Joseph Cotten
May 15, 1905 (119 years old) in 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Too Much Johnson as Augustus Billings
- 2000 · Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film as Self
- 1991 · Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
- 1990 · Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
- 1981 · The Survivor as Priest
- 1981 · Delusion as Ivar Langrock
- 1980 · Heaven's Gate as The Reverend Doctor
- 1980 · Casino as Ed Booker
- 1980 · The Hearse as Walter Prichard
- 1979 · Churchill and the Generals as Gen. George C. Marshall
- 1979 · Guyana: Crime of the Century as Richard Gable
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Lionel
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Edward
- 1979 · Concorde Affair as Milland
- 1979 · Island of the Fishmen as Prof. Ernest Marvin
- 1978 · 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
- 1977 · Aspen as Horton Paine
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Colonel Van Ryker
- 1977 · Airport '77 as Nicholas St. Downs III
- 1977 · Twilight's Last Gleaming as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
- 1977 · The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as
- 1976 · Origins of the Mafia as The Envoy
- 1976 · 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
- 1975 · Timber Tramps as Greedy sawmill mogul
- 1975 · Syndicate Sadists as Paternò
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Warner Jameson
- 1973 · A Delicate Balance as Harry
- 1973 · F for Fake as Self
- 1973 · Soylent Green as William R. Simonson
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · The Devil's Daughter as Judge Weatherby
- 1973 · Police Dog as Narrator
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- 1972 · 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
- 1971 · Lady Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
- 1971 · City Beneath the Sea as Dr. Ziegler
- 1971 · The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Dr. Vesalius
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Do You Take This Stranger? as Dr. Robert Carson
- 1971 · Assault on the Wayne as Admiral
- 1971 · Journey to Murder as Jeff Wheeler
- 1970 · The Grasshopper as Richard Morgan
- 1970 · Cutter's Trail as General Spalding
- 1970 · Tora! Tora! Tora! as Henry L. Stimson
- 1969 · The Lonely Profession as Martin Bannister
- 1969 · Latitude Zero as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
- 1968 · 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
- 1967 · Jack of Diamonds as Ace
- 1967 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1967 · The Hellbenders as Colonel Jonas
- 1967 · Some May Live as Colonel Woodward
- 1966 · Brighty of the Grand Canyon as Jim
- 1966 · The Oscar as Kenneth Regan
- 1965 · The Tramplers as Temple Cordeen
- 1965 · The Money Trap as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
- 1965 · The Great Sioux Massacre as Major Marcus A. Reno
- 1964 · Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Drew Bayliss
- 1964 · Hollywood and the Stars as Narrator
- 1963 · Hollywood and the Stars as Narrator
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Captain Meehan
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
- 1961 · Bus Stop as
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Charles Ladovan
- 1961 · The Last Sunset as John Breckenridge
- 1960 · The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Mac McClay
- 1960 · Checkmate as
- 1960 · The Angel Wore Red as Hawthorne
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Dick Burlingame
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Charles Lawrence
- 1958 · From the Earth to the Moon as Victor Barbicane
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Touch of Evil as Coroner (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Edge of Innocence as Robert Rainey
- 1957 · Suspicion as Gregg Carey
- 1957 · The Halliday Brand as Daniel Halliday
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Harper
- 1956 · On Trial as
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1956 · The Killer Is Loose as Detective Sam Wagner
- 1956 · The Bottom of the Bottle as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as William Callew
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tony Gould
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Courtney Masterson
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1955 · Special Delivery as John Adams
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
- 1953 · A Blueprint for Murder as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
- 1953 · Egypt by Three as Narrator
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Paul Henty
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Captain
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Private Harris
- 1953 · Niagara as George Loomis
- 1952 · The Steel Trap as Jim Osborne
- 1952 · Untamed Frontier as Kirk Denbow
- 1951 · Othello as Senator (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Man with a Cloak as Dupin
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Peking Express as Michael Bachlin
- 1951 · Half Angel as John Raymond Jr.
- 1950 · September Affair as David Lawrence
- 1950 · Walk Softly, Stranger as Chris Hale aka Steve
- 1950 · Two Flags West as Col. Clay Tucker
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Beyond the Forest as Doctor Louis Moline
- 1949 · Under Capricorn as Sam Flusky
- 1949 · The Third Man as Holly Martins
- 1948 · Portrait of Jennie as Eben Adams
- 1947 · Our American Heritage as Narrator
- 1947 · The Farmer's Daughter as Glenn Morley
- 1946 · Duel in the Sun as Jesse McCanles
- 1945 · Love Letters as Allen Quinton
- 1944 · I'll Be Seeing You as Zachary Morgan
- 1944 · Since You Went Away as Lieutenant Tony Willett
- 1944 · Gaslight as Brian Cameron
- 1943 · Hers to Hold as Bill Morley
- 1943 · Shadow of a Doubt as Charlie Oakley
- 1943 · Journey into Fear as Howard Graham
- 1942 · The Magnificent Ambersons as Eugene Morgan
- 1941 · Lydia as Michael Fitzpatrick
- 1941 · Citizen Kane as Jedediah Leland
- 1937 · Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y. as