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Joseph Cotten
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions…
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Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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).
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2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
The Green Fog
Movie
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2013
Too Much Johnson
Movie Augustus Billings (uncredited)
- 2000
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1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1991
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1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
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1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie (archive footage)
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1981
The Survivor
Movie Priest
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1981
Delusion
Movie Ivar Langrock
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1980
Heaven's Gate
Movie The Reverend Doctor
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1980
Casino
Movie Ed Booker
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1980
The Hearse
Movie Walter Prichard
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1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie Self
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1979
Churchill and the Generals
Movie Gen. George C. Marshall
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1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Movie Richard Gable
More credits
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Lionel
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1979
Concorde Affair
Movie Milland
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1979
Island of the Fishmen
Movie Prof. Ernest Marvin
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1978
The Perfect Crime
Movie Sir Arthur Dundee
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1978
Caravans
Movie Crandall
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1978
Last In, First Out
Movie Foster Johnson
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1978
Return to Fantasy Island
Movie Simon Grant
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1977
Aspen
TV show Horton Paine
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Colonel Van Ryker
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1977
Airport '77
Movie Nicholas St. Downs III
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1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
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1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV show Weldon Rathbone
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1976
Origins of the Mafia
TV show The Envoy
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1976
A Whisper in the Dark
Movie The Professor
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1976
Mysteries of the Gods
Movie Narrator
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1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Movie Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
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1976
Expedition to Ararat
Movie Self - Host - Narrator
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1975
Timber Tramps
Movie Greedy sawmill mogul
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1975
Syndicate Sadists
Movie Paternò
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1974
The Rockford Files
TV show Warner Jameson
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1973
A Delicate Balance
Movie Harry
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1973
F for Fake
Movie Self
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1973
Soylent Green
Movie William R. Simonson
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1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV show Self
