
Joseph Cotten
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).
143 acting credits
Acting · 143

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Love Boat
1977

Ironside
1967

Wagon Train
1957

The Rockford Files
1974

The Virginian
1962

Dr. Kildare
1961

Tales of the Unexpected
1979

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

What's My Line?
1950

The Name of the Game
1968

77 Sunset Strip
1958

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Checkmate
1960

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Kraft Music Hall
1958

It Takes a Thief
1968

Telephone Time
1956

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

Citizen Kane
1941

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

The Great Adventure
1963
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

Cimarron Strip
1967

Suspicion
1957

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

Bus Stop
1961

Letter to Loretta
1953

Journey to the Unknown
1968

Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970

The Third Man
1949

Soylent Green
1973

Origins of the Mafia
1976

General Electric Theater
1953

Gaslight
1944

Touch of Evil
1958

Airport '77
1977

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Heaven's Gate
1980

Duel in the Sun
1946

Aspen
1977

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
On Trial
1956

Niagara
1953

Shadow of a Doubt
1943

Island of the Fishmen
1979

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942

Hollywood and the Stars
1963

Latitude Zero
1969
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991

Caravans
1978

The Hellbenders
1967

Portrait of Jennie
1948

F for Fake
1973

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971

Othello
1951
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956

The Last Sunset
1961

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977

Under Capricorn
1949

Petulia
1968

The Devil's Daughter
1973

The Hearse
1980

Baron Blood
1972

Syndicate Sadists
1975

Lydia
1941

The Oscar
1966

Since You Went Away
1944

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990

The Farmer's Daughter
1947

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018

September Affair
1950

Beyond the Forest
1949

The Grasshopper
1970

City Beneath the Sea
1971

Concorde Affair
1979

The Survivor
1981

The Steel Trap
1952

Two Flags West
1950

Journey into Fear
1943

Lionpower from MGM
1967

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961

A Delicate Balance
1973

The Killer Is Loose
1956

Casino
1980

The Money Trap
1965

The Screaming Woman
1972

A Blueprint for Murder
1953

Untamed Frontier
1952

From the Earth to the Moon
1958

I'll Be Seeing You
1944

The Angel Wore Red
1960

Walk Softly, Stranger
1950

Gangsters '70
1968

The Perfect Crime
1978

Split Second to an Epitaph
1968

Cutter's Trail
1970

White Comanche
1968

Love Letters
1945

Lady Frankenstein
1971

The Great Sioux Massacre
1965

Timber Tramps
1975

Alexander The Great
1968

Last In, First Out
1978

Peking Express
1951

The Edge of Innocence
1957

The Man with a Cloak
1951

The Tramplers
1965

Some May Live
1967

Half Angel
1951

Assault on the Wayne
1971

The Scopone Game
1972

Delusion
1981

Journey to Murder
1971

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976

The Bottom of the Bottle
1956

Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979

The Lonely Profession
1969

The Halliday Brand
1957

Hers to Hold
1943

Jack of Diamonds
1967

Churchill and the Generals
1979

Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000

Too Much Johnson
1938

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966

Return to Fantasy Island
1978
Egypt by Three
1953

Do You Take This Stranger?
1971

A Whisper in the Dark
1976

All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979

Mysteries of the Gods
1976

Doomsday Voyage
1972

Special Delivery
1955

Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
Police Dog
1973

Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937

Expedition to Ararat
1976
Our American Heritage
1947