Film · 2013
Augustus Billings
★ 7.3
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Film · 2000
Self
★ 8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Film · 1995
Self (archive footage)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Film · 1991
Role
★ 5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Film · 1990
(archive footage)
★ 5.2
The Survivor
Film · 1981
Priest
★ 4.8
Delusion
Film · 1981
Ivar Langrock
★ 6.7
Heaven's Gate
Film · 1980
The Reverend Doctor
★ 10.0
Casino
Film · 1980
Ed Booker
★ 5.3
The Hearse
Film · 1980
Walter Prichard
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Film · 1979
Self
★ 9.0
Churchill and the Generals
Film · 1979
Gen. George C. Marshall
★ 5.0
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Film · 1979
Richard Gable
★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
TV series · 1979
Lionel
★ 6.5
Concorde Affair
Film · 1979
Milland
★ 5.7
Island of the Fishmen
Film · 1979
Prof. Ernest Marvin
★ 5.5
The Perfect Crime
Film · 1978
Sir Arthur Dundee
★ 5.8
Caravans
Film · 1978
Crandall
★ 4.5
Last In, First Out
Film · 1978
Foster Johnson
★ 6.0
Return to Fantasy Island
Film · 1978
Simon Grant
★ 8.0
Aspen
TV series · 1977
Horton Paine
★ 6.3
The Love Boat
TV series · 1977
Colonel Van Ryker
★ 5.6
Airport '77
Film · 1977
Nicholas St. Downs III
★ 6.5
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Film · 1977
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
★ 7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV series · 1977
Weldon Rathbone
★ 8.0
Origins of the Mafia
TV series · 1976
The Envoy
★ 5.9
A Whisper in the Dark
Film · 1976
The Professor
★ 5.3
Mysteries of the Gods
Film · 1976
Narrator
★ 6.5
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Film · 1976
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Expedition to Ararat
Film · 1976
Self - Host - Narrator
★ 9.0
Timber Tramps
Film · 1975
Greedy sawmill mogul
★ 6.0
Syndicate Sadists
Film · 1975
Paternò
★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
TV series · 1974
Warner Jameson
★ 6.2
A Delicate Balance
Film · 1973
Harry
★ 7.4
F for Fake
Film · 1973
Self
★ 6.9
Soylent Green
Film · 1973
William R. Simonson
★ 6.6
The Devil's Daughter
Film · 1973
Judge Weatherby
★ 7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
TV series · 1972
John R. James
★ 7.4
The Scopone Game
Film · 1972
George
★ 6.1
Baron Blood
Film · 1972
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
★ 10.0
Doomsday Voyage
Film · 1972
Captain Jason
★ 6.7
The Screaming Woman
Film · 1972
George Tresvant
★ 5.6
Lady Frankenstein
Film · 1971
Baron Frankenstein
★ 4.5
City Beneath the Sea
Film · 1971
Dr. Ziegler
★ 7.0
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Film · 1971
Dr. Vesalius
★ 6.0
Do You Take This Stranger?
Film · 1971
Dr. Robert Carson
★ 4.3
Assault on the Wayne
Film · 1971
Admiral
★ 7.0
Journey to Murder
Film · 1971
Jeff Wheeler
★ 5.1
The Grasshopper
Film · 1970
Richard Morgan
★ 8.0
Cutter's Trail
Film · 1970
General Spalding
★ 7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Film · 1970
Henry L. Stimson
★ 7.0
The Lonely Profession
Film · 1969
Martin Bannister
★ 5.9
Latitude Zero
Film · 1969
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
★ 9.0
Split Second to an Epitaph
Film · 1968
Dr. Ben Stern
★ 7.0
Journey to the Unknown
TV series · 1968
Jeff Wheeler
★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
TV series · 1968
Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
★ 4.7
White Comanche
Film · 1968
Sheriff Logan
★ 6.0
Petulia
Film · 1968
Mr. Danner
★ 7.3
Gangsters '70
Film · 1968
Destil
★ 5.0
Alexander The Great
Film · 1968
Antigonus
★ 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV series · 1968
Self (uncredited)
★ 7.2
It Takes a Thief
TV series · 1968
Col. Heinrich
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Film · 1968
Himself
★ 4.7
Jack of Diamonds
Film · 1967
Ace
★ 5.7
Cimarron Strip
TV series · 1967
Nathan Tio
★ 4.3
Some May Live
Film · 1967
Colonel Woodward
★ 6.9
Ironside
TV series · 1967
Dr. Benjamin Stern
