Joseph Cotten
Acting
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).
As actor 146
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Ironside
1967
The Love Boat
1977
Wagon Train
1957
The Rockford Files
1974
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
What's My Line?
1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Telephone Time
1956
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
It Takes a Thief
1968
Citizen Kane
1941
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Suspicion
1957
Checkmate
1960
Kraft Music Hall
1958
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Cimarron Strip
1967
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Soylent Green
1973
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Third Man
1949
Bus Stop
1961
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
The Great Adventure
1963
Journey to the Unknown
1968
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Hollywood and the Stars
1963
Niagara
1953
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
Gaslight
1944
On Trial
1956
Heaven's Gate
1980
Touch of Evil
1958
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971
Portrait of Jennie
1948
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
Airport '77
1977
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Duel in the Sun
1946
Origins of the Mafia
1976
The Steel Trap
1952
The Oscar
1966
Othello
1951
Letter to Loretta
1953
Petulia
1968
The Hearse
1980
General Electric Theater
1953
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
Latitude Zero
1969
The Last Sunset
1961
F for Fake
1973
City Beneath the Sea
1971
Caravans
1978
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
The Hellbenders
1967
Under Capricorn
1949
White Comanche
1968
Island of the Fishmen
1979
Some May Live
1967
Baron Blood
1972
A Delicate Balance
1973
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Since You Went Away
1944
Two Flags West
1950
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
Half Angel
1951
Aspen
1977
The Killer Is Loose
1956
The Scopone Game
1972
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
A Blueprint for Murder
1953
Delusion
1981
A Whisper in the Dark
1976
The Grasshopper
1970
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
The Green Fog
2018
Too Much Johnson
2013
The Devil's Daughter
1973
Lydia
1941
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
Journey into Fear
1943
The Money Trap
1965
Lady Frankenstein
1971
The Survivor
1981
Lionpower from MGM
1967
The Perfect Crime
1978
Casino
1980
Concorde Affair
1979
September Affair
1950
The Man with a Cloak
1951
Egypt by Three
1953
Untamed Frontier
1952
The Tramplers
1965
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
Journey to Murder
1971
Mysteries of the Gods
1976
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
Jack of Diamonds
1967
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
Gangsters '70
1968
Hers to Hold
1943
Cutter's Trail
1970
Syndicate Sadists
1975
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
The Angel Wore Red
1960
Timber Tramps
1975
Love Letters
1945
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Alexander The Great
1968
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
Beyond the Forest
1949
Special Delivery
1955
Split Second to an Epitaph
1968
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966
Churchill and the Generals
1979
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
1991
The Halliday Brand
1957
The Screaming Woman
1972
Peking Express
1951
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968
Doomsday Voyage
1972
Assault on the Wayne
1971
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971
The Lonely Profession
1969
Expedition to Ararat
1976
The Edge of Innocence
1957
Our American Heritage
1947
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937
Last In, First Out
1978
Police Dog
1973
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000