1905-05-15 Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
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Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | 2013-10-09 |
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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film | Self | 2000-01-03 |
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
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Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
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Delusion | Ivar Langrock | 1981-01-23 |
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The Survivor | Priest | 1981-07-09 |
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The Hearse | Walter Prichard | 1980-06-01 |
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Casino | Ed Booker | 1980-08-01 |
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Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | 1980-11-19 |
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Concorde Affaire '79 | Milland | 1979-03-23 |
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L'isola degli uomini pesce | Prof. Ernest Marvin | 1979-01-18 |
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Churchill and the Generals | Gen. George C. Marshall | 1979-09-23 |
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Guyana: Crime of the Century | Richard Gable | 1979-09-20 |
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All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self | 1979-12-06 |
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Caravans | Crandall | 1978-11-02 |
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Indagine su un delitto perfetto | Sir Arthur Dundee | 1978-11-24 |
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Return to Fantasy Island | Simon Grant | 1978-01-20 |
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L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde | Foster Johnson | 1978-08-30 |
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Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | 1977-03-11 |
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Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | 1977-02-09 |
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Expedition to Ararat | Self - Host - Narrator | 1976-01-01 |
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Un sussurro nel buio | The Professor | 1976-08-12 |
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Botschaft der Götter | Narrator | 1976-03-17 |
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | 1976-02-26 |
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Il giustiziere sfida la città | Paternò | 1975-08-16 |
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Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul | 1975-12-31 |
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A Delicate Balance | Harry | 1973-11-12 |
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Police Dog | Narrator | 1973-01-01 |
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Vérités et Mensonges | Self | 1973-09-01 |
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The Devil's Daughter | Judge Weatherby | 1973-01-09 |
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Soylent Green | William R. Simonson | 1973-04-18 |
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Lo scopone scientifico | George | 1972-08-28 |
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The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | 1972-01-29 |
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Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga | Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker | 1972-02-25 |
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Doomsday Voyage | Captain Jason | 1972-02-01 |
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La figlia di Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1971-10-22 |
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City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | 1971-07-16 |
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | 1971-04-01 |
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Do You Take This Stranger? | Dr. Robert Carson | 1971-01-18 |
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Assault on the Wayne | Admiral | 1971-01-12 |
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Journey to Murder | Jeff Wheeler | 1971-01-01 |
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Cutter's Trail | General Spalding | 1970-02-10 |
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Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson | 1970-01-26 |
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The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | 1970-05-27 |
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緯度0大作戦 | Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie | 1969-07-26 |
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The Lonely Profession | Martin Bannister | 1969-10-21 |
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Petulia | Mr. Danner | 1968-06-10 |
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Gangsters '70 | Destil | 1968-04-29 |
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Alexander The Great | Antigonus | 1968-01-26 |
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Comanche blanco | Sheriff Logan | 1968-06-21 |
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Split Second to an Epitaph | Dr. Ben Stern | 1968-09-26 |
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Petulia: The Uncommon Movie | Himself | 1968-01-01 |
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I crudeli | Colonel Jonas | 1967-02-02 |
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Some May Live | Colonel Woodward | 1967-08-01 |
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Lionpower from MGM | Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1967-01-01 |
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Jack of Diamonds | Ace | 1967-11-10 |
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The Oscar | Kenneth Regan | 1966-03-04 |
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Jim | 1966-11-24 |
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The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Marcus A. Reno | 1965-04-25 |
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The Money Trap | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | 1965-09-07 |
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Gli uomini dal passo pesante | Temple Cordeen | 1965-12-31 |
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew Bayliss | 1964-12-16 |
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
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The Last Sunset | John Breckenridge | 1961-06-08 |
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The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne | 1960-04-14 |
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From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane | 1958-11-26 |
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Touch of Evil | Coroner (uncredited) | 1958-03-30 |
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The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | 1957-01-01 |
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The Edge of Innocence | Robert Rainey | 1957-10-31 |
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The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | 1956-02-01 |
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The Killer Is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | 1956-02-03 |
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Vom Himmel gefallen | John Adams | 1955-04-07 |
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Niagara | George Loomis | 1953-01-26 |
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A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 1953-07-24 |
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Egypt by Three | Narrator | 1953-03-31 |
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Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | 1952-07-23 |
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The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | 1952-11-12 |
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Othello | Senator (uncredited) | 1951-11-28 |
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The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | 1951-11-27 |
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Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | 1951-08-01 |
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Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | 1951-05-05 |
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Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale/Steve | 1950-10-14 |
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September Affair | David Lawrence | 1950-10-18 |
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Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker | 1950-10-12 |
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Under Capricorn | Sam Flusky | 1949-09-08 |
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The Third Man | Holly Martins | 1949-08-31 |
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Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline | 1949-10-21 |
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Portrait of Jennie | Eben Adams | 1948-12-25 |
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The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley | 1947-03-26 |
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Our American Heritage | Narrator | 1947-08-01 |
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Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
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Love Letters | Allen Quinton | 1945-10-26 |
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Since You Went Away | Lieutenant Tony Willett | 1944-06-30 |
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Gaslight | Brian Cameron | 1944-05-04 |
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I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | 1944-12-31 |
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Journey into Fear | Howard Graham | 1943-01-07 |
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Hers to Hold | Bill Morley | 1943-07-16 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Uncle Charlie | 1943-01-12 |
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The Magnificent Ambersons | Eugene Morgan | 1942-07-10 |
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Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland | 1941-04-17 |
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Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | 1941-09-18 |
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Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 1937-01-01 |
