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class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.3</span> <span><i>Journey into Fear</i> (1943)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Journey_into_Fear_(1943)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Third_Man_(1949)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Third_Man_(1949)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.4</span> <span><i>The Third Man</i> (1949)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Third_Man_(1949)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1950–1969:_Established_actor" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1950–1969:_Established_actor"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>1950–1969: Established actor</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1950–1969:_Established_actor-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1970–1981:_Later_and_final_roles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86" title="جوزيف كوتين – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جوزيف كوتين" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozef_Kotten" title="Cozef Kotten – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cozef Kotten" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86" title="جوزف کاتن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جوزف کاتن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Джоузеф Котън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джоузеф Котън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%86_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD" title="Τζόζεφ Κότεν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζόζεφ Κότεν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86" title="جوزف کاتن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جوزف کاتن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80%ED%94%84_%EC%BD%94%ED%8A%BC" title="조지프 코튼 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조지프 코튼" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%86_%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B6" title="Ջոզեֆ Քոթեն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջոզեֆ Քոթեն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98%D7%9F" title="ג'וזף קוטן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'וזף קוטן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosephus_Cotten" title="Iosephus Cotten – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Iosephus Cotten" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEozefs_Kotens" title="Džozefs Kotens – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džozefs Kotens" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86" title="چوزيف كوتين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="چوزيف كوتين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3" title="ジョゼフ・コットン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョゼフ・コットン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cotten" title="Joseph Cotten – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Joseph Cotten" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Joseph-Cotten-1942.jpg/440px-Joseph-Cotten-1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4440" data-file-height="5500" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cotten in 1942</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1905-05-15</span>)</span>May 15, 1905<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia" title="Petersburg, Virginia">Petersburg, Virginia</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 6, 1994<span style="display:none">(1994-02-06)</span> (aged 88)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Blandford_Cemetery" title="Blandford Cemetery">Blandford Cemetery</a>, Petersburg, Virginia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1930–1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 2 in (188 cm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Lenore Kipp</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1931; died 1960)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Medina" title="Patricia Medina">Patricia Medina</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Venice_Film_Festival" title="Venice Film Festival">Volpi Cup for Best Actor</a>:<br />1949 <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Jennie" title="Portrait of Jennie">Portrait of Jennie</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr.</b> (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a>, starring in the original stage productions of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Story_(play)" title="The Philadelphia Story (play)">The Philadelphia Story</a></i> (1939) and <i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_Fair" title="Sabrina Fair">Sabrina Fair</a></i> (1953). He then gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i> (1941), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Ambersons_(film)" title="The Magnificent Ambersons (film)">The Magnificent Ambersons</a></i> (1942), and <i><a href="/wiki/Journey_into_Fear_(1943_film)" title="Journey into Fear (1943 film)">Journey into Fear</a></i> (1943), in which Cotten starred and for which he was also credited with the screenplay. </p><p>Cotten went on to become one of the leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s, appearing in films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_of_a_Doubt" title="Shadow of a Doubt">Shadow of a Doubt</a></i> (1943); <i><a href="/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)" title="Gaslight (1944 film)">Gaslight</a></i> (1944); <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Letters_(1945_film)" title="Love Letters (1945 film)">Love Letters</a></i> (1945); <i><a href="/wiki/Duel_in_the_Sun_(film)" title="Duel in the Sun (film)">Duel in the Sun</a></i> (1946); <i><a href="/wiki/The_Farmer%27s_Daughter_(1947_film)" title="The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)">The Farmer's Daughter</a></i> (1947); <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Jennie" title="Portrait of Jennie">Portrait of Jennie</a></i> (1948), for which he won the <a href="/wiki/Volpi_Cup_for_Best_Actor" title="Volpi Cup for Best Actor">Volpi Cup for Best Actor</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i> (1949), alongside Welles; and <i><a href="/wiki/Niagara_(1953_film)" title="Niagara (1953 film)">Niagara</a></i> (1953). One of his final films was <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(film)" title="Heaven's Gate (film)">Heaven's Gate</a></i> (1980). </p><p>Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg/170px-Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg/255px-Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg/340px-Jo-Cotten-American-FC-1931.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="3450" /></a><figcaption>Joseph Cotten modeled for <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Magazine" title="The American Magazine">The American Magazine</a></i> (September 1931)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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.thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-WPA_Federal_Theater_Project_in_New_York-%22Horse_Eats_Hat%22-Joseph_Cotten_-_NARA_-_195723.