Joseph Cotten
95 movies · 32 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 15, 1905
- Died
- Feb 6, 1994 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Petersburg, Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. · Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Joseph Cotten: movies and TV shows
Acting (127)
- 2018
- 2013 Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings (uncredited)
- 1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
- 1981 The Survivor
as Priest
- 1981 Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
- 1980 Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
- 1980 Casino
as Ed Booker
- 1980 The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
- 1979 Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
- 1979 Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
- 1979
- 1979 Concorde Affair
as Milland
- 1979 Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
- 1978 The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
- 1978 Caravans
as Crandall
- 1978 Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
- 1978
- 1978 Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
- 1977
- 1977
- 1977 Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
- 1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
- 1976 Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
- 1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
- 1975 Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
- 1975 Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
- 1974
- 1973 A Delicate Balance
as Harry
- 1973 Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
- 1973 The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
- 1973 Police Dog
as Narrator
- 1972
- 1972 The Scopone Game
as George
- 1972 Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
- 1972 Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
- 1972 The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
- 1971 Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
- 1971 City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
- 1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
- 1971 Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
- 1971 Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
- 1971 Journey to Murder
as Jeff Wheeler
- 1970 The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
- 1970 Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
- 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
- 1969 The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
- 1969 Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
- 1968 Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
- 1968 Petulia
as Mr. Danner
- 1968 Gangsters '70
as Destil
- 1968 Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
- 1968
- 1967 Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
- 1967
- 1967 Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
- 1967
- 1967 The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
- 1966 Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Jim
- 1966 The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
- 1965 The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
- 1965 The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
- 1965 The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
- 1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
- 1959
- 1958 From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
- 1957 The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
- 1956
- 1956 On Trial · TV
as Edward Pritchard / Mr. Patterson / Robert Westwood / Senator George Graham Vest / Sanders / Joseph Downey / Gregg Bolton / William Seward / Ray Barnes / Clint Anderson / Reed Murrow / Reed / Frank Parsons · 13 episodes
- 1956
- 1956 The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
- 1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
- 1955
- 1955 Special Delivery
as John Adams
- 1953 A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
- 1953 Egypt by Three
as Narrator
- 1953
- 1953 Niagara
as George Loomis
- 1952 The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
- 1952
- 1952 Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
- 1951 Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
- 1951 The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
- 1951
- 1951 Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
- 1951 Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
- 1950 September Affair
as David Lawrence
- 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale/Steve
- 1950 Two Flags West
as Clay Tucker
- 1949 Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
- 1949 Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
- 1949 The Third Man
as Holly Martins
- 1948 Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
- 1947 Our American Heritage
as Narrator
- 1947 The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
- 1946 Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
- 1945 Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
- 1944 I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
- 1944 Since You Went Away
as Tony Willett
- 1944 Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
- 1943 Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
- 1943 Shadow of a Doubt
as Charlie Oakley
- 1943 Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
- 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
- 1941 Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
- 1941 Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
- 1937
Behind the camera (1)
- 1943 Journey into Fear
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (19)
- 2018
- 2000
- 1995
- 1990
- 1979
- 1976
- 1973
- 1973
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
1 episode
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
2 episodes
- 1968
- 1967
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1961
- 1958 Kraft Music Hall
1 episode
- 1956 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1 episode
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
6 episodes
- 1953 Letter to Loretta
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
1 episode