Joseph Cotten

Born: 1905-05-15, Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Died: 1994-02-06

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).

Filmography

• The Love Boat (1977)
• Ironside (1967)
• The Rockford Files (1974)
• Dr. Kildare (1961)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
• The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
• Telephone Time (1956)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
• It Takes a Thief (1968)
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
• Checkmate (1960)
• Suspicion (1957)
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Cimarron Strip (1967)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
• Soylent Green (1973)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Gaslight (1944)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
• Niagara (1953)
• Half Angel (1951)
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)