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).
Movies
Citizen Kane
Jedediah Leland
The Magnificent Ambersons
Eugene Morgan
The Third Man
Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
Coroner (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Drew Bayliss
Lady Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
Under Capricorn
Sam Flusky
Heaven's Gate
The Reverend Doctor
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War
Baron Blood
Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Journey into Fear
Howard Graham
Shadow of a Doubt
Charlie Oakley
I'll Be Seeing You
Zachary Morgan
Airport '77
Nicholas St. Downs III
A Blueprint for Murder
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
The Steel Trap
Jim Osborne
Soylent Green
William R. Simonson
Duel in the Sun
Jesse McCanles
Portrait of Jennie
Eben Adams
The Halliday Brand
Daniel Halliday
Island of the Fishmen
Prof. Ernest Marvin
The Killer is Loose
Detective Sam Wagner
Gaslight
Brian Cameron
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Richard Gable
Syndicate Sadists
Paternò
Beyond the Forest
Doctor Louis Moline
Caravans
Crandall
Since You Went Away
Lieutenant Tony Willett
F for Fake
Self
The Farmer's Daughter
Glenn Morley
The Money Trap
Dr. Horace Van Tilden
From the Earth to the Moon
Victor Barbicane
Hers to Hold
Bill Morley
A Delicate Balance
Harry
The Last Sunset
John Breckenridge
The Grasshopper
Richard Morgan
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Vesalius
White Comanche
Sheriff Logan
Latitude Zero
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
City Beneath the Sea
Dr. Ziegler
Niagara
George Loomis
The Hearse
Walter Prichard
The Man with a Cloak
Dupin
September Affair
David Lawrence
The Hellbenders
Colonel Jonas
Lydia
Michael Fitzpatrick
The Oscar
Kenneth Regan
The Scopone Game
George
The Survivor
Priest
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
Walk Softly, Stranger
Chris Hale aka Steve
Two Flags West
Col. Clay Tucker
The Devil's Daughter
Judge Weatherby
The Perfect Crime
Sir Arthur Dundee
Love Letters
Allen Quinton
Assault on the Wayne
Admiral
The Bottom of the Bottle
Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Jack of Diamonds
Ace
Half Angel
John Raymond Jr.
Gangsters '70
Destil
The Screaming Woman
George Tresvant
The Tramplers
Temple Cordeen
A Whisper in the Dark
The Professor
The Angel Wore Red
Hawthorne
Peking Express
Michael Bachlin
Too Much Johnson
Augustus Billings
Untamed Frontier
Kirk Denbow
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Last In, First Out
Foster Johnson
Alexander The Great
Antigonus
Petulia
Mr. Danner
Special Delivery
John Adams
Do You Take This Stranger?
Dr. Robert Carson
Timber Tramps
Greedy sawmill mogul
Some May Live
Colonel Woodward
Othello
Senator (uncredited)
Delusion
Ivar Langrock
The Great Sioux Massacre
Major Marcus A. Reno
Concorde Affair
Milland
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Jim
Doomsday Voyage
Captain Jason
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. George C. Marshall
The Edge of Innocence
Robert Rainey
Egypt by Three
Narrator
The Lonely Profession
Martin Bannister
Split Second to an Epitaph
Dr. Ben Stern
Cutter's Trail
General Spalding
Mysteries of the Gods
Narrator
Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York, N.Y.
Hollywood and the Stars
Narrator
Casino
Ed Booker
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Our American Heritage
Narrator
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
Return to Fantasy Island
Simon Grant
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(archive footage)
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
The Reverend Doctor
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
Self (archive footage)
Journey to Murder
Jeff Wheeler
Shows
The Great Adventure
Captain Meehan
Tales of the Unexpected
Lionel
Ironside
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dick Burlingame
77 Sunset Strip
Checkmate
The Streets of San Francisco
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
General Electric Theater
Paul Henty
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
William Callew
Bus Stop
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Kraft Music Hall
Cimarron Strip
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ben Harper
Dr. Kildare
Charles Ladovan
Telephone Time
On Trial
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
Origins of the Mafia
The Envoy
The Rockford Files
Warner Jameson
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
The Love Boat
Colonel Van Ryker
Hollywood and the Stars
Narrator
Suspicion
Gregg Carey
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Charlie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tales of the Unexpected
Edward
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Mac McClay
General Electric Theater
Captain
General Electric Theater
Private Harris
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Charles Lawrence
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Tony Gould
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Courtney Masterson
Aspen
Horton Paine