Joseph Cotten1905 - 1994

usually

Actor

Popularity

3.4

Famous

Biography

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).

Credits

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
0.4
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

Documentary • Horror • Science Fiction

as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

5.7
0.2
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990

Documentary

as (archive footage)

5.7
0.9
The Survivor
The Survivor

1981

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Priest

5.2
0.6
Delusion
Delusion

1981

Horror

as Ivar Langrock

3.8
0.4
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate

1980

Drama • Western

as The Reverend Doctor

6.8
1.2
Casino
Casino

1980

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Ed Booker

10
0.4
The Hearse
The Hearse

1980

Drama • Horror • Mystery

as Walter Prichard

5.3
1.3
Churchill and the Generals
Churchill and the Generals

1979

Drama • History • TV Movie • War

as Gen. George C. Marshall

0
0.2
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Guyana: Crime of the Century

1979

Drama • Thriller

as Richard Gable

4.8
0.3
Concorde Affair
Concorde Affair

1979

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Milland

6.6
0.4
Island of the Fishmen
Island of the Fishmen

1979

Horror • Science Fiction

as Prof. Ernest Marvin

5.6
0.6
The Perfect Crime
The Perfect Crime

1978

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Sir Arthur Dundee

5.3
0.2
Caravans
Caravans

1978

Action • Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Crandall

5.3
0.5
Last In, First Out
Last In, First Out

1978

Drama • Thriller

as Foster Johnson

3.4
0.2
Return to Fantasy Island
Return to Fantasy Island

1978

Drama • Fantasy • Romance • TV Movie

as Simon Grant

4.7
0.2
Airport '77
Airport '77

1977

Action • Adventure • Drama • Thriller

as Nicholas St. Downs III

5.6
1.5
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

Thriller

as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

6.4
0.5
A Whisper in the Dark
A Whisper in the Dark

1976

Horror

as The Professor

6
0.2
Mysteries of the Gods
Mysteries of the Gods

1976

Documentary

as Narrator

5.6
0.1
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

6.4
0.3
Timber Tramps
Timber Tramps

1975

Adventure

as Greedy sawmill mogul

0
0.2
Syndicate Sadists
Syndicate Sadists

1975

Action • Crime • Drama

as Paternò

5.9
0.3
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance

1973

Drama

as Harry

6.3
0.2
F for Fake
F for Fake

1973

Documentary

as Self

7.4
0.8
Soylent Green
Soylent Green

1973

Crime • Mystery • Science Fiction • Thriller

as William R. Simonson

6.9
2.2
The Devil's Daughter
The Devil's Daughter

1973

Horror • TV Movie

as Judge Weatherby

6.5
0.4
Police Dog
Police Dog

1973

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0
The Scopone Game
The Scopone Game

1972

Comedy • Drama

as George

7.4
0.6
Baron Blood
Baron Blood

1972

Horror

as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

6.2
0.5
Doomsday Voyage
Doomsday Voyage

1972

Drama

as Captain Jason

0
0.2
The Screaming Woman
The Screaming Woman

1972

Drama • Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as George Tresvant

6.7
0.3
Lady Frankenstein
Lady Frankenstein

1971

Horror • Science Fiction

as Baron Frankenstein

5.4
1.1
City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea

1971

Action • Science Fiction

as Dr. Ziegler

4.1
0.2
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971

Comedy • Horror

as Dr. Vesalius

6.9
0.8
Do You Take This Stranger?
Do You Take This Stranger?

1971

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Robert Carson

5
0.1
Assault on the Wayne
Assault on the Wayne

1971

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Admiral

3
0.3
Journey to Murder
Journey to Murder

1971

Horror • Mystery • TV Movie

as Jeff Wheeler

0
0.1
The Grasshopper
The Grasshopper

1970

Drama • Romance

as Richard Morgan

5.1
0.4
Cutter's Trail
Cutter's Trail

1970

TV Movie • Western

as General Spalding

7.5
0.3
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970

Drama • History • War

as Henry L. Stimson

7.1
2
The Lonely Profession
The Lonely Profession

1969

Crime

as Martin Bannister

0
0.2
Latitude Zero
Latitude Zero

1969

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

5.8
0.6
Split Second to an Epitaph
Split Second to an Epitaph

1968

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Ben Stern

0
0.3
White Comanche
White Comanche

1968

Western

as Sheriff Logan

4.6
0.6
Petulia
Petulia

1968

Drama • Romance

as Mr. Danner

5.9
0.5
Gangsters '70
Gangsters '70

1968

Crime

as Destil

7
0.2
Alexander The Great
Alexander The Great

1968

Adventure • Drama • History • TV Movie

as Antigonus

5
0.2
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

1968

Documentary

as Himself

0
0.2
Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Diamonds

1967

Crime • Drama

as Ace

4.2
0.3
The Hellbenders
The Hellbenders

1967

Western

as Colonel Jonas

6.6
1.3
Some May Live
Some May Live

1967

Thriller

as Colonel Woodward

3.5
0.2
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
5.5
0.2
The Oscar
The Oscar

1966

Drama

as Kenneth Regan

5.1
0.4
The Tramplers
The Tramplers

1965

Western

as Temple Cordeen

5.9
0.3
The Money Trap
The Money Trap

1965

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Dr. Horace Van Tilden

4.9
0.3
The Great Sioux Massacre
The Great Sioux Massacre

1965

Drama • History • Western

as Major Marcus A. Reno

4.2
0.4
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Drew Bayliss

7.3
0.7
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

Documentary

as Self (uncredited)

3.3
0.4
The Last Sunset
The Last Sunset

1961

Drama • Western

as John Breckenridge

6.8
0.9
The Angel Wore Red
The Angel Wore Red

1960

Drama • Romance • War

as Hawthorne

5.3
0.2
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon

1958

Adventure • Science Fiction

as Victor Barbicane

5.2
0.4
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil

1958

Crime • Thriller

as Coroner (uncredited)

7.8
2
The Edge of Innocence
The Edge of Innocence

1957

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Robert Rainey

0
0.2
The Halliday Brand
The Halliday Brand

1957

Western

as Daniel Halliday

6.1
0.1
The Killer Is Loose
The Killer Is Loose

1956

Crime • Thriller

as Detective Sam Wagner

6.6
0.5
The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle

1956

Drama

as Pat 'P.M.' Martin

5.5
0.3
Special Delivery
Special Delivery

1955

Comedy

as John Adams

0
0.3
A Blueprint for Murder
A Blueprint for Murder

1953

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

6.1
0.8
Egypt by Three
Egypt by Three

1953

Drama

as Narrator

6
0.2
Niagara
Niagara

1953

Crime • Thriller

as George Loomis

6.8
2.2
The Steel Trap
The Steel Trap

1952

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Jim Osborne

6.4
0.5
Untamed Frontier
Untamed Frontier

1952

Western

as Kirk Denbow

7.2
0.3
Othello
Othello

1951

Drama

as Senator (uncredited)

7.3
0.7
The Man with a Cloak
The Man with a Cloak

1951

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Dupin

6.9
0.3
Peking Express
Peking Express

1951

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Michael Bachlin

8
0.2
Half Angel
Half Angel

1951

Comedy

as John Raymond Jr.

5.6
0.2
September Affair
September Affair

1950

Drama • Romance

as David Lawrence

6.1
0.2
Walk Softly, Stranger
Walk Softly, Stranger

1950

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Chris Hale aka Steve

5
0.3
Two Flags West
Two Flags West

1950

War • Western

as Col. Clay Tucker

6.2
0.4
Beyond the Forest
Beyond the Forest

1949

Drama • Thriller

as Doctor Louis Moline

6.8
0.4
Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn

1949

Drama • History

as Sam Flusky

6.1
0.7
The Third Man
The Third Man

1949

Mystery • Thriller

as Holly Martins

7.9
3.6
Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie

1948

Drama • Fantasy • Mystery • Romance

as Eben Adams

7.1
0.4
Our American Heritage
Our American Heritage

1947

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0
The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter

1947

Comedy • Romance

as Glenn Morley

6.9
0.4
Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun

1946

Drama • Romance • Western

as Jesse McCanles

6.3
1.2
Love Letters
Love Letters

1945

Drama • Mystery • Romance

as Allen Quinton

6.4
0.3
I'll Be Seeing You
I'll Be Seeing You

1944

Drama • Romance

as Zachary Morgan

7
0.3
Since You Went Away
Since You Went Away

1944

Drama • Romance • War

as Lieutenant Tony Willett

6.5
0.5
Gaslight
Gaslight

1944

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Brian Cameron

7.5
2.2
Hers to Hold
Hers to Hold

1943

Drama • Music • Romance

as Bill Morley

6.9
0.3
Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt

1943

Mystery • Thriller

as Uncle Charlie

7.5
1.4
Journey into Fear
Journey into Fear

1943

Thriller • War

as Howard Graham

6
0.5
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

Drama • Romance

as Eugene Morgan

7.3
1.6
Lydia
Lydia

1941

Drama • Romance

as Michael Fitzpatrick

6.5
0.5
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

1941

Drama • Mystery

as Jedediah Leland

8
4.9
Too Much Johnson
Too Much Johnson

1938

Comedy

as Augustus Billings

5.3
0.2

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