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1385" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Cotten in <i><a href="/wiki/Horse_Eats_Hat" title="Horse Eats Hat">Horse Eats Hat</a></i> (1936)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg/220px-Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg/330px-Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg/440px-Too-Much-Johnson-Cotten-Barrier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1520" data-file-height="1520" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Cotten and <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Barrier" title="Edgar Barrier">Edgar Barrier</a> during the shooting of film sequences for the stage production <i><a href="/wiki/Too_Much_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Too Much Johnson">Too Much Johnson</a></i> (1938)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philadelphia-Story-Stage-5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Philadelphia-Story-Stage-5.jpg/220px-Philadelphia-Story-Stage-5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Philadelphia-Story-Stage-5.jpg/330px-Philadelphia-Story-Stage-5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Philadelphia-Story-Stage-5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="490" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Cotten and <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> on Broadway in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Story_(play)" title="The Philadelphia Story (play)">The Philadelphia Story</a></i> (1939)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg/220px-Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg/330px-Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg/440px-Citizen_Kane-Jo_Cotten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Cotten is introduced in the <a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane_trailer" title="Citizen Kane trailer">trailer</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i> (1941).</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg/220px-The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg/330px-The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg/440px-The-Magnificent-Ambersons-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="718" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Dolores_Costello" title="Dolores Costello">Dolores Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Baxter" title="Anne Baxter">Anne Baxter</a>, Cotten, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Holt" title="Tim Holt">Tim Holt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Collins_(actor)" title="Ray Collins (actor)">Ray Collins</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Ambersons_(film)" title="The Magnificent Ambersons (film)">The Magnificent Ambersons</a></i> (1942)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg/220px-Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg/330px-Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg/440px-Dolores_del_Rio-Joseph_Cotten-Journey_into_Fear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="620" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Cotten and <a href="/wiki/Dolores_del_R%C3%ADo" title="Dolores del Río">Dolores del Río</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Journey_into_Fear_(1943_film)" title="Journey into Fear (1943 film)">Journey into Fear</a></i> (1943)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg/220px-Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg/330px-Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg/440px-Mercury-Wonder-Show-Welles-Cotten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2630" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">George (Shorty) Chirello, Cotten, assistant Eleanor Counts and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mercury_Wonder_Show" title="The Mercury Wonder Show">The Mercury Wonder Show</a></i> (1943)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg/220px-Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg/330px-Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg/440px-Welles-Hayworth-Cotten-1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3100" data-file-height="2412" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Wedding of Orson Welles and <a href="/wiki/Rita_Hayworth" title="Rita Hayworth">Rita Hayworth</a>, with best man Cotten (September 7, 1943)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg/220px-Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg/330px-Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg/440px-Joseph_Cotten_in_Shadow_of_a_Doubt_trailer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="446" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Cotten in <i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_of_a_Doubt" title="Shadow of a Doubt">Shadow of a Doubt</a></i> (1943)</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg/220px-Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg/330px-Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg/440px-Jo-Cotten-FDR-LIFE-1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="816" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Members of the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt visit FDR at the White House (October 1944). From left: <a href="/wiki/Van_Wyck_Brooks" title="Van Wyck Brooks">Van Wyck Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Weinstein" title="Hannah Weinstein">Hannah Dorner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jo_Davidson" title="Jo Davidson">Jo Davidson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jan_Kiepura" title="Jan Kiepura">Jan Kiepura</a>, Cotten, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Gish" title="Dorothy Gish">Dorothy Gish</a>, Dr. <a href="/wiki/Harlow_Shapley" title="Harlow Shapley">Harlow Shapley</a></div></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg/220px-Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg/330px-Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg/440px-Cotten_Jones_Duel_in_the_Sun_Still_1946.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1302" data-file-height="983" /></a><figcaption>Cotten and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a> in <i>Duel in the Sun</i> (1946)</figcaption></figure> <p>Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. was born on May 15, 1905, in <a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia" title="Petersburg, Virginia">Petersburg, Virginia</a>, United States, the first of three sons born to Joseph Cheshire Cotten Sr., an assistant postmaster, and Sally Willson Cotten.<sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 224">: 224 </span></sup> He had two brothers, Whitworth W. "Whit" and Samuel W. Cotten. Both were engineers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cotten grew up in the <a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater region</a> and showed an aptitude for drama and a gift for storytelling.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1923, when Cotten was 18, his family arranged for him to receive private lessons at the Hickman School of Expression in Washington, D.C., and underwrote his expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-los_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-los-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cotten served in the <a href="/wiki/First_Motion_Picture_Unit" title="First Motion Picture Unit">First Motion Picture Unit</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">U.S. Army Air Forces</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-smithsonianmag_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smithsonianmag-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten earned spending money playing professional football on Sundays, for $25 a quarter. After graduation, he earned enough money as a lifeguard at Wilcox Lake to pay back his family's loan, with interest.<sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 4–7">: 4–7 </span></sup> He moved to Miami in 1925 and worked as an advertising salesman for <i>The Miami Herald</i> at $35 a week. He started performing at the Miami Civic Theatre, and worked there for five years, also reviewing the shows for the <i>Herald</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-los_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-los-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1932–1939:_Broadway_and_film_debuts"><span id="1932.E2.80.931939:_Broadway_and_film_debuts"></span>1932–1939: Broadway and film debuts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1932–1939: Broadway and film debuts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten moved to New York and went to work for <a href="/wiki/David_Belasco" title="David Belasco">David Belasco</a> as an assistant stage manager. He understudied <a href="/wiki/Melvyn_Douglas" title="Melvyn Douglas">Melvyn Douglas</a> in <i>Tonight or Never</i> then took over Douglas' role for the Copley Theatre in Boston, where he worked on over 30 plays.