Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten (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).
Filmography (11)
Heaven's Gate
as The Reverend Doctor
Airport '77
as Nicholas St. Downs III
Soylent Green
as William R. Simonson
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Henry L. Stimson
Niagara
as George Loomis
The Third Man
as Holly Martins
Duel in the Sun
as Jesse McCanles
Gaslight
as Brian Cameron
Shadow of a Doubt
as Uncle Charlie
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Eugene Morgan
Citizen Kane
as Jedediah Leland