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Joseph Cotten

Acting
Known For

88 Years Old

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).

Born

Petersburg, Virginia, USA on 15th May 1905

Died

6th February 1994

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