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
1965 The Great Sioux Massacre. F. & F. Productions Inc. 91 min 35mm Color sound
1966 Brighty Of The Grand Canyon. Stephen F. Booth Productions 89 min 35mm Color sound
1967 Jack Of Diamonds. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. 108 min 35mm Color sound
1968 White Comanche Jose Mendez 93 min Color
1969 Latitude Zero Honda, IshirōIshirō Honda 108 min Color
1969 The Grasshopper Jerry Paris
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku 145 min Color
1971 Assault On The Wayne Paramount Television 74 min Color sound
1974 F for Fake Orson Welles 89 min Color
1977 Airport ’77 Universal Pictures 114 min Color sound
1977 Twilight’S Last Gleaming Lorimar-Bavaria 150 min Color sound
1980 "The Hearse" :30 TV Spot F-758 Wm. Lange & Assoc. ▶ George Bowers 0:36 16mm Color sound
2014 [Home movies. M. Falk collection. Orson Welles directing Too Much Johnson] Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive 2:55 16mm B&W silent