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      Joseph Cotten

      Joseph Cotten

      Highest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

      Lowest Rated: 12% The Oscar (1966)

      Birthday: May 15, 1905

      Birthplace: Petersburg, Virginia, USA

      Quietly intense, highly talented member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater, a former drama critic who went to Hollywood with the director to act (as a drama critic) in "Citizen Kane" (1941) and stayed to enjoy success on screen, TV and stage alike over the next four decades. Tall, wavy-haired and gentlemanly, with a trace of a Southern drawl, Cotten developed great versatility during his 1930s stage work which would serve him well in one of the most impressive strings of performances any Hollywood actor achieved in the 1940s.

      Highest rated movies

      The Farmer's Daughter poster
      The Farmer's Daughter
      Shadow of a Doubt poster
      Shadow of a Doubt
      The Third Man poster The Third Man Citizen Kane poster Citizen Kane Touch of Evil poster
      Touch of Evil
      Gaslight poster
      Gaslight
      The Magnificent Ambersons poster
      The Magnificent Ambersons
      F for Fake poster
      F for Fake

      Photos

      THE THIRD MAN, Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, 1949. THE THIRD MAN, Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, 1949. MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles on the set, 1942 MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles on the set, 1942 CITIZEN KANE, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, 1941 CITIZEN KANE, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, 1941 THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE, Joseph Cotton, Ruth Roman, 1956 THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE, Joseph Cotton, Ruth Roman, 1956 UNDER CAPRICORN, from left: Margaret Leighton, Joseph Cotten, 1949 UNDER CAPRICORN, from left: Margaret Leighton, Joseph Cotten, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, from left: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles on set, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, from left: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles on set, 1949 TWO FLAGS WEST, Joseph Cotten, 1950, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright TWO FLAGS WEST, Joseph Cotten, 1950, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright TORA! TORA! TORA!, Shogo Shimada, George Macready, Joseph Cotten, 1970, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, TORA! TORA! TORA!, Shogo Shimada, George Macready, Joseph Cotten, 1970, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, Hattie McDaniel, Joseph Cotten, 1944 SINCE YOU WENT AWAY, Hattie McDaniel, Joseph Cotten, 1944 DUEL IN THE SUN, Joseph Cotten, 1946 DUEL IN THE SUN, Joseph Cotten, 1946 THE THIRD MAN, Joseph Cotten, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, Joseph Cotten, 1949 LOVE LETTERS, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, 1945 LOVE LETTERS, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, 1945 THE THIRD MAN, Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, 1949 THE THIRD MAN, Alida Valli, Joseph Cotten, 1949 LOVE LETTERS, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, 1945 LOVE LETTERS, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, 1945 THE STEEL TRAP, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, 1952 THE STEEL TRAP, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, 1952 AIRPORT '77, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, 1977 AIRPORT '77, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, 1977 THE STEEL TRAP, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, 1952 THE STEEL TRAP, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, 1952 NIAGARA, Joseph Cotten, 1953, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved NIAGARA, Joseph Cotten, 1953, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved JOURNEY INTO FEAR, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, 1943 JOURNEY INTO FEAR, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, 1943
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 14% Delusion Ivar Langrock (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Churchill and the Generals General George C. Marshall (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 17% Guyana, Cult of the Damned Unknown (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 22% The Survivor Priest (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 24% The Hearse Walter Prichard (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 25% The Concorde Affair Milland (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Perfect Crime Sir Arthur Dundee (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 58% Caravans Crandall (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 36% Screamers Prof. Ernest Marvin (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 100% Return to Fantasy Island Simon Grant/Thomas Cummings (Character) - 1978
      40% 32% Airport '77 Nicholas St. Downs III (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Timber Tramps Greedy sawmill mogul (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet 80% The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Dr. Joseph Francis Condon (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Origins of the Mafia Unknown (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet 26% Syndicate Sadists Paternò (Character) - 1975
      No Score Yet 29% The Devil's Daughter Judge Weatherby (Character) - 1973
      88% 88% F for Fake Special Participant (Character) - 1973
      70% 70% Soylent Green William (Character) - 1973
      14% 34% Baron Blood Baron Otto von Kleist/Alfred Becker (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Doomsday Voyage Captain Jason (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet 68% The Scientific Cardplayer George (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Screaming Woman George Tresvant (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet 36% City Beneath the Sea Dr. Ziegler (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 20% Lady Frankenstein Baron Frankenstein (Character) - 1971
