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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Movies (41)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Black Baby
as Jedediah Leland (archive footage)
2018
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
2000
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
1991
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
The Survivor
as Priest
1981
Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
1981
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
1980
Casino
as Ed Booker
1980
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
1980
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
1979
Concorde Affair
as Milland
1979
Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
1979
The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
1978
Caravans
as Crandall
1978
Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
1978
Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
1978
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
1977
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
1976
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
1975
Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
1975
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
1973
F for Fake
as Self
1973
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
1973
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
1973
Police Dog
as Narrator
1973
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
1972
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
1971
TV Shows (9)
Tales of the Unexpected
as Lionel
1979
Aspen
as Horton Paine
1977
The Love Boat
as Colonel Van Ryker
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Origins of the Mafia
as The Envoy
1976
The Rockford Files
as Warner Jameson
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971