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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 15, 1905
Died
February 6, 1994
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
- Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.
- Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Joseph Cotten
1.1 Popularity
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).
Known For
7.1
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
🎬
0.0
Jedediah Leland (archive footage)
Black Baby
2018
7.0
Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
🎬
5.7
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
5.7
(archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
5.2
Priest
The Survivor
1981
3.5
Ivar Langrock
Delusion
1981
6.7
The Reverend Doctor
Heaven's Gate
1980
10.0
Ed Booker
Casino
1980
5.2
Walter Prichard
The Hearse
1980
Credits
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.1
🎬
Black Baby
as Jedediah Leland (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
2000
7.0
🎬
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
1991
5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
1990
5.7
The Survivor
as Priest
1981
5.2
Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
1981
3.5
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
1980
6.7
Casino
as Ed Booker
1980
10.0
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
1980
5.2
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979
0.0
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
1979
0.0
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
1979
4.8
Tales of the Unexpected
as Lionel
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Edward
1979
6.7
Concorde Affair
as Milland
1979
6.4
Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
1979
5.6
The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
1978
4.8
Caravans
as Crandall
1978
5.3
Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
1978
3.4
Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
1978
4.7
Aspen
as Horton Paine
1977
6.0
The Love Boat
as Colonel Van Ryker
1977
6.3
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
1977
5.6
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
1977
6.4
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.1
Origins of the Mafia
as The Envoy
1976
0.0
A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
1976
5.8
Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
1976
5.6
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
1976
6.4
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
1975
0.0
Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
1975
5.9
The Rockford Files
as Warner Jameson
1974
7.6
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
1973
6.1
F for Fake
as Self
1973
7.4
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
1973
6.9
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
1973
6.5
🎬
Police Dog
as Narrator
1973
0.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Scopone Game
as George
1972
7.4
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
1972
6.2
Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
1972
0.0
The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
1972
6.8
Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
1971
5.4
City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
1971
4.1
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
1971
6.9
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
1971
5.0
Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
1971
3.0
Journey to Murder
as Jeff Wheeler
1971
0.0
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
1970
4.8
Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
1970
7.5
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
1970
7.1
The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
1969
0.0
Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
1969
5.8
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
1968
0.0
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
1968
4.6
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
1968
5.9
Gangsters '70
as Destil
1968
7.0
Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
1968
5.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Himself
1968
0.0
Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
1967
4.2
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
1967
6.5
Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
1967
2.7
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.5
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Jim
1966
5.5
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
1966
4.8
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
1965
5.9
The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
1965
4.8
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
1965
4.2
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
1964
7.3
🎬
Hollywood and the Stars
as Narrator
1963
6.0
The Great Adventure
as Captain Meehan
1963
0.0
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
1961
3.5
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
Dr. Kildare
as Charles Ladovan
1961
5.5
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
1961
6.8
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Mac McClay
1960
6.2
Checkmate
1960
4.1
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
1960
4.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Dick Burlingame
1959
6.3
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Charles Lawrence
1959
6.3
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
1958
5.1
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Kraft Music Hall
1958
4.7
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
1958
7.8
The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
1957
0.0
Suspicion
as Gregg Carey
1957
5.9
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
1957
6.1
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben Harper
1956
6.0
🎬
On Trial
1956
5.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
1956
6.6
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
1956
5.1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as William Callew
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tony Gould
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Courtney Masterson
1955
7.8
Special Delivery
as John Adams
1955
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1953
6.5
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
1953
6.1
🎬
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
1953
6.0
General Electric Theater
as Paul Henty
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Captain
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Private Harris
1953
6.4
Niagara
as George Loomis
1953
6.8
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
1952
6.4
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
1952
7.2
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
1951
7.3
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
1951
6.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
1951
8.0
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
1951
5.6
September Affair
as David Lawrence
1950
5.8
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale aka Steve
1950
5.0
Two Flags West
as Col. Clay Tucker
1950
6.2
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
1949
6.7
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
1949
6.0
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
1949
7.9
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
1948
7.1
🎬
Our American Heritage
as Narrator
1947
0.0
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
1947
6.9
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
1946
6.3
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
1945
6.5
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
1944
6.9
Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
1944
6.5
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
1944
7.5
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
1943
6.9
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
1943
7.5
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
1943
6.1
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
1942
7.3
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
1941
6.5
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
1941
8.0
Citizen Kane Trailer
as himself/Jedediah Leland
1940
0.0
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings
1938
5.3
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937
4.3