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...
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Citizen Kane
As Jedediah Leland
The Magnificent Ambersons
As Eugene Morgan
The Third Man
As Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
As Coroner (uncredited)
Lady Frankenstein
As Baron Frankenstein
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
As Drew Bayliss
Under Capricorn
As Sam Flusky
Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.
Heaven's Gate
As The Reverend Doctor
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
As (archive footage)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
As Henry L. Stimson
Baron Blood
As Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Journey into Fear
As Howard Graham
I'll Be Seeing You
As Zachary Morgan
Shadow of a Doubt
As Charlie Oakley
The Steel Trap
As Jim Osborne
A Blueprint for Murder
As Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Airport '77
As Nicholas St. Downs III
Soylent Green
As William R. Simonson
Duel in the Sun
As Jesse McCanles
Portrait of Jennie
As Eben Adams
The Halliday Brand
As Daniel Halliday
Island of the Fishmen
As Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Killer Is Loose
As Detective Sam Wagner
Gaslight
As Brian Cameron
Guyana: Crime of the Century
As Richard Gable
Syndicate Sadists
As Paternò
Beyond the Forest
As Doctor Louis Moline
Caravans
As Crandall
Since You Went Away
As Lieutenant Tony Willett
F for Fake
As Self
The Farmer's Daughter
As Glenn Morley
The Money Trap
As Dr. Horace Van Tilden
From the Earth to the Moon
As Victor Barbicane
Hollywood and the Stars
As Narrator
A Delicate Balance
As Harry
The Last Sunset
As John Breckenridge
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
As Dr. Vesalius
The Grasshopper
As Richard Morgan
White Comanche
As Sheriff Logan
Latitude Zero
As Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
City Beneath the Sea
As Dr. Ziegler
Niagara
As George Loomis
The Hearse
As Walter Prichard
The Man with a Cloak
As Dupin
The Hellbenders
As Colonel Jonas
September Affair
As David Lawrence
Lydia
As Michael Fitzpatrick
The Oscar
As Kenneth Regan
The Scopone Game
As George
The Survivor
As Priest
Twilight's Last Gleaming
As Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Casino
As Ed Booker
Walk Softly, Stranger
As Chris Hale aka Steve
Two Flags West
As Col. Clay Tucker
The Perfect Crime
As Sir Arthur Dundee
The Devil's Daughter
As Judge Weatherby
Love Letters
As Allen Quinton
Assault on the Wayne
As Admiral
The Bottom of the Bottle
As Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Jack of Diamonds
As Ace
Half Angel
As John Raymond Jr.
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
As Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
The Screaming Woman
As George Tresvant
The Tramplers
As Temple Cordeen
Gangsters '70
As Destil
A Whisper in the Dark
As The Professor
The Angel Wore Red
As Hawthorne
Peking Express
As Michael Bachlin
Too Much Johnson
As Augustus Billings
Untamed Frontier
As Kirk Denbow
Hers to Hold
As Bill Morley
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
As Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
As Self
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
As Self (uncredited)
Our American Heritage
As Narrator
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
As Self (archive footage)
Last In, First Out
As Foster Johnson
Alexander The Great
As Antigonus
Petulia
As Mr. Danner
Return to Fantasy Island
As Simon Grant
Special Delivery
As John Adams
Delusion
As Ivar Langrock
Do You Take This Stranger?
As Dr. Robert Carson
Timber Tramps
As Greedy sawmill mogul
Journey to Murder
As Jeff Wheeler
Some May Live
As Colonel Woodward
The Great Sioux Massacre
As Major Marcus A. Reno
Othello
As Senator (uncredited)
Concorde Affair
As Milland
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
As Jim
Doomsday Voyage
As Captain Jason
Churchill and the Generals
As Gen. George C. Marshall
The Edge of Innocence
As Robert Rainey
Egypt by Three
As Narrator
The Lonely Profession
As Martin Bannister
Split Second to an Epitaph
As Dr. Ben Stern
Cutter's Trail
As General Spalding
Mysteries of the Gods
As Narrator
Police Dog
As Narrator
77 Sunset Strip
The Great Adventure
As Captain Meehan
Checkmate
Tales of the Unexpected
As Lionel
The Streets of San Francisco
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
General Electric Theater
As Paul Henty
Ironside
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As William Callew
Bus Stop
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Cimarron Strip
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
As Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Kraft Music Hall
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As Ben Harper
Dr. Kildare
As Charles Ladovan
Telephone Time
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As Dick Burlingame
On Trial
Letter to Loretta
As Self - Guest Host
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
As Mac McClay
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
As Self
Origins of the Mafia
As The Envoy
What's My Line?
As Self - Mystery Guest
V.I.P. Schaukel
As Self
The Rockford Files
As Warner Jameson
Aspen
As Horton Paine
The Love Boat
As Colonel Van Ryker
Hollywood and the Stars
As Narrator
Suspicion
As Gregg Carey