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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Actor · 1905 – 1994 · 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 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).

Movies24

  • Movie8.0

    Citizen Kane

    1941 · 6.2K votes

  • Movie7.9

    The Third Man

    1949 · 2.2K votes

  • Movie7.2

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    1970 · 623 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943 · 1.2K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Soylent Green

    1973 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie7.7

    Touch of Evil

    1958 · 1.6K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Heaven's Gate

    1980 · 432 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Gaslight

    1944 · 593 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Niagara

    1953 · 458 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Airport '77

    1977 · 342 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Under Capricorn

    1949 · 202 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Duel in the Sun

    1946 · 199 votes

  • Movie7.3
  • Movie7.4

    Othello

    1951 · 220 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Abominable Dr. Phibes

    1971 · 345 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    1977 · 82 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Since You Went Away

    1944 · 56 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Vérités et Mensonges

    F for Fake

    1973 · 377 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Last Sunset

    1961 · 99 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Portrait of Jennie

    1948 · 125 votes

  • Movie4.7

    Comanche blanco

    White Comanche

    1968 · 23 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942 · 494 votes

  • Movie5.7

    L'isola degli uomini pesce

    Island of the Fishmen

    1979 · 78 votes

  • Movie5.1

    The Oscar

    1966 · 17 votes

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  • TV7.5
  • TV7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Love Boat

    1977 · 199 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Rockford Files

    1974 · 133 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Name of the Game

    1968 · 13 votes

  • TV6.7

    Tales of the Unexpected

    1979 · 54 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 266 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV7.1
  • TV7.2

    77 Sunset Strip

    1958 · 26 votes

  • TV7.1
  • TV7.8
  • TV6.8
  • TV6.0
  • TV6.8
  • TV5.4

    Kraft Music Hall

    1958 · 7 votes

  • TV6.5

    Telephone Time

    1956 · 4 votes

  • TV4.8

    Checkmate

    1960 · 8 votes

  • TV6.3
  • TV7.2

    It Takes a Thief

    1968 · 26 votes