Joseph Cotten
Highest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Lowest Rated: 13% 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.
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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/ |
- | 1978 |
| 33% | 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 |
| 14% | 34% | Baron Blood |
Baron Otto von Kleist/ |
- | 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/ |
- | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 55% | 81% | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson (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 | 60% | 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 |
| 13% | 31% | 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 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Reno (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 82% | 84% | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew (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 | 40% | The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 38% | 41% | From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 95% | 92% | Touch of Evil | Coroner (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat "P.M." Martin (Character) | - | 1956 |
| 60% | 38% | The Killer Is Loose | Det. Sam Wagner (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Special Delivery | John Adams (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney `'Cam'` Cameron (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 82% | 68% | Niagara | George Loomis (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 17% | No Score Yet | Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | 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 | 48% | The Man With a Cloak | Dupin (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peking Express | Michael Bachlin (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | September Affair | David Lawrence (Character) | - | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 63% | 33% | Under Capricorn | Sam Flusky (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 99% | 93% | The Third Man | Holly Martins (Character) | $447.0K | 1949 |
| 87% | 85% | Portrait of Jennie | Eben Adams (Character) | - | 1948 |
| 100% | 77% | The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 78% | 55% | Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Love Letters | Allen Quinton (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 83% | 79% | Since You Went Away | JLt. Tony Willett (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 88% | 90% | Gaslight | Brian Cameron (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | 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/ |
$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 | 100% | 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 | Unknown (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 | Unknown (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 | 98% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (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 |