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
| Birth Location | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905-05-15 |
| Died | 1994-02-06 |
Movies
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
2023
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
as The Reverend Doctor
2014
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings
2013
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
The House Where Death Lives
as Ivar Langrock
1981
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
1980
Casino
as Ed Booker
1980
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
1980
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
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
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
1970
Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War
1970
The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
1969
Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
1969
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
1968
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
1968
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
1968
Gangsters '70
as Destil
1968
Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
1968
Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
1967
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
1967
Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
1967
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Jim
1966
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
1966
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
1965
The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
1965
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
1964
Hollywood and the Stars
as Narrator
1964
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
1961
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
1961
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
1960
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
1958
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
1958
The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
1957
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
1957
The Killer is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
1956
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
1956
Special Delivery
as John Adams
1955
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
1953
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
1953
Niagara
as George Loomis
1953
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
1952
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
1952
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
1951
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
1951
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
1951
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
1951
September Affair
as David Lawrence
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale aka Steve
1950
Two Flags West
as Col. Clay Tucker
1950
Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
1949
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
1949
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
1949
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
1948
Our American Heritage
as Narrator
1947
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
1947
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
1946
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
1945
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
1944
Since You Went Away
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
1944
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
1944
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charlie Oakley
1943
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
1943
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
1942
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
1941
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
1941
Movies
Journey into Fear
Screenplay
1943
