Actor
Joseph Cotten
May 15, 1905 · Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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).
Notable work
8Citizen Kane (1941)
as Jedediah Leland
7.9The Third Man (1949)
as Holly Martins
7.7Touch of Evil (1958)
as Coroner (uncredited)
6.9Soylent Green (1973)
as William R. Simonson
7.5Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
as Uncle Charlie
7.2Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
as Henry L. Stimson
7.5Gaslight (1944)
as Brian Cameron
7.3The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
as Eugene Morgan
6.8Niagara (1953)
as George Loomis
6.7Heaven's Gate (1980)
as The Reverend Doctor
7.4F for Fake (1973)
as Self
7The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
as Dr. Vesalius
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