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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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Soylent GreenWilliam R. Simonson
Tora! Tora! Tora!Henry L. Stimson
Heaven's GateThe Reverend Doctor
The Abominable Dr. PhibesDr. Vesalius
Airport '77Nicholas St. Downs III2018The Green FogMovie
2013Too Much JohnsonAugustus Billings (uncredited)Movie
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic ScrapbookBaron Frankenstein (archive footage)Movie
1981The SurvivorPriestMovie
1981DelusionIvar LangrockMovie
1980Heaven's GateThe Reverend DoctorMovie
1980CasinoEd BookerMovie
1980The HearseWalter PrichardMovie
1979Churchill and the GeneralsGen. George C. MarshallMovie
1979Guyana: Crime of the CenturyRichard GableMovie
1979Concorde AffairMillandMovie
1979Island of the FishmenProf. Ernest MarvinMovie
1978The Perfect CrimeSir Arthur DundeeMovie
1978CaravansCrandallMovie
1978Last In, First OutFoster JohnsonMovie
1978Return to Fantasy IslandSimon GrantMovie
1977Airport '77Nicholas St. Downs IIIMovie
1977Twilight's Last GleamingArthur Renfrew - Secretary of StateMovie
1976A Whisper in the DarkThe ProfessorMovie
1976Mysteries of the GodsNarratorMovie
1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseDr. Joseph Francis CondonMovie
1975Timber TrampsGreedy sawmill mogulMovie
1975Syndicate SadistsPaternòMovie
1973A Delicate BalanceHarryMovie
1973Soylent GreenWilliam R. SimonsonMovie
1973The Devil's DaughterJudge WeatherbyMovie
1973Police DogNarratorMovie
1972The Scopone GameGeorgeMovie
1972Baron BloodBaron Otto von Kleist / Alfred BeckerMovie
1972Doomsday VoyageCaptain JasonMovie
1972The Screaming WomanGeorge TresvantMovie
1971Lady FrankensteinBaron FrankensteinMovie
1971City Beneath the SeaDr. ZieglerMovie
1971The Abominable Dr. PhibesDr. VesaliusMovie
1971Do You Take This Stranger?Dr. Robert CarsonMovie
1971Assault on the WayneAdmiralMovie
1971Journey to MurderJeff WheelerMovie
1970The GrasshopperRichard MorganMovie
1970Cutter's TrailGeneral SpaldingMovie
1970Tora! Tora! Tora!Henry L. StimsonMovie
1969The Lonely ProfessionMartin BannisterMovie
1969Latitude ZeroCapt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzieMovie
1968Split Second to an EpitaphDr. Ben SternMovie
1968White ComancheSheriff LoganMovie
1968PetuliaMr. DannerMovie
1968Gangsters '70DestilMovie
1968Alexander The GreatAntigonusMovie
1967Jack of DiamondsAceMovie
1967Some May LiveColonel WoodwardMovie
1967The HellbendersColonel JonasMovie
1966Brighty of the Grand CanyonJimMovie
1966The OscarKenneth ReganMovie
1965The TramplersTemple CordeenMovie
1965The Money TrapDr. Horace Van TildenMovie
1965The Great Sioux MassacreMajor Marcus A. RenoMovie
1964Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteDrew BaylissMovie
1961The Last SunsetJohn BreckenridgeMovie
1960The Angel Wore RedHawthorneMovie
1958From the Earth to the MoonVictor BarbicaneMovie
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