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Joseph Cotten

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedMay 15, 1905 (Died at 89)
Zodiac Sign♉Taurus
Place of BirthPetersburg, Virginia, USA
Career Span1937 – 1994
Known Credits140 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.6

Joseph Cotten

Also known as:Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Total Works

140

101 movies • 39 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

Citizen Kane
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941•movie
as Jedediah Leland
The Third Man
7.9
The Third Man
1949•movie
as Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
7.7
Touch of Evil
1958•movie
as Coroner (uncredited)
Soylent Green
6.9
Soylent Green
1973•movie
as William R. Simonson

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 140 titles featuring Joseph Cotten

Citizen Kane
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941•movie

as Jedediah Leland

The Third Man
7.9
The Third Man
1949•movie

as Holly Martins

Touch of Evil
7.7
Touch of Evil
1958•movie

as Coroner (uncredited)

Soylent Green
6.9
Soylent Green
1973•movie

as William R. Simonson

Shadow of a Doubt
7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
1943•movie

as Charlie Oakley

Tora! Tora! Tora!
7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970•movie

as Henry L. Stimson

Gaslight
7.5
Gaslight
1944•movie

as Brian Cameron

The Magnificent Ambersons
7.3

as Eugene Morgan

Niagara
6.8
Niagara
1953•movie

as George Loomis

Heaven's Gate
6.7
Heaven's Gate
1980•movie

as The Reverend Doctor

F for Fake
7.4
F for Fake
1973•movie

as Self

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
7.0

as Dr. Vesalius

Airport '77
5.6
Airport '77
1977•movie

as Nicholas St. Downs III

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7.3

as Drew Bayliss

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as William Callew

Othello
7.4
Othello
1951•movie

as Senator (uncredited)

Under Capricorn
6.0
Under Capricorn
1949•movie

as Sam Flusky

Duel in the Sun
6.4
Duel in the Sun
1946•movie

as Jesse McCanles

The Love Boat
6.2
1 eps
The Love Boat
1977•series

as Colonel Van Ryker

The Scopone Game
7.4
The Scopone Game
1972•movie

as George

Baron Blood
6.1
Baron Blood
1972•movie

as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
7.1

as Self (archive footage)

The Rockford Files
7.6
1 eps
The Rockford Files
1974•series

as Warner Jameson

Fantasy Island
6.5
1 eps
Fantasy Island
1978•series

as Thomas Cummings

Portrait of Jennie
7.2
Portrait of Jennie
1948•movie

as Eben Adams

Journey into Fear
6.1
Journey into Fear
1943•movie

as Howard Graham

The Streets of San Francisco
7.1
1 eps

as John R. James

The Last Sunset
6.8
The Last Sunset
1961•movie

as John Breckenridge

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.6
1 eps
Twilight's Last Gleaming
6.5

as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Island of the Fishmen
5.6

as Prof. Ernest Marvin

Lady Frankenstein
5.6
Lady Frankenstein
1971•movie

as Baron Frankenstein

Ironside
6.8
1 eps
Ironside
1967•series

as Dr. Benjamin Stern

The Hellbenders
6.5
The Hellbenders
1967•movie

as Colonel Jonas

The Killer Is Loose
6.7

as Detective Sam Wagner

The Hearse
5.2
The Hearse
1980•movie

as Walter Prichard

Since You Went Away
6.6

as Tony Willett

Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
1 eps

as Lionel

Beyond the Forest
6.7
Beyond the Forest
1949•movie

as Doctor Louis Moline

Petulia
6.0
Petulia
1968•movie

as Mr. Danner

I'll Be Seeing You
6.9
I'll Be Seeing You
1944•movie

as Zachary Morgan

The Survivor
5.1
The Survivor
1981•movie

as Priest

A Blueprint for Murder
6.2

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

The Farmer's Daughter
7.1

as Glenn Morley

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
6.8
2 eps

as Self (uncredited)

The Virginian
6.5
1 eps
The Virginian
1962•series

as Judge Will McMasters

Syndicate Sadists
6.0
Syndicate Sadists
1975•movie

as Paternò

From the Earth to the Moon
5.3

as Victor Barbicane

Two Flags West
6.2
Two Flags West
1950•movie

as Clay Tucker

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
7.1
1 eps

as Weldon Rathbone

Wagon Train
6.6
1 eps
Wagon Train
1957•series

as Captain Dan Brady

Latitude Zero
5.9
Latitude Zero
1969•movie

as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

Too Much Johnson
5.4
Too Much Johnson
2013•movie

as Augustus Billings (uncredited)

The Green Fog
6.0
The Green Fog
2018•movie
What's My Line?
7.0
1 eps
What's My Line?
1950•series

as Self

Walk Softly, Stranger
5.1

as Chris Hale/Steve

Love Letters
6.5
Love Letters
1945•movie

as Allen Quinton

77 Sunset Strip
7.2
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1958•series

as Arnold Buhler

It Takes a Thief
7.2
2 eps
It Takes a Thief
1968•series

as Col. Heinrich

The Steel Trap
6.6
The Steel Trap
1952•movie

as Jim Osborne

September Affair
5.8
September Affair
1950•movie

as David Lawrence

Concorde Affair
6.4
Concorde Affair
1979•movie

as Milland

White Comanche
4.7
White Comanche
1968•movie

as Sheriff Logan

The Money Trap
5.1
The Money Trap
1965•movie

as Dr. Horace Van Tilden

The Man with a Cloak
6.8

as Dupin

The Screaming Woman
6.7

as George Tresvant

Caravans
5.8
Caravans
1978•movie

as Crandall

Dr. Kildare
5.7
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Charles Ladovan

