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Joseph Cotten

1905–1994 · American actor

Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story (1939) and Sabrina Fair (1953). He gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with Orson Welles on films Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1943). Cotten starred in the latter and was also credited with the screenplay.

Joseph Cotten, in order

  1. 1938 Too Much Johnson (short film): acted · directed by Orson Welles · streaming on Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex
  2. 1940 Citizen Kane trailer (short film): acted · directed by Orson Welles
  3. 1941 Citizen Kane: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 99%, audiences 98%
  4. 1941 Lydia: acted · directed by Julien Duvivier
  5. 1942 The Magnificent Ambersons: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 88%, audiences 84% · streaming on Plex
  6. 1943 Hers to Hold: acted · directed by Frank Ryan
  7. 1943 Journey into Fear: wrote, acted · directed by Norman Foster and Orson Welles
  8. 1943 Shadow of a Doubt: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 100%, audiences 89%
  9. 1944 Gaslight: acted · directed by George Cukor
  10. 1944 I'll Be Seeing You: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  11. 1944 Since You Went Away: acted · directed by David O. Selznick and Edward F. Cline
  12. 1945 Love Letters: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  13. 1946 Duel in the Sun: acted · directed by King Vidor · critics 78%, audiences 55%
  14. 1947 The Farmer's Daughter: acted · directed by H. C. Potter
  15. 1948 Portrait of Jennie: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  16. 1949 Beyond the Forest: acted · directed by King Vidor
  17. 1949 The Third Man: acted · directed by Carol Reed · critics 99%, audiences 93% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex, Fawesome
  18. 1949 Under Capricorn: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 64%, audiences 34% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
  19. 1950 September Affair: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  20. 1950 Two Flags West: acted · directed by Robert Wise
  21. 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger: acted · directed by Robert Stevenson
  22. 1951 Half Angel: acted · directed by Richard Sale
  23. 1951 Othello: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 86%, audiences 85% · streaming on Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube (free)
  24. 1951 Peking Express: acted · directed by William Dieterle
  25. 1951 The Man with a Cloak: acted · directed by Fletcher Markle
  26. 1952 The Steel Trap: acted · directed by Andrew L. Stone
  27. 1952 The Wild Heart: acted · directed by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell
  28. 1952 Untamed Frontier: acted · directed by Hugo Fregonese
  29. 1953 A Blueprint for Murder: acted · directed by Andrew L. Stone
  30. 1953 Niagara: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway
  31. 1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee: acted · directed by King Vidor and Norman Taurog
  32. 1955 Special Delivery: acted · directed by John Brahm
  33. 1956 The Bottom of the Bottle: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway
  34. 1956 The Joseph Cotten Show (TV series): acted · directed by Herschel Daugherty
  35. 1956 The Killer Is Loose: acted · directed by Budd Boetticher
  36. 1957 The Halliday Brand: acted · directed by Joseph H. Lewis
  37. 1958 From the Earth to the Moon: acted · directed by Byron Haskin
  38. 1958 Touch of Evil: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 96%, audiences 92% · streaming on Prime Video, Plex, Tubi
  39. 1960 The Angel Wore Red: acted · directed by Nunnally Johnson · audiences 36%
  40. 1961 The Last Sunset: acted · directed by Robert Aldrich
  41. 1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte: acted · directed by Robert Aldrich
  42. 1965 The Great Sioux Massacre: acted · directed by Sidney Salkow
  43. 1965 The Money Trap: acted · directed by Burt Kennedy
  44. 1966 The Oscar: acted · directed by Russell Rouse · critics 13%, audiences 31% · streaming on Kanopy
  45. 1966 The Tramplers: acted · directed by Albert Band and Mario Sequi
  46. 1967 Brighty of the Grand Canyon: acted · directed by Norman Foster
  47. 1967 Jack of Diamonds: acted · directed by Don Taylor
  48. 1967 Some May Live: acted · directed by Vernon Sewell
  49. 1967 The Hellbenders: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
  50. 1968 Days of Fire: acted · directed by Mino Guerrini
  51. 1968 Petulia: acted · directed by Richard Lester
  52. 1968 White Comanche: acted · directed by José Briz Méndez
  53. 1969 Latitude Zero: acted · directed by Ishirō Honda
  54. 1970 The Grasshopper: acted · directed by Jerry Paris
  55. 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!: acted · directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Richard Fleischer · critics 59%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video
  56. 1971 Assault on the Wayne (TV movie): acted · directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
  57. 1971 City Beneath the Sea (TV movie): acted · directed by Irwin Allen
  58. 1971 Lady Frankenstein: acted · directed by Mel Welles
  59. 1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes: acted · directed by Robert Fuest
  60. 1972 Baron Blood: acted · directed by Mario Bava
  61. 1972 The Scientific Cardplayer: acted · directed by Luigi Comencini
  62. 1973 A Delicate Balance: acted · directed by Tony Richardson
  63. 1973 F for Fake: acted · directed by Orson Welles · critics 88%, audiences 88% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  64. 1973 Soylent Green: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
  65. 1975 Syndicate Sadists: acted · directed by Umberto Lenzi
  66. 1976 A Whisper in the Dark: acted · directed by Marcello Aliprandi
  67. 1976 Origins of the Mafia (TV series): acted · directed by Enzo Muzii
  68. 1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (TV movie): acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
  69. 1977 Airport '77: acted · directed by Jerry Jameson
  70. 1977 Aspen (TV series): acted
  71. 1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming: acted · directed by Robert Aldrich
  72. 1978 CIA contro KGB: acted · directed by Claude d'Anna
  73. 1978 Caravans: acted · directed by James Fargo
  74. 1978 The Perfect Crime: acted · directed by Giuseppe Rosati
  75. 1979 Churchill and the Generals: acted · directed by Alan Gibson
  76. 1979 Concorde Affaire '79: acted · directed by Ruggero Deodato
  77. 1979 Guyana: Crime of the Century: acted · directed by René Cardona Jr.
  78. 1979 Island of the Fishmen: acted · directed by Sergio Martino
  79. 1980 Delusion: acted · directed by Alan Beattie
  80. 1980 Heaven's Gate: acted · directed by Michael Cimino · critics 58%, audiences 54% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Tubi
  81. 1980 The Hearse: acted · directed by George Bowers
  82. 1981 The Survivor: acted · directed by David Hemmings