Walk Softly, Stranger (Stevenson) (as Chris Hale) Two Flags West (Wise) (as Col. The Third Man (Reed) (as Holly Martins) Under Capricorn (Hitchcock) (as Sam Flusky) Beyond the Forest (King Vidor) (as Dr. Portrait of Jennie ( Jennie) (Dieterle) (as Eben Adams) 1949 The Farmer's Daughter (Potter) (as Glenn Morley) 1948 Love Letters (Dieterle) (as Alan Quinton) 1946ĭuel in the Sun (King Vidor and others) (as Jesse McCanles) 1947 Anthony Willett) I'll Be Seeing You (Dieterle) (as Zachary Morgan) 1945 Gaslight ( The Murder in Thornton Square) (Cukor) (as Brian Cameron) Since You Went Away (Cromwell) (as Lt. Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock) (as Uncle Charlie) Hers to Hold (Ryan) (as Bill Morley) 1944 The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles) (as Eugene Morgan) Journey into Fear (Norman Foster) (as Graham, + co-sc) 1943 Films as Actor: 1941Ĭitizen Kane (Welles) (as Jed Leland) Lydia (Duvivier) (as Michael Fitzpatrick) 1942 Died: In Westwood, California, 6 February 1994. Awards: Best Actor, Venice Festival, for Portrait of Jennie, 1949. Selznick after Mercury players forced to leave RKO 1948-contract sold to Warners 1949-began to freelance for other studios 1950–53-contract with 20th Century-Fox 1953–54-returned to Broadway for starring role in Sabrina Fair 1955–56-host on TV series The 20th Century-Fox Hour 1956–57-host and occasional actor on TV series On Trial, later The Joseph Cotten Show, produced by his own company, Fordyce Productions 1963–64-host on TV series Hollywood and the Stars, and appeared in TV mini-series Aspen, 1977. Career: 1929-occasional drama critic for Miami Herald while selling paint and later advertising space in Miami 1930-engaged by Belasco Theatre as understudy and assistant stage manager in New York 1931-actor with Copley Square Theatre worked in summer stock 1932-Broadway debut with small screen role in Absent Father 1936-joined Orson Welles's Federal Theater project 1938-joined Welles and John Houseman's Mercury Theater 1939-critical acclaim for role opposite Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story on Broadway 1941-film debut in Citizen Kane 1942-seven-year contract with David O. Family: Married 1) Lenore Kipp Lamont, 1931 (died 1960), one stepdaughter 2) the actress Patricia Medina, 1960. Education: Studied at Hickman School of Expression, Washington, D.C. Born: Joseph Cheshire Cotten in Petersburg, Virginia.
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