Joseph Cotten


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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...

Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Date of Birth: May 15, 1905

Date of Death: Feb 6, 1994


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Actor (90 Known Credits)


Churchill and the Generals

Gen. George C. Marshall

Heaven's Gate

The Reverend Doctor

The Hearse

Walter Prichard

L'isola degli uomini pesce

Prof. Ernest Marvin

Caravans

Crandall

The Love Boat

Colonel Van Ryker

Airport '77

Nicholas St. Downs III

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

Un sussurro nel buio

The Professor

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

Vérités et Mensonges

Special Participant

Timber Tramps

Greedy sawmill mogul

The Rockford Files

Warner Jameson

Soylent Green

William R. Simonson

The Devil's Daughter

Judge Weatherby

Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga

Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

The Screaming Woman

George Tresvant

Doomsday Voyage

Captain Jason

La figlia di Frankenstein

Baron Frankenstein

Do You Take This Stranger?

Dr. Robert Carson

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War

The Grasshopper

Richard Morgan

Ido zero daisakusen

Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

Petulia

Mr. Danner

Comanche blanco

Sheriff Logan

I crudeli

Col. Jonas

The Oscar

Kenneth Regan

The Money Trap

Dr. Horace Van Tilden

The Great Sioux Massacre

Major Marcus A. Reno

The Last Sunset

John Breckenridge

From the Earth to the Moon

Victor Barbicane

The Halliday Brand

Daniel Halliday

The Edge of Innocence

Robert Rainey

The Killer Is Loose

Detective Sam Wagner

The Bottom of the Bottle

Pat 'P.M.' Martin

Niagara

George Loomis

A Blueprint for Murder

Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Egypt by Three

Narrator

The Steel Trap

Jim Osborne

Untamed Frontier

Kirk Denbow

Othello

Senator (uncredited)

Half Angel

John Raymond Jr.

Peking Express

Michael Bachlin

Walk Softly, Stranger

Chris Hale aka Steve

September Affair

David Lawrence

Two Flags West

Col. Clay Tucker

The Third Man

Holly Martins

Under Capricorn

Sam Flusky

Beyond the Forest

Doctor Louis Moline

Duel in the Sun

Jesse McCanles

Love Letters

Allen Quinton

Gaslight

Brian Cameron

I'll Be Seeing You

Zachary Morgan

Since You Went Away

Lieutenant Tony Willett

Journey Into Fear

Howard Graham

Shadow of a Doubt

Uncle Charlie Oakley

Hers to Hold

Bill Morley

Citizen Kane

Jedediah Leland

Lydia

Michael Fitzpatrick

Too Much Johnson

Augustus Billings

Breakdown

William Callew

The Survivor (1981)
Priest
Ivar Langrock
Gen. George C. Marshall
Heaven's Gate (1980)
The Reverend Doctor
The Hearse (1980)
Walter Prichard
Tales of the Unexpected (1979 - 1988)
Lionel
Prof. Ernest Marvin
Richard Gable
Milland
Caravans (1978)
Crandall
Sir Arthur Dundee
Foster Johnson
The Love Boat (1977 - 1987)
Colonel Van Ryker
Airport '77 (1977)
Nicholas St. Downs III
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
The Professor
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
The Envoy
Special Participant
Timber Tramps (1975)
Greedy sawmill mogul
The Rockford Files (1974 - 1980)
Warner Jameson
Soylent Green (1973)
William R. Simonson
Harry
Judge Weatherby
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
George Tresvant
Captain Jason
Baron Frankenstein
Dr. Vesalius
Dr. Ziegler
Admiral
Dr. Robert Carson
Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War
Richard Morgan
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Petulia (1968)
Mr. Danner
Sheriff Logan
Gangsters '70 (1968)
Destil
Antigonus
I crudeli (1967)
Col. Jonas
The Oscar (1966)
Kenneth Regan
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
Major Marcus A. Reno
Edith Wickett
Dr. Drew Bayliss
John Breckenridge
Hawthorne
Touch of Evil (1958)
Coroner
Victor Barbicane
Daniel Halliday
Robert Rainey
Detective Sam Wagner
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
John Adams
Niagara (1953)
George Loomis
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Narrator
Jim Osborne
Kirk Denbow
Othello (1951)
Senator (uncredited)
Dupin
Half Angel (1951)
John Raymond Jr.
Michael Bachlin
Chris Hale aka Steve
David Lawrence
Col. Clay Tucker
The Third Man (1949)
Holly Martins
Sam Flusky
Doctor Louis Moline
Eben Adams
Glenn Morley
Jesse McCanles
Love Letters (1945)
Allen Quinton
Gaslight (1944)
Brian Cameron
Zachary Morgan
Lieutenant Tony Willett
Howard Graham
Uncle Charlie Oakley
Hers to Hold (1943)
Bill Morley
Citizen Kane (1941)
Jedediah Leland
Lydia (1941)
Michael Fitzpatrick
Augustus Billings
William Callew

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Journey Into Fear

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