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cotten struggled to find work in the depression so turned to modeling under the Walter Thornton Model Agency<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and acting in industrial films. He also performed on radio. Cotten made his Broadway debut in 1932 in <i>Absent Friends</i> which ran for 88 performances.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He followed it with <i>Jezebel</i> (1933), staged by <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Cornell" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine Cornell">Katherine Cornell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guthrie_McClintic" title="Guthrie McClintic">Guthrie McClintic</a>, which only had a short run.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was in <i>Loose Moments</i> which ran for 8 performances.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1934, Cotten met and became friends with <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>, a fellow cast member on <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_School_of_the_Air" title="The American School of the Air">The American School of the Air</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 30–31">: 30–31 </span></sup> Welles regarded Cotten as a brilliant comic actor,<sup id="cite_ref-Lunches_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lunches-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 166">: 166 </span></sup> and gave him the starring role in his <a href="/wiki/Federal_Theatre_Project" title="Federal Theatre Project">Federal Theatre Project</a> farce, <i> <a href="/wiki/Horse_Eats_Hat" title="Horse Eats Hat">Horse Eats Hat</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 34">: 34 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (September 26 – December 5, 1936).<sup id="cite_ref-TIOW_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIOW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 334">: 334 </span></sup> Cotten was sure that <i>Horse Eats Hat</i> won him the notice of his future Broadway co-star, <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 34">: 34 </span></sup> Cotten said Welles later told him "You're very lucky to be tall and thin and have curly hair. You can also move about the stage without running into the furniture. But these are fringe assets, and I'm afraid you'll never make it as an actor. But as a star, I think you well might hit the jackpot."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1937, Cotten became an inaugural member of Welles's <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Theatre" title="Mercury Theatre">Mercury Theatre</a> company, starring in its Broadway productions <i><a href="/wiki/Caesar_(Mercury_Theatre)" title="Caesar (Mercury Theatre)">Caesar</a></i> as Publius; it ran for 157 performances. He followed it with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shoemaker%27s_Holiday" title="The Shoemaker's Holiday">The Shoemaker's Holiday</a></i> (1938) and <i><a href="/wiki/Danton%27s_Death" title="Danton's Death">Danton's Death</a></i> (1938) for Welles. Cotten also performed in radio dramas presented on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mercury_Theatre_on_the_Air" title="The Mercury Theatre on the Air">The Mercury Theatre on the Air</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Campbell_Playhouse_(radio_series)" title="The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)">The Campbell Playhouse</a></i>. That same year Cotten made his film debut in the Welles-directed short, <i><a href="/wiki/Too_Much_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Too Much Johnson">Too Much Johnson</a></i> (1938), a comedy that was intended to complement the aborted 1938 Mercury stage production of <a href="/wiki/William_Gillette" title="William Gillette">William Gillette</a>'s 1894 play. The film was never screened in public and was lost until 2008 (and then screened in 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Pordenone_Silent_Film_Festival" title="Pordenone Silent Film Festival">Pordenone Silent Film Festival</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten returned to Broadway in 1939, creating the role of C. K. Dexter Haven opposite <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a>'s Tracy Lord in the original production of <a href="/wiki/Philip_Barry" title="Philip Barry">Philip Barry</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Story_(play)" title="The Philadelphia Story (play)">The Philadelphia Story</a></i>. The play ran for 417 performances at the <a href="/wiki/Shubert_Theatre_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shubert Theatre (New York City)">Shubert Theatre</a>, and in the months before its extensive national tour a <a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Story_(film)" title="The Philadelphia Story (film)">film version</a> was to be made by MGM. Cotten went to Hollywood, but discovered there that his stage success in <i>The Philadelphia Story</i> translated to, in the words of his agent <a href="/wiki/Leland_Hayward" title="Leland Hayward">Leland Hayward</a>, "spending a solid year creating the <a href="/wiki/Cary_Grant" title="Cary Grant">Cary Grant</a> role." Hayward suggested that they call Cotten's good pal, Orson Welles. "He's been making big waves out here", Hayward said. "Maybe nobody in Hollywood ever heard of the Shubert Theatre in New York, but everybody certainly knows about the Mercury Theatre in New York."<sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 34–37">: 34–37 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940–1949:_Leading_film_roles"><span id="1940.E2.80.931949:_Leading_film_roles"></span>1940–1949: Leading film roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1940–1949: Leading film roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Citizen_Kane_(1941)"><span id="Citizen_Kane_.281941.29"></span><i>Citizen Kane</i> (1941)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Citizen Kane (1941)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the success of Welles's <i><a href="/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)" title="The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)">War of the Worlds</a></i> 1938 <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> radio broadcast, Welles gained a unique contract with <a href="/wiki/RKO_Pictures" title="RKO Pictures">RKO Pictures</a>. The two-picture deal promised full creative control for the young director below an agreed budget limit, and Welles's intention was to feature the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Theatre" title="Mercury Theatre">Mercury Players</a> in his productions. Shooting had still not begun on a Welles film after a year, but after a meeting with writer <a href="/wiki/Herman_J._Mankiewicz" title="Herman J. Mankiewicz">Herman J. Mankiewicz</a> Welles had a suitable project. </p><p>In mid-1940, filming began on <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Kane" title="Citizen Kane">Citizen Kane</a></i>, portraying the life of a press magnate (played by Welles) who starts out as an idealist but eventually turns into a corrupt, lonely old man. The film featured Cotten prominently in the role of Kane's best friend <a href="/wiki/Sources_for_Citizen_Kane#Jedediah_Leland" title="Sources for Citizen Kane">Jedediah Leland</a>, eventually a drama critic for one of Kane's papers. </p><p>When released on May 1, 1941, <i>Citizen Kane</i> – based in part on the life of newspaper magnate <a href="/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst" title="William Randolph Hearst">William Randolph Hearst</a>– did not do much business at theaters; Hearst owned numerous major newspapers, and forbade them to carry advertisements for the film. Nominated for nine <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> in 1942, the film won only for Best Screenplay, for Mankiewicz and Welles. <i>Citizen Kane</i> launched the film careers of the Mercury Players, including <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a> (who played Kane's mother), <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Warrick" title="Ruth Warrick">Ruth Warrick</a> (Kane's first wife), and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Collins_(actor)" title="Ray Collins (actor)">Ray Collins</a> (Kane's political opponent). However, Cotten was the only one of the four to find major success as a lead in Hollywood outside of <i>Citizen Kane</i>; Moorehead and Collins became successful character film actors. Moorehead starred in Bewitched and Warrick spent decades in a career in daytime television, specifically <a href="/wiki/All_My_Children" title="All My Children">All My Children</a>. </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>, in an otherwise mixed review of the film, said that "Cotten's work is vital and distinctive ... He is an important 'find.'"