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Acting

Joseph Cotten

Career: Active from 1941 to 2013, with a break from 1982 to 2012, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 62
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Citizen Kane
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 78 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joseph Cotten Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Tension 9
Political Intrigue 8
Psychological Thriller 7
Gothic Horror 7
Historical Setting 6
Moral Ambiguity 6
Classic Hollywood 5
Character-Driven 5
Character Study 4
Crime Drama 4
Social Commentary 4
Suspenseful 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

125

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 55

Too Much Johnson

55

as Augustus Billings (uncredited)

1990s

1 title

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)

1980s

5 titles · average score 46

Delusion

41

as Ivar Langrock

The Survivor

41

as Priest

The Hearse

41

as Walter Prichard

Heaven's Gate

61

as The Reverend Doctor

Casino

as Ed Booker

1970s

40 titles · average score 57

Guyana: Crime of the Century

42

as Richard Gable

The Perfect Crime

52

as Sir Arthur Dundee

Airport '77

48

as Nicholas St. Downs III

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Colonel Van Ryker

Syndicate Sadists

51

as Paternò

Soylent Green

69

as William R. Simonson

Baron Blood

33

as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker

The Scopone Game

72

as George

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

80

as Dr. Vesalius

Lady Frankenstein

42

as Baron Frankenstein

Tora! Tora! Tora!

64

as Henry L. Stimson

The Grasshopper

51

as Richard Morgan

1960s

30 titles · average score 59

Latitude Zero

56

as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie

White Comanche

44

as Sheriff Logan

The Hellbenders

63

as Colonel Jonas

Jack of Diamonds

47

as Ace

The Oscar

29

as Kenneth Regan

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

as Jim

The Great Sioux Massacre

43

as Major Marcus A. Reno

The Tramplers

60

as Temple Cordeen

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

80

as Drew Bayliss

Hollywood and the Stars

79

TV show · as Narrator

The Last Sunset

62

as John Breckenridge

The Angel Wore Red

48

as Hawthorne

1950s

31 titles · average score 65

From the Earth to the Moon

45

as Victor Barbicane

The Killer Is Loose

66

as Detective Sam Wagner

Niagara

71

as George Loomis

A Blueprint for Murder

64

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

as Narrator

The Steel Trap

67

as Jim Osborne

Untamed Frontier

42

as Kirk Denbow

The Man with a Cloak

67

as Dupin

Half Angel

46

as John Raymond Jr.

Two Flags West

53

as Clay Tucker

Walk Softly, Stranger

56

as Chris Hale/Steve

September Affair

58

as David Lawrence

1940s

17 titles · average score 74

The Third Man

91

as Holly Martins

Under Capricorn

48

as Sam Flusky

Portrait of Jennie

85

as Eben Adams

The Farmer's Daughter

87

as Glenn Morley

Duel in the Sun

71

as Jesse McCanles

Gaslight

83

as Brian Cameron

Since You Went Away

75

as Tony Willett

I'll Be Seeing You

71

as Zachary Morgan

Shadow of a Doubt

88

as Charlie Oakley

Journey into Fear

63

as Howard Graham

The Magnificent Ambersons

84

as Eugene Morgan

Citizen Kane

91

as Jedediah Leland