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Known ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdayMay 14, 1905 (119 years old)
Place of BirthPetersburg, Virginia, USA
Joseph Cotten
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
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Third Man
Touch of Evil
Lady Frankenstein
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Under Capricorn
Heaven's Gate
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Baron Blood
Journey into Fear
I'll Be Seeing You
Shadow of a Doubt
The Steel Trap
A Blueprint for Murder
Airport '77
Soylent Green
Duel in the Sun
Portrait of Jennie
The Halliday Brand
Island of the Fishmen
The Killer Is Loose
Gaslight
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Syndicate Sadists
Beyond the Forest
Caravans
Since You Went Away
F for Fake
The Farmer's Daughter
The Money Trap
From the Earth to the Moon
Hollywood and the Stars
A Delicate Balance
The Last Sunset
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Grasshopper
White Comanche
Latitude Zero
City Beneath the Sea
Niagara
The Hearse
The Man with a Cloak
The Hellbenders
September Affair
Lydia
The Oscar
The Scopone Game
The Survivor
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Casino
Walk Softly, Stranger
Two Flags West
The Perfect Crime
The Devil's Daughter
Love Letters
Assault on the Wayne
The Bottom of the Bottle
Jack of Diamonds
Half Angel
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
The Screaming Woman
The Tramplers
Gangsters '70
A Whisper in the Dark
The Angel Wore Red
Peking Express
Too Much Johnson
Untamed Frontier
Hers to Hold
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Our American Heritage
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Last In, First Out
Alexander The Great
Petulia
Return to Fantasy Island
Special Delivery
Delusion
Do You Take This Stranger?
Timber Tramps
Journey to Murder
Some May Live
The Great Sioux Massacre
Othello
Concorde Affair
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Doomsday Voyage
Churchill and the Generals
The Edge of Innocence
Egypt by Three
The Lonely Profession
Split Second to an Epitaph
Cutter's Trail
Mysteries of the Gods
Police Dog
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
77 Sunset Strip
The Great Adventure
Checkmate
Tales of the Unexpected
The Streets of San Francisco
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
General Electric Theater
Ironside
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bus Stop
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Cimarron Strip
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Kraft Music Hall
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dr. Kildare
Telephone Time
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
On Trial
Letter to Loretta
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Origins of the Mafia
What's My Line?
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
V.I.P. Schaukel
The Rockford Files
Aspen
The Love Boat
Hollywood and the Stars
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Suspicion
Tales of the Unexpected
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