10.0
10.0
Casino
1980
as Ed Booker
Joseph Cotten
Also known as: Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.
Acting
Born:May 15, 1905
Died:February 6, 1994(aged 88)
Birthplace:Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'2" (187 cm)
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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 (102 movies)
8.0
8.0
Peking Express
1951
as Michael Bachlin
8.0
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941
as Jedediah Leland
7.9
7.9
The Third Man
1949
as Holly Martins
7.8
7.8
Touch of Evil
1958
as Coroner (uncredited)
7.5
7.5
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Uncle Charlie
7.5
7.5
Cutter's Trail
1970
as General Spalding
7.5
7.5
Gaslight
1944
as Brian Cameron
7.4
7.4
F for Fake
1973
as Self
7.4
7.4
The Scopone Game
1972
as George
7.3
7.3
Othello
1951
as Senator (uncredited)
7.3
7.3
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Eugene Morgan
7.3
7.3
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Drew Bayliss
7.2
7.2
Untamed Frontier
1952
as Kirk Denbow
7.1
7.1
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Eben Adams
7.1
7.1
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
as Henry L. Stimson
7.1
7.1
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Gangsters '70
1968
as Destil
7.0
7.0
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000
as Self
6.9
6.9
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Zachary Morgan
6.9
6.9
Soylent Green
1973
as William R. Simonson
6.9
6.9
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
as Dr. Vesalius
6.9
6.9
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Glenn Morley
6.9
6.9
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Dupin
6.9
6.9
Hers to Hold
1943
as Bill Morley
6.8
6.8
Niagara
1953
as George Loomis
6.8
6.8
Heaven's Gate
1980
as The Reverend Doctor
6.8
6.8
The Last Sunset
1961
as John Breckenridge
6.7
6.7
The Screaming Woman
1972
as George Tresvant
6.7
6.7
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Doctor Louis Moline
6.6
6.6
The Killer Is Loose
1956
as Detective Sam Wagner
6.5
6.5
Since You Went Away
1944
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
6.5
6.5
The Hellbenders
1967
as Colonel Jonas
6.5
6.5
Lydia
1941
as Michael Fitzpatrick
6.5
6.5
The Devil's Daughter
1973
as Judge Weatherby
6.5
6.5
Love Letters
1945
as Allen Quinton
6.4
6.4
Concorde Affair
1979
as Milland
6.4
6.4
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
6.4
6.4
The Steel Trap
1952
as Jim Osborne
6.4
6.4
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
6.3
6.3
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Jesse McCanles
6.2
6.2
Two Flags West
1950
as Col. Clay Tucker
6.2
6.2
Baron Blood
1972
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
6.1
6.1
A Blueprint for Murder
1953
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
6.1
6.1
The Halliday Brand
1957
as Daniel Halliday
6.1
6.1
A Delicate Balance
1973
as Harry
6.1
6.1
Journey into Fear
1943
Screenplay
6.1
6.1
Under Capricorn
1949
as Sam Flusky
6.0
6.0
Egypt by Three
1953
as Narrator
5.9
5.9
The Tramplers
1965
as Temple Cordeen
5.9
5.9
Syndicate Sadists
1975
as Paternò
5.8
5.8
A Whisper in the Dark
1976
as The Professor
5.8
5.8
Petulia
1968
as Mr. Danner
5.8
5.8
September Affair
1950
as David Lawrence
5.8
5.8
Latitude Zero
1969
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
5.7
5.7
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
5.7
5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
5.6
5.6
Half Angel
1951
as John Raymond Jr.
5.6
5.6
Airport '77
1977
as Nicholas St. Downs III
5.6
5.6
Mysteries of the Gods
1976
as Narrator
5.6
5.6
Island of the Fishmen
1979
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
5.5
5.5
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966
as Jim
5.4
5.4
Lady Frankenstein
1971
as Baron Frankenstein
5.3
5.3
Caravans
1978
as Crandall
5.3
5.3
Too Much Johnson
1934
as Augustus Billings
5.2
5.2
The Survivor
1981
as Priest
5.2
5.2
The Hearse
1980
as Walter Prichard
5.1
5.1
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
as Victor Barbicane
5.1
5.1
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
5.0
5.0
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
as Chris Hale aka Steve
5.0
5.0
Alexander The Great
1968
as Antigonus
5.0
5.0
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971
as Dr. Robert Carson
4.8
4.8
The Angel Wore Red
1960
as Hawthorne
4.8
4.8
The Oscar
1966
as Kenneth Regan
4.8
4.8
The Money Trap
1965
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
4.8
4.8
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
as Richard Gable
4.8
4.8
The Grasshopper
1970
as Richard Morgan
4.8
4.8
The Perfect Crime
1978
as Sir Arthur Dundee
4.7
4.7
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
as Simon Grant
4.6
4.6
White Comanche
1968
as Sheriff Logan
4.5
4.5
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.3
4.3
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937
4.2
4.2
Jack of Diamonds
1967
as Ace
4.2
4.2
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
as Major Marcus A. Reno
4.1
4.1
City Beneath the Sea
1971
as Dr. Ziegler
3.5
3.5
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
3.5
3.5
Delusion
1981
as Ivar Langrock
3.4
3.4
Last In, First Out
1978
as Foster Johnson
3.0
3.0
Assault on the Wayne
1971
as Admiral
2.7
2.7
Some May Live
1967
as Colonel Woodward
Special Delivery
1955
as John Adams
The Edge of Innocence
1957
as Robert Rainey
The Lonely Profession
1969
as Martin Bannister
Split Second to an Epitaph
1968
as Dr. Ben Stern
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. George C. Marshall
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
as Himself
Timber Tramps
1975
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Our American Heritage
1947
as Narrator
Doomsday Voyage
1972
as Captain Jason
Journey to Murder
1971
as Jeff Wheeler
Police Dog
1973
as Narrator
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
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