Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 15, 1905
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
- Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr.
- Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Joseph Cotten
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).
Known For - Movies
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Touch of Evil
as Coroner (uncredited)
Niagara
as George Loomis
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
Known For - TV Shows
The Love Boat
as Colonel Van Ryker
Ironside
The Rockford Files
as Warner Jameson
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben Harper
Dr. Kildare
as Charles Ladovan
Tales of the Unexpected
as Lionel
Tales of the Unexpected
as Edward
Checkmate
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as William Callew