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| 3 | Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. |
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| 5 | He was born in Petersburg, Virginia. His first big break in show business was as a member of Creator/OrsonWelles' Mercury Theatre troupe, both on the stage and in radio as ''Radio/TheMercuryTheatreOnTheAir''. When Welles got a Hollywood deal, Cotten went with him, and gained worldwide fame in Welles' films ''Film/CitizenKane'' (1941) and ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'' (1942), going on to become one of the leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s. One of his final films was ''Film/HeavensGate'' (1980). Shortly after completing that film, Cotten had a stroke which caused him to temporarily lose his voice and put an end to his career before his death in 1994. |
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| 7 | Cotten was one of the most dependable character actors of his time. He usually played affable romantic leads but could also play a mentally unstable jealous husband (''Niagara'') or a murderous sociopath (''Film/ShadowOfADoubt''). His distinct hairstyle and face was the visual inspiration for the likeness of ComicBook/NormanOsborn and his son. |
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| 10 | !!Joseph Cotten films on this wiki include: |
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| 12 | * ''Film/CitizenKane'' (1941) |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Lydia}}'' (1941) |
| 14 | * ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'' (1942) |
| 15 | * ''Film/JourneyIntoFear'' (1943) |
| 16 | * ''Film/ShadowOfADoubt'' (1943) |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Gaslight}}'' (1944) |
| 18 | * ''Film/IllBeSeeingYou'' (1944) |
| 19 | * ''Film/SinceYouWentAway'' (1944) |
| 20 | * ''Film/LoveLetters'' (1945) |
| 21 | * ''Film/DuelInTheSun'' (1946) |
| 22 | * ''Film/PortraitOfJennie'' (1948) |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheThirdMan'' (1949) |
| 24 | * ''Film/UnderCapricorn'' (1949) |
| 25 | * ''Film/BeyondTheForest'' (1949) |
| 26 | * ''Film/{{Othello|1951}}'' (1951) |
| 27 | * ''Film/ABlueprintForMurder'' (1953) |
| 28 | * ''Film/{{Niagara}}'' (1953) |
| 29 | * ''Film/TheLastSunset'' (1961) |
| 30 | * ''Film/HushHushSweetCharlotte'' (1964) |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheOscar'' (1966) |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{Petulia}}'' (1968) |
| 33 | * ''Film/LatitudeZero'' (1969) |
| 34 | * ''Film/TheGrasshopper'' (1970) |
| 35 | * ''Film/ToraToraTora'' (1970) |
| 36 | * ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' (1971) |
| 37 | * ''Film/LadyFrankenstein'' (1971) |
| 38 | * ''Film/SoylentGreen'' (1973) |
| 39 | * ''Film/FForFake'' (1973) |
| 40 | * ''Theatre/{{A Delicate Balance|1967}}'' (1973) |
| 41 | * ''Film/TwilightsLastGleaming'' (1977) |
| 42 | * ''[[Film/{{Airport}} Airport '77]]'' (1977) |
| 43 | * ''Film/HeavensGate'' (1980) |
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