
Joseph Cotten
Known for: Acting
Born: May 15, 1905
Died: February 6, 1994
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…
Known for

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942

The Third Man
1949

Lady Frankenstein
1971

Baron Blood
1972

Journey into Fear
1943

The Steel Trap
1952

A Blueprint for Murder
1953

The Halliday Brand
1957

The Killer Is Loose
1956

From the Earth to the Moon
1958

White Comanche
1968

Latitude Zero
1969

The Man with a Cloak
1951

The Hellbenders
1967

Walk Softly, Stranger
1950

Two Flags West
1950

Assault on the Wayne
1971

Gangsters '70
1968

Peking Express
1951

Too Much Johnson
2013

Untamed Frontier
1952
Our American Heritage
1947

Special Delivery
1955

Some May Live
1967

The Great Sioux Massacre
1965

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966

Doomsday Voyage
1972
Egypt by Three
1953
Police Dog
1973

Expedition to Ararat
1976

Citizen Kane
1941

Under Capricorn
1949

I'll Be Seeing You
1944

Shadow of a Doubt
1943

Duel in the Sun
1946

Portrait of Jennie
1948

Syndicate Sadists
1975

Beyond the Forest
1949

The Farmer's Daughter
1947

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971

Niagara
1953

The Hearse
1980

September Affair
1950

Love Letters
1945

The Bottom of the Bottle
1956

Jack of Diamonds
1967

Half Angel
1951

The Tramplers
1965

Hers to Hold
1943

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000

Delusion
1981

Journey to Murder
1971

The Edge of Innocence
1957

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990

Gaslight
1944

Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979

Since You Went Away
1944

The Grasshopper
1970

The Scopone Game
1972

The Survivor
1981

The Perfect Crime
1978

The Angel Wore Red
1960

Split Second to an Epitaph
1968

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

Airport '77
1977

Soylent Green
1973

The Money Trap
1965

The Last Sunset
1961

Lydia
1941

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977

The Screaming Woman
1972

Last In, First Out
1978

Alexander The Great
1968

Timber Tramps
1975

Concorde Affair
1979

Churchill and the Generals
1979

The Lonely Profession
1969

Mysteries of the Gods
1976

Island of the Fishmen
1979

Caravans
1978

A Delicate Balance
1973

The Oscar
1966

A Whisper in the Dark
1976

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961

Cutter's Trail
1970

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979

Casino
1980

The Devil's Daughter
1973

Heaven's Gate
1980

Return to Fantasy Island
1978

Do You Take This Stranger?
1971

F for Fake
1973

City Beneath the Sea
1971

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976

Petulia
1968

Othello
1951
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Touch of Evil
1958

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018

Lionpower from MGM
1967

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995

77 Sunset Strip
1958

The Great Adventure
1963

Checkmate
1960

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

General Electric Theater
1953

Ironside
1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Bus Stop
1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Cimarron Strip
1967

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Kraft Music Hall
1958

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Dr. Kildare
1961

Telephone Time
1956

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

Letter to Loretta
1953

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

What's My Line?
1950
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

The Rockford Files
1974

Aspen
1977

The Love Boat
1977

Hollywood and the Stars
1963

Suspicion
1957

Origins of the Mafia
1976

It Takes a Thief
1968

The Name of the Game
1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Virginian
1962

Wagon Train
1957
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
On Trial
1956

Journey to the Unknown
1968