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Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He first gained worldwide fame in the Orson Welles films Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay. He went on to become one of the leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s, appearing in films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946), Portrait of Jennie (1948) and The Third Man (1949). One of his final films was the infamous critical and financial failure Michael Cimino film Heaven's Gate (1980).
Full Name | Joseph Cotten |
Net Worth | $850,000 |
Date Of Birth | May 15, 1905 |
Died | February 6, 1994, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Petersburg, Virginia, USA |
Height | 1.88 m |
Occupation | Actor |
Profession | Actor, Screenwriter |
Work Position | "Citizen Cotten" |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Patricia Medina, Lenore Kipp LaMont |
Parents | Sally Bartlett, Joseph Cotten, Sr. |
Siblings | Sam Cotten, Whit Cotten |
Nicknames | Joseph Cotten, Cotten, Joseph |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001072 |
Awards | Volpi Cup for Best Actor |
Movies | Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Shadow of a Doubt, The Magnificent Ambersons, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, Gaslight, Niagara, Journey into Fear, Soylent Green, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Since You Went Away, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Love Letters, Heaven's Gate, Under Ca... |
TV Shows | Hollywood and the Stars, The Joseph Cotten Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour |
Star Sign | Taurus |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Often worked with Orson Welles |
2 | Distinctive, almost raspy, deep voice. |
3 | Wavy hair, tall frame, cleft chin. |
# | Quote |
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1 | [on Everett Sloane] You know how he was so ugly there was a certain beauty about him. But he had his nose altered, wore contact lenses instead of his thick glasses, had his hair straightened, and no one wanted him. He became so morose that he walked out into the middle of the road and killed himself. |
2 | In Hollywood, those stars who have been around a long while and seem to grow better with time are the ones who regard "stardom" merely as an opportunity to grow. |
3 | [on Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)] I think we all wanted it to be a different picture than it was, especially Joan [Crawford]. She felt Bette [Davis] wasn't trying enough to life the script up to their level instead of simply playing down to it. She never came right out and said it to me but I could see it on her face. Joan wanted it to be a 'quality' picture. I think the movie works well enough for what it is, but it's no Gone with the Wind (1939) or anything resembling a true 'quality' picture. |
4 | [on Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)] Bette [Davis] is determined to make her mark on this picture, and Joan [Crawford] is determined to do the same and not be, how shall I put it, gobbled up by Bette, but for heaven's sake, don't quote me. |
5 | [on Bette Davis] I loved working with her. |
6 | [on making Citizen Kane (1941) with Orson Welles] Orson must have been about 22 then and I still think he's one of the greatest directors in the world. I don't know why people regard him as a difficult man. He was the easiest, most inspiring man I've ever worked with. He was the only one who seemed to know what he was doing because we were all virgins on that picture. |
7 | I was a so-called star because of my limitations and that was always the case. I couldn't do any accents. So I had to pretend. Luckily I was tall, had curly hair and a good voice. I only had to stamp my foot and I'd play the lead -- because I couldn't play character parts. |
8 | My wife told me one of the sweetest things one could hear: "I am not jealous. But I am truly sad for all the actresses who embrace you and kiss you while acting, for with them, you are only pretending." |
9 | [on Orson Welles] I know a little about Orson's childhood and seriously doubt if he ever was a child. |
10 | Orson Welles lists Citizen Kane (1941) as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Sir Carol Reed chose The Third Man (1949) - and I'm in all of them. |
11 | I didn't care about the movies really. I was tall. I could talk. It was easy to do. |
