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).
Filmography
all 146
Movies 112
TV Shows 34
self 13
Narrator 7
Coney Island Baby (2024)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Movie
John R. James
The Green Fog (2018)
Movie
The Reverend Doctor
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut (2014)
Movie
Augustus Billings
Too Much Johnson (2013)
Movie
4
Baron Frankenstein
The Truth About Lady Frankenstein (2007)
Movie
Holly Martins
A Sense of Carol Reed (2006)
Movie
Self
Shadowing the Third Man (2004)
Movie
Self
Reflections on 'Gaslight' (2003)
Movie
Self
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film (2000)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
Movie
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990)
Movie
Priest
The Survivor (1981)
Movie
Ivar Langrock
The House Where Death Lives (1981)
Movie
The Reverend Doctor
Heaven's Gate (1980)
Movie
Ed Booker
Casino (1980)
Movie
Walter Prichard
The Hearse (1980)
Movie
Gen. George C. Marshall
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
Movie
Richard Gable
Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979)
Movie
Lionel / Edward
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Milland
Concorde Affair (1979)
Movie
Prof. Ernest Marvin
Island of the Fishmen (1979)
Movie
Sir Arthur Dundee
The Perfect Crime (1978)
Movie
Crandall
Caravans (1978)
Movie
Foster Johnson
Last In, First Out (1978)
Movie
Simon Grant
Return to Fantasy Island (1978)
Movie
Horton Paine
Aspen (1977)
TV
Colonel Van Ryker
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Nicholas St. Downs III
Airport '77 (1977)
Movie
5.48
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
Movie
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
TV
The Envoy
Origins of the Mafia (1976)
TV
The Professor
A Whisper in the Dark (1976)
Movie
Narrator
Mysteries of the Gods (1976)
Movie
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Movie
Greedy sawmill mogul
Timber Tramps (1975)
Movie
Paternò
Syndicate Sadists (1975)
Movie
Warner Jameson
The Rockford Files (1974)
TV
7
Harry
A Delicate Balance (1973)
Movie
Self
F for Fake (1973)
Movie
3.5
William R. Simonson
Soylent Green (1973)
Movie
5.74
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
TV
Judge Weatherby
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
Movie
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
George
The Scopone Game (1972)
Movie
Baron Otto von Kleist
Baron Blood (1972)
Movie
6
Captain Jason
Doomsday Voyage (1972)
Movie
George Tresvant
The Screaming Woman (1972)
Movie
Baron Frankenstein
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Movie
9
Dr. Ziegler
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
Movie
Dr. Vesalius
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Movie
6
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
TV
Dr. Robert Carson
Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)
Movie
Admiral
Assault on the Wayne (1971)
Movie
Richard Morgan
The Grasshopper (1970)
Movie
Narrator
The Trail of Tears: John Ross (1970)
Movie
Gen. Spalding
Cutter's Trail (1970)
Movie
Henry L. Stimson
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Movie
6
Martin Bannister
The Lonely Profession (1969)
Movie
Capt. Craig McKenzie
Latitude Zero (1969)
Movie
Dr. Ben Stern
Split Second to an Epitaph (1968)
Movie
Jeff Wheeler
Journey to the Unknown (1968)
TV
Sheriff Logan
White Comanche (1968)
Movie
Mr. Danner
Petulia (1968)
Movie
Destil
Gangsters '70 (1968)
Movie
Antigonus
Alexander The Great (1968)
Movie
Mr. Jack
It Takes a Thief (1968)
TV
3.5
Actor
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968)
Movie
Ace
Jack of Diamonds (1967)
Movie
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
TV
5
Cimarron Strip (1967)
TV
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Colonel Jonas
The Hellbenders (1967)
Movie
Col. Woodward
Some May Live (1967)
Movie
Jim Owen
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
Movie
Kenneth Regan
The Oscar (1966)
Movie
Edith Wickett
The Tramplers (1965)
Movie
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Money Trap (1965)
Movie
Major Reno
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Movie
Dr. Drew Bayliss
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Movie
Narrator
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
Movie
Narrator
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
TV
Captain Meehan
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Movie
Bus Stop (1961)
TV
Charles Ladovan
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
John Breckenridge
The Last Sunset (1961)
Movie
Mac McClay
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
TV
Checkmate (1960)
TV
Hawthorne
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Movie
Paul Henty
"General Electric Theater" High Green Wall (1959)
Movie
Charles Lawrence
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
Victor Barbicane
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Movie
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Kraft Music Hall (1958)
TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV
Coroner (uncredited)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Movie
5.24
Robert Gideon Rainey
The Edge of Innocence (1957)
Movie
Gregg Carey
Suspicion (1957)
TV
Daniel Halliday
The Halliday Brand (1957)
Movie
Ben Harper
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
On Trial (1956)
TV
Telephone Time (1956)
TV
Detective Sam Wagner
The Killer is Loose (1956)
Movie
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
Movie
Self - Host
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
William Callew / Tony Gould / Courtney Masterson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Flight Announcer at the airport
Bedevilled (1955)
Movie
John Adams
Special Delivery (1955)
Movie
Self - Guest Host
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Movie
Narrator
Egypt by Three (1953)
Movie
Paul Henty / Captain / Private Harris
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
George Loomis
Niagara (1953)
Movie
6
Jim Osborne
The Steel Trap (1952)
Movie
Kirk Denbow
Untamed Frontier (1952)
Movie
Senator (uncredited)
Othello (1951)
Movie
6
Dupin
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Michael Bachlin
Peking Express (1951)
Movie
John Raymond Jr.
Half Angel (1951)
Movie
David Lawrence
September Affair (1950)
Movie
Chris Hale aka Steve
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Movie
Col. Clay Tucker
Two Flags West (1950)
Movie
6
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line? (1950)
TV
Doctor Lewis Moline
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Movie
Sam Flusky
Under Capricorn (1949)
Movie
6
Holly Martins
The Third Man (1949)
Movie
6.07
Eben Adams
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Movie
6
Narrator
Our American Heritage (1947)
Movie
Glenn Morley
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Jesse McCanles
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Movie
3.5
Alan Quinton
Love Letters (1945)
Movie
Zachary Morgan
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Movie
Lt. Tony Willett
Since You Went Away (1944)
Movie
6
Brian Cameron
Gaslight (1944)
Movie
3.5
Bill Morley
Hers to Hold (1943)
Movie
Charlie Oakley
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Movie
3.17
Howard Graham
Journey into Fear (1943)
Movie
Eugene Morgan
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Movie
6
Michael
Lydia (1941)
Movie
Jedediah Leland
Citizen Kane (1941)
Movie
5.8
Actor
Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y. (1937)
Movie
Narrator (1965)
Krakatoa (1933)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.82
Based on 1.31 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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1967
1956
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1905-05-15
Deathday1994-02-06 (88 years old)
Birth NameJoseph Cheshire Cotten
Birth PlacePetersburg, United States of America
RelationshipsPatricia Medina (1960-01-01 - 1994-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJoseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr., Джозеф Коттен, Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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