<sup id="cite_ref-schallert19410509_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schallert19410509-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Korda" title="Alexander Korda">Alexander Korda</a> hired him to play <a href="/wiki/Merle_Oberon" title="Merle Oberon">Merle Oberon</a>'s leading man in <i><a href="/wiki/Lydia_(film)" title="Lydia (film)">Lydia</a></i> (1941). "I didn't care about the movies, really", Cotten said later. "I was tall. I had curly hair. I could talk. It was easy to do."<sup id="cite_ref-los_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-los-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Magnificent_Ambersons_(1942)"><span id="The_Magnificent_Ambersons_.281942.29"></span><i>The Magnificent Ambersons</i> (1942)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten starred in Welles's adaptation and production of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Magnificent_Ambersons_(film)" title="The Magnificent Ambersons (film)">The Magnificent Ambersons</a></i> (1942). After the commercial disappointment of <i>Citizen Kane</i>, RKO was apprehensive about the new film, and after poor preview responses, cut it by nearly an hour before its release. Though at points the film appeared disjointed, it was well received by critics. Despite the critical accolades Cotten received for his performance, he was again snubbed by the academy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Journey_into_Fear_(1943)"><span id="Journey_into_Fear_.281943.29"></span><i>Journey into Fear</i> (1943)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Journey into Fear (1943)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten was cast in the World War II spy thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Journey_into_Fear_(1943_film)" title="Journey into Fear (1943 film)">Journey into Fear</a></i> (1943) based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ambler" title="Eric Ambler">Eric Ambler</a>. It was originally scripted by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hecht" title="Ben Hecht">Ben Hecht</a> but Welles, who was supervising, disliked it, and rewrote it with Cotten.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Released by RKO, the Mercury production was directed by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Foster_(director)" title="Norman Foster (director)">Norman Foster</a>. It was a collaborative effort due to the difficulties shooting the film and the pressures related to Welles' imminent departure to South America to begin work on <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_True_(film)" title="It's All True (film)">It's All True</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-TIOW_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIOW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 165, 377">: 165, 377 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock" title="Alfred Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a> cast Cotten as a charming serial killer in <i><a href="/wiki/Shadow_of_a_Doubt" title="Shadow of a Doubt">Shadow of a Doubt</a></i> (1943).<sup id="cite_ref-classic_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-classic-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was made for Universal Pictures, for whom Cotten then appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Hers_to_Hold" title="Hers to Hold">Hers to Hold</a></i> (1943), as <a href="/wiki/Deanna_Durbin" title="Deanna Durbin">Deanna Durbin</a>'s leading man. </p><p>After Welles's return, he and Cotten co-produced <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mercury_Wonder_Show" title="The Mercury Wonder Show">The Mercury Wonder Show</a></i> for members of the U.S. armed services. Opening August 3, 1943, the all-star magic and variety show was presented in a tent at 9000 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood. Featured were Welles (Orson the Magnificent), Cotten (Jo-Jo the Great), <a href="/wiki/Rita_Hayworth" title="Rita Hayworth">Rita Hayworth</a> (forced to quit by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a> boss <a href="/wiki/Harry_Cohn" title="Harry Cohn">Harry Cohn</a> and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Marlene_Dietrich" title="Marlene Dietrich">Marlene Dietrich</a>), <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a> (Calliope Aggie) and others. Tickets were free to servicemen, and more than 48,000 of them had seen show by September 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-TIOW_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIOW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 177, 377–378">: 177, 377–378 </span></sup> </p><p>In late 1943, Cotten visited Welles's office and said that producer <a href="/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick">David O. Selznick</a> wanted to make two or three films with him, but that he wanted him under his own contract. Welles then tore up Cotten's contract with Mercury Productions, saying, "He can do more for you than I can. Good luck!"<sup id="cite_ref-Whaley_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whaley-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 186">: 186 </span></sup> Cotten signed a long-term deal with Selznick. Selznick loaned out Cotten and <a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a> to <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a> for the thriller <i><a href="/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)" title="Gaslight (1944 film)">Gaslight</a></i> (1944), which was a major hit. Selznick then put Cotten in the wartime drama <i><a href="/wiki/Since_You_Went_Away" title="Since You Went Away">Since You Went Away</a></i> (1944) alongside <a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Temple" title="Shirley Temple">Shirley Temple</a>, which was another major success.<sup id="cite_ref-tom_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tom-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Selznick followed this up by teaming Cotten with <a href="/wiki/Ginger_Rogers" title="Ginger Rogers">Ginger Rogers</a> and Temple in <i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Seeing_You_(1944_film)" title="I'll Be Seeing You (1944 film)">I'll Be Seeing You</a></i> (1945), another melodrama. <a href="/wiki/Hal_Wallis" class="mw-redirect" title="Hal Wallis">Hal Wallis</a> borrowed Cotten and Jones to make <i><a href="/wiki/Love_Letters_(1945_film)" title="Love Letters (1945 film)">Love Letters</a></i> (1945). Exhibitors voted him the 17th most popular star in the United States in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Selznick used Cotten, Jennifer Jones and <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Peck" title="Gregory Peck">Gregory Peck</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Duel_in_the_Sun_(film)" title="Duel in the Sun (film)">Duel in the Sun</a></i> (1946), an epic Western that was hugely popular at the box office. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dore_Schary" title="Dore Schary">Dore Schary</a>, who had worked for Selznick, went to run RKO and hired Cotten for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Farmer%27s_Daughter_(1947_film)" title="The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)">The Farmer's Daughter</a></i> (1947), where he was <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Young" title="Loretta Young">Loretta Young</a>'s leading man. Cotten then made <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Jennie" title="Portrait of Jennie">Portrait of Jennie</a></i> (1948) for Selznick, co starring with Jones; Cotten played a melancholy artist who becomes obsessed with a girl who might have died many years before. His performance won Cotten the International Prize for Best Actor at the 1949 Venice International Film Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Third_Man_(1949)"><span id="The_Third_Man_.281949.29"></span><i>The Third Man</i> (1949)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The Third Man (1949)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten was reunited with Welles in <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i> (1949), produced by Korda and Selznick. Cotten portrays a writer of <a href="/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp fiction</a> who travels to postwar <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a> to meet his friend Harry Lime (Welles). When he arrives, he is told that Lime has died. Determined to prove to the police that his friend was murdered, he uncovers an even darker secret.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Years later, Cotten would recall that "Orson Welles lists <i>Citizen Kane</i> as his best film, Alfred Hitchcock opts for <i>Shadow of a Doubt</i>, and Sir Carol Reed chose <i>The Third Man</i> – and I'm in all of them."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten then reunited with Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman in <i><a href="/wiki/Under_Capricorn" title="Under Capricorn">Under Capricorn</a></i> (1949)<sup id="cite_ref-classic_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-classic-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as an Australian landowner with a shady past; it was a box office disappointment. So too was <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Forest" title="Beyond the Forest">Beyond the Forest</a></i> (1949) with <a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> at Warner Bros.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950–1969:_Established_actor"><span id="1950.E2.80.931969:_Established_actor"></span>1950–1969: Established actor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1950–1969: Established actor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Joan_Fontaine" title="Joan Fontaine">Joan Fontaine</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/September_Affair" title="September Affair">September Affair</a></i> (1950) for Hal Wallis. Selznick loaned him to 20th Century Fox for the dark <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> Western <i><a href="/wiki/Two_Flags_West" title="Two Flags West">Two Flags West</a></i> (1950), then to RKO for <i><a href="/wiki/Walk_Softly,_Stranger" title="Walk Softly, Stranger">Walk Softly, Stranger</a></i> (1950, shot in 1948) which reunited him with <a href="/wiki/Alida_Valli" title="Alida Valli">Alida Valli</a> from <i>The Third Man</i>. It was a flop.<sup id="cite_ref-rko_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rko-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Fox he did <i><a href="/wiki/Half_Angel_(1951_film)" title="Half Angel (1951 film)">Half Angel</a></i> (1951) with Young, then did another with Wallis at Paramount, <i><a href="/wiki/Peking_Express_(film)" title="Peking Express (film)">Peking Express</a></i> (1951) and went to MGM for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_with_a_Cloak" title="The Man with a Cloak">The Man with a Cloak</a></i> (1951) with <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stanwyck" title="Barbara Stanwyck">Barbara Stanwyck</a>. He had a cameo in Welles' <i><a href="/wiki/Othello_(1951_film)" title="Othello (1951 film)">Othello</a></i> (1951).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten did a Western at Universal, <i><a href="/wiki/Untamed_Frontier" title="Untamed Frontier">Untamed Frontier</a></i> (1953), during the filming of which he was injured.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did a thriller for <a href="/wiki/Andrew_L._Stone" title="Andrew L. Stone">Andrew L. Stone</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Steel_Trap" title="The Steel Trap">The Steel Trap</a></i> (1952), which reunited him with <a href="/wiki/Teresa_Wright" title="Teresa Wright">Teresa Wright</a> from <i>Shadow of a Doubt</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Fox he was in the <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe" title="Marilyn Monroe">Marilyn Monroe</a> vehicle <i><a href="/wiki/Niagara_(1953_film)" title="Niagara (1953 film)">Niagara</a></i> (1953), after <a href="/wiki/James_Mason" title="James Mason">James Mason</a> turned down the role. He narrated <i>Egypt by Three</i> (1953)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was reunited with Stone in <i><a href="/wiki/A_Blueprint_for_Murder" title="A Blueprint for Murder">A Blueprint for Murder</a></i> (1953). </p><p>On the stage in 1953, Cotten created the role of Linus Larrabee Jr. in the original <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> production of <i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_Fair" title="Sabrina Fair">Sabrina Fair</a></i>, opposite <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Sullavan" title="Margaret Sullavan">Margaret Sullavan</a>. The production ran from November 11, 1953, until August 21, 1954, and was the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_(1954_film)" title="Sabrina (1954 film)">Sabrina</a></i>, which starred <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart" title="Humphrey Bogart">Humphrey Bogart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Sullavan appeared in a TV production of <i><a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union_(play)" title="State of the Union (play)">State of the Union</a></i> for <i><a href="/wiki/Producers%27_Showcase" title="Producers' Showcase">Producers' Showcase</a>,</i> directed by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Penn" title="Arthur Penn">Arthur Penn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-State_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten made <i><a href="/wiki/Special_Delivery_(1955_film)" title="Special Delivery (1955 film)">Special Delivery</a></i> (1955) in West Germany and appeared in a TV adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_(play)" title="Broadway (play)">Broadway</a></i> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Broadway" title="The Best of Broadway">The Best of Broadway</a></i> (1955), directed by <a href="/wiki/Franklin_J._Schaffner" title="Franklin J. Schaffner">Franklin J. Schaffner</a>. He appeared in episodes of several <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series#Television" title="Anthology series">TV anthology series</a>, a popular format of the era, including <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Playhouse" title="Celebrity Playhouse">Celebrity Playhouse</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ford_Television_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ford Television Theatre">The Ford Television Theatre</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Stage" title="Star Stage">Star Stage</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents" title="Alfred Hitchcock Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i> (three episodes)<sup id="cite_ref-classic_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-classic-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theater" title="General Electric Theater">General Electric Theater</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1955, Cotten hosted <i>The 20th Century Fox Hour</i> on television.