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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Birthday: 1905-05-15 | Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1981
Delusion

as    Ivar Langrock

1981
The Survivor

as    Priest

1981
Island of the Fishmen

as    Prof. Ernest Marvin

1980
Guyana: Crime of the Century

as    Richard Gable

1980
Heaven's Gate

as    The Reverend Doctor

1978
Caravans

as    Crandall

1978
The Perfect Crime

as    Sir Arthur Dundee

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming

as    Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

1977
F for Fake

as    Self

1976
Syndicate Sadists

as    Paternò

1976
Origins of the Mafia

as    The Envoy

1973
A Delicate Balance

as    Harry

1973
The Devil's Daughter

as    Judge Weatherby

1973
Soylent Green

as    William R. Simonson

1972
The Screaming Woman

as    George Tresvant

1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes

as    Dr. Vesalius

1971
City Beneath the Sea

as    Dr. Ziegler

1970
Latitude Zero

as    Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!

as    Henry L. Stimson

1970
The Grasshopper

as    Richard Morgan

1968
Alexander The Great

as    Antigonus

1968
White Comanche

as    Sheriff Logan

1967
Jack of Diamonds

as    Ace

1967
The Hellbenders

as    Colonel Jonas

1965
The Money Trap

as    Dr. Horace Van Tilden

1965
The Tramplers

as    Temple Cordeen

1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as    Drew Bayliss

1961
The Last Sunset

as    John Breckenridge

1960
The Angel Wore Red

as    Hawthorne