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1 | Appeared in four Best Picture nominees in the 1940s alone: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Gaslight (1944) and Since You Went Away (1944). |
2 | Co-starred with Jennifer Jones in 4 movies: Since You Went Away (1944), Love Letters (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946), and Portrait of Jennie (1948). Cotten also narrated The Wild Heart (1952), in which Jones played the lead. |
3 | He died of pneumonia at his home in Westwood, Los Angeles. |
4 | Cotten had suffered a debilitating stroke and heart attack in 1981, and fought for years to regain use of his baritone voice. Troubled intermittently by throat nodules, he had his larynx removed in 1990 because of cancer. |
5 | Was a Boy Scout. |
6 | While Citizen Kane (1941) is officially Cotton's debut film, MGM actually filmed the Broadway stage production of "The Philadelphia Story" with Cotton, Katharine Hepburn, Van Heflin, Shirley Booth, et al. as prep for the 1940 movie version with Hepburn, Cary Grant, Ruth Hussey and James Stewart. |
7 | Worked with Alfred Hitchcock in one of his finest films, Shadow of a Doubt (1943). They worked again in Under Capricorn (1949) but the film flopped with Hitch disowned it. Cotton never was asked to appear in any subsequent Hitchcock film. |
8 | Grew up in Petersburg, Virginia, the oldest of three brothers. |
9 | He was a lifelong Republican and conservative who was a solid supporter of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. |
10 | His first film appearance is in 1937 in "Seeing the World, Part One: A Visit to New York", a 10-minute silent film directed & photographed by Rudy Burkhardt, in which he is credited as "Joseph Cotton", acting briefly in a bar scene. |
11 | His brother, Sam, passed away on February 27, 2010 in Winchester, Virginia, at the age of 90. |
12 | Uncle of Joseph Cotten. |
13 | Served as best man at Orson Welles's wedding to Rita Hayworth. |
14 | Before his celebrated appearance as Charles Foster Kane's best friend, Jed Leland, in Citizen Kane (1941), he appears as one of the reporters in the March of Time parody sequence early in the film. He is seated in the back of the projection room, in the last row at the far left, and is only clearly visible in one shot, but his voice along with that of Everett Sloane's (who plays Bernstein) can often be heard in the darkness on the soundtrack. |
15 | Was cast as C.K. Dexter Haven in the original 1939 Broadway production of Philip Barry's play Philadelphia StoryZ with Katharine Hepburn. When Hepburn, who owned the rights, sold the story to MGM, Cary Grant was cast in the part. |
16 | Despite their mercurial relationship, he and Orson Welles remained friends until Welles' death. |
17 | Like Orson Welles, he has appeared in the top films of both the American Film Institute and the British Film Institute; for AFI it was Citizen Kane (1941) as Jedediah Leland and for BFI, its The Third Man (1949) as Holly Martins. |
18 | Had a step-daughter from first marriage. |
19 | Retired from acting in the early 1980s after a stroke and a laryngectomy. |
All pictures
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Timber Tramps | 1975 | | Greedy sawmill mogul |
Syndicate Sadists | 1975 | | Paternò |
The Rockford Files | 1974 | TV Series | Warner Jameson |
A Delicate Balance | 1973 | | Harry |
Soylent Green | 1973 | | William R. Simonson |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1973 | TV Series | John R. James |
The Devil's Daughter | 1973 | TV Movie | Judge Weatherby |
Lo scopone scientifico | 1972 | | George |
Baron Blood | 1972 | | Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker |
Doomsday Voyage | 1972 | | Captain Jason |
The Screaming Woman | 1972 | TV Movie | George Tresvant |
Lady Frankenstein | 1971 | | Baron Frankenstein |
The Abominable Dr. Phibes | 1971 | | Dr. Vesalius |
NET Playhouse | 1971 | TV Series | Narrator |
Journey to Murder | 1971 | | Jeff Wheeler (Do Me a Favor and Kill Me) |
City Beneath the Sea | 1971 | TV Movie | Dr. Ziegler |
Do You Take This Stranger? | 1971 | TV Movie | Dr. Robert Carson |
Assault on the Wayne | 1971 | TV Movie | Admiral |
The Virginian | 1970 | TV Series | Judge Hobbs / Judge Will McMasters |
Tora! Tora! Tora! | 1970 | | Henry Stimson |
The Grasshopper | 1970 | | Richard Morgan |
It Takes a Thief | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Mr. Jack / Col. Heinrich |
