Joseph Cotten: movies and TV shows
Joseph Cotten has 168 credits in the archive: 107 films and 61 TV series, from 1937 to 2018. Highest rated: V.I.P. Schaukel (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1937 – 2018 · busiest year: 1956 (18 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 113 |
| 2018 | The Green Fog | Film | 6.1 | 113 | |
| 2013 | Too Much Johnson | Augustus Billings | Film | 5.4 | 108 |
| 2000 | Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film | Self | Film | 7.3 | 95 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 90 |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Baron Frankenstein (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 86 |
| 1991 | The Complete 'Citizen Kane' | Film | — | 86 | |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | (archive footage) | Film | 5.7 | 85 |
| 1981 | Delusion | Ivar Langrock | Film | 4.8 | 76 |
| 1981 | The Survivor | Priest | Film | 5.2 | 76 |
| 1980 | Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1980 | The Hearse | Walter Prichard | Film | 5.3 | 75 |
| 1980 | Casino | Ed Booker | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Lionel | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Edward | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1979 | Island of the Fishmen | Prof. Ernest Marvin | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 1979 | Concorde Affair | Milland | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 1979 | Guyana: Crime of the Century | Richard Gable | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 1979 | All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals | Gen. George C. Marshall | Film | 9.0 | 74 |
| 1978 | Caravans | Crandall | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1978 | The Perfect Crime | Sir Arthur Dundee | Film | 5.5 | 73 |
| 1978 | Return to Fantasy Island | Simon Grant | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out | Foster Johnson | Film | 4.5 | 73 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Colonel Van Ryker | TV | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Weldon Rathbone | TV | 7.1 | 72 |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | Film | 5.6 | 72 |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1977 | Aspen | Horton Paine | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1976 | Origins of the Mafia | The Envoy | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1976 | Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | Film | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1976 | A Whisper in the Dark | The Professor | Film | 5.9 | 71 |
| 1976 | Expedition to Ararat | Self - Host - Narrator | Film | — | 71 |
| 1975 | Syndicate Sadists | Paternò | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1975 | Timber Tramps | Greedy sawmill mogul | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Warner Jameson | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1973 | Soylent Green | William R. Simonson | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 1973 | F for Fake | Self | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1973 | The Devil's Daughter | Judge Weatherby | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance | Harry | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1973 | Police Dog | Narrator | Film | — | 68 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | John R. James | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1972 | Baron Blood | Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker | Film | 6.1 | 67 |
| 1972 | The Scopone Game | George | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | George Tresvant | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage | Captain Jason | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1971 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1971 | Lady Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 1971 | City Beneath the Sea | Dr. Ziegler | Film | 4.5 | 66 |
| 1971 | Assault on the Wayne | Admiral | Film | 4.3 | 66 |
| 1971 | Journey to Murder | Jeff Wheeler | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1971 | Do You Take This Stranger? | Dr. Robert Carson | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1970 | The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 1970 | Cutter's Trail | General Spalding | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero | Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1969 | The Lonely Profession | Martin Bannister | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Col. Heinrich | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Mr. Jack | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1968 | White Comanche | Sheriff Logan | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 1968 | Petulia | Mr. Danner | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown | Jeff Wheeler | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1968 | Petulia: The Uncommon Movie | Himself | Film | — | 63 |
| 1968 | Gangsters '70 | Destil | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1968 | Alexander The Great | Antigonus | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 1968 | Split Second to an Epitaph | Dr. Ben Stern | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Dr. Benjamin Stern | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Nathan Tio | TV | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1967 | The Hellbenders | Colonel Jonas | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1967 | Jack of Diamonds | Ace | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1967 | Some May Live | Colonel Woodward | Film | 4.3 | 62 |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Kenneth Regan | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1966 | Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Jim | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1965 | The Money Trap | Dr. Horace Van Tilden | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 1965 | The Great Sioux Massacre | Major Marcus A. Reno | Film | 4.5 | 60 |
| 1965 | The Tramplers | Temple Cordeen | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Drew Bayliss | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Captain Meehan | TV | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1963 | Hollywood and the Stars | Narrator | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Judge Will McMasters | TV | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Judge Hobbs | TV | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Charles Ladovan | TV | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | Professor Wheelwright | TV | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1961 | The Last Sunset | John Breckenridge | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self (uncredited) | Film | 4.4 | 56 |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Dr. George Mallinson | TV | 4.8 | 55 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Mac McClay | TV | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1960 | The Angel Wore Red | Hawthorne | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Dick Burlingame | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Charles Lawrence | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | Self | TV | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Arnold Buhler | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Black McSween | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | Coroner (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1958 | From the Earth to the Moon | Victor Barbicane | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Captain Dan Brady | TV | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | John Augustus | TV | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Gregg Carey | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Halliday Brand | Daniel Halliday | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1957 | The Edge of Innocence | Robert Rainey | Film | — | 52 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Ben Harper | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 51 | |
| 1956 | On Trial | Edward Pritchard | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Mr. Patterson | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Robert Westwood | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Senator George Graham Vest | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Sanders | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Joseph Downey | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Gregg Bolton | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | William Seward | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Ray Barnes | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Clint Anderson | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Reed Murrow | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Reed | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | On Trial | Frank Parsons | TV | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Self | TV | — | 51 |
| 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle | Pat 'P.M.' Martin | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1956 | The Killer Is Loose | Detective Sam Wagner | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | William Callew | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Tony Gould | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Courtney Masterson | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Self - Host | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1955 | Special Delivery | John Adams | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Self - Guest Host | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1953 | Niagara | George Loomis | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Paul Henty | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Captain | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Private Harris | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | A Blueprint for Murder | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1953 | Egypt by Three | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | John Ashburn | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1952 | Untamed Frontier | Kirk Denbow | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap | Jim Osborne | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1951 | Half Angel | John Raymond Jr. | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1951 | Othello | Senator (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 46 | |
| 1951 | The Man with a Cloak | Dupin | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1951 | Peking Express | Michael Bachlin | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1950 | Two Flags West | Clay Tucker | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1950 | September Affair | David Lawrence | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Chris Hale/Steve | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 1949 | The Third Man | Holly Martins | Film | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Sam Flusky | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest | Doctor Louis Moline | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Eben Adams | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Glenn Morley | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1947 | Our American Heritage | Narrator | Film | — | 42 |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Jesse McCanles | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1945 | Love Letters | Allen Quinton | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1944 | Gaslight | Brian Cameron | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Zachary Morgan | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1944 | Since You Went Away | Tony Willett | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Uncle Charlie | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold | Bill Morley | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1943 | Journey into Fear | Howard Graham | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1943 | Journey into Fear | Film | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons | Eugene Morgan | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane | Jedediah Leland | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1941 | Lydia | Michael Fitzpatrick | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1937 | Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | Film | 4.3 | 32 |