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Joseph Cotten
Born · May 15, 1905
Died · February 6, 1994 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Bio
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).
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2018
Too Much Johnson
Augustus Billings
5.3
2013
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
7.0
2000
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
5.7
1991
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
5.7
1990
The Survivor
Priest
5.3
1981
Delusion
Ivar Langrock
4.1
1981
Heaven's Gate
The Reverend Doctor
6.8
1980
Casino
Ed Booker
0.0
1980
The Hearse
Walter Prichard
5.3
1980
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. George C. Marshall
0.0
1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Richard Gable
4.8
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Lionel · (1 episode)
6.7
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Edward · (1 episode)
6.7
1979
Concorde Affair
Milland
6.6
1979
Island of the Fishmen
Prof. Ernest Marvin
5.6
1979
The Perfect Crime
Sir Arthur Dundee
5.3
1978
Caravans
Crandall
5.6
1978
Last In, First Out
Foster Johnson
3.2
1978
Return to Fantasy Island
Simon Grant
3.2
1978
Aspen
Horton Paine · (3 episodes)
6.0
1977
The Love Boat
Colonel Van Ryker · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
Airport '77
Nicholas St. Downs III
5.6
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
6.4
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
(1 episode)
7.0
1977
Origins of the Mafia
The Envoy · (5 episodes)
0.0
1976
A Whisper in the Dark
The Professor
6.1
1976
Mysteries of the Gods
Narrator
5.6
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
6.4
1976
Timber Tramps
Greedy sawmill mogul
0.0
1975
Syndicate Sadists
Paternò
5.9
1975
The Rockford Files
Warner Jameson · (1 episode)
7.5
1974
A Delicate Balance
Harry
6.1
1973
F for Fake
Self
7.4
1973
Soylent Green
William R. Simonson
6.9
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
The Devil's Daughter
Judge Weatherby
6.5
1973
Police Dog
Narrator
0.0
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
(1 episode)
7.0
1972
The Scopone Game
George
7.4
1972
Baron Blood
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
6.2
1972
Doomsday Voyage
Captain Jason
0.0
1972
The Screaming Woman
George Tresvant
6.6
1972
Lady Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
5.4
1971
City Beneath the Sea
Dr. Ziegler
4.1
1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Vesalius
6.9
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
Do You Take This Stranger?
Dr. Robert Carson
5.0
1971
Assault on the Wayne
Admiral
3.0
1971
Journey to Murder
Jeff Wheeler
0.0
1971
The Grasshopper
Richard Morgan
5.1
1970
Cutter's Trail
General Spalding
7.5
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Henry L. Stimson
7.2
1970
The Lonely Profession
Martin Bannister
0.0
1969
Latitude Zero
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
5.8
1969
Split Second to an Epitaph
Dr. Ben Stern
0.0
1968
White Comanche
Sheriff Logan
4.6
1968
Petulia
Mr. Danner
5.9
1968
Gangsters '70
Destil
7.0
1968
Alexander The Great
Antigonus
5.0
1968
Jack of Diamonds
Ace
4.2
1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · (2 episodes)
6.4
1967
Cimarron Strip
(1 episode)
5.0
1967
Ironside
(1 episode)
6.9
1967
The Hellbenders
Colonel Jonas
6.5
1967
Some May Live
Colonel Woodward
3.5
1967
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Jim
5.5
1966
The Oscar
Kenneth Regan
5.1
1966
The Tramplers
Temple Cordeen
6.0
1965
The Money Trap
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
4.9
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre
Major Marcus A. Reno
4.2
1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Drew Bayliss
7.2
1964
Hollywood and the Stars
Narrator
0.0
1964
Hollywood and the Stars
Narrator · (31 episodes)
6.0
1963
The Great Adventure
Captain Meehan · (2 episodes)
0.0
1963
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
3.3
1961
Bus Stop
(1 episode)
0.0
1961
Dr. Kildare
Charles Ladovan · (1 episode)
5.4
1961
The Last Sunset
John Breckenridge
6.7
1961
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mac McClay · (1 episode)
6.2
1960
Checkmate
(1 episode)
4.1
1960
The Angel Wore Red
Hawthorne
5.3
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dick Burlingame · (1 episode)
6.3
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Charles Lawrence · (1 episode)
6.3
1959
From the Earth to the Moon
Victor Barbicane
5.2
1958
77 Sunset Strip
(1 episode)
6.7
1958
Kraft Music Hall
(1 episode)
4.4
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 episode)
5.3
1958
Touch of Evil
Coroner (uncredited)
7.8
1958
The Edge of Innocence
Robert Rainey
0.0
1957
Suspicion
Gregg Carey · (1 episode)
5.9
1957
The Halliday Brand
Daniel Halliday
6.1
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ben Harper · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
On Trial
(31 episodes)
5.0
1956
Telephone Time
(1 episode)
6.3
1956
The Killer Is Loose
Detective Sam Wagner
6.6
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
5.5
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
William Callew · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Tony Gould · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Courtney Masterson · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Special Delivery
John Adams
0.0
1955
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host · (1 episode)
6.2
1953
A Blueprint for Murder
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
6.1
1953
Egypt by Three
Narrator
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Paul Henty · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Captain · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Private Harris · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Niagara
George Loomis
6.8
1953
The Steel Trap
Jim Osborne
6.4
1952
Untamed Frontier
Kirk Denbow
7.2
1952
Othello
Senator (uncredited)
7.4
1951
The Man with a Cloak
Dupin
6.9
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
7.0
1951
Peking Express
Michael Bachlin
8.0
1951
Half Angel
John Raymond Jr.
5.6
1951
September Affair
David Lawrence
6.0
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
Chris Hale aka Steve
5.0
1950
Two Flags West
Col. Clay Tucker
6.2
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
1950
Beyond the Forest
Doctor Louis Moline
6.8
1949
Under Capricorn
Sam Flusky
6.0
1949
The Third Man
Holly Martins
7.9
1949
Portrait of Jennie
Eben Adams
7.1
1948
Our American Heritage
Narrator
0.0
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
Glenn Morley
6.9
1947
Duel in the Sun
Jesse McCanles
6.3
1946
Love Letters
Allen Quinton
6.3
1945
I'll Be Seeing You
Zachary Morgan
7.0
1944
Since You Went Away
Lieutenant Tony Willett
6.5
1944
Gaslight
Brian Cameron
7.5
1944
Hers to Hold
Bill Morley
6.8
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
Charlie Oakley
7.5
1943
Journey into Fear
Howard Graham
6.0
1943
The Magnificent Ambersons
Eugene Morgan
7.3
1942
Lydia
Michael Fitzpatrick
6.4
1941
Citizen Kane
Jedediah Leland
8.0
1941
Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.
5.5
1937