The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner |
Cutter's Trail | 1970 | TV Movie | Gen. Spalding |
Keene | 1969 | | |
The Lonely Profession | 1969 | TV Movie | Martin Bannister |
Latitude Zero | 1969 | | Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie |
White Comanche | 1968 | | Sheriff Logan |
Journey to the Unknown | 1968 | TV Series | Jeff Wheeler |
Ironside | 1968 | TV Series | Dr. Benjamin Stern |
Petulia | 1968 | | Mr. Danner |
Gangsters '70 | 1968 | | Destil |
Alexander the Great | 1968 | TV Movie | Antigonus |
Off to See the Wizard | 1968 | TV Series | General Antigonus |
Some May Live | 1967 | | Col. Woodward |
Jack of Diamonds | 1967 | | As |
Cimarron Strip | 1967 | TV Series | Nathan Tio |
Brighty of the Grand Canyon | 1967 | | Jim Owen |
Hellbenders | 1967 | | Col. Jonas |
The Oscar | 1966 | | Kenneth Regan |
The Tramplers | 1965 | | Temple Cordeen |
The Money Trap | 1965 | | Dr. Horace Van Tilden |
The Great Sioux Massacre | 1965 | | Major Reno |
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | 1964 | | Dr. Drew Bayliss |
77 Sunset Strip | 1963 | TV Series | Arnold Buhler |
The Great Adventure | 1963 | TV Series | Captain Meehan |
Wagon Train | 1961-1962 | TV Series | John Augustus / Captain Dan Brady |
Saints and Sinners | 1962 | TV Series | Preston Cooper |
Dr. Kildare | 1962 | TV Series | Charles Ladovan |
Theatre '62 | 1961 | TV Series | |
Bus Stop | 1961 | TV Series | Professor Wheelwright |
The Last Sunset | 1961 | | John Breckenridge |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | 1961 | TV Series | Mac McClay |
Checkmate | 1960 | TV Series | Dr. George Mallinson |
The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1960 | TV Series | Charles Lawrence / Dick Burlingame |
The Angel Wore Red | 1960 | | Hawthorne |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1955-1959 | TV Series | Courtney Masterson / Tony Gould / William Callew |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Black McSween |
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | 1956-1959 | TV Series | Reed / Reed Murrow / Clint Anderson / ... |
From the Earth to the Moon | 1958 | | Victor Barbicane |
Touch of Evil | 1958 | | Coroner (uncredited) |
Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | Gregg Carey |
Zane Grey Theater | 1958 | TV Series | Ben Harper |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | |
Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Robert Rainey |
Telephone Time | 1957 | TV Series | |
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1957 | TV Series | Bruce Malone |
The Halliday Brand | 1957 | | Daniel Halliday |
General Electric Theater | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Private Harris / Captain / Paul Henty |
Star Stage | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Narrator / Alexander Holmes |
The Killer Is Loose | 1956 | | Detective Sam Wagner |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | John Ashburn |
The Bottom of the Bottle | 1956 | | Pat 'P.M.' Martin |
Celebrity Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | Marshal Fenton Lockhart |
The Best of Broadway | 1955 | TV Series | Dan McCorn |
Bedevilled | 1955 | | Flight Announcer at the airport (voice, uncredited) |
Special Delivery | 1955 | | John Adams |
Producers' Showcase | 1954 | TV Series | Grant Matthews |
A Blueprint for Murder | 1953 | | Whitney 'Cam' Cameron |
Egypt by Three | 1953 | | Narrator |
Niagara | 1953 | | George Loomis |
The Steel Trap | 1952 | | Jim Osborne |
Untamed Frontier | 1952 | | Kirk Denbow |
The Wild Heart | 1952 | | Narrator |
Othello | 1951 | | Senator (uncredited) |
The Man with a Cloak | 1951 | | Dupin |
Peking Express | 1951 | | Michael Bachlin |
Half Angel | 1951 | | John Raymond Jr. |
Walk Softly, Stranger | 1950 | | Chris Hale aka Steve |
Two Flags West | 1950 | | Col. Clay Tucker |
September Affair | 1950 | | David Lawrence |
Beyond the Forest | 1949 | | Doctor Louis Moline |
Under Capricorn | 1949 | | Sam Flusky |
The Third Man | 1949 | | Holly Martins |
Portrait of Jennie | 1948 | | Eben Adams |
The Farmer's Daughter | 1947 | | Glenn Morley |
Duel in the Sun | 1946 | | Jesse McCanles |
Love Letters | 1945 | | Alan Quinton |
I'll Be Seeing You | 1944 | | Zachary Morgan |
Since You Went Away | 1944 | | Lt. Tony Willett |
Gaslight | 1944 | | Brian Cameron |
Hers to Hold | 1943 | | Bill Morley |
Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | | Uncle Charlie |