★ 6.5
The Hellbenders
Film · 1967
Colonel Jonas
★ 6.3
Lionpower from MGM
Film · 1967
Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Film · 1966
Jim
★ 5.1
The Oscar
Film · 1966
Kenneth Regan
★ 6.4
The Tramplers
Film · 1965
Temple Cordeen
★ 5.1
The Money Trap
Film · 1965
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
★ 4.5
The Great Sioux Massacre
Film · 1965
Major Marcus A. Reno
★ 7.3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Film · 1964
Drew Bayliss
★ 7.5
Hollywood and the Stars
TV series · 1963
Narrator
★ 10.0
The Great Adventure
TV series · 1963
Captain Meehan
★ 6.5
The Virginian
TV series · 1962
Judge Will McMasters
★ 4.4
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film · 1961
Self (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Bus Stop
TV series · 1961
Professor Wheelwright
★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
TV series · 1961
Charles Ladovan
★ 6.8
The Last Sunset
Film · 1961
John Breckenridge
★ 6.4
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV series · 1960
Mac McClay
★ 4.8
Checkmate
TV series · 1960
Dr. George Mallinson
★ 5.0
The Angel Wore Red
Film · 1960
Hawthorne
★ 6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV series · 1959
Dick Burlingame
★ 5.3
From the Earth to the Moon
Film · 1958
Victor Barbicane
★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
TV series · 1958
Arnold Buhler
★ 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV series · 1958
Black McSween
★ 7.7
Touch of Evil
Film · 1958
Coroner (uncredited)
The Edge of Innocence
Film · 1957
Robert Rainey
★ 6.2
Suspicion
TV series · 1957
Gregg Carey
★ 6.6
Wagon Train
TV series · 1957
Captain Dan Brady
★ 6.2
The Halliday Brand
Film · 1957
Daniel Halliday
★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV series · 1956
Ben Harper
★ 6.5
Telephone Time
TV series · 1956
Role
★ 6.7
The Killer Is Loose
Film · 1956
Detective Sam Wagner
★ 5.8
The Bottom of the Bottle
Film · 1956
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
★ 6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV series · 1955
Self - Host
★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV series · 1955
William Callew
★ 9.0
Special Delivery
Film · 1955
John Adams
★ 6.6
Letter to Loretta
TV series · 1953
Self - Guest Host
★ 6.2
A Blueprint for Murder
Film · 1953
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
TV series · 1953
Paul Henty
★ 6.8
Niagara
Film · 1953
George Loomis
★ 6.6
The Steel Trap
Film · 1952
Jim Osborne
★ 7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
TV series · 1952
John Ashburn
★ 7.3
Untamed Frontier
Film · 1952
Kirk Denbow
★ 7.4
Othello
Film · 1951
Senator (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Man with a Cloak
Film · 1951
Dupin
★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV series · 1951
Role
★ 7.5
Peking Express
Film · 1951
Michael Bachlin
★ 6.2
Half Angel
Film · 1951
John Raymond Jr.
★ 6.0
September Affair
Film · 1950
David Lawrence
★ 5.1
Walk Softly, Stranger
Film · 1950
Chris Hale/Steve
★ 6.2
Two Flags West
Film · 1950
Clay Tucker
★ 7.0
What's My Line?
TV series · 1950
Self
★ 6.7
Beyond the Forest
Film · 1949
Doctor Louis Moline
★ 6.0
Under Capricorn
Film · 1949
Sam Flusky
★ 7.9
The Third Man
Film · 1949
Holly Martins
★ 7.2
Portrait of Jennie
Film · 1948
Eben Adams
★ 7.1
The Farmer's Daughter
Film · 1947
Glenn Morley
★ 6.4
Duel in the Sun
Film · 1946
Jesse McCanles
★ 6.6
Love Letters
Film · 1945
Allen Quinton
★ 6.9
I'll Be Seeing You
Film · 1944
Zachary Morgan
★ 6.6
Since You Went Away
Film · 1944
Tony Willett
★ 7.5
Gaslight
Film · 1944
Brian Cameron
★ 7.0
Hers to Hold
Film · 1943
Bill Morley
★ 7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
Film · 1943
Uncle Charlie
★ 6.1
Journey into Fear
Film · 1943
Howard Graham
★ 7.3
The Magnificent Ambersons
Film · 1942
Eugene Morgan
★ 6.5
Lydia
Film · 1941
Michael Fitzpatrick
★ 8.0
Citizen Kane
Film · 1941
Jedediah Leland
★ 4.3
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
Film · 1937
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