Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

American actor (1905–1994)

Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story (1939) and Sabrina Fair (1953). He gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with Orson Welles on films Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943). Cotten starred in the latter and was also credited with the screenplay.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 63 films (1941–2014) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 12 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
2014 [Home movies. M. Falk collection. Orson Welles directing Too Much Johnson] Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive 2:55 16mm B&W silent
1980 "The Hearse" :30 TV Spot F-758 Wm. Lange & Assoc. ▶ George Bowers 0:36 16mm Color sound
1977 Airport ’77 Universal Pictures 114 min Color sound
1977 Twilight’S Last Gleaming Lorimar-Bavaria 150 min Color sound
1974 F for Fake Orson Welles 89 min Color
1971 Assault On The Wayne Paramount Television 74 min Color sound
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku 145 min Color
1969 Latitude Zero Honda, IshirōIshirō Honda 108 min Color
1969 The Grasshopper Jerry Paris
1968 White Comanche Jose Mendez 93 min Color
1967 Jack Of Diamonds. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 108 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Brighty Of The Grand Canyon. Stephen F. Booth Productions 89 min 35mm Color sound
1965 Faulkner's Mississippi: Land Into Legend. University of Mississippi 32 min 16mm Color sound
1965 The Great Sioux Massacre. F. & F. Productions Inc. 91 min 35mm Color sound
1964 Hollywood and the stars. The great directors sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Sydney Field ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Nicholas Noxon ; series producer-director, Jack Haley, Jr. 26 16mm B&W sound
1964 Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Associates & Aldrich Co. Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 135 min 35mm B&W sound
1963 Hollywood and the stars. Funny men. Part 1 sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Al Ramrus ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Irwin Rosten ; series producer- director, Jack Haley, Jr. 22 16mm B&W sound
1963 Hollywood and the stars. Funny men. Part 2 sponsored by Purex and Timex ; a David L. Wolper production ; United Artists Television ; production executive, Al Ramrus ; associate producer, Julian Ludwig ; written and produced by Irwin Rosten ; series producer- director, Jack Haley, Jr. 26 16mm B&W sound
1961 The Last Sunset. Byrna Productions S.A. & Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 112 min 35mm Color sound
1960 The Angel Wore Red. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 95 min 35mm B&W sound
1958 From The Earth To The Moon Ideal Pictures Inc 101 min 16mm Color sound
1958 From The Earth To The Moon. Waverly Productions Inc. 101 min 35mm Color sound
1958 Touch of evil Universal International Pictures (UI) (presents) (as Universal International): Publisher | Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (as Universal-International): Distributor 1:48:00 16mm B&W sound
1957 The Halliday Brand. Collier Young Associates Inc. 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 The Bottom Of The Bottle. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 The Killer Is Loose. Crown Productions 73 min. 35mm B&W sound
1955 Special Delivery John Brahm
1953 A Blueprint For Murder. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 76 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Niagara. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1953 The Steel Trap. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Untamed Frontier. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 75 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 HALF ANGEL. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 77 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 Peking Express. Paramount Pictures Corp. 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 September Affair. Paramount Pictures Corp. 104 min 35mm B&W sound
1951 The Man With A Cloak. Loew's Inc. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Two Flags West. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Beyond The Forest. King Vidor 96 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 The Third man British Lion Production Assets | Carol Reed Productions | Classic Film Distribution | London Film Productions Ltd 1:33:00 16mm B&W sound
1949 The Third Man. London Film Productions 93 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Under Capricorn. Alfred Hitchcock 117 min 35mm Color sound
1949 Walk Softly, Stranger. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle 86 min Color & B&W
1948 Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle 86 min 16mm Color & B&W
1948 Portrait Of Jennie. William Dieterle 86 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Duel In The Sun unknown 129 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1947 Duel in the Sun Selznick International Pictures Inc 2:10:00 16mm Color sound
1947 The Farmer's Daughter H. C. Potter 11:07 16mm B&W sound
1947 The Farmer's Daughter. H. C. Potter 97 min. 35mm B&W sound
1946 Duel In The Sun. Vanguard Films 138 min 35mm Color sound
1945 Love Letters William Dieterle 101 min 16mm B&W