      88% 75% The Abominable Dr. Phibes Dr. Vesalius (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Latitude Zero Capt. Craig McKenzie/Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie (Character) - 1970
      55% 81% Tora! Tora! Tora! Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet 55% The Grasshopper Richard Morgan (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cutter's Trail Gen. Spalding (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Split Second to an Epitaph Dr. Ben Stern (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Do You Take This Stranger? Dr. Robert Carson (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Assault on the Wayne Admiral (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The King of Denmark Henry "Harry" Worthington Rayner (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lonely Profession Martin Bannister (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet 50% Latitude Zero (Atragon II) (Ido zero daisakusen) Unknown (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet 33% White Commanche Unknown (Character) - 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet White Comanche Sheriff Logan (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet 58% The Hellbenders Col. Jonas (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Brighty of the Grand Canyon Jim Owen (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Some May Live Col. Woodward (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet 43% Jack of Diamonds As (Character) - 1967
      12% 29% The Oscar Kenneth Regan (Character) - 1966
      No Score Yet 36% The Money Trap Dr. Horace Van Tilden (Character) - 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet In Saigon: Some May Live Col. Woodward (Character) - 1966
      82% 85% Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Drew (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet 25% The Great Sioux Massacre Major Reno (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tramplers Temple Cordeen (Character) - 1965
      No Score Yet 17% Alexander the Great Antigonus (Character) - 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Search Dr. Nathan Tio (Character) - 1964
      60% 58% The Last Sunset John Breckenridge (Character) - 1961
      No Score Yet 36% The Angel Wore Red Hawthorne (Character) - 1960
      38% 39% From the Earth to the Moon Victor Barbicane (Character) - 1958
      95% 92% Touch of Evil Coroner (uncredited) (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet 45% Halliday Brand Daniel Halliday (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet 43% The Bottom of the Bottle Pat "P.M." Martin (Character) - 1956
      60% 41% The Killer Is Loose Det. Sam Wagner (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Special Delivery John Adams (Character) - 1955
      No Score Yet 63% A Blueprint for Murder Whitney `'Cam'` Cameron (Character) - 1953
      78% 68% Niagara George Loomis (Character) - 1953
      17% No Score Yet Untamed Frontier Kirk Denbow (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 91% Othello Senator (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 63% The Steel Trap Jim Osborne (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 17% Half Angel John Raymond Jr. (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 46% The Man With a Cloak Dupin (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Peking Express Michael Bachlin (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 54% Walk Softly, Stranger Chris Hale (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 22% Two Flags West Col. Clay Tucker (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 50% September Affair David Lawrence (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 68% Beyond the Forest Doctor Louis Moline (Character) - 1949
      56% 33% Under Capricorn Sam Flusky (Character) - 1949
      99% 93% The Third Man Holly Martins (Character) $447.0K 1949
      88% 85% Portrait of Jennie Eben Adams (Character) - 1948
      100% 77% The Farmer's Daughter Glenn Morley (Character) - 1947
      76% 55% Duel in the Sun Jesse McCanles (Character) - 1946
      No Score Yet 62% Love Letters Allen Quinton (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet 71% I'll Be Seeing You Zachary Morgan (Character) - 1944
      77% 79% Since You Went Away JLt. Tony Willett (Character) - 1944
      89% 90% Gaslight Brian Cameron (Character) - 1944
      No Score Yet 50% Hers to Hold Bill Morley (Character) - 1943
      100% 89% Shadow of a Doubt Charlie Oakley (Character) - 1943
      73% 49% Journey Into Fear Howard Graham (Character),
      Screenwriter       		- 1942
      89% 84% The Magnificent Ambersons Eugene (Character) - 1942
      99% 90% Citizen Kane Jedediah Leland/Newsreel Reporter (Character) $977.3K 1941
      No Score Yet 43% Lydia Michael Fitzpatrick (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet 58% Too Much Johnson Augustus Billings (Character) - 1938

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Edward (Character) 1979-1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Warner Jameson (Guest Star) 1974
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco John R. James (Guest Star) 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Judge Hobbs (Guest Star) 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cimarron Strip Unknown (Character) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Arnold Buhler (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train John Augustus (Guest Star) 1961-1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents William Callew (Character) 1955 1958-1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theater Unknown (Character) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Unknown (Character) 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Producers' Showcase Unknown (Character) 1954