Acting
Joseph Cotten
Also Known As: Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr., Joseph Cheshire Cotten
Birth Date
May 15, 1905
Death Date
February 6, 1994
(passed away at 88)
Place of Birth
Petersburg, Virginia, USA
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Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (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).
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962 • 1 episode
What's My Line?
Self
1950 • 1 episode
The Love Boat
Colonel Van Ryker
1977 • 1 episode
Ironside
Dr. Benjamin Stern
1967 • 1 episode
Dr. Kildare
Charles Ladovan
1961 • 1 episode
The Rockford Files
Warner Jameson
1974 • 1 episode
Wagon Train
Captain Dan Brady
1957 • 1 episode
Tales of the Unexpected
Lionel
1979 • 1 episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
William Callew
1955 • 1 episode
The Name of the Game
Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
1968 • 1 episode
The Virginian
Judge Will McMasters
1962 • 1 episode
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ben Harper
1956 • 1 episode
The Streets of San Francisco
John R. James
1972 • 1 episode
The Ford Television Theatre
John Ashburn
1952 • 1 episode
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Dick Burlingame
1959 • 1 episode
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Self - Host
1955 • 6 episodes
Telephone Time
1956 • 1 episode
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968 • 2 episodes
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958 • 1 episode
77 Sunset Strip
Arnold Buhler
1958 • 1 episode