Joseph 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).
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Acting History
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
2018Black Baby as Jedediah Leland (archive footage)
2000Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film as Self
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
1981The Survivor as Priest
1981Delusion as Ivar Langrock
1980Heaven's Gate as The Reverend Doctor
1980Casino as Ed Booker
1980The Hearse as Walter Prichard
1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman as Self
1979Churchill and the Generals as Gen. George C. Marshall
1979Guyana: Crime of the Century as Richard Gable
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Lionel
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Edward
1979Concorde Affair as Milland
1979Island of the Fishmen as Prof. Ernest Marvin
1978The Perfect Crime as Sir Arthur Dundee
1978Caravans as Crandall
1978Last In, First Out as Foster Johnson
1978Return to Fantasy Island as Simon Grant
1977Aspen as Horton Paine
1977The Love Boat as Colonel Van Ryker
1977Airport '77 as Nicholas St. Downs III
1977Twilight's Last Gleaming as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976Origins of the Mafia as The Envoy
1976A Whisper in the Dark as The Professor
1976Mysteries of the Gods as Narrator
1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
1975Timber Tramps as Greedy sawmill mogul
1975Syndicate Sadists as Paternò
1974The Rockford Files as Warner Jameson
1973A Delicate Balance as Harry
1973F for Fake as Self
1973Soylent Green as William R. Simonson
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973The Devil's Daughter as Judge Weatherby
1973Police Dog as Narrator
1972The Streets of San Francisco
1972The Scopone Game as George
1972Baron Blood as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
1972Doomsday Voyage as Captain Jason
1972The Screaming Woman as George Tresvant
1971Lady Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
1971City Beneath the Sea as Dr. Ziegler
1971The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Dr. Vesalius
1971V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
1971Do You Take This Stranger? as Dr. Robert Carson
1971Assault on the Wayne as Admiral
1971Journey to Murder as Jeff Wheeler
1970The Grasshopper as Richard Morgan
1970Cutter's Trail as General Spalding
1970Tora! Tora! Tora! as Henry L. Stimson
1969The Lonely Profession as Martin Bannister
1969Latitude Zero as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
1968Split Second to an Epitaph as Dr. Ben Stern
1968White Comanche as Sheriff Logan
1968Petulia as Mr. Danner
1968Gangsters '70 as Destil
1968Alexander The Great as Antigonus
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self (uncredited)
1968Petulia: The Uncommon Movie as Himself
1967Jack of Diamonds as Ace
1967Cimarron Strip
1967Ironside
1967The Hellbenders as Colonel Jonas
1967Some May Live as Colonel Woodward
1967Lionpower from MGM
1966Brighty of the Grand Canyon as Jim
1966The Oscar as Kenneth Regan
1965The Tramplers as Temple Cordeen
1965The Money Trap as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
1965The Great Sioux Massacre as Major Marcus A. Reno
1964Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Drew Bayliss
1963Hollywood and the Stars as Narrator
1963The Great Adventure as Captain Meehan
1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
1961Bus Stop
1961Dr. Kildare as Charles Ladovan
1961The Last Sunset as John Breckenridge
1960The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Mac McClay
1960Checkmate
1960The Angel Wore Red as Hawthorne
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Dick Burlingame
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Charles Lawrence
1958From the Earth to the Moon as Victor Barbicane
195877 Sunset Strip
1958Kraft Music Hall
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958Touch of Evil as Coroner (uncredited)
1957The Edge of Innocence as Robert Rainey
1957Suspicion as Gregg Carey
1957The Halliday Brand as Daniel Halliday
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Harper
1956On Trial
1956Telephone Time
1956The Killer Is Loose as Detective Sam Wagner
1956The Bottom of the Bottle as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as William Callew
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tony Gould
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Courtney Masterson
1955Special Delivery as John Adams
1953Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
1953A Blueprint for Murder as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
1953Egypt by Three as Narrator
1953General Electric Theater as Paul Henty
1953General Electric Theater as Captain
1953General Electric Theater as Private Harris
1953Niagara as George Loomis
1952The Steel Trap as Jim Osborne
1952Untamed Frontier as Kirk Denbow
1951Othello as Senator (uncredited)
1951The Man with a Cloak as Dupin
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Peking Express as Michael Bachlin
1951Half Angel as John Raymond Jr.
1950September Affair as David Lawrence
1950Walk Softly, Stranger as Chris Hale aka Steve
1950Two Flags West as Col. Clay Tucker
1950What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949Beyond the Forest as Doctor Louis Moline
1949Under Capricorn as Sam Flusky
1949The Third Man as Holly Martins
1948Portrait of Jennie as Eben Adams
1947Our American Heritage as Narrator
1947The Farmer's Daughter as Glenn Morley
1946Duel in the Sun as Jesse McCanles
1945Love Letters as Allen Quinton
1944I'll Be Seeing You as Zachary Morgan
1944Since You Went Away as Lieutenant Tony Willett
1944Gaslight as Brian Cameron
1943Hers to Hold as Bill Morley
1943Shadow of a Doubt as Uncle Charlie
1943Journey into Fear as Howard Graham
1942The Magnificent Ambersons as Eugene Morgan
1941Lydia as Michael Fitzpatrick
1941Citizen Kane as Jedediah Leland
1940Citizen Kane Trailer as himself/Jedediah Leland
1938Too Much Johnson as Augustus Billings
1937Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.