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    Joseph Cotten

    1905-05-15 (119 years old) in Petersburg, Virginia, USA

    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).

    Movies

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    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
    72 %|Aug 31, 2018
    Documentary
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    Heaven's Gate: The Butcher's Cut
    0 %|Apr 21, 2014
    Action, Adventure, Romance, Drama, Western, History
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    Too Much Johnson
    53 %|Oct 9, 2013
    Comedy
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    Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
    57 %|Jan 1, 1991
    Documentary, Science Fiction, Horror
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    The Survivor
    53 %|Jul 9, 1981
    Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    Delusion
    33 %|Jan 23, 1981
    Horror
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    Heaven's Gate
    68 %|Nov 19, 1980
    Drama, Western, Romance
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    Casino
    0 %|Aug 1, 1980
    Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Hearse
    54 %|Jun 1, 1980
    Horror, Mystery, Drama
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    Churchill and the Generals
    0 %|Sep 23, 1979
    Drama, History, War, TV Movie
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    Guyana: Crime of the Century
    48 %|Sep 20, 1979
    Drama, Thriller
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    Concorde Affair
    66 %|Mar 23, 1979
    Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
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    Island of the Fishmen
    56 %|Jan 18, 1979
    Science Fiction, Horror
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    The Perfect Crime
    50 %|Nov 24, 1978
    Crime, Thriller, Mystery
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    Caravans
    56 %|Nov 2, 1978
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
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    Last In, First Out
    32 %|Aug 30, 1978
    Thriller, Drama
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    Return to Fantasy Island
    32 %|Jan 20, 1978
    Fantasy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Airport '77
    56 %|Mar 11, 1977
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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    Twilight's Last Gleaming
    63.39 %|Feb 9, 1977
    Thriller
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    A Whisper in the Dark
    64 %|Aug 12, 1976
    Horror
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    Mysteries of the Gods
    56 %|Mar 17, 1976
    Documentary
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    The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
    64 %|Feb 26, 1976
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Timber Tramps
    0 %|Dec 31, 1975
    Adventure
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    Syndicate Sadists
    59 %|Aug 16, 1975
    Action, Crime, Drama
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    A Delicate Balance
    58 %|Nov 12, 1973
    Drama
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    F for Fake
    74.11 %|Sep 1, 1973
    Documentary
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    Soylent Green
    69.49 %|Apr 18, 1973
    Science Fiction, Thriller
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    The Devil's Daughter
    65 %|Jan 9, 1973
    Horror, TV Movie
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    The Scopone Game
    74 %|Aug 28, 1972
    Comedy, Drama
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    Baron Blood
    61.71 %|Feb 25, 1972
    Horror
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    Doomsday Voyage
    0 %|Feb 1, 1972
    Drama
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    The Screaming Woman
    66.33 %|Jan 29, 1972
    Drama, Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
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    Lady Frankenstein
    52 %|Oct 22, 1971
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    City Beneath the Sea
    41 %|Jul 16, 1971
    Science Fiction, Action
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    The Abominable Dr. Phibes
    69.12 %|May 18, 1971
    Horror, Comedy
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    Do You Take This Stranger?
    50 %|Jan 17, 1971
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Assault on the Wayne
    30 %|Jan 12, 1971
    Action, Drama, TV Movie
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    Journey to Murder
    0 %|Jan 1, 1971
    TV Movie, Mystery, Horror
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    The Grasshopper
    51 %|May 27, 1970
    Romance, Drama
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    Cutter's Trail
    75 %|Feb 10, 1970
    Western, TV Movie
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    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    72 %|Jan 26, 1970
    War, History, Drama
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    The Lonely Profession
    0 %|Oct 21, 1969
    Crime
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    Latitude Zero
    58 %|Jul 26, 1969
    Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
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    Split Second to an Epitaph
    0 %|Sep 26, 1968
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    White Comanche
    46 %|Jun 21, 1968
    Western
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    Petulia
    59 %|Jun 10, 1968
    Drama, Romance
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    Gangsters '70
    73 %|Apr 29, 1968
    Crime
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    Alexander The Great
    50 %|Jan 26, 1968
    Adventure, Drama, History, TV Movie
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    Jack of Diamonds
    47 %|Nov 10, 1967
    Crime, Drama
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    The Hellbenders
    64.79 %|Feb 2, 1967
    Western
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    Some May Live
    35 %|Jan 1, 1967
    Thriller
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    Brighty of the Grand Canyon
    55 %|Nov 24, 1966
    Western
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    The Oscar
    51 %|Mar 4, 1966
    Drama
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    The Tramplers
    60 %|Dec 31, 1965
    Western
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    The Money Trap
    49 %|Sep 7, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    The Great Sioux Massacre
    42 %|Apr 25, 1965
    Drama, Western, History
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    Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
    72 %|Dec 15, 1964
    Drama, Horror, Mystery
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    Hollywood and the Stars
    0 %|May 4, 1964
    Documentary
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    Hollywood: The Selznick Years
    33 %|Dec 31, 1961
    Documentary
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    The Last Sunset
    67.6 %|Jun 8, 1961
    Western, Drama
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    The Angel Wore Red
    53 %|Apr 14, 1960
    Action, Drama, War, Romance
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    From the Earth to the Moon
    52 %|Nov 26, 1958
    Science Fiction, Adventure
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    Touch of Evil
    77.72999999999999 %|Mar 30, 1958
    Crime, Thriller, Mystery
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    The Edge of Innocence
    0 %|Oct 31, 1957
    Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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    The Halliday Brand
    61 %|Jan 1, 1957
    Western
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    The Killer is Loose
    65.75 %|Feb 3, 1956
    Crime, Thriller
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    The Bottom of the Bottle
    55 %|Feb 1, 1956
    Drama
    actor
    Special Delivery
    0 %|Apr 7, 1955
    Comedy
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    A Blueprint for Murder
    61 %|Jul 24, 1953
    Mystery, Crime, Thriller
    actor
    Egypt by Three
    60 %|Mar 31, 1953
    Drama
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    Niagara
    68 %|Jan 26, 1953
    Thriller, Crime
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    The Steel Trap
    65 %|Nov 12, 1952
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    Untamed Frontier
    72 %|Jul 23, 1952
    Western
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    Othello
    73.43 %|Nov 28, 1951
    Drama, Romance
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    The Man with a Cloak
    69 %|Nov 27, 1951
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Peking Express
    80 %|Aug 1, 1951
    Drama, Thriller, Action
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    Half Angel
    56 %|May 5, 1951
    Comedy
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    September Affair
    61 %|Oct 18, 1950
    Romance, Drama
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    Walk Softly, Stranger
    50 %|Oct 14, 1950
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Two Flags West
    62.31 %|Oct 12, 1950
    Western, War
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    Beyond the Forest
    68.23 %|Oct 21, 1949
    Drama, Thriller
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    Under Capricorn
    60.44 %|Sep 8, 1949
    Drama, History
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    The Third Man
    79 %|Aug 31, 1949
    Thriller, Mystery
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    Portrait of Jennie
    70.35 %|Dec 25, 1948
    Drama, Romance, Fantasy, Mystery
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    Our American Heritage
    0 %|Aug 1, 1947
    Documentary
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    The Farmer's Daughter
    69 %|Mar 26, 1947
    Comedy, Romance
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    Duel in the Sun
    64.12 %|Dec 31, 1946
    Western, Romance, Drama
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    Love Letters
    62 %|Oct 26, 1945
    Drama, Mystery, Romance
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    I'll Be Seeing You
    69 %|Dec 31, 1944
    Romance, Drama
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    Since You Went Away
    64 %|Jun 30, 1944
    Drama, Romance, War
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    Gaslight
    74.82000000000001 %|May 4, 1944
    Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
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    Hers to Hold
    68 %|Jul 16, 1943
    Drama, Music, Romance
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    Shadow of a Doubt
    75.28999999999999 %|Jan 15, 1943
    Thriller
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    Journey into Fear
    60 %|Jan 7, 1943
    Thriller, War
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    The Magnificent Ambersons
    73.28 %|Jul 10, 1942
    Drama, Romance
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    Lydia
    64 %|Sep 18, 1941
    Drama, Romance
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    Citizen Kane
    80.1 %|Apr 17, 1941
    Mystery, Drama

