Acting
Joseph Cotten
- Titles
- 107movies40TV shows
- Career
Active from 1941 to 2014, with a break from 1991 to 2012, busiest in 1979 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 65top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
The Third Man91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 72 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.9average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.6
- Mystery5.3average 4.1
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Psychological6.4average 5.6
- Melancholy5.5average 4.7
- Tension6.7average 6.1
- Politics3.2average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Psychological Tension 10
- Political Intrigue 8
- Gothic Horror 7
- Psychological Thriller 7
- Historical Setting 6
- Character Study 5
- Moral Ambiguity 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Classic Hollywood 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Western 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Agnes MooreheadActorCitizen Kane, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Magnificent Ambersons, Since You Went Away, Journey into Fear
Orson WellesActorCitizen Kane, The Third Man, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, Too Much Johnson- LLee GarmesCinematographerDuel in the Sun, Since You Went Away, Love Letters, The Bottom of the Bottle, Lydia
Dimitri TiomkinComposerShadow of a Doubt, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, The Steel Trap, Peking Express
William DieterleDirectorPortrait of Jennie, I'll Be Seeing You, Love Letters, September Affair, Peking Express
Cecil KellawayActorHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Portrait of Jennie, Love Letters, Half Angel
Bette DavisActorHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Scopone Game, Beyond the Forest, Hollywood and the Stars
Jennifer JonesActorDuel in the Sun, Since You Went Away, Portrait of Jennie, Love Letters
Ben HechtWriterDuel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, September Affair, Lydia
Michael LucianoEditorHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, Twilight's Last Gleaming, The Last Sunset, The Halliday Brand
Olivia de HavillandActorAirport '77, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Screaming Woman
Alida ValliActorThe Third Man, The Perfect Crime, Walk Softly, Stranger
Movies and TV shows
401970s
40 titles · average score 57
41
as Richard Gable
54
as Prof. Ernest Marvin
48
as Milland
71
TV show · as Lionel / Edward
as Gen. George C. Marshall
51
as Sir Arthur Dundee
58
as Crandall
69
as Simon Grant
as Foster Johnson
43
as Nicholas St. Downs III
73
as Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
53
TV show · as Colonel Van Ryker
48
TV show · as Weldon Rathbone
TV show · as Horton Paine
58
as The Professor
56
as Narrator
TV show · as The Envoy
70
as Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
49
as Paternò
as Greedy sawmill mogul
82
TV show · as Warner Jameson
72
as William R. Simonson
50
as Judge Weatherby
63
as Harry
as Narrator
32
as Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
74
as George
as Captain Jason
47
TV show · as John R. James
66
as George Tresvant
69
as Dr. Vesalius
42
as Baron Frankenstein
45
as Admiral
as Jeff Wheeler
46
as Dr. Ziegler
as Dr. Robert Carson
64
as Henry L. Stimson
54
as Richard Morgan
as General Spalding