Joseph Cotten

1905-1994

Biography: life and films

Joseph Cotten was an American actor. He was born in Petersburg, Virginia, USA on 15th May 1905 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 6th February 1994, aged 88.

His best films as an actor include Orson Welles's Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Alfred Hitchcock's crime-thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Carol Reed's thriller The Third Man (1949) and Richard Fleischer's Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), and whose best work as a screenwriter include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Norman Foster's Journey Into Fear (1943).

Joseph Cotten appeared in 80 films and scripted 2 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: William Dieterle (5 films), Orson Welles (5), Robert Aldrich (3), Sergio Corbucci (2), Richard Fleischer (2), Norman Foster (2), King Vidor (2), Henry Hathaway (2), Andrew L. Stone (2) and Alfred Hitchcock (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (50 films), Thriller (20), Western (11), romance (10), Horror (8), crime-thriller (5), comedy (5), War (5), Fantasy (3), history (2) and Documentary (2).

Our average rating for Joseph Cotten over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

Citizen Kane (1941) [a]

Lydia (1941) [a]

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) [a,w]

Hers to Hold (1943) [a]

Journey Into Fear (1943) [a,w]

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) [a]

Gaslight (1944) [a]

I'll Be Seeing You (1944) [a]

Since You Went Away (1944) [a]

Love Letters (1945) [a]

Duel in the Sun (1946) [a]

The Farmer's Daughter (1947) [a]

Portrait of Jennie (1948) [a]

Beyond the Forest (1949) [a]

The Third Man (1949) [a]

Under Capricorn (1949) [a]

September Affair (1950) [a]

Two Flags West (1950) [a]

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) [a]

Half Angel (1951) [a]

Peking Express (1951) [a]

The Man with a Cloak (1951) [a]

Othello (1952) [a]

The Steel Trap (1952) [a]

Untamed Frontier (1952) [a]

A Blueprint for Murder (1953) [a]

Egypt by Three (1953) [a]

Niagara (1953) [a]

Bedevilled (1955) [a]

Vom Himmel gefallen (1955) [a]

The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) [a]

The Killer Is Loose (1956) [a]

The Halliday Brand (1957) [a]

From the Earth to the Moon (1958) [a]

Touch of Evil (1958) [a]

The Angel Wore Red (1960) [a]

The Last Sunset (1961) [a]

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) [a]

Gli Uomini dal passo pesante (1965) [a]

The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) [a]

The Money Trap (1965) [a]

The Oscar (1966) [a]

Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967) [a]

I crudeli (1967) [a]

Jack of Diamonds (1967) [a]

Some May Live (1967) [a]

Comanche blanco (1968) [a]

Gangster '70 (1968) [a]

Petulia (1968) [a]

Ido zero daisakusen (1969) [a]

The Grasshopper (1970) [a]

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) [a]

Journey to Murder (1971) [a]

La Figlia di Frankenstein (1971) [a]

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) [a]

Doomsday Voyage (1972) [a]

Gli Orrori del castello di Norimberga (1972) [a]

Lo Scopone scientifico (1972) [a]

A Delicate Balance (1973) [a]

Soylent Green (1973) [a]

Vérités et mensonges (1974) [a]

Il Giustiziere sfida la città (1975) [a]

Timber Tramps (1975) [a]

Un Sussurro nel buio (1976) [a]

Airport '77 (1977) [a]

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) [a]

Caravans (1978) [a]

Indagine su un delitto perfetto (1978) [a]

L'Ordre et la sécurité du monde (1978) [a]

Concorde Affaire '79 (1979) [a]

Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979) [a]

L'Isola degli uomini pesce (1979) [a]

Delusion (1980) [a]

Heaven's Gate (1980) [a]

The Hearse (1980) [a]

The Survivor (1981) [a]

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) [a]



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