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Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair.
Birth Name
Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Born
Monday, 15 May 1905
Died
Sunday, 06 February 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self | 2018 |
| The Green Fog | John R. James | 2018 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Jedediah Leland | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Vesalius | 2014 |
| Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 2013 | |
| Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Jedediah Leland | 2011 |
| A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | (archive footage) | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self | 2018 |
| The Green Fog | John R. James | 2018 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Jedediah Leland | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Vesalius | 2014 |
| Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 2013 | |
| Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Jedediah Leland | 2011 |
| A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Vesalius | 2007 |
| Filmmakers vs. Tycoons | Holly Martins (in 'The Third Man') | 2005 |
| Shadowing the Third Man | Self | 2004 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Silent Witness | Holly Martin | 1996 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995 |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1994 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Baron Frankenstein | 1991 |
| Hollywood Mavericks | Jedediah Leland | 1990 |
| Northern Exposure | Eugene Morgan / Jedediah Leland | 1990 |
| Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | 1990 |
| Biography | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| The Survivor | Priest | 1981 |
| Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | 1981 |
| Delusion | Ivar Langrock | 1981 |
| The Hearse | Walter Prichard | 1980 |
| Guyana: Cult of the Damned | Richard Gable | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Lionel, Edward | 1979 |
| Concorde Affaire '79 | Milland | 1979 |
| The Island of the Fishmen | Prof. Ernest Marvin | 1979 |
| Caravans | Crandall | 1978 |
| Last In, First Out | Foster Johnson | 1978 |
| Aspen | Horton Paine | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Col. van Ryker | 1977 |
| Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | 1977 |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Weldon Rathbone | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Simon Grant, Thomas Cummings | 1977 |
| Origins of the Mafia | The Envoy | 1976 |
| A Whisper in the Dark | The Professor | 1976 |
| Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | 1976 |
| The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | 1976 |
| The Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul | 1975 |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Syndicate Sadists | Paternò | 1975 |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles | Himself | 1975 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Warner Jameson | 1974 |
| A Delicate Balance | Harry | 1973 |
| F for Fake | Self - Special Participant / Himself | 1973 |
| Soylent Green | William R. Simonson | 1973 |
| The Devil's Daughter | Judge Weatherby | 1973 |
| Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer | Self | 1973 |
| The Scopone Game | George | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | John R. James | 1972 |
| Baron Blood | Alfred Becker / Baron Otto von Kleist | 1972 |
| Doomsday Voyage | Captain Jason | 1972 |
| The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | 1972 |
| Lady Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1971 |
| The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | 1971 |
| Journey to Murder | Jeff Wheeler (Do Me a Favor and Kill Me) | 1971 |
| City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | 1971 |
| Do You Take This Stranger? | Dr. Robert Carson | 1971 |
| Assault on the Wayne | Admiral | 1971 |
| The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | 1970 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson / Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War | 1970 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Latitude Zero | Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie / Capt. Craig McKenzie | 1969 |
| White Comanche | Sheriff Logan | 1968 |
| Journey to the Unknown | Jeff Wheeler | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner | 1968 |
| Petulia | Mr. Danner | 1968 |
| Gangsters '70 | Destil | 1968 |
| Alexander the Great | Antigonus | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Mr. Jack, Col. Heinrich | 1968 |
| Jack of Diamonds | Ace | 1967 |
| Ironside | Dr. Benjamin Stern | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
| Off to See the Wizard | General Antigonus | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Nathan Tio | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self - Guest | 1967 |
| Historia de la frivolidad | Actor in censored film | 1967 |
| The Hellbenders | Colonel Jonas | 1967 |
| Some May Live | Col. Woodward | 1967 |
| Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Jim Owen / Jim | 1966 |
| NET Playhouse | Narrator | 1966 |
| The Oscar | Kenneth Regan | 1966 |
| Shaky Knees: Music Video | Edith Wickett | 1965 |
| The Money Trap | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | 1965 |
| The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Reno / Major Marcus A. Reno | 1965 |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew / Drew Bayliss | 1965 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Narrator / Self - Host | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Captain Meehan | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Judge Will McMasters, Judge Hobbs | 1962 |
| Saints and Sinners | Preston Cooper | 1962 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Professor Wheelwright | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Charles Ladovan | 1961 |
| The Last Sunset | John Breckenridge | 1961 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Mac McClay | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Dr. George Mallinson | 1960 |
| The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne | 1960 |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Charles Lawrence, Dick Burlingame | 1959 |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Arnold Buhler | 1958 |
| The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Black McSween | 1958 |
| Touch of Evil | Coroner | 1958 |
| Suspicion | Gregg Carey | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | John Augustus, Captain Dan Brady | 1957 |
| The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Ben Harper | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Robert Rainey | 1956 |
| The Killer Is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | 1956 |
| The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Self - Host | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Courtney Masterson, Tony Gould, William Callew | 1955 |
| Celebrity Playhouse | Marshal Fenton Lockhart | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Self - Host, William Seward, Senator George Graham Vest, Self - Host / Paul Henty, Sanders, Robert Westwood, Reed, Reed Murrow, Ray Barnes, Mr. Patterson, Joseph Downey, Himself - Host, Gregg Bolton, Frank Parsons, Edward Pritchard, Clint Anderson | 1955 |
| Star Stage | Alexander Holmes, Narrator | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Bruce Malone | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Bedevilled | Flight Announcer at the airport | 1955 |
| Special Delivery | John Adams | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | Grant Matthews | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | Dan McCorn | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Self - Guest Host | 1953 |
| A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 1953 |
| Egypt by Three | Narrator | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Captain, Paul Henty, Private Harris | 1953 |
| Niagara | George Loomis | 1953 |
| The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | John Ashburn | 1952 |
| Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | 1952 |
| The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | 1951 |
| Othello | Senator | 1951 |
| Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | 1951 |
| Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | 1951 |
| Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale aka Steve | 1950 |
| Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker | 1950 |
| Gone to Earth | Opening Narration Spoken by | 1950 |
| September Affair | David Lawrence | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline | 1949 |
| Under Capricorn | Sam Flusky | 1949 |
| The Third Man | Holly Martins | 1949 |
| Portrait of Jennie | Eben Adams | 1949 |
| Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles | 1947 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley | 1947 |
| Love Letters | Alan Quinton / Allen Quinton | 1945 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | 1945 |
| Since You Went Away | Lt. Tony Willett / Lieutenant Tony Willett | 1944 |
| Gaslight | Brian Cameron | 1944 |
| Hers to Hold | Bill Morley | 1943 |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Charlie Oakley / Uncle Charlie Oakley | 1943 |
| Journey Into Fear | Howard Graham | 1943 |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Eugene Morgan | 1942 |
| Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | 1941 |
| Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland / Screening Room Reporter | 1941 |
| Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | 1938 |
| Krakatoa | Narrator (1965) | 1933 |
