Person Details
Birthday: 1905-05-15 01:42:25
Death: 1994-02-06 01:42:25
Aliases: Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. , Джозеф Коттен
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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Movie Involvements: 95
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Tales of the Unexpected
(1979) EdwardThe Rockford Files
(1974) Warner JamesonThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
(1960) Mac McClayDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Ben HarperWhat's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery GuestThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
(1959) Charles LawrenceDr. Kildare
(1961) Charles LadovanThe Great Adventure
(1963) Captain MeehanActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Himself (archival footage) | |
2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
2014 | The Reverend Doctor | |
2013 | Augustus Billings | |
2000 | Self | |
1991 | Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) | |
1990 | (Archive footage) | |
1981 | Priest | |
Ivar Langrock | ||
1980 | The Reverend Doctor | |
Ed Booker | ||
Walter Prichard | ||
1979 | Gen. George C. Marshall | |
Richard Gable | ||
Lionel | ||
Edward | ||
Milland | ||
Prof. Ernest Marvin | ||
1978 | Sir Arthur Dundee | |
Crandall | ||
Foster Johnson | ||
Simon Grant | ||
1977 | Colonel Van Ryker | |
Nicholas St. Downs III | ||
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | ||
N/A | ||
1976 | The Envoy | |
The Professor | ||
Narrator | ||
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | ||
1975 | Greedy sawmill mogul | |
Paternò | ||
1974 | Warner Jameson | |
1973 | Harry | |
Self | ||
William R. Simonson | ||
Self | ||
Judge Weatherby | ||
1972 | N/A | |
George | ||
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker | ||
Captain Jason | ||
George Tresvant | ||
1971 | Baron Frankenstein | |
Dr. Ziegler | ||
Dr. Vesalius | ||
Self | ||
Dr. Robert Carson | ||
Admiral | ||
1970 | Richard Morgan | |
General Spalding | ||
Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War | ||
1969 | Martin Bannister | |
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie | ||
1968 | Dr. Ben Stern | |
Sheriff Logan | ||
Mr. Danner | ||
Destil | ||
Antigonus | ||
1967 | Ace | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Colonel Jonas | ||
Colonel Woodward | ||
1966 | Jim | |
Kenneth Regan | ||
1965 | Edith Wickett | |
Dr. Horace Van Tilden | ||
Major Marcus A. Reno | ||
1964 | Drew Bayliss | |
Narrator | ||
1963 | Narrator | |
Captain Meehan | ||
1961 | Self (uncredited) | |
N/A | ||
Charles Ladovan | ||
John Breckenridge | ||
1960 | Mac McClay | |
N/A | ||
Hawthorne | ||
1959 | Dick Burlingame | |
Charles Lawrence | ||
1958 | Victor Barbicane | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Coroner (uncredited) | ||
1957 | Robert Rainey | |
Gregg Carey | ||
Daniel Halliday | ||
1956 | Ben Harper | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Detective Sam Wagner | ||
Pat 'P.M.' Martin | ||
1955 | William Callew | |
Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Tony Gould | ||
Courtney Masterson | ||
John Adams | ||
1953 | Self - Guest Host | |
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | ||
Narrator | ||
Paul Henty | ||
Captain | ||
Private Harris | ||
George Loomis | ||
1952 | Jim Osborne | |
Kirk Denbow | ||
1951 | Dupin | |
Senator (uncredited) | ||
N/A | ||
Michael Bachlin | ||
John Raymond Jr. | ||
1950 | David Lawrence | |
Chris Hale aka Steve | ||
Col. Clay Tucker | ||
Self - Mystery Guest | ||
1949 | Doctor Louis Moline | |
Sam Flusky | ||
Holly Martins | ||
1948 | Eben Adams | |
1947 | Narrator | |
Glenn Morley | ||
1946 | Jesse McCanles | |
1945 | Allen Quinton | |
1944 | Zachary Morgan | |
Lieutenant Tony Willett | ||
Brian Cameron | ||
1943 | Bill Morley | |
Charlie Oakley | ||
Howard Graham | ||
1942 | Eugene Morgan | |
1941 | Michael Fitzpatrick | |
Jedediah Leland | ||
1937 | N/A | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1943 | Screenplay | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |