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 144
Movies 110
TV Shows 34
self 12
Narrator 8
Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Movie
John R. James
The Green Fog (2018)
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
ArchiveFootage
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
Movie
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Movie
Priest
The Survivor (1981)
Movie
Ivar Langrock
Delusion (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 Envoy
Origins of the Mafia (1976)
TV
The Professor
A Whisper in the Dark (1976)
Movie
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Movie
Greedy sawmill mogul
Timber Tramps (1975)
Movie
Warner Jameson
The Rockford Files (1974)
TV
7
William R. Simonson
Soylent Green (1973)
Movie
5.74
Judge Weatherby
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
Movie
Narrator
Police Dog (1973)
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
Dr. Robert Carson
Do You Take This Stranger? (1971)
Movie
Jeff Wheeler (Do Me a Favor and Kill Me)
Journey to Murder (1971)
Movie
Richard Morgan
The Grasshopper (1970)
Movie
General 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 / Cmdr. Glenn 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
Antigonus
Alexander The Great (1968)
Movie
Mr. Jack
It Takes a Thief (1968)
TV
3.5
Colonel Jonas
The Hellbenders (1967)
Movie
Col. Woodward
Some May Live (1967)
Movie
Kenneth Regan
The Oscar (1966)
Movie
Temple Cordeen
The Tramplers (1965)
Movie
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Money Trap (1965)
Movie
Major Reno
The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
Movie
Drew Bayliss
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Movie
Narrator
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
TV
Captain Meehan
The Great Adventure (1963)
TV
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Movie
Charles Ladovan
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
John Breckenridge
The Last Sunset (1961)
Movie
Mac McClay
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
TV
Hawthorne
The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Movie
Charles Lawrence
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
Victor Barbicane
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Movie
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
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
Captain / Private Harris / Paul Henty
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
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 Louis 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
Glenn Morley
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Movie
Jesse McCanles
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Movie
3.5
Allen Quinton
Love Letters (1945)
Movie
Zachary Morgan
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Movie
Lieutenant 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
Narrator (1965)
Krakatoa (1933)
Movie
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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
Height187-centimeter
RelationshipsPatricia Medina (1960 - 1994)
ChildrenJudith Lenore LaMonte
FatherJoseph Cheshire Cotten, Sr.
MotherSally Whitworth Willson
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJoseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr., Джозеф Коттен, Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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