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Joseph Cotten

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Date of birth
May 15, 1905
Date of death
Feb 6, 1994(aged 88)
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Joseph Cotten

Biography of Joseph Cotten:

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).

Joseph Cotten has acted in:

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead(2018) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Green Fog(2018)
Too Much Johnson(2013) ... as Augustus Billings
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film(2000) ... as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies(1995) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'(1991)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook(1991) ... as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths(1990) ... as (archive footage)
The Survivor(1981) ... as Priest
Delusion(1981) ... as Ivar Langrock
Heaven's Gate(1980) ... as The Reverend Doctor
Casino(1980) ... as Ed Booker
The Hearse(1980) ... as Walter Prichard
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman(1979) ... as Self
Churchill and the Generals(1979) ... as Gen. George C. Marshall
Guyana: Crime of the Century(1979) ... as Richard Gable
Concorde Affair(1979) ... as Milland
Island of the Fishmen(1979) ... as Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Perfect Crime(1978) ... as Sir Arthur Dundee
Caravans(1978) ... as Crandall
Last In, First Out(1978) ... as Foster Johnson
Return to Fantasy Island(1978) ... as Simon Grant
Airport '77(1977) ... as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming(1977) ... as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
A Whisper in the Dark(1976) ... as The Professor
Mysteries of the Gods(1976) ... as Narrator
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case(1976) ... as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Expedition to Ararat(1976) ... as Self - Host - Narrator
Timber Tramps(1975) ... as Greedy sawmill mogul
Syndicate Sadists(1975) ... as Paternò
A Delicate Balance(1973) ... as Harry
F for Fake(1973) ... as Self
Soylent Green(1973) ... as William R. Simonson
The Devil's Daughter(1973) ... as Judge Weatherby
Police Dog(1973) ... as Narrator
The Scopone Game(1972) ... as George
Baron Blood(1972) ... as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Doomsday Voyage(1972) ... as Captain Jason
The Screaming Woman(1972) ... as George Tresvant
Lady Frankenstein(1971) ... as Baron Frankenstein
City Beneath the Sea(1971) ... as Dr. Ziegler
The Abominable Dr. Phibes(1971) ... as Dr. Vesalius
Do You Take This Stranger?(1971) ... as Dr. Robert Carson
Assault on the Wayne(1971) ... as Admiral
Journey to Murder(1971) ... as Jeff Wheeler
The Grasshopper(1970) ... as Richard Morgan
Cutter's Trail(1970) ... as General Spalding
Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970) ... as Henry L. Stimson
The Lonely Profession(1969) ... as Martin Bannister
Latitude Zero(1969) ... as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Split Second to an Epitaph(1968) ... as Dr. Ben Stern
White Comanche(1968) ... as Sheriff Logan
Petulia(1968) ... as Mr. Danner
Gangsters '70(1968) ... as Destil
Alexander The Great(1968) ... as Antigonus
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie(1968) ... as Himself
Jack of Diamonds(1967) ... as Ace
Some May Live(1967) ... as Colonel Woodward
The Hellbenders(1967) ... as Colonel Jonas
Lionpower from MGM(1967) ... as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon(1966) ... as Jim
The Oscar(1966) ... as Kenneth Regan
The Tramplers(1965) ... as Temple Cordeen
The Money Trap(1965) ... as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Great Sioux Massacre(1965) ... as Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964) ... as Drew Bayliss
Hollywood: The Selznick Years(1961) ... as Self (uncredited)
The Last Sunset(1961) ... as John Breckenridge
The Angel Wore Red(1960) ... as Hawthorne
From the Earth to the Moon(1958) ... as Victor Barbicane
Touch of Evil(1958) ... as Coroner (uncredited)
The Edge of Innocence(1957) ... as Robert Rainey
The Halliday Brand(1957) ... as Daniel Halliday
The Killer Is Loose(1956) ... as Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle(1956) ... as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Special Delivery(1955) ... as John Adams
A Blueprint for Murder(1953) ... as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Egypt by Three(1953) ... as Narrator
Niagara(1953) ... as George Loomis
The Steel Trap(1952) ... as Jim Osborne
Untamed Frontier(1952) ... as Kirk Denbow
Othello(1951) ... as Senator (uncredited)
The Man with a Cloak(1951) ... as Dupin
Peking Express(1951) ... as Michael Bachlin
Half Angel(1951) ... as John Raymond Jr.
September Affair(1950) ... as David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger(1950) ... as Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West(1950) ... as Col. Clay Tucker
Beyond the Forest(1949) ... as Doctor Louis Moline
Under Capricorn(1949) ... as Sam Flusky
The Third Man(1949) ... as Holly Martins
Portrait of Jennie(1948) ... as Eben Adams
Our American Heritage(1947) ... as Narrator
The Farmer's Daughter(1947) ... as Glenn Morley
Duel in the Sun(1946) ... as Jesse McCanles
Love Letters(1945) ... as Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You(1944) ... as Zachary Morgan
Since You Went Away(1944) ... as Tony Willett
Gaslight(1944) ... as Brian Cameron
Hers to Hold(1943) ... as Bill Morley
Shadow of a Doubt(1943) ... as Uncle Charlie
Journey into Fear(1943) ... as Howard Graham
The Magnificent Ambersons(1942) ... as Eugene Morgan
Lydia(1941) ... as Michael Fitzpatrick
Citizen Kane(1941) ... as Jedediah Leland
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.(1937)

Additional credits for Joseph Cotten:

Journey into Fear(1943)(Screenplay)

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