Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

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...

Known For

Citizen Kane

as Jedediah Leland

The Third Man

as Holly Martins

Soylent Green

as William R. Simonson

Cast Credits

The Survivor

as Priest

Delusion

as Ivar Langrock

Heaven's Gate

as The Reverend Doctor

Casino

as Ed Booker

The Hearse

as Walter Prichard

Churchill and the Generals

as Gen. George C. Marshall

Concorde Affair

as Milland

Island of the Fishmen

as Prof. Ernest Marvin

The Perfect Crime

as Sir Arthur Dundee

Caravans

as Crandall

Last In, First Out

as Foster Johnson

Airport '77

as Nicholas St. Downs III

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State

A Whisper in the Dark

as The Professor

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon

Timber Tramps

as Greedy sawmill mogul

Soylent Green

as William R. Simonson

The Devil's Daughter

as Judge Weatherby

Baron Blood

as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

Doomsday Voyage

as Captain Jason

The Screaming Woman

as George Tresvant

Lady Frankenstein

as Baron Frankenstein

City Beneath the Sea

as Dr. Ziegler

Do You Take This Stranger?

as Dr. Robert Carson

Crew Credits