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Joseph Cotten

Acting · Born May 15, 1905 · Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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).

Movies with Joseph Cotten

• Touch of Evil (1958) — Coroner (uncredited)
• Citizen Kane (1941) — Jedediah Leland
• The Third Man (1949) — Holly Martins
• Soylent Green (1973) — William R. Simonson
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — Charlie Oakley
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) — Henry L. Stimson
• Heaven's Gate (1980) — The Reverend Doctor
• Gaslight (1944) — Brian Cameron
• Duel in the Sun (1946) — Jesse McCanles
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) — Drew Bayliss
• The Last Sunset (1961) — John Breckenridge
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) — Dr. Vesalius

TV shows with Joseph Cotten

• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) — Self - Host
• Hollywood and the Stars (1963) — Narrator