Joseph Cotten

from Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Artwork for Airport '77Image of Joseph Cotten

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).

Timeline

2018Aged 113

  • Poster for The Green Fog

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    Self (archive footage)

2013Aged 108

  • Poster for Too Much Johnson

    Augustus Billings (uncredited)

2000Aged 95

  • Poster for Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

    Self

1995Aged 90

  • Poster for The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Self (archive footage)

1991Aged 86

1990Aged 85

  • Poster for Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Self (archive footage)

1981Aged 76

  • Poster for Delusion

    Ivar Langrock

  • Poster for The Survivor

    Priest

1980Aged 75

  • Poster for The Hearse

    Walter Prichard

  • Poster for Casino

    Ed Booker

  • Poster for Heaven's Gate

    The Reverend Doctor

1979Aged 74

  • Poster for Island of the Fishmen

    Prof. Ernest Marvin

  • Poster for Concorde Affair

    Milland

  • Poster for Guyana: Crime of the Century

    Richard Gable

  • Poster for Churchill and the Generals

    Gen. George C. Marshall

  • Poster for All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

    Self

1978Aged 73

  • Poster for Return to Fantasy Island

    Simon Grant

  • Poster for Last In, First Out

    Foster Johnson

  • Poster for Caravans

    Crandall

  • Poster for The Perfect Crime

    Sir Arthur Dundee

1977Aged 72

  • Poster for Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

  • Poster for Airport '77

    Nicholas St. Downs III

1976Aged 71

  • Poster for Expedition to Ararat

    Self - Host - Narrator

  • Poster for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

    Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

  • Poster for Mysteries of the Gods

    Narrator

  • Poster for A Whisper in the Dark

    The Professor

1975Aged 70

  • Poster for Syndicate Sadists

    Paternò

  • Poster for Timber Tramps

    Greedy sawmill mogul

1973Aged 68

  • Police Dog

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Devil's Daughter

    Judge Weatherby

  • Poster for Soylent Green

    William R. Simonson

  • Poster for F for Fake

    Self

  • Poster for A Delicate Balance

    Harry

1972Aged 67

  • Poster for The Screaming Woman

    George Tresvant

  • Poster for Doomsday Voyage

    Captain Jason

  • Poster for Baron Blood

    Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

  • Poster for The Scopone Game

    George

1971Aged 66

  • Poster for Journey to Murder

    Jeff Wheeler

  • Poster for Assault on the Wayne

    Admiral

  • Poster for Do You Take This Stranger?

    Dr. Robert Carson

  • Poster for The Abominable Dr. Phibes

    Dr. Vesalius

  • Poster for City Beneath the Sea

    Dr. Ziegler

  • Poster for Lady Frankenstein

    Baron Frankenstein

1970Aged 65

  • Poster for Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Henry L. Stimson

  • Poster for Cutter's Trail

    General Spalding

  • Poster for The Grasshopper

    Richard Morgan

1969Aged 64

  • Poster for Latitude Zero

    Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

  • Poster for The Lonely Profession

    Martin Bannister

1968Aged 63

  • Poster for Petulia: The Uncommon Movie

    Self

  • Poster for Alexander The Great

    Antigonus

  • Poster for Gangsters '70

    Destil

  • Poster for Petulia

    Mr. Danner

  • Poster for White Comanche

    Sheriff Logan

  • Poster for Split Second to an Epitaph

    Dr. Ben Stern

1967Aged 62

  • Poster for Lionpower from MGM

    Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Hellbenders

    Colonel Jonas

  • Poster for Some May Live

    Colonel Woodward

  • Poster for Jack of Diamonds

    Ace

1966Aged 61

  • Poster for The Oscar

    Kenneth Regan

  • Poster for Brighty of the Grand Canyon

    Jim

1965Aged 60

  • Poster for The Great Sioux Massacre

    Major Marcus A. Reno

  • Poster for The Money Trap

    Dr. Horace Van Tilden

  • Poster for The Tramplers

    Temple Cordeen

1964Aged 59

  • Poster for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

    Drew Bayliss

1961Aged 56

  • Poster for The Last Sunset

    John Breckenridge

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Self (uncredited)

1960Aged 55

  • Poster for The Angel Wore Red

    Hawthorne

1958Aged 53

  • Poster for Touch of Evil

    Coroner (uncredited)

  • Poster for From the Earth to the Moon

    Victor Barbicane

1957Aged 52

  • Poster for The Halliday Brand

    Daniel Halliday

  • Poster for The Edge of Innocence

    Robert Rainey

1956Aged 51

  • Poster for The Bottom of the Bottle

    Pat 'P.M.' Martin

  • Poster for The Killer Is Loose

    Detective Sam Wagner

1955Aged 50

  • Poster for Special Delivery

    John Adams

1953Aged 48

1952Aged 47

  • Poster for Untamed Frontier

    Kirk Denbow

  • Poster for The Steel Trap

    Jim Osborne

1951Aged 46

  • Poster for Half Angel

    John Raymond Jr.

  • Poster for Peking Express

    Michael Bachlin

  • Poster for The Man with a Cloak

    Dupin

  • Poster for Othello

    Senator (uncredited)

1950Aged 45

  • Poster for Two Flags West

    Clay Tucker

  • Poster for Walk Softly, Stranger

    Chris Hale/Steve

  • Poster for September Affair

    David Lawrence

1949Aged 44

  • Poster for The Third Man

    Holly Martins

  • Poster for Under Capricorn

    Sam Flusky

  • Poster for Beyond the Forest

    Doctor Louis Moline

1948Aged 43

  • Poster for Portrait of Jennie

    Eben Adams

1947Aged 42

1946Aged 41

  • Poster for Duel in the Sun

    Jesse McCanles

1945Aged 40

  • Poster for Love Letters

    Allen Quinton

1944Aged 39

  • Poster for Gaslight

    Brian Cameron

  • Poster for Since You Went Away

    Tony Willett

  • Poster for I'll Be Seeing You

    Zachary Morgan

1943Aged 38

  • Poster for Journey into Fear

    Howard Graham

  • Poster for Shadow of a Doubt

    Charlie Oakley

  • Poster for Hers to Hold

    Bill Morley

1942Aged 37

  • Poster for The Magnificent Ambersons

    Eugene Morgan

1941Aged 36

  • Poster for Citizen Kane

    Jedediah Leland

  • Poster for Lydia

    Michael Fitzpatrick

1937Aged 32

  • Poster for Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

    (Unknown)