Joseph Cotten
ActingAlso Known As
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr., Joseph Cheshire Cotten
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).
Movies
(103 total)
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
Niagara
as George Loomis
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
F for Fake
as Self
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
The Scopone Game
as George
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
TV Shows
(37 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as William Callew
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tony Gould
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Courtney Masterson
The Love Boat
as Colonel Van Ryker
The Rockford Files
as Warner Jameson
Tales of the Unexpected
as Lionel
Tales of the Unexpected
as Edward
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Dr. Kildare
as Charles Ladovan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben Harper
Suspicion
as Gregg Carey
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host