Citizen Kane1941
As Jedediah Leland
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Joseph Cotten
Born
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 (106)
The Third Man1949
As Holly Martins
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Soylent Green1973
As William R. Simonson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970
As Henry L. Stimson
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Touch of Evil1958
As Coroner (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Shadow of a Doubt1943
As Charlie Oakley
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Heaven's Gate1980
As The Reverend Doctor
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Gaslight1944
As Brian Cameron
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Niagara1953
As George Loomis
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Under Capricorn1949
As Sam Flusky
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Airport '771977
As Nicholas St. Downs III
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Petulia1968
As Mr. Danner
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Abominable Dr. Phibes1971
As Dr. Vesalius
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Oscar1966
As Kenneth Regan
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964
As Drew Bayliss
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Hearse1980
As Walter Prichard
TMDb 5.3 / 10
White Comanche1968
As Sheriff Logan
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Half Angel1951
As John Raymond Jr.
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Magnificent Ambersons1942
As Eugene Morgan
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Caravans1978
As Crandall
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Duel in the Sun1946
As Jesse McCanles
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Othello1951
As Senator (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
F for Fake1973
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Twilight's Last Gleaming1977
As Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Hellbenders1967
As Colonel Jonas
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Since You Went Away1944
As Tony Willett
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Island of the Fishmen1979
As Prof. Ernest Marvin
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Delusion1981
As Ivar Langrock
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Baron Blood1972
As Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Portrait of Jennie1948
As Eben Adams
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Last Sunset1961
As John Breckenridge
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Farmer's Daughter1947
As Glenn Morley
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Lady Frankenstein1971
As Baron Frankenstein
TMDb 5.6 / 10
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Killer Is Loose1956
As Detective Sam Wagner
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
From the Earth to the Moon1958
As Victor Barbicane
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Two Flags West1950
As Clay Tucker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Guyana: Crime of the Century1979
As Richard Gable
TMDb 5.0 / 10
September Affair1950
As David Lawrence
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Survivor1981
As Priest
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Devil's Daughter1973
As Judge Weatherby
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Too Much Johnson2013
As Augustus Billings
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Love Letters1945
As Allen Quinton
TMDb 6.7 / 10
I'll Be Seeing You1944
As Zachary Morgan
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Journey into Fear1943
As Howard Graham
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Scopone Game1972
As George
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths1990
As (archive footage)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Great Sioux Massacre1965
As Major Marcus A. Reno
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991
As Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Latitude Zero1969
As Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
TMDb 5.9 / 10
City Beneath the Sea1971
As Dr. Ziegler
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Money Trap1965
As Dr. Horace Van Tilden
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Perfect Crime1978
As Sir Arthur Dundee
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Syndicate Sadists1975
As Paternò
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Churchill and the Generals1979
As Gen. George C. Marshall
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case1976
As Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Grasshopper1970
As Richard Morgan
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Man with a Cloak1951
As Dupin
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A Blueprint for Murder1953
As Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Angel Wore Red1960
As Hawthorne
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Steel Trap1952
As Jim Osborne
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Lydia1941
As Michael Fitzpatrick
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Walk Softly, Stranger1950
As Chris Hale/Steve
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Hollywood: The Selznick Years1961
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 4.4 / 10
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman1979
As Self
Lionpower from MGM1967
As Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Concorde Affair1979
As Milland
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mysteries of the Gods1976
As Narrator
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Untamed Frontier1952
As Kirk Denbow
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Tramplers1965
As Temple Cordeen
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Assault on the Wayne1971
As Admiral
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Halliday Brand1957
As Daniel Halliday
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Beyond the Forest1949
As Doctor Louis Moline
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hers to Hold1943
As Bill Morley
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gangsters '701968
As Destil
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Last In, First Out1978
As Foster Johnson
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Special Delivery1955
As John Adams
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Alexander The Great1968
As Antigonus
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Jack of Diamonds1967
As Ace
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Egypt by Three
Egypt by Three1953
As Narrator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Screaming Woman1972
As George Tresvant
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Bottom of the Bottle1956
As Pat 'P.M.' Martin
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cutter's Trail1970
As General Spalding
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Whisper in the Dark1976
As The Professor
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Edge of Innocence1957
As Robert Rainey
Do You Take This Stranger?1971
As Dr. Robert Carson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'1991
Some May Live1967
As Colonel Woodward
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Return to Fantasy Island1978
As Simon Grant
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Green Fog2018
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Peking Express1951
As Michael Bachlin
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Journey to Murder1971
As Jeff Wheeler
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Split Second to an Epitaph1968
As Dr. Ben Stern
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Doomsday Voyage1972
As Captain Jason
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Delicate Balance1973
As Harry
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film2000
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Timber Tramps1975
As Greedy sawmill mogul
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Lonely Profession1969
As Martin Bannister
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Our American Heritage
Our American Heritage1947
As Narrator
Casino1980
As Ed Booker
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie1968
As Himself
Brighty of the Grand Canyon1966
As Jim
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Expedition to Ararat1976
As Self - Host - Narrator
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.1937
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Police Dog
Police Dog1973
As Narrator
Filmography and biography: TMDb