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Joseph Cotten
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Biography
Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He is associated with Orson Welles, leading to appearances in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay, and The Third Man (1949). He was a star in his own right with films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).
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The Discs That Changed How Britain Watched
When DVD landed in Britain in 1997 it promised cinema in your living room. The discs that followed rewired what collectors expected from a film at home.
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Who Is Really Performing Here?
Ali G returns to a world of cameras and marks, and this chain follows the put-on from Staines to Tehran, asking who is really being conned when we laugh.
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Heaven's Gate
1980 · The Reverend Doctor
The Hearse
1980 · Walter Prichard
Caravans
1978 · Crandall
Airport '77
1977 · Nicholas St. Downs III
F for Fake
1973 · Self
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971 · Dr. Vesalius
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Henry L. Stimson
Touch of Evil
1958 · Coroner (uncredited)
Niagara
1953 · George Loomis
Othello
1951 · Senator (uncredited)
Under Capricorn
1949 · Sam Flusky
The Third Man
1949 · Holly Martins
Gaslight
1944 · Brian Cameron
Journey into Fear
1943 · Howard Graham
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Eugene Morgan
Citizen Kane
1941 · Jedediah Leland