Joseph Cotten
Acting1905Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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
Acting History
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
1981
1980
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
1979
Concorde Affair
as Milland
Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Edward• 1 eps
1978
1977
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
1975
Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1974
The Rockford Files
TVas Warner Jameson• 1 eps
1973
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
F for Fake
as Self
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
1972
The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
The Scopone Game
as George
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 1 eps
1971
City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
1969
Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
1968
Gangsters '70
as Destil
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self (uncredited)• 2 eps
1967
1966
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
1964
What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?
as Drew Bayliss
1963
The Great Adventure
TVas Captain Meehan• 2 eps
1962
Dr. Kildare
TVas Charles Ladovan• 1 eps
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TVas Mac McClay• 1 eps
1960
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Charles Lawrence• 1 eps
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas William Callew / Courtney Masterson / Tony Gould• 1 eps
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest• 1 eps
1958
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Ben Harper• 1 eps
Suspicion
TVas Gregg Carey• 1 eps
1957
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
1956
The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
1953
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Niagara
as George Loomis
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
General Electric Theater
TVas Captain / Private Harris / Paul Henty
Letter to Loretta
TVas Self - Guest Host
1952
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
1951
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
1950
Two Flags West
as Col. Clay Tucker
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale aka Steve
September Affair
as David Lawrence
1949
1948
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
1946
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
1945
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
1944
Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
1943
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
Journey into Fear
Screenplay
1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
1941
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
1938
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings