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Joseph Cotten

Birthday: May 15, 1905 Date of death: Feb 06, 1994
Place of birth: Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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).

Known for

Touch of Evil
7.8
Coroner (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
8.01
Jedediah Leland
The Third Man
7.92
Holly Martins
Soylent Green
6.94
William R. Simonson
Airport '77
5.6
Nicholas St. Downs III
Gaslight
7.48
Brian Cameron
Niagara
6.8
George Loomis
Heaven's Gate
6.77
The Reverend Doctor

As an actor

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Self (archive footage)
Too Much Johnson Augustus Billings
Heaven's Gate The Reverend Doctor
Airport '77 Nicholas St. Downs III
Soylent Green William R. Simonson
Tora! Tora! Tora! Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War
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