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 |
|---|
| The Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Jedediah Leland | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Vesalius | 2014 |
| Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 2011 |
| A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Vesalius | 2007 |
| Shadowing the Third Man | Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Silent Witness | Holly Martin | 1996 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Himself (archive footage) | 1995 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Jedediah Leland | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Dr. Vesalius | 2014 |
| Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 2011 |
| A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | (archive footage) | 2009 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Dr. Vesalius | 2007 |
| Shadowing the Third Man | Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Silent Witness | Holly Martin | 1996 |
| The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Himself (archive footage) | 1995 |
| Northern Exposure | Eugene Morgan / Jedediah Leland | 1990 |
| The Survivor | Priest | 1981 |
| Delusion | Ivar Langrock | 1981 |
| Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | 1980 |
| 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 |
| Screamers | 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 |
| The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | 1976 |
| Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer | 1976 |
| The Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul | 1975 |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles | Himself | 1975 |
| Syndicate Sadists | Paternò | 1975 |
| 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 |
| The Scopone Game | George | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | John R. James | 1972 |
| Baron Blood | Alfred Becker | 1972 |
| Doomsday Voyage | Captain Jason | 1972 |
| The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | 1972 |
| Lady Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1971 |
| The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | 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 | 1970 |
| It's Your Bet | Himself | 1969 |
| Latitude Zero | Cmdr. Glenn 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 | As | 1967 |
| Ironside | Dr. Benjamin Stern | 1967 |
| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Himself | 1967 |
| Off to See the Wizard | General Antigonus | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Nathan Tio | 1967 |
| Some May Live | Col. Woodward | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Himself - Guest | 1967 |
| The Cruel Ones | Colonel Jonas | 1967 |
| 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 | 1965 |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Dr. Drew Bayliss | 1964 |
| NET Playhouse | Narrator | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Himself - Host / Narrator, Narrator | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Captain Meehan | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Judge Hobbs, Judge Will McMasters | 1962 |
| Saints and Sinners | Preston Cooper | 1962 |
| Theatre '62 | 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 | Himself | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Black McSween | 1958 |
| Touch of Evil | Coroner | 1958 |
| Suspicion | Gregg Carey | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Captain Dan Brady, John Augustus | 1957 |
| The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theater | Ben Harper | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Robert Rainey | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | 1956 |
| The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | 1956 |
| The Killer Is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | 1956 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Himself - Host | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Courtney Masterson, Tony Gould, William Callew | 1955 |
| Celebrity Playhouse | Marshal Fenton Lockhart | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Himself - Host, Clint Anderson, Edward Pritchard, Frank Parsons, Gregg Balton, Joseph Downey, Mr. Patterson, Ray Barnes, Reed Murrow, Reed, Robert Westwood, Sanders, Senator George Graham Vest, William Seward | 1955 |
| Star Stage | Alexander Holmes, Narrator | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | Bruce Malone | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | Grant Matthews | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | Dan McCorn | 1954 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Himself - Guest Host | 1953 |
| A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | 1953 |
| Egypt by Three | Narrator | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Paul Henty, Private Harris, Captain | 1953 |
| Niagara | George Loomis | 1953 |
| The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | John Ashburn | 1952 |
| Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | 1952 |
| The Wild Heart | Narrator | 1952 |
| The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | 1951 |
| Othello | Senator | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1951 |
| Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | 1951 |
| Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | 1951 |
| Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale aka Steve | 1950 |
| September Affair | David Lawrence | 1950 |
| Two Flags West | Col. Clay Tucker | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Himself | 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 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley | 1947 |
| Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles | 1946 |
| Love Letters | Alan Quinton | 1945 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | 1945 |
| Since You Went Away | Lt. 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 |
| Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland / Screening Room Reporter | 1941 |
| Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | 1941 |
| Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | 1938 |
| Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 1937 |
| Krakatoa | Narrator (1965) | 1933 |
