Joseph Cotten
Acting

Joseph Cotten

Born 15 May 1905 · Petersburg, Virginia, USA · Died 6 February 1994

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).

Known for

Citizen Kane
The Third Man
Soylent Green
Shadow of a Doubt
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Gaslight
The Magnificent Ambersons
Niagara
Heaven's Gate
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Airport '77
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Survivor
Delusion
Heaven's Gate
The Hearse
Casino
Island of the Fishmen
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Concorde Affair
Churchill and the Generals
Caravans
The Perfect Crime
Last In, First Out
Return to Fantasy Island
Airport '77
Twilight's Last Gleaming
A Whisper in the Dark
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Mysteries of the Gods
Syndicate Sadists
Timber Tramps
Soylent Green
A Delicate Balance
The Devil's Daughter
Baron Blood
The Scopone Game
The Screaming Woman
Doomsday Voyage
Lady Frankenstein
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
City Beneath the Sea
Assault on the Wayne
Do You Take This Stranger?
Journey to Murder
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Grasshopper
Cutter's Trail
Latitude Zero
The Lonely Profession
White Comanche
Gangsters '70
Alexander The Great
Petulia
Split Second to an Epitaph
The Hellbenders
Jack of Diamonds
Some May Live
The Oscar
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
The Money Trap
The Tramplers
The Great Sioux Massacre
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Last Sunset
The Angel Wore Red
From the Earth to the Moon
The Halliday Brand
The Edge of Innocence
The Killer Is Loose
The Bottom of the Bottle
Special Delivery
A Blueprint for Murder
Niagara
The Steel Trap
Untamed Frontier
The Man with a Cloak
Half Angel
Peking Express
September Affair
Walk Softly, Stranger
Two Flags West
The Third Man
Under Capricorn
Beyond the Forest
Portrait of Jennie
The Farmer's Daughter
Duel in the Sun
Love Letters
I'll Be Seeing You
Gaslight
Since You Went Away
Journey into Fear
Shadow of a Doubt
Hers to Hold
The Magnificent Ambersons
Citizen Kane
Lydia
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