The Magnificent Ambersons | 1942 | | Eugene Morgan |
Journey Into Fear | 1942 | | Howard Graham |
Lydia | 1941 | | Michael Fitzpatrick |
Citizen Kane | 1941 | | Jedediah Leland |
Too Much Johnson | 1938 | | Augustus Billings |
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. | 1937 | Short | |
The Survivor | 1981 | | Priest |
The Love Boat | 1981 | TV Series | Col. van Ryker |
Delusion | 1981 | | Ivar Langrock |
Heaven's Gate | 1980 | | The Reverend Doctor |
Casino | 1980 | TV Movie | Ed Booker |
The Hearse | 1980 | | Walter Prichard |
Tales of the Unexpected | 1979-1980 | TV Series | Lionel / Edward |
Fantasy Island | 1978-1979 | TV Series | Thomas Cummings / Simon Grant |
Churchill and the Generals | 1979 | TV Movie | General George C. Marshall |
Guyana: Cult of the Damned | 1979 | | Richard Gable |
Concorde Affaire '79 | 1979 | | Milland |
Screamers | 1979 | | Prof. Ernest Marvin |
Indagine su un delitto perfetto | 1978 | | Sir Arthur Dundee |
Caravans | 1978 | | Crandall |
Last In, First Out | 1978 | | Foster Johnson |
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | 1978 | TV Series | Weldon Rathbone |
Aspen | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Horton Paine |
Airport '77 | 1977 | | Nicholas St. Downs III |
Twilight's Last Gleaming | 1977 | | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State |
Alle origini della mafia | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | The Envoy |
Un sussurro nel buio | 1976 | | The Professor |
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | 1976 | TV Movie | Dr. Joseph Francis Condon |
Freedom Is | 1976 | TV Movie voice | |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Since You Went Away | 1944 | "Together" 1928, uncredited / music: "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited / performer: "Together" 1928, "Kaiser-Walzer Emperor Waltz op.437" 1889 - uncredited | |
The Magnificent Ambersons | 1942 | performer: "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" 1892 - uncredited | |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Magnificent Ambersons | 1942 | additional scenes - uncredited | |
Journey Into Fear | 1942 | screenplay | |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The New Bike | 2009 | Short acknowledgment | |
Jimmy Hollywood | 1994 | special thanks | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The 37th Annual Thalians Ball | 1992 | TV Movie | Himself |
The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself |
The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself |
The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Himself |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
Ingrid Bergman: An All-Star Salute | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself |
The RKO Years | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Himself Host |
Food, Wine & Friends | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
Looks Familiar | 1978 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Over Easy | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
F for Fake | 1973 | Documentary | Himself - Special Participant |
It's Your Bet | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
V.I.P.-Schaukel | 1972 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Kraft Music Hall | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
Laugh-In | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
Cinema | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Linkletter Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
Hollywood and the Stars | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Narrator / Himself - Host |
The Celebrity Game | 1964 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Panelist |
Stump the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
Password All-Stars | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | 1956-1959 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
What's My Line? | 1959 | TV Series | Himself - Mystery Guest |
The Arthur Murray Party | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
The Loretta Young Show | 1955 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Host |
Light's Diamond Jubilee | 1954 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6382 Hollywood Blvd. |
1949 | International Award | Venice Film Festival | Best Actor | Portrait of Jennie (1948) |
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