They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Joseph Cotten
1905-05-15
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Petersburg, 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).
Filmography
The Green Fog
2018 · Movie
Too Much Johnson
2013 · Movie
as Augustus Billings
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000 · Movie
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991 · Movie
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990 · Movie
as (archive footage)
The Survivor
1981 · Movie
as Priest
Delusion
1981 · Movie
as Ivar Langrock
Heaven's Gate
1980 · Movie
as The Reverend Doctor
The Hearse
1980 · Movie
as Walter Prichard
Casino
1980 · Movie
as Ed Booker
Island of the Fishmen
1979 · Movie
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979 · Movie
as Richard Gable
Concorde Affair
1979 · Movie
as Milland
Churchill and the Generals
1979 · Movie
as Gen. George C. Marshall
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979 · Movie
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
as Lionel, Edward
Caravans
1978 · Movie
as Crandall
The Perfect Crime
1978 · Movie
as Sir Arthur Dundee
Last In, First Out
1978 · Movie
as Foster Johnson
Return to Fantasy Island
1978 · Movie
as Simon Grant
Airport '77
1977 · Movie
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Movie
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977 · TV Show
as Weldon Rathbone
Aspen
1977 · TV Show
as Horton Paine
The Love Boat
1977 · TV Show
as Colonel Van Ryker
A Whisper in the Dark
1976 · Movie
as The Professor
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976 · Movie
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Mysteries of the Gods
1976 · Movie
as Narrator
Expedition to Ararat
1976 · Movie
as Self - Host - Narrator
Origins of the Mafia
1976 · TV Show
as The Envoy
Syndicate Sadists
1975 · Movie
as Paternò
Timber Tramps
1975 · Movie
as Greedy sawmill mogul
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV Show
as Warner Jameson
Soylent Green
1973 · Movie
as William R. Simonson
F for Fake
1973 · Movie
as Self
A Delicate Balance
1973 · Movie
as Harry
The Devil's Daughter
1973 · Movie
as Judge Weatherby
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Police Dog
1973 · Movie
as Narrator
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Baron Blood
1972 · Movie
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
The Scopone Game
1972 · Movie
as George
The Screaming Woman
1972 · Movie
as George Tresvant
Doomsday Voyage
1972 · Movie
as Captain Jason
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV Show
as John R. James
Lady Frankenstein
1971 · Movie
as Baron Frankenstein
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971 · Movie
as Dr. Vesalius
City Beneath the Sea
1971 · Movie
as Dr. Ziegler
Assault on the Wayne
1971 · Movie
as Admiral
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971 · Movie
as Dr. Robert Carson
Journey to Murder
1971 · Movie
as Jeff Wheeler
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V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Movie
as Henry L. Stimson
The Grasshopper
1970 · Movie
as Richard Morgan
Cutter's Trail
1970 · Movie
as General Spalding
Latitude Zero
1969 · Movie
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
The Lonely Profession
1969 · Movie
as Martin Bannister
White Comanche
1968 · Movie
as Sheriff Logan
Gangsters '70
1968 · Movie
as Destil
Alexander The Great
1968 · Movie
as Antigonus
Petulia
1968 · Movie
as Mr. Danner
Split Second to an Epitaph
1968 · Movie
as Dr. Ben Stern
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968 · Movie
as Himself
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
It Takes a Thief
1968 · TV Show
as Col. Heinrich, Mr. Jack
The Name of the Game
1968 · TV Show
as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
Journey to the Unknown
1968 · TV Show
as Jeff Wheeler
The Hellbenders
1967 · Movie
as Colonel Jonas
Jack of Diamonds
1967 · Movie
as Ace
Some May Live
1967 · Movie
as Colonel Woodward
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Movie
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ironside
1967 · TV Show
as Dr. Benjamin Stern
Cimarron Strip
1967 · TV Show
as Nathan Tio
The Oscar
1966 · Movie
as Kenneth Regan
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966 · Movie
as Jim
The Money Trap
1965 · Movie
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Tramplers
1965 · Movie
as Temple Cordeen
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965 · Movie
as Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Movie
as Drew Bayliss
The Great Adventure
1963 · TV Show
as Captain Meehan
Hollywood and the Stars
1963 · TV Show
as Narrator
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
as Judge Will McMasters, Judge Hobbs
The Last Sunset
1961 · Movie
as John Breckenridge
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
Bus Stop
1961 · TV Show
as Professor Wheelwright
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV Show
as Charles Ladovan
The Angel Wore Red
1960 · Movie
as Hawthorne
Checkmate
1960 · TV Show
as Dr. George Mallinson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · TV Show
as Mac McClay
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · TV Show
as Dick Burlingame, Charles Lawrence
Touch of Evil
1958 · Movie
as Coroner (uncredited)
From the Earth to the Moon
1958 · Movie
as Victor Barbicane
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
as Arnold Buhler
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · TV Show
as Black McSween
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · TV Show
as Self
The Halliday Brand
1957 · Movie
as Daniel Halliday
The Edge of Innocence
1957 · Movie
as Robert Rainey
Suspicion
1957 · TV Show
as Gregg Carey
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
as Captain Dan Brady, John Augustus
The Killer Is Loose
1956 · Movie
as Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · Movie
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV Show
as Ben Harper
Telephone Time
1956 · TV Show
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The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956 · TV Show
as Self
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On Trial
1956 · TV Show
as Edward Pritchard, Mr. Patterson, Robert Westwood, Senator George Graham Vest, Sanders, Joseph Downey, Gregg Bolton, William Seward, Ray Barnes, Clint Anderson, Reed Murrow, Reed, Frank Parsons
Special Delivery
1955 · Movie
as John Adams
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV Show
as William Callew, Tony Gould, Courtney Masterson
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · TV Show
as Self - Host
A Blueprint for Murder
1953 · Movie
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Niagara
1953 · Movie
as George Loomis
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Egypt by Three
1953 · Movie
as Narrator
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
as Paul Henty, Captain, Private Harris
Letter to Loretta
1953 · TV Show
as Self - Guest Host
The Steel Trap
1952 · Movie
as Jim Osborne
Untamed Frontier
1952 · Movie
as Kirk Denbow
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · TV Show
as John Ashburn
The Man with a Cloak
1951 · Movie
as Dupin
Half Angel
1951 · Movie
as John Raymond Jr.
Peking Express
1951 · Movie
as Michael Bachlin
Othello
1951 · Movie
as Senator (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
September Affair
1950 · Movie
as David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Movie
as Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
1950 · Movie
as Clay Tucker
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Third Man
1949 · Movie
as Holly Martins
Under Capricorn
1949 · Movie
as Sam Flusky
Beyond the Forest
1949 · Movie
as Doctor Louis Moline
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · Movie
as Eben Adams
The Farmer's Daughter
1947 · Movie
as Glenn Morley
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Our American Heritage
1947 · Movie
as Narrator
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Movie
as Jesse McCanles
Love Letters
1945 · Movie
as Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You
1944 · Movie
as Zachary Morgan
Gaslight
1944 · Movie
as Brian Cameron
Since You Went Away
1944 · Movie
as Tony Willett
Journey into Fear
1943 · Movie
as Howard Graham
Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Movie
as Uncle Charlie
Hers to Hold
1943 · Movie
as Bill Morley
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Movie
as Eugene Morgan
Citizen Kane
1941 · Movie
as Jedediah Leland
Lydia
1941 · Movie
as Michael Fitzpatrick
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937 · Movie