    Series

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    Tales of the Unexpected
    67 %|Mar 24, 1979
    Drama
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    Tales of the Unexpected
    67 %|Mar 24, 1979
    Drama
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    Aspen
    60 %|Nov 5, 1977
    Drama
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    The Love Boat
    62.59 %|Sep 24, 1977
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
    71 %|Jan 30, 1977
    Mystery, Action & Adventure
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    Origins of the Mafia
    0 %|Nov 19, 1976
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Rockford Files
    74.53 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Streets of San Francisco
    70 %|Sep 23, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
    actor
    V.I.P. Schaukel
    60 %|May 9, 1971
    Talk, Documentary
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    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
    65 %|Sep 9, 1967
    Comedy
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    Cimarron Strip
    48 %|Sep 7, 1967
    Western
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    Ironside
    68.52000000000001 %|Mar 28, 1967
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    actor
    Hollywood and the Stars
    60 %|Sep 30, 1963
    Documentary
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    The Great Adventure
    0 %|Sep 27, 1963
    Drama
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    Bus Stop
    0 %|Oct 1, 1961
    Drama
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    Dr. Kildare
    53.75 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
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    The Barbara Stanwyck Show
    62 %|Sep 19, 1960
    Drama
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    Checkmate
    37 %|Sep 17, 1960
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    actor
    The DuPont Show with June Allyson
    63.33 %|Sep 21, 1959
    Drama
    actor
    The DuPont Show with June Allyson
    63.33 %|Sep 21, 1959
    Drama
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    77 Sunset Strip
    66.82000000000001 %|Oct 10, 1958
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Kraft Music Hall
    40 %|Oct 8, 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
    43.33 %|Oct 6, 1958
    Drama
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    Suspicion
    58.57 %|Sep 30, 1957
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
    actor
    On Trial
    50 %|Sep 14, 1956
    poster
    Telephone Time
    63.33 %|Apr 8, 1956
    Drama
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.00999999999999 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.00999999999999 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.00999999999999 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
    poster
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77.00999999999999 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Letter to Loretta
    58 %|Sep 20, 1953
    Drama
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    General Electric Theater
    55 %|Feb 1, 1953
    Comedy, Drama
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    General Electric Theater
    55 %|Feb 1, 1953
    Comedy, Drama
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    General Electric Theater
    55 %|Feb 1, 1953
    Comedy, Drama
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
    60 %|Oct 5, 1951
    Drama, Comedy
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    What's My Line?
    66.19 %|Feb 2, 1950
    Family, Comedy