Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1905-05-15
- Day of Death1994-02-06 (88 years)
- Place of BirthPetersburg, Virginia, USA
- Also Known AsJoseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Joseph Cotten
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1981
The Survivor
As: Priest
- 1981
Delusion
As: Ivar Langrock
- 1980
Heaven's Gate
As: The Reverend Doctor
- 1980
Casino
As: Ed Booker
- 1980
The Hearse
As: Walter Prichard
- 1979
Churchill and the Generals
As: Gen. George C. Marshall
- 1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
As: Richard Gable
- 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
As: Lionel
- 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
As: Edward
1979Concorde Affair
As: Milland
1979Island of the Fishmen
As: Prof. Ernest Marvin
1978The Perfect Crime
As: Sir Arthur Dundee
1978Caravans
As: Crandall
1978Last In, First Out
As: Foster Johnson
1978Return to Fantasy Island
As: Simon Grant
1977Aspen
As: Horton Paine
1977The Love Boat
As: Colonel Van Ryker
1977Airport '77
As: Nicholas St. Downs III
1977Twilight's Last Gleaming
As: Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
1976Origins of the Mafia
As: The Envoy
1976A Whisper in the Dark
As: The Professor
1976Mysteries of the Gods
As: Narrator
1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
As: Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
1975Timber Tramps
As: Greedy sawmill mogul
1975Syndicate Sadists
As: Paternò
1974The Rockford Files
As: Warner Jameson
1973A Delicate Balance
As: Harry
- 1973
Soylent Green
As: William R. Simonson
1973The Devil's Daughter
As: Judge Weatherby
1972The Scopone Game
As: George
1972Baron Blood
As: Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
1972Doomsday Voyage
As: Captain Jason
1972The Screaming Woman
As: George Tresvant
1971Lady Frankenstein
As: Baron Frankenstein
1971City Beneath the Sea
As: Dr. Ziegler
1971The Abominable Dr. Phibes
As: Dr. Vesalius
1971Do You Take This Stranger?
As: Dr. Robert Carson
1971Assault on the Wayne
As: Admiral
1971Journey to Murder
As: Jeff Wheeler
1970The Grasshopper
As: Richard Morgan
1970Cutter's Trail
As: General Spalding
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!
As: Henry L. Stimson
1969The Lonely Profession
As: Martin Bannister
1969Latitude Zero
As: Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
1968Split Second to an Epitaph
As: Dr. Ben Stern
1968White Comanche
As: Sheriff Logan
1968Petulia
As: Mr. Danner
1968Gangsters '70
As: Destil
1968Alexander The Great
As: Antigonus
1967Jack of Diamonds
As: Ace
1967The Hellbenders
As: Colonel Jonas
1967Some May Live
As: Colonel Woodward
1966Brighty of the Grand Canyon
As: Jim
1966The Oscar
As: Kenneth Regan
1965The Tramplers
As: Temple Cordeen
1965The Money Trap
As: Dr. Horace Van Tilden
1965The Great Sioux Massacre
As: Major Marcus A. Reno
1964Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
As: Drew Bayliss
1963The Great Adventure
As: Captain Meehan
1961Dr. Kildare
As: Charles Ladovan
1961The Last Sunset
As: John Breckenridge
1960The Barbara Stanwyck Show
As: Mac McClay
1960The Angel Wore Red
As: Hawthorne
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As: Dick Burlingame
- 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As: Charles Lawrence
1958From the Earth to the Moon
As: Victor Barbicane
- 1958
Touch of Evil
As: Coroner (uncredited)
1957The Edge of Innocence
As: Robert Rainey
1957Suspicion
As: Gregg Carey
1957The Halliday Brand
As: Daniel Halliday
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Ben Harper
1956The Killer Is Loose
As: Detective Sam Wagner
1956The Bottom of the Bottle
As: Pat 'P.M.' Martin
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: William Callew
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Tony Gould
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Courtney Masterson
1955Special Delivery
As: John Adams
1953A Blueprint for Murder
As: Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
1953General Electric Theater
As: Paul Henty
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Captain
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Private Harris
1953Niagara
As: George Loomis
1952The Steel Trap
As: Jim Osborne
1952Untamed Frontier
As: Kirk Denbow
1951Othello
As: Senator (uncredited)
1951The Man with a Cloak
As: Dupin
1951Peking Express
As: Michael Bachlin
1951Half Angel
As: John Raymond Jr.
1950September Affair
As: David Lawrence
1950Walk Softly, Stranger
As: Chris Hale aka Steve
1950Two Flags West
As: Col. Clay Tucker
1949Beyond the Forest
As: Doctor Louis Moline
1949Under Capricorn
As: Sam Flusky
- 1949
The Third Man
As: Holly Martins
1948Portrait of Jennie
As: Eben Adams
1947The Farmer's Daughter
As: Glenn Morley
1946Duel in the Sun
As: Jesse McCanles
1945Love Letters
As: Allen Quinton
1944I'll Be Seeing You
As: Zachary Morgan
1944Since You Went Away
As: Lieutenant Tony Willett
1944Gaslight
As: Brian Cameron
1943Hers to Hold
As: Bill Morley
- 1943
Shadow of a Doubt
As: Uncle Charlie
1943Journey into Fear
As: Howard Graham
1942The Magnificent Ambersons
As: Eugene Morgan
1941Lydia
As: Michael Fitzpatrick
- 1941
Citizen Kane
As: Jedediah Leland
1938Too Much Johnson
As: Augustus Billings