<sup id="cite_ref-joe_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joe-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1956, he introduced and occasionally starred in his own anthology <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> series, <i>On Trial</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Trial_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trial-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because it was popularly known as <i>The Joseph Cotten Show</i>, it was retitled mid-run to <i>The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Trial_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trial-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TVGuide_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVGuide-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ran for 41 episodes through 1959,<sup id="cite_ref-joe_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joe-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Cotten appearing in at least 20.<sup id="cite_ref-Trial_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trial-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He returned to features with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bottom_of_the_Bottle" title="The Bottom of the Bottle">The Bottom of the Bottle</a></i> (1956), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Killer_Is_Loose" title="The Killer Is Loose">The Killer Is Loose</a></i> (1957) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Halliday_Brand" title="The Halliday Brand">The Halliday Brand</a></i> (1957). He guest-starred on <i><a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman_Presents_The_Fireside_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre">Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Telephone_Time" title="Telephone Time">Telephone Time</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_90" title="Playhouse 90">Playhouse 90</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Schlitz_Playhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Schlitz Playhouse">Schlitz Playhouse</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dick_Powell%27s_Zane_Grey_Theatre" title="Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre">Zane Grey Theater</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Suspicion_(American_TV_series)" title="Suspicion (American TV series)">Suspicion</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Desilu_Playhouse" title="Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse">Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse</a></i>. He made a <a href="/wiki/Cameo_role" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameo role">cameo</a> appearance in Welles's <i><a href="/wiki/Touch_of_Evil" title="Touch of Evil">Touch of Evil</a></i> (1958) and a starring role in the film adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Jules_Verne" title="Jules Verne">Jules Verne</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(film)" title="From the Earth to the Moon (film)">From the Earth to the Moon</a></i> (1958). Cotten had another success on Broadway when he appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Once_More,_with_Feeling!" title="Once More, with Feeling!">Once More, With Feeling</a></i> (1958–60), which ran for 263 performances.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the third time, Cotten was in a Broadway hit but did not reprise his role in the film version; <a href="/wiki/Yul_Brynner" title="Yul Brynner">Yul Brynner</a> played the part on screen. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg/220px-Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg/330px-Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg/440px-Joseph_Cotten_%26_Patricia_Medina_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2365" data-file-height="2282" /></a><figcaption>Cotten and Patricia Medina in 1973</figcaption></figure> <p>Cotten had a supporting role in the films <i><a href="/wiki/The_Angel_Wore_Red" title="The Angel Wore Red">The Angel Wore Red</a></i> (1960) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Sunset_(film)" title="The Last Sunset (film)">The Last Sunset</a></i> (1961), and guest-starred on <i><a href="/wiki/The_DuPont_Show_with_June_Allyson" title="The DuPont Show with June Allyson">The DuPont Show with June Allyson</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Checkmate_(American_TV_series)" title="Checkmate (American TV series)">Checkmate</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Barbara_Stanwyck_Show" title="The Barbara Stanwyck Show">The Barbara Stanwyck Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bus_Stop_(TV_series)" title="Bus Stop (TV series)">Bus Stop</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Theatre_%2762" title="Theatre '62">Theatre '62</a></i> (an adaptation of Hitchcock's <i><a href="/wiki/Notorious_(1946_film)" title="Notorious (1946 film)">Notorious</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Kildare_(TV_series)" title="Dr. Kildare (TV series)">Dr. Kildare</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Train" title="Wagon Train">Wagon Train</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Saints_and_Sinners_(1962_TV_series)" title="Saints and Sinners (1962 TV series)">Saints and Sinners</a></i>. </p><p>Cotten returned to Broadway to appear in <i>Calculated Risk</i> (1962–63), which ran for 221 performances and meant he had to turn down a role in a film <i>Harrigan's Halo</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He guest starred on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Adventure_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)">The Great Adventure</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip" title="77 Sunset Strip">77 Sunset Strip</a></i> and appeared in the pilot for <i>Alexander the Great</i> (1963).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After some time away from film, Cotten returned in the horror classic <i><a href="/wiki/Hush...Hush,_Sweet_Charlotte" title="Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte">Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte</a></i> (1964) for Aldrich, with <a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland" title="Olivia de Havilland">Olivia de Havilland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead" title="Agnes Moorehead">Agnes Moorehead</a>. Cotten was top billed in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Sioux_Massacre" title="The Great Sioux Massacre">The Great Sioux Massacre</a></i> (1965) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tramplers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tramplers">The Tramplers</a></i> (1965), <i><a href="/wiki/Brighty_of_the_Grand_Canyon" title="Brighty of the Grand Canyon">Brighty of the Grand Canyon</a></i> (1966), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cruel_Ones" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cruel Ones">The Cruel Ones</a></i> (1967), <i><a href="/wiki/Some_May_Live" title="Some May Live">Some May Live</a></i> (1967) and <i><a href="/wiki/Gangsters_%2770" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangsters '70">Gangsters '70</a></i> (1968).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took supporting roles in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Money_Trap" title="The Money Trap">The Money Trap</a></i> (1965) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oscar_(film)" title="The Oscar (film)">The Oscar</a></i> (1966). </p><p>He guest starred on <i><a href="/wiki/Cimarron_Strip" title="Cimarron Strip">Cimarron Strip</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ironside_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironside (TV series)">Ironside</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Journey_to_the_Unknown" title="Journey to the Unknown">Journey to the Unknown</a></i> and had a support role in <i><a href="/wiki/Jack_of_Diamonds_(1967_film)" title="Jack of Diamonds (1967 film)">Jack of Diamonds</a></i> (1967). He had the lead in <i><a href="/wiki/White_Comanche" title="White Comanche">White Comanche</a></i> (1968) and <i><a href="/wiki/Latitude_Zero_(film)" title="Latitude Zero (film)">Latitude Zero</a></i> (1969) (shot in Japan with his wife) and supported in the TV movies <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lonely_Profession" title="The Lonely Profession">The Lonely Profession</a></i> (1969) and <i><a href="/wiki/Cutter%27s_Trail" title="Cutter's Trail">Cutter's Trail</a></i> (1970).