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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Black Baby | Jedediah Leland (archive footage) | 2018-08-26 |
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
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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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Indagine su un delitto perfetto | Sir Arthur Dundee | 1978-11-24 |
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Caravans | Crandall | 1978-11-02 |
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L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde | Foster Johnson | 1978-08-30 |
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Return to Fantasy Island | Simon Grant | 1978-01-20 |
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Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | 1977-02-09 |
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Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | 1977-03-11 |
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | 1976-02-26 |
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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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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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Police Dog | Narrator | 1973-01-01 |
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A Delicate Balance | Harry | 1973-11-12 |
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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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City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | 1971-07-16 |
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La figlia di Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1971-10-22 |
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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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Do You Take This Stranger? | Dr. Robert Carson | 1971-01-18 |
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | 1971-05-18 |
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Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson | 1970-01-26 |
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Cutter's Trail | General Spalding | 1970-02-10 |
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The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | 1970-05-27 |
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The Lonely Profession | Martin Bannister | 1969-10-21 |
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緯度0大作戦 | Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie | 1969-07-26 |
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Petulia | Mr. Danner | 1968-06-10 |
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Comanche blanco | Sheriff Logan | 1968-06-21 |
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Petulia: The Uncommon Movie | Himself | 1968-01-01 |
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Alexander The Great | Antigonus | 1968-01-26 |
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Gangsters '70 | Destil | 1968-04-29 |
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Split Second to an Epitaph | Dr. Ben Stern | 1968-09-26 |
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Jack of Diamonds | Ace | 1967-11-10 |
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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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I crudeli | Colonel Jonas | 1967-02-02 |
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Some May Live | Colonel Woodward | 1967-01-01 |
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Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Jim | 1966-11-24 |
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The Oscar | Kenneth Regan | 1966-03-04 |
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The Money Trap | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | 1965-09-07 |
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The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Marcus A. Reno | 1965-04-25 |
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Gli uomini dal passo pesante | Temple Cordeen | 1965-12-31 |
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew Bayliss | 1964-12-15 |
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The Last Sunset | John Breckenridge | 1961-06-08 |
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-31 |
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The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne | 1960-04-14 |
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Touch of Evil | Coroner (uncredited) | 1958-03-30 |
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From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane | 1958-11-26 |
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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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The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | 1952-11-12 |
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Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | 1952-07-23 |
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Othello | Senator (uncredited) | 1951-11-28 |
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Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | 1951-08-01 |
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The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | 1951-11-27 |
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Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | 1951-05-05 |
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Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale aka Steve | 1950-10-14 |
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Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker | 1950-10-12 |
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September Affair | David Lawrence | 1950-10-18 |
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Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline | 1949-10-21 |
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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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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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Shadow of a Doubt | Uncle Charlie | 1943-01-15 |
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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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The Magnificent Ambersons | Eugene Morgan | 1942-07-10 |
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Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | 1941-09-18 |
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Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland | 1941-04-17 |
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Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 1937-01-01 | |
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Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | 1934-01-01 |