
Joseph Cotten
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1905-05-15 – 1994-02-06
Place of birth: 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).
Known for

Citizen Kane
1941Jedediah Leland
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942Eugene Morgan
The Third Man
1949Holly Martins
Touch of Evil
1958Coroner (uncredited)
Lady Frankenstein
1971Baron Frankenstein
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964Drew Bayliss
Under Capricorn
1949Sam Flusky
Heaven's Gate
1980The Reverend Doctor
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990(archive footage)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970Henry L. Stimson
Baron Blood
1972Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
Journey into Fear
1943Howard Graham
I'll Be Seeing You
1944Zachary Morgan
Shadow of a Doubt
1943Uncle Charlie
The Steel Trap
1952Jim Osborne
A Blueprint for Murder
1953Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Airport '77
1977Nicholas St. Downs III
Soylent Green
1973William R. Simonson