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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Birthday: 1905-05-15 | Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut

as    The Reverend Doctor

1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

as    (archive footage)

1981
Delusion

as    Ivar Langrock

1981
The Survivor

as    Priest

1981
Island of the Fishmen

as    Prof. Ernest Marvin

1980
Casino

as    Ed Booker

1980
Guyana: Crime of the Century

as    Richard Gable

1980
Heaven's Gate

as    The Reverend Doctor

1980
The Hearse

as    Walter Prichard

1979
Churchill and the Generals

as    Gen. George C. Marshall

1979
Concorde Affair

as    Milland

1978
Caravans

as    Crandall

1978
Last In, First Out

as    Foster Johnson

1978
Return to Fantasy Island

as    Simon Grant

1978
The Perfect Crime

as    Sir Arthur Dundee

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming

as    Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

1977
Airport '77

as    Nicholas St. Downs III

1977
F for Fake

as    Self

1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

as    Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

1976
Syndicate Sadists

as    Paternò

1976
Origins of the Mafia

as    The Envoy

1976
Origins of the Mafia

as    The Envoy

1976
A Whisper in the Dark

as    The Professor