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).
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Volpi Cup — Best Actor
Filmography50+ titles
Citizen Kane
The Third Man
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Touch of Evil
The Rockford Files
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Peking Express
Gaslight
Shadow of a Doubt
F for Fake
Othello
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Magnificent Ambersons
Tora! Tora! Tora!
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Streets of San Francisco
Egypt by Three
What's My Line?
Soylent Green
Ironside
Tales of the Unexpected
The Last Sunset
Niagara
The Man with a Cloak
Heaven's Gate
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Killer Is Loose
Wagon Train
The Steel Trap
Letter to Loretta
The Hellbenders
The Virginian
Lydia
Telephone Time
Twilight's Last Gleaming
The Tramplers
The Love Boat
A Delicate Balance
The Halliday Brand
A Blueprint for Murder
Baron Blood
Syndicate Sadists
Petulia
Under Capricorn
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
The Island of the Fishmen
Mysteries of the Gods
Cimarron Strip