Joseph Cotten
Acting Born May 15, 1905 Petersburg, Virginia, USA 24 credits
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).
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Love Boat (1977) as Colonel Van Ryker
- Ironside (1967) as Dr. Benjamin Stern
- The Virginian (1962) as Judge Will McMasters
- The Virginian (1962) as Judge Hobbs
- Wagon Train (1957) as Captain Dan Brady
- Wagon Train (1957) as John Augustus
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Warner Jameson
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Lionel
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Edward
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Ben Harper
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Charles Ladovan
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
- Suspicion (1957) as Gregg Carey
- Checkmate (1960) as Dr. George Mallinson
- Telephone Time (1956)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Arnold Buhler
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as William Callew
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Tony Gould
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Courtney Masterson
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977) as Weldon Rathbone
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as John R. James
- The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Self - Host