<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also appeared as himself on the <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i> (1968) <a href="/wiki/Variety_show" title="Variety show">variety show</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970–1981:_Later_and_final_roles"><span id="1970.E2.80.931981:_Later_and_final_roles"></span>1970–1981: Later and final roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1970–1981: Later and final roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Game_(TV_series)" title="The Name of the Game (TV series)">The Name of the Game</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/It_Takes_a_Thief_(1968_TV_series)" title="It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)">It Takes a Thief</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/NET_Playhouse" title="NET Playhouse">NET Playhouse</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Grasshopper_(1970_film)" title="The Grasshopper (1970 film)">The Grasshopper</a></i> (1970), <i><a href="/wiki/Tora!_Tora!_Tora!" title="Tora! Tora! Tora!">Tora! Tora! Tora!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Virginian_(TV_series)" title="The Virginian (TV series)">The Virginian</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Assault_on_the_Wayne" title="Assault on the Wayne">Assault on the Wayne</a></i> (1971), <i>Do You Take This Stranger?</i> (1971), <i><a href="/wiki/City_Beneath_the_Sea_(1971_film)" title="City Beneath the Sea (1971 film)">City Beneath the Sea</a></i> (1971), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Abominable_Dr._Phibes" title="The Abominable Dr. Phibes">The Abominable Dr. Phibes</a></i> (1971), <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Frankenstein" title="Lady Frankenstein">Lady Frankenstein</a></i> (1971) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Screaming_Woman" title="The Screaming Woman">The Screaming Woman</a></i> (1972) with de Havilland.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had lead roles in <i><a href="/wiki/Doomsday_Voyage" title="Doomsday Voyage">Doomsday Voyage</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="/wiki/Baron_Blood_(film)" title="Baron Blood (film)">Baron Blood</a></i> (1972), and <i>The Scopone Game</i> (1973) and was in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Daughter_(1973_film)" title="The Devil's Daughter (1973 film)">The Devil's Daughter</a></i> (1973),<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco" title="The Streets of San Francisco">The Streets of San Francisco</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Soylent_Green" title="Soylent Green">Soylent Green</a></i> (1973), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Delicate_Balance_(film)" title="A Delicate Balance (film)">A Delicate Balance</a></i> (1973), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rockford_Files" title="The Rockford Files">The Rockford Files</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Syndicate_Sadists" title="Syndicate Sadists">Syndicate Sadists</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Timber_Tramps" class="mw-redirect" title="The Timber Tramps">The Timber Tramps</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lindbergh_Kidnapping_Case" title="The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case">The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/A_Whisper_in_the_Dark" title="A Whisper in the Dark">A Whisper in the Dark</a></i> (1976), <i>Origins of the Mafia</i> (1976), <i><a href="/wiki/Twilight%27s_Last_Gleaming" title="Twilight's Last Gleaming">Twilight's Last Gleaming</a></i> (1977) for Aldrich, <i><a href="/wiki/Airport_%2777" title="Airport '77">Airport '77</a></i>, <i>Aspen</i> (1977), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys/Nancy_Drew_Mysteries" title="The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries">The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries</a></i>, <i>Last In, First Out</i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/Caravans_(film)" title="Caravans (film)">Caravans</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/Indagine_su_un_delitto_perfetto" class="mw-redirect" title="Indagine su un delitto perfetto">The Perfect Crime</a></i> (1978), <i><a href="/wiki/Island_of_the_Fishmen" title="Island of the Fishmen">Island of the Fishmen</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Concorde_Affaire_%2779" title="Concorde Affaire '79">Concorde Affaire '79</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Guyana:_Cult_of_the_Damned" class="mw-redirect" title="Guyana: Cult of the Damned">Guyana: Cult of the Damned</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Churchill_and_the_Generals" title="Churchill and the Generals">Churchill and the Generals</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)">Tales of the Unexpected</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Island" title="Fantasy Island">Fantasy Island</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten later admitted, "I was in a lot of junk. I get nervous when I don't work."<sup id="cite_ref-vanity_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vanity-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cotten's final performances include in <a href="/wiki/George_Bowers_(filmmaker)" title="George Bowers (filmmaker)">George Bower</a>'s supernatural horror film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hearse" title="The Hearse">The Hearse</a></i> (1980), the ABC television movie <i><a href="/wiki/Casino_(1980_film)" title="Casino (1980 film)">Casino</a></i> (1980), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(film)" title="Heaven's Gate (film)">Heaven's Gate</a></i> (1980), multiple episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Boat" title="The Love Boat">The Love Boat</a></i> (1981), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Survivor_(1981_film)" title="The Survivor (1981 film)">The Survivor</a></i> (1981), shot in Australia and <i><a href="/wiki/Delusion_(1980_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delusion (1980 film)">Delusion</a></i> (1981).<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cotten's first wife Lenore Kipp died of <a href="/wiki/Leukemia" title="Leukemia">leukemia</a> in early 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Obit_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Obit-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He adopted Kipp's daughter, Judith Lenore LaMonte, from her previous marriage who later went on to marry James Pande Young, a television director.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married British actress <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Medina" title="Patricia Medina">Patricia Medina</a> on October 20, 1960, in Beverly Hills at the home of <a href="/wiki/David_O._Selznick" title="David O. Selznick">David O. Selznick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Jones" title="Jennifer Jones">Jennifer Jones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He bought a historic 1935 home in the Mesa neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California#Neighborhoods" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a>, where he and his wife lived from 1985 to 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marriage produced no children. </p><p>In 1961 Cotten was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a> in North Carolina based on his descent from Captain Hudson Whitaker, Seventh Regiment, North Carolina Continental Line. He held Captain Whitaker's hereditary seat until his death in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illness_and_death">Illness and death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Illness and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 8, 1981, Cotten experienced a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> followed by a <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a> that affected his <a href="/wiki/Language_processing_in_the_brain" title="Language processing in the brain">brain's speech center</a>. He began years of therapy that eventually restored his ability to speak. As he began to recover, he and Orson Welles talked on the phone each week for several hours. Cotten wrote, "He was strong and supportive, and whenever I used the wrong word (which was frequently) he would say, 'That's a much better word, Joe, I'm going to use it.'" He and Welles would meet for lunch and reminisce. When Cotten announced he had written a book, Welles asked for the manuscript and read it that night.