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).
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) | Self (archive footage) | 6 |
| 2 | Too Much Johnson (2013) | Augustus Billings | 6 |
| 3 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990) | (archive footage) | - |
| 4 | Delusion (1981) | Ivar Langrock | 2 |
| 5 | The Hearse (1980) | Walter Prichard | 5 |
| 6 | Heaven's Gate (1980) | The Reverend Doctor | 6.7 |
| 7 | Concorde Affair (1979) | Milland | - |
| 8 | Airport '77 (1977) | Nicholas St. Downs III | 7 |
| 9 | Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | 4.5 |
| 10 | Mysteries of the Gods (1976) | Narrator | 4 |
| 11 | F for Fake (1973) | Self | 7.3 |
| 12 | Soylent Green (1973) | William R. Simonson | 6.9 |
| 13 | The Scopone Game (1972) | George | 4 |
| 14 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) | Dr. Vesalius | 7.1 |
| 15 | City Beneath the Sea (1971) | Dr. Ziegler | - |
| 16 | Lady Frankenstein (1971) | Baron Frankenstein | - |
| 17 | The Grasshopper (1970) | Richard Morgan | - |
| 18 | Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) | Henry L. Stimson | 7 |
| 19 | White Comanche (1968) | Sheriff Logan | 6 |
| 20 | Petulia (1968) | Mr. Danner | - |
| 21 | The Hellbenders (1967) | Colonel Jonas | 6 |
| 22 | The Money Trap (1965) | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | 7 |
| 23 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) | Drew Bayliss | 5.3 |
| 24 | The Last Sunset (1961) | John Breckenridge | 6 |
| 25 | Touch of Evil (1958) | Coroner (uncredited) | 7.2 |
| 26 | The Killer Is Loose (1956) | Detective Sam Wagner | 7 |
| 27 | A Blueprint for Murder (1953) | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 6.5 |
| 28 | Niagara (1953) | George Loomis | 8.5 |
| 29 | The Steel Trap (1952) | Jim Osborne | 4 |
| 30 | Othello (1951) | Senator (uncredited) | 5.5 |
| 31 | Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) | Chris Hale/Steve | 5 |
| 32 | Beyond the Forest (1949) | Doctor Louis Moline | 6 |
| 33 | The Third Man (1949) | Holly Martins | 7.7 |
| 34 | Under Capricorn (1949) | Sam Flusky | 5.5 |
| 35 | Portrait of Jennie (1948) | Eben Adams | 6 |
| 36 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) | Glenn Morley | - |
| 37 | Duel in the Sun (1946) | Jesse McCanles | 6 |
| 38 | Since You Went Away (1944) | Lieutenant Tony Willett | 4 |
| 39 | Gaslight (1944) | Brian Cameron | 5.7 |
| 40 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | Uncle Charlie | 7.7 |
| 41 | Journey into Fear (1943) | Director / Writer | 5 |
| 42 | The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) | Eugene Morgan | 5.5 |
| 43 | Citizen Kane (1941) | Jedediah Leland | 7.8 |
