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
Average
7

Tales of the Unexpected

(1979) Edward
The Rockford Files
Average
7

The Rockford Files

(1974) Warner Jameson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Average
6

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

(1960) Mac McClay
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
5
What's My Line?
Average
7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Average
6

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

(1959) Charles Lawrence
Dr. Kildare
Average
5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Charles Ladovan
The Great Adventure
Average
0

The Great Adventure

(1963) Captain Meehan

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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
1943 Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

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