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Joseph Cotten
Actor
Died February 6, 1994 (88 years)
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
| 2017 | The Green Fog · as John R. James |
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · as Jedediah Leland |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Jedediah Leland |
| 2010 | Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story · as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron |
| 1990 | |
| 1981 | Delusion · as Ivar Langrock |
| 1981 | The Survivor · as Priest |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate · as The Reverend Doctor |
| 1980 | The Hearse · as Walter Prichard |
| 1979 | The Island of the Fishmen · as Prof. Ernest Marvin |
| 1979 | Guyana: Cult of the Damned · as Richard Gable |
| 1979 | Concorde Affaire '79 · as Milland |
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals · as Gen. George C. Marshall |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Edward |
| 1978 | Caravans · as Crandall |
| 1977 | Airport '77 · as Nicholas St. Downs III |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming · as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Simon Grant |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Colonel Van Ryker |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1976 | Mysteries of the Gods · as Narrator |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case · as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia (TV Series) · as The Envoy |
| 1975 | Syndicate Sadists · as Paternò |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Warner Jameson |
| 1973 | Soylent Green · as William R. Simonson |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance · as Harry |
| 1973 | The Devil's Daughter · as Judge Weatherby |
| 1973 | The Timber Tramps · as Greedy sawmill mogul |
| 1972 | Baron Blood · as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker |
| 1972 | The Scopone Game · as George |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage · as Captain Jason |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes · as Dr. Vesalius |
| 1971 | City Beneath the Sea · as Dr. Ziegler |
| 1971 | Lady Frankenstein · as Baron Frankenstein |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! · as Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War |
| 1970 | The Grasshopper · as Richard Morgan |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero · as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie |
| 1968 | Petulia · as Mr. Danner |
| 1968 | White Comanche · as Sheriff Logan |
| 1968 | Gangsters '70 · as Destil |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Mr. Jack |
| 1967 | The Hellbenders · as Colonel Jonas |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as General Antigonus |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | The Oscar · as Kenneth Regan |
| 1966 | Brighty of the Grand Canyon · as Jim |
| 1965 | The Money Trap · as Dr. Horace Van Tilden |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre · as Major Marcus A. Reno |
| 1965 | The Tramplers · as Edith Wickett |
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte · as Drew Bayliss |
| 1963 | Alexander the Great · as Antigonus |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Judge Hobbs |
| 1961 | The Last Sunset · as John Breckenridge |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Mac McClay |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil · as Coroner (uncredited) |
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon · as Victor Barbicane |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | The Halliday Brand · as Daniel Halliday |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Gregg Carey |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Captain Dan Brady |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose · as Detective Sam Wagner |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Ben Harper |
| 1955 | Bedevilled · as Flight Announcer at the airport |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Tony Gould |
| 1953 | Niagara · as George Loomis |
| 1953 | A Blueprint for Murder · as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron |
| 1953 | Egypt by Three · as Narrator |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Paul Henty |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap · as Jim Osborne |
| 1952 | Untamed Frontier · as Kirk Denbow |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | Peking Express · as Michael Bachlin |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger · as Chris Hale aka Steve |
| 1950 | Two Flags West · as Col. Clay Tucker |
| 1949 | The Third Man · as Holly Martins |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn · as Sam Flusky |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie · as Eben Adams |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter · as Glenn Morley |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun · as Jesse McCanles |
| 1944 | Gaslight · as Brian Cameron |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You · as Zachary Morgan |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away · as Lieutenant Tony Willett |
| 1943 | Journey Into Fear · as Howard Graham |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt · as Uncle Charlie Oakley |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons · as Eugene Morgan |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane · as Jedediah Leland |
| 1941 | Lydia · as Michael Fitzpatrick |
| 1938 | Too Much Johnson · as Augustus Billings |