Joseph Cotten
Acting
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).
Born: May 15, 1905
Place of Birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Known For
Casino
Mike Connors is a suave gambler who owns a floating hotel/casino which takes a turn when the passengers are stalked by a saboteur during the casino ship's maiden voyage.
Peking Express
A group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.
Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
The Third Man
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Touch of Evil
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
The Rockford Files
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Gaslight
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Priest
as Ivar Langrock
as The Reverend Doctor
as Ed Booker
as Walter Prichard
as Gen. George C. Marshall
as Richard Gable
as Lionel
as Edward
as Milland
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
as Sir Arthur Dundee
as Crandall
as Foster Johnson
as Simon Grant
as Horton Paine
as Colonel Van Ryker
as Nicholas St. Downs III
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
as The Envoy
as The Professor
as Narrator
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
as Greedy sawmill mogul
as Paternò
as Warner Jameson
as Harry
as Self
as William R. Simonson
as Judge Weatherby
as George
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
as Captain Jason
as George Tresvant
as Baron Frankenstein
as Dr. Ziegler
as Self
as Dr. Vesalius
as Dr. Robert Carson
as Admiral
as Jeff Wheeler
as Richard Morgan
as General Spalding
as Henry L. Stimson
as Martin Bannister
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
as Dr. Ben Stern
as Sheriff Logan
as Mr. Danner
as Destil
as Antigonus
as Self (uncredited)
as Himself
as Ace
as Colonel Jonas
as Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Colonel Woodward
as Kenneth Regan
as Temple Cordeen
as Dr. Horace Van Tilden
as Major Marcus A. Reno
as Drew Bayliss
as Captain Meehan
as Self (uncredited)
as Charles Ladovan
as John Breckenridge
as Mac McClay
as Hawthorne
as Dick Burlingame
as Charles Lawrence
as Victor Barbicane
as Coroner (uncredited)
as Robert Rainey
as Gregg Carey
as Daniel Halliday
as Ben Harper
as Detective Sam Wagner
as Pat 'P.M.' Martin
as William Callew
as Tony Gould
as Courtney Masterson
as John Adams
as Self - Guest Host
as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
as Paul Henty
as Captain
as Private Harris
as George Loomis
as Jim Osborne
as Kirk Denbow
as Senator (uncredited)
as Dupin
as Michael Bachlin
as John Raymond Jr.
as David Lawrence
as Chris Hale aka Steve
as Col. Clay Tucker
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Doctor Louis Moline
as Sam Flusky
as Holly Martins
as Eben Adams
as Glenn Morley
as Jesse McCanles
as Allen Quinton
as Zachary Morgan
as Lieutenant Tony Willett
as Brian Cameron
as Bill Morley
as Uncle Charlie
as Howard Graham
as Eugene Morgan
as Michael Fitzpatrick
as Jedediah Leland
as himself/Jedediah Leland
as Augustus Billings