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).
Known for
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
Too Much Johnson
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
The Survivor
Delusion
Heaven's Gate
Casino
The Hearse
Churchill and the Generals
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Tales of the Unexpected
Concorde Affair
Island of the Fishmen
The Perfect Crime
Caravans
Last In, First Out
Return to Fantasy Island
Aspen
The Love Boat
Airport '77
Twilight's Last Gleaming
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Origins of the Mafia
A Whisper in the Dark
Mysteries of the Gods
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Timber Tramps
Syndicate Sadists
The Rockford Files
A Delicate Balance
F for Fake
Soylent Green
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Devil's Daughter
The Streets of San Francisco
The Scopone Game
Baron Blood
Doomsday Voyage
The Screaming Woman
Lady Frankenstein
City Beneath the Sea
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Do You Take This Stranger?
Assault on the Wayne
Journey to Murder
The Grasshopper
Cutter's Trail
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Lonely Profession
Latitude Zero
Split Second to an Epitaph
White Comanche
Petulia
Gangsters '70
Alexander The Great
Jack of Diamonds
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Cimarron Strip
Ironside
The Hellbenders
Some May Live
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
The Oscar
The Tramplers
The Money Trap
The Great Sioux Massacre
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Hollywood and the Stars
The Great Adventure
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Bus Stop
Dr. Kildare
The Last Sunset
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Checkmate
The Angel Wore Red
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
From the Earth to the Moon
77 Sunset Strip
Kraft Music Hall
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Touch of Evil
The Edge of Innocence
Suspicion
The Halliday Brand
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Telephone Time
The Killer is Loose
The Bottom of the Bottle
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Letter to Loretta
A Blueprint for Murder
General Electric Theater
Niagara
The Steel Trap
Untamed Frontier
Othello
The Man with a Cloak
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Peking Express
Half Angel
September Affair
Walk Softly, Stranger
Two Flags West
What's My Line?
Beyond the Forest
Under Capricorn
The Third Man
Portrait of Jennie
The Farmer's Daughter
Duel in the Sun
Love Letters
I'll Be Seeing You
Since You Went Away
Gaslight
Hers to Hold
Shadow of a Doubt
Journey into Fear
The Magnificent Ambersons
Lydia
Citizen Kane