Joseph Cotten

Known for ActingBorn 1905-05-15Died 1994-02-06Petersburg, 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).Read more

Movies & web series

Casino

Doomsday Voyage

The Great Adventure

Bus Stop

Churchill and the Generals

Timber Tramps

Split Second to an Epitaph

Special Delivery

Aspen

Origins of the Mafia

Cutter's Trail

The Third Man

Citizen Kane

V.I.P. Schaukel

The Rockford Files

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Touch of Evil

The Ford Television Theatre

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

F for Fake

Hollywood and the Stars

The Scopone Game

Gangsters '70

Peking Express

Gaslight

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Shadow of a Doubt

It Takes a Thief

Othello

Tora! Tora! Tora!

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Untamed Frontier

The Streets of San Francisco

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Journey to Murder

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Lonely Profession

Portrait of Jennie

77 Sunset Strip

The Name of the Game

Journey to the Unknown

Soylent Green

The Farmer's Daughter

Ironside

Tales of the Unexpected