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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Born May 15, 1905· Petersburg, Virginia, USA

† Died February 6, 1994

61Roles★ 6.5Average rating

Emerging from a Virginia upbringing and refined at Washington, D.C.’s Hickman School of Expression, he entered the theatrical world through the Miami Civic Theatre before moving to New York, where he assisted David Belasco and debuted on Broadway in 1932. A close associate of Orson Welles, he performed with the Mercury Theatre and gained his first screen exposure in Welles’s short projects, later…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Citizen Kane★ 8
Citizen Kane1941
Jedediah Leland
The Third Man★ 7.9
The Third Man1949
Holly Martins
Touch of Evil★ 7.7
Touch of Evil1958
Coroner (uncredited)
Gaslight★ 7.5
Gaslight1944
Brian Cameron
Shadow of a Doubt★ 7.5
Shadow of a Doubt1943
Charlie Oakley
Othello★ 7.4
Othello1951
Senator (uncredited)
The Magnificent Ambersons★ 7.3
The Magnificent Ambersons1942
Eugene Morgan
Tora! Tora! Tora!★ 7.2
Tora! Tora! Tora!1970
Henry L. Stimson
Soylent Green★ 6.9
Soylent Green1973
William R. Simonson
IronsideSeries★ 6.8
Ironside1967
Dr. Benjamin Stern
Niagara★ 6.8
Niagara1953
George Loomis
Heaven's Gate★ 6.7
Heaven's Gate1980
The Reverend Doctor
Fantasy IslandSeries★ 6.5
Fantasy Island1978
Thomas Cummings