Joseph Cotten
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).
Filmography
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Fog
2018
Too Much Johnson
2013
as Augustus Billings
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991
- No poster
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
The Survivor
1981
as Priest
Delusion
1981
as Ivar Langrock
Heaven's Gate
1980
as The Reverend Doctor
Casino
1980
as Ed Booker
The Hearse
1980
as Walter Prichard
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
as Richard Gable
Concorde Affair
1979
as Milland
Island of the Fishmen
1979
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Perfect Crime
1978
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Caravans
1978
as Crandall
Last In, First Out
1978
as Foster Johnson
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
as Simon Grant
Airport '77
1977
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State