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Joseph Cotten
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Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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).
BODY OF WORK
Joseph Cotten's Filmography
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Fog
Too Much Johnson
as Augustus Billings (uncredited)
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as Self (archive footage)
The Survivor
as Priest
Delusion
as Ivar Langrock
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
Casino
as Ed Booker
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Richard Gable
Concorde Affair
as Milland
Island of the Fishmen
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Perfect Crime
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Caravans
as Crandall
Last In, First Out
as Foster Johnson
Return to Fantasy Island
as Simon Grant
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
A Whisper in the Dark
as The Professor
Mysteries of the Gods
as Narrator
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Expedition to Ararat
as Self - Host - Narrator
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Syndicate Sadists
as Paternò
A Delicate Balance
as Harry
F for Fake
as Self
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
The Devil's Daughter
as Judge Weatherby
No Poster
Police Dog
as Narrator
The Scopone Game
as George
Baron Blood
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Doomsday Voyage
as Captain Jason
The Screaming Woman
as George Tresvant
Lady Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
City Beneath the Sea
as Dr. Ziegler
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Dr. Vesalius
Do You Take This Stranger?
as Dr. Robert Carson
Assault on the Wayne
as Admiral
Journey to Murder
as Jeff Wheeler
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
Cutter's Trail
as General Spalding
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
The Lonely Profession
as Martin Bannister
Latitude Zero
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Split Second to an Epitaph
as Dr. Ben Stern
White Comanche
as Sheriff Logan
Petulia
as Mr. Danner
Gangsters '70
as Destil
Alexander The Great
as Antigonus
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
as Self
Jack of Diamonds
as Ace
Some May Live
as Colonel Woodward
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Jim
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
The Tramplers
as Temple Cordeen
The Money Trap
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Great Sioux Massacre
as Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Drew Bayliss
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
The Angel Wore Red
as Hawthorne
From the Earth to the Moon
as Victor Barbicane
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
The Edge of Innocence
as Robert Rainey
The Halliday Brand
as Daniel Halliday
The Killer Is Loose
as Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Special Delivery
as John Adams
A Blueprint for Murder
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
No Poster
Egypt by Three
as Narrator
Niagara
as George Loomis
The Steel Trap
as Jim Osborne
Untamed Frontier
as Kirk Denbow
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
The Man with a Cloak
as Dupin
Peking Express
as Michael Bachlin
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
September Affair
as David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
as Clay Tucker
Beyond the Forest
as Doctor Louis Moline
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
Portrait of Jennie
as Eben Adams
No Poster
Our American Heritage
as Narrator
The Farmer's Daughter
as Glenn Morley
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
Love Letters
as Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You
as Zachary Morgan
Since You Went Away
as Tony Willett
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
Hers to Hold
as Bill Morley
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charlie Oakley
Journey into Fear
as Howard Graham
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
Lydia
as Michael Fitzpatrick
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