<sup id="cite_ref-Vanity_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vanity-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 215–217">: 215–217 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1990, Cotten's <a href="/wiki/Larynx" title="Larynx">larynx</a> was removed because of <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died on February 6, 1994, of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> at the age of 88.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Obit_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Obit-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried at <a href="/wiki/Blandford_Cemetery" title="Blandford Cemetery">Blandford Cemetery</a> in Petersburg, Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_credits">Acting credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Acting credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Cotten_on_stage,_screen,_radio_and_television" title="Joseph Cotten on stage, screen, radio and television">Joseph Cotten on stage, screen, radio and television</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades_and_legacy">Accolades and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Accolades and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/10th_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="10th Venice International Film Festival">10th Venice International Film Festival</a>, Cotten was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Volpi_Cup_for_Best_Actor" title="Volpi Cup for Best Actor">Volpi Cup for Best Actor</a> for his performance in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_Jennie" title="Portrait of Jennie">Portrait of Jennie</a></i> (1948). He was also given a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 1960. </p><p>Cotten was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Robbins" title="Tim Robbins">Tim Robbins</a> in the 1985 TV film <i><a href="/wiki/Malice_in_Wonderland_(1985_film)" title="Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)">Malice in Wonderland</a></i>, by <a href="/wiki/James_Tupper" title="James Tupper">James Tupper</a> in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_Orson_Welles" title="Me and Orson Welles">Me and Orson Welles</a></i> (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Glave" title="Matthew Glave">Matthew Glave</a> in the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Feud_(TV_series)" title="Feud (TV series)">Feud</a></i> (2017), which depicts the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/Hush...Hush,_Sweet_Charlotte" title="Hush...Hush, Sweet 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Mercury House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86287-334-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-86287-334-7"><bdi>0-86287-334-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Vanity+Will+Get+You+Somewhere&rft.pub=Mercury+House&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=0-86287-334-7&rft.au=Cotten%2C+Joseph&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJoseph+Cotten" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191214090151/https://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/issues/04/cotten.html">"Citizen Cotten"</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived December 14, 2019). New York: <i><a href="/wiki/MovieMaker" title="MovieMaker">MovieMaker</a></i>, archived 2007-06-18 from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130111064244/http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/citizen_cotten_3054/">original</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. Retrieved 2013-08-29.</li> <li>Kneebone, John T., et al., eds. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Virginia_Biography" title="Dictionary of Virginia Biography">Dictionary of Virginia Biography</a></i> (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1998– ), 3:478–481. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88490-206-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-88490-206-4">0-88490-206-4</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cotten&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 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title="Toshiro Mifune">Toshiro Mifune</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Burt_Lancaster" title="Burt Lancaster">Burt Lancaster</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Courtenay" title="Tom Courtenay">Tom Courtenay</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Toshiro_Mifune" title="Toshiro Mifune">Toshiro Mifune</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Perrin" title="Jacques Perrin">Jacques Perrin</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ljubi%C5%A1a_Samard%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Ljubiša Samardžić">Ljubiša Samardžić</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Marley" title="John Marley">John Marley</a> (1968)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983–2000</th><td 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Piane</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Grant" title="Hugh Grant">Hugh Grant</a> / <a href="/wiki/James_Wilby" title="James Wilby">James Wilby</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Don_Ameche" title="Don Ameche">Don Ameche</a> / <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marcello_Mastroianni" title="Marcello Mastroianni">Marcello Mastroianni</a> / <a href="/wiki/Massimo_Troisi" title="Massimo Troisi">Massimo Troisi</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Borisov" title="Oleg Borisov">Oleg Borisov</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/River_Phoenix" title="River Phoenix">River Phoenix</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fabrizio_Bentivoglio" title="Fabrizio Bentivoglio">Fabrizio Bentivoglio</a> / <a href="/wiki/Marcello_Mastroianni" title="Marcello Mastroianni">Marcello Mastroianni</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Xia_Yu_(actor)" title="Xia Yu (actor)">Xia Yu</a> / <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Citran" title="Roberto Citran">Roberto Citran</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6tz_George" title="Götz George">Götz George</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ian_Hart" title="Ian Hart">Ian Hart</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Liam_Neeson" title="Liam Neeson">Liam Neeson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Chris_Penn" title="Chris Penn">Chris Penn</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" title="Wesley Snipes">Wesley Snipes</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sean_Penn" title="Sean Penn">Sean Penn</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Broadbent" title="Jim Broadbent">Jim Broadbent</a> 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fabrice_Luchini" title="Fabrice Luchini">Fabrice Luchini</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Mart%C3%ADnez_(actor)" title="Oscar Martínez (actor)">Oscar Martínez</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kamel_El_Basha" title="Kamel El Basha">Kamel El Basha</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Willem_Dafoe" title="Willem Dafoe">Willem Dafoe</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luca_Marinelli" title="Luca Marinelli">Luca Marinelli</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pierfrancesco_Favino" title="Pierfrancesco Favino">Pierfrancesco Favino</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Arcilla" title="John Arcilla">John Arcilla</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Farrell" title="Colin Farrell">Colin Farrell</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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