Joseph Cotten

**Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr.** (15 Mei 1905 – 6 Februari 1994) adalah seorang aktor film, panggung, radio, dan televisi Amerika. Cotten mencapai ketenaran di Broadway, membintangi produksi panggung asli *[[The Philadelphia Story (drama)|The Philadelphia Story]]* (1939) dan *[[Sabrina Fair]]* (1953). Dia kemudian mendapatkan ketenaran di seluruh dunia untuk kolaborasinya dengan Orson Welles di *[[Citizen Kane]]* (1941), *[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]* (1942), dan *[[Journey into Fear (film 1943)|Journey into Fear]]* (1943), yang dibintangi Cotten dan ia juga dikreditkan dengan naskah filmnya.

Cotten kemudian menjadi salah satu aktor Hollywood terkemuka pada tahun 1940-an, muncul dalam film-film seperti *[[Shadow of a Doubt]]* (1943); *[[Gaslight (film 1944)|Gaslight]]* (1944); *[[Love Letters (film 1945)|Love Letters]]* (1945); *[[Duel in the Sun (film)|Duel in the Sun]]* (1946); *[[The Farmer's Daughter (film 1947)|The Farmer's Daughter]]* (1947); *[[Portrait of Jennie]]* (1948), yang membuatnya memenangkan Piala Volpi untuk Aktor Terbaik; *[[The Third Man]]* (1949), bersama Welles; dan *[[Niagara (film 1953)|Niagara]]* (1953). Salah satu film terakhirnya adalah *[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]* (1980) karya Michael Cimino.

Kritikus film dan media telah menyebutnya sebagai salah satu aktor terbaik yang tidak pernah menerima nominasi Academy Award.

## Filmografi

* *[[Too Much Johnson]]* (1938) (short subject)
* *[[Citizen Kane]]* (1941)
* *[[Lydia]]* (1941)
* *[[The Magnificent Ambersons (film)|The Magnificent Ambersons]]* (1942)
* *[[Shadow of a Doubt]]* (1943)
* *[[Journey Into Fear]]* (1943)
* *[[Hers to Hold]]* (1943)
* *[[Gaslight (1944 film)|Gaslight]]* (1944)
* *[[Since You Went Away]]* (1944)
* *[[I'll Be Seeing You (film)|I'll Be Seeing You]]* (1945)
* *[[Love Letters (1945 film)|Love Letters]]* (1945)
* *[[Duel in the Sun]]* (1946)
* *[[The Farmer's Daughter (1947 film)|The Farmer's Daughter]]* (1947)
* *[[Portrait of Jennie]]* (1948)
* *[[The Third Man]]* (1949)
* *[[Under Capricorn]]* (1949)
* *[[Beyond the Forest]]* (1949)
* *[[Two Flags West]]* (1950)
* *[[Walk Softly, Stranger]]* (1950)
* *[[September Affair]]* (1950)
* *[[Half Angel]]* (1951)
* *[[Peking Express]]* (1951)
* *[[The Man with a Cloak]]* (1951)
* *[[The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice]]* (1952)
* *[[The Wild Heart]]* (1952) (narrator)
* *[[Untamed Frontier]]* (1952)
* *[[The Steel Trap]]* (1952)
* *[[Egypt by Three]]* (1953) (narrator)
* *[[Niagara (1953 film)|Niagara]]* (1953)
* *[[A Blueprint for Murder]]* (1953)
* *[[Vom Himmel gefallen]]* or *Special Delivery* (1955)
* *[[The Bottom of the Bottle]]* (1956)
* *[[The Killer Is Loose]]* (1956)
* *[[The Halliday Brand]]* (1957)
* *[[Touch of Evil]]* (1958)
* *[[From the Earth to the Moon]]* (1958)
* *[[The Angel Wore Red]]* (1960)
* *[[The Last Sunset (film)|The Last Sunset]]* (1961)
* *[[Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]* (1964)

* *[[The Great Sioux Massacre]]* (1965)
* *[[The Money Trap]]* (1965)
* *[[The Oscar]]* (1966)
* *[[The Tramplers]]* (1966)
* *[[The Cruel Ones]]* (1967)
* *[[Brighty of the Grand Canyon]]* (1967)
* *[[Jack of Diamonds (1967 film)|Jack of Diamonds]]* (1967)
* *[[Days of Fire]]* (1968)
* *[[Gangster '70]]* (1968)
* *[[Petulia]]* (1968)
* *[[White Comanche]]* (1968)
* *[[Keene (film)|Keene]]* (1969)
* *[[Latitude Zero]]* (1969)
* *[[The Grasshopper (film)|The Grasshopper]]* (1970)
* *[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]* (1970)
* *[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]* (1971)
* *[[Lady Frankenstein]]* (1971)
* *[[Baron Blood (film)|Baron Blood]]* (1972)
* *[[Doomsday Voyage]]* (1972)
* *[[The Scientific Cardplayer]]* (1972)
* *[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]* (1973)
* *[[Soylent Green]]* (1973)
* *[[Syndicate Sadists]]* (1975)
* *[[Timber Tramps]]* (1975)
* *[[A Whisper in the Dark]]* (1976)
* *[[F for Fake]]* (1976) (documentary)
* *[[Twilight's Last Gleaming]]* (1977)
* *[[Airport '77]] ([[1977]])
* *Last In, First Out* ([[1978]])
* *Caravans* ([[1978]])
* *Concorde Affair* ([[1978]])
* *Something Waits in the Dark* ([[1979]])
* *Concorde Affair '79* ([[1979]])
* ** ([[1979]])
* *The Hearse* ([[1980]])
* *Delusion* ([[1980]])
* *Heaven's Gate* ([[1980]])
* *The Survivor'' (1981)

## Referensi

## Pranala luar

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* Joseph Cotten's biographic sketch at Find A Grave
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