Guyana: Crime of the Century
5.0

as Richard Gable

City Beneath the Sea
4.6

as Dr. Ziegler

Delusion
4.6
Delusion
1981•movie

as Ivar Langrock

The Oscar
5.1
The Oscar
1966•movie

as Kenneth Regan

The Devil's Daughter
6.6

as Judge Weatherby

A Delicate Balance
6.4
A Delicate Balance
1973•movie

as Harry

The Grasshopper
5.1
The Grasshopper
1970•movie

as Richard Morgan

A Whisper in the Dark
5.9

as The Professor

Cimarron Strip
5.8
1 eps
Cimarron Strip
1967•series

as Nathan Tio

Lydia
6.5
Lydia
1941•movie

as Michael Fitzpatrick

The Name of the Game
7.0
1 eps

as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner

The Angel Wore Red
5.0
The Angel Wore Red
1960•movie

as Hawthorne

The Great Sioux Massacre
4.5

as Major Marcus A. Reno

The Halliday Brand
6.2
The Halliday Brand
1957•movie

as Daniel Halliday

The Perfect Crime
5.5
The Perfect Crime
1978•movie

as Sir Arthur Dundee

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
6.5

as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

Mysteries of the Gods
5.3

as Narrator

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Ben Harper

The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.0
6 eps

as Self - Host

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Suspicion
6.2
1 eps
Suspicion
1957•series

as Gregg Carey

The Tramplers
6.4
The Tramplers
1965•movie

as Temple Cordeen

Hers to Hold
7.0
Hers to Hold
1943•movie

as Bill Morley

Checkmate
4.8
1 eps
Checkmate
1960•series

as Dr. George Mallinson

Jack of Diamonds
4.7
Jack of Diamonds
1967•movie

as Ace

Untamed Frontier
7.3
Untamed Frontier
1952•movie

as Kirk Denbow

Kraft Music Hall
5.4
1 eps
Kraft Music Hall
1958•series

as Self

Letter to Loretta
6.6
1 eps
Letter to Loretta
1953•series

as Self - Guest Host

The Bottom of the Bottle
5.8

as Pat 'P.M.' Martin

Half Angel
6.2
Half Angel
1951•movie

as John Raymond Jr.

Gangsters '70
7.3
Gangsters '70
1968•movie

as Destil

Last In, First Out
4.5
Last In, First Out
1978•movie

as Foster Johnson

General Electric Theater
6.8
1 eps

as Paul Henty

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
6.3
1 eps

as Black McSween

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
4.4

as Self (uncredited)

Alexander The Great
5.0

as Antigonus

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
6.4
1 eps

as Mac McClay

Return to Fantasy Island
6.0

as Simon Grant

Some May Live
4.2
Some May Live
1967•movie

as Colonel Woodward

Telephone Time
6.5
1 eps
Telephone Time
1956•series
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
1 eps

as Dick Burlingame

The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
1 eps

as John Ashburn

Journey to the Unknown
7.0
1 eps

as Jeff Wheeler

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
5.7

as Self (archive footage)

Casino
10.0
Casino
1980•movie

as Ed Booker

Assault on the Wayne
4.3

as Admiral

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
6.7

as Jim

Cutter's Trail
8.0
Cutter's Trail
1970•movie

as General Spalding

Lionpower from MGM
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967•movie

as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
1 eps
8.0
1 eps
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971•series

as Self

Peking Express
7.5
Peking Express
1951•movie

as Michael Bachlin

Do You Take This Stranger?
6.0

as Dr. Robert Carson

Aspen
8.0
3 eps
Aspen
1977•series

as Horton Paine

Hollywood and the Stars
7.5
31 eps

as Narrator

Special Delivery
9.0
Special Delivery
1955•movie

as John Adams

Timber Tramps
9.0
Timber Tramps
1975•movie

as Greedy sawmill mogul

Journey to Murder
7.0
Journey to Murder
1971•movie

as Jeff Wheeler

Doomsday Voyage
10.0
Doomsday Voyage
1972•movie

as Captain Jason

Churchill and the Generals
9.0

as Gen. George C. Marshall

The Lonely Profession
7.0

as Martin Bannister

Split Second to an Epitaph
9.0

as Dr. Ben Stern

The Great Adventure
10.0
2 eps
The Great Adventure
1963•series

as Captain Meehan

Bus Stop
10.0
1 eps
Bus Stop
1961•series

as Professor Wheelwright

Origins of the Mafia
8.0
1 eps

as The Envoy

The Edge of Innocence

as Robert Rainey

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

as Self

Expedition to Ararat

as Self - Host - Narrator