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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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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Casino | Ed Booker | 1980-08-01 |
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Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | 1980-11-19 |
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The Hearse | Walter Prichard | 1980-06-01 |
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Churchill and the Generals | Gen. George C. Marshall | 1979-09-23 |
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Concorde Affaire '79 | Milland | 1979-03-23 |
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Guyana: Crime of the Century | Richard Gable | 1979-09-20 |
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L'isola degli uomini pesce | Prof. Ernest Marvin | 1979-01-18 |
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L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde | Foster Johnson | 1978-08-30 |
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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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Caravans | Crandall | 1978-11-02 |
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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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Botschaft der Götter | Narrator | 1976-03-17 |
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Un sussurro nel buio | The Professor | 1976-08-12 |
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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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Vérités et Mensonges | Self | 1973-09-01 |
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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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Soylent Green | William R. Simonson | 1973-04-18 |
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The Devil's Daughter | Judge Weatherby | 1973-01-09 |
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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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The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | 1972-01-29 |
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Lo scopone scientifico | George | 1972-08-28 |
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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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Assault on the Wayne | Admiral | 1971-01-12 |
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City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | 1971-07-16 |
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Journey to Murder | Jeff Wheeler | 1971-01-01 |
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La figlia di Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1971-10-22 |
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The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | 1970-05-27 |
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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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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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Alexander The Great | Antigonus | 1968-01-26 |
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Petulia: The Uncommon Movie | Himself | 1968-01-01 |
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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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Comanche blanco | Sheriff Logan | 1968-06-21 |
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Jack of Diamonds | Ace | 1967-11-10 |
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Some May Live | Colonel Woodward | 1967-01-01 |
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I crudeli | Colonel Jonas | 1967-02-02 |
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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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Gli uomini dal passo pesante | Temple Cordeen | 1965-12-31 |
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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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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew Bayliss | 1964-12-15 |
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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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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 Edge of Innocence | Robert Rainey | 1957-10-31 |
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The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | 1957-01-01 |
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The Killer Is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | 1956-02-03 |
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The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | 1956-02-01 |
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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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Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | 1951-08-01 |
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Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | 1951-05-05 |
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The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | 1951-11-27 |
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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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Gaslight | Brian Cameron | 1944-05-04 |
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I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | 1944-12-31 |
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Since You Went Away | Lieutenant Tony Willett | 1944-06-30 |
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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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Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland | 1941-04-17 |
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Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | 1941-09-18 |
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Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | 1938-08-29 |
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Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 1937-01-01 |
