Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/15/1905
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
The Oscar
as Kenneth Regan
The Hellbenders
as Colonel Jonas
Under Capricorn
as Sam Flusky
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Caravans
as Crandall
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland
The Survivor
as Priest
The Hearse
as Walter Prichard
September Affair
as David Lawrence
The Grasshopper
as Richard Morgan
Othello
as Senator (uncredited)
Gangsters '70
as Destil
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
Timber Tramps
as Greedy sawmill mogul
Niagara
as George Loomis
Half Angel
as John Raymond Jr.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
The Last Sunset
as John Breckenridge
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie