Joseph Cotten
Acting · Born 1905-05-15 in Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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 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
- Citizen Kane as Jedediah Leland
- The Magnificent Ambersons as Eugene Morgan
- The Third Man as Holly Martins
- Touch of Evil as Coroner (uncredited)
- Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Drew Bayliss
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Henry L. Stimson
- Shadow of a Doubt as Uncle Charlie
- Soylent Green as William R. Simonson
- Gaslight as Brian Cameron
- F for Fake as Self
TV
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as William Callew
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Tony Gould
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Courtney Masterson
- The Rockford Files as Warner Jameson
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Checkmate
- Tales of the Unexpected as Lionel
- The Streets of San Francisco
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
- General Electric Theater as Paul Henty