Joseph Cotten 05/15/1905 , (118 years old) in Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Known for department

Acting

Biography

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).

poster Citizen Kane (1941)

Jedediah Leland

poster The Third Man (1949)

Holly Martins

poster Touch of Evil (1958)

Coroner (uncredited)

poster Soylent Green (1973)

William R. Simonson

poster Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War

poster Airport '77 (1977)

Nicholas St. Downs III

poster Gaslight (1944)

Brian Cameron

poster Heaven's Gate (1980)

The Reverend Doctor

poster Duel in the Sun (1946)

Jesse McCanles

poster Lady Frankenstein (1971)

Baron Frankenstein

poster Since You Went Away (1944)

Lieutenant Tony Willett

poster Baron Blood (1972)

Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

poster Island of the Fishmen (1979)

Prof. Ernest Marvin

poster The Killer is Loose (1956)

Detective Sam Wagner

poster Beyond the Forest (1949)

Doctor Louis Moline

poster A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

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