Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) was an American actor whose career spanned over 6 decades. His IMDb page shows 132 acting credits from 1937-1981. This page will rank 48 Joseph Cotten movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings. This page was requested many moons ago by Flora.
Joseph Cotten Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Joseph Cotten movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Joseph Cotten movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Joseph Cotten movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Joseph Cotten movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Joseph Cotten movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Joseph Cotten movie won.
- Sort Joseph Cotten movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Gaslight (1944) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ingrid Bergman & Charles Boyer |
7.30 | 245.9 | 501.30 | 29 | 83 | 07 / 02 | 99.3 | |
| 2 | Since You Went Away (1944) AA Best Picture Nom |
Claudette Colbert & Shirley Temple |
14.00 | 470.0 | 470.00 | 2 | 73 | 09 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 5 | The Third Man (1949) | Orson Welles | 7.20 | 181.1 | 181.10 | 25 | 90 | 03 / 01 | 98.6 | |
| 3 | Citizen Kane (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Orson Welles | 3.20 | 123.0 | 160.20 | 76 | 93 | 09 / 01 | 98.1 | |
| 4 | Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) | Jason Robards | 44.00 | 306.2 | 306.20 | 8 | 75 | 05 / 01 | 97.4 | |
| 6 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) | Loretta Young | 8.90 | 259.9 | 259.90 | 21 | 74 | 02 / 01 | 96.8 | |
| 7 | Duel in the Sun (1946) | Jennifer Jones & Gregory Peck |
17.80 | 548.6 | 548.60 | 2 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 8 | I'll Be Seeing You (1944) | Ginger Rogers & Shirley Temple |
9.70 | 326.0 | 326.00 | 16 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 9 | Love Letters (1945) | Jennifer Jones | 8.30 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 31 | 67 | 04 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 11 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | Teresa Wright & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
3.40 | 123.2 | 123.20 | 90 | 90 | 01 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 12 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) | Bette Davis & Olivia de Havilland |
10.70 | 122.9 | 122.90 | 24 | 80 | 07 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 13 | Hers To Hold (1943) | Deanna Durbin | 5.00 | 179.7 | 179.70 | 60 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 13 | The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Agnes Moorehead & Directed by Orson Welles |
1.90 | 69.0 | 69.00 | 130 | 85 | 04 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 14 | Niagara (1953) | Marilyn Monroe | 7.10 | 127.9 | 127.90 | 34 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 15 | Portrait of Jennie (1948) | Jennifer Jones | 2.60 | 69.6 | 69.60 | 119 | 81 | 02 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 16 | Airport '77 (1977) | Jack Lemmon & James Stewart |
40.80 | 197.1 | 197.10 | 17 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 17 | Beyond the Forest (1949) | Bette Davis | 3.70 | 92.7 | 121.00 | 95 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 82.9 | |
| 19 | The Last Sunset (1961) | Kirk Douglas & Rock Hudson |
7.90 | 114.5 | 114.50 | 27 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 18 | Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) | Burt Lancaster & Richard Widmark |
12.20 | 58.8 | 58.80 | 51 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 20 | September Affair (1950) | Joan Fontaine | 4.10 | 91.4 | 91.40 | 77 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 21 | Soylent Green (1973) | Charlton Heston & Edward G. Robinson |
10.90 | 66.4 | 66.40 | 34 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 22 | Petulia (1968) | George C. Scott | 4.30 | 35.3 | 35.30 | 73 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 25 | Half Angel (1951) | Loretta Young | 4.30 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 83 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
| 23 | Journey Into Fear (1943) | Directed by Orson Welles | 1.30 | 46.3 | 46.30 | 135 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 24 | The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) | Vincent Price | 4.50 | 29.7 | 29.70 | 65 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 26 | Under Capricorn (1949) | Ingrid Bergman & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
3.40 | 84.3 | 185.80 | 107 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 69.3 | |
| 27 | Untamed Frontier (1952) | Shelley Winters & Lee Van Cleef |
4.20 | 81.7 | 81.70 | 74 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 28 | The Wild Heart (1952) | Jennifer Jones | 1.20 | 22.9 | 22.90 | 191 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 30 | The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) | Van Johnson | 3.10 | 61.6 | 61.60 | 106 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 31 | Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) | Jack Parr | 2.40 | 52.9 | 91.40 | 131 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 65.2 | |
| 29 | Lydia (1941) | Merle Oberon | 1.00 | 38.8 | 38.80 | 176 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 33 | The Steel Trap (1952) | Teresa Wright | 2.80 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 124 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 32 | The Grasshopper (1970) | Jacqueline Bisset & Jim Brown |
6.10 | 42.2 | 42.20 | 48 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 34 | A Blueprint For Murder (1953) | Gary Merrill | 2.20 | 38.9 | 38.90 | 158 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 36 | The Killer Is Loose (1956) | Rhonda Fleming | 1.80 | 36.0 | 36.00 | 144 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 36 | A Delicate Balance (1973) | Katharine Hepburn | 1.80 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 129 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 37 | Peking Express (1951) | Edmund Gwenn | 3.10 | 67.8 | 67.80 | 117 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 53.3 | |
| 38 | Two Flags West (1950) | Linda Darnell & Jeff Chandler |
2.40 | 54.5 | 54.50 | 127 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 39 | The Halliday Brand (1957) | Ward Bond | 1.60 | 30.9 | 30.90 | 127 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 40 | The Money Trap (1965) | Glenn Ford & Rita Hayworth |
2.30 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 101 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 41 | Caravans (1978) | Anthony Quinn | 4.40 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 87 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 42 | Special Delivery (1955) | Eva Bartok | 1.60 | 32.6 | 32.60 | 152 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 42.7 | |
| 43 | Heaven's Gate (1980) | Jeff Bridges & Christopher Walken |
3.50 | 14.4 | 14.40 | 122 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 37.0 | |
| 45 | The Man With A Cloak (1951) | Barbara Stanwyck | 1.30 | 27.2 | 47.00 | 183 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | |
| 44 | The Angel Wore Red (1960) | Ava Gardner | 1.20 | 18.3 | 41.70 | 123 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 46 | From the Earth to the Moon (1958) | George Sanders | 2.10 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 105 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 26.7 | |
| 47 | The Hearse (1980) | 5.50 | 22.7 | 22.70 | 99 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | ||
| 47 | The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) | Darren McGavin | 1.30 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 120 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 49 | The Oscar (1966) | Ernest Borgnine | 2.00 | 19.6 | 19.60 | 103 | 42 | 02 / 00 | 12.7 | |
| 49 | Egypt By Three (1953) | Ann Stanville | 0.30 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 235 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 |
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Joseph Cotten Table
- Eleven Joseph Cotten movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 22.91% of his movies listed. Duel in the Sun (1946) was easily his biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Joseph Cotten movie grosses $84.30 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 32 Joseph Cotten movies are rated as good movies…or 66.66% of his movies. Citizen Kane (1941) is his highest rated movie while Egypt By Three (1953) was his lowest rated movie.
- Eighteen Joseph Cotten movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 37.50% of his movies.
- Seven Joseph Cotten movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 14.58% of his movies.
- A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 60.00. 25 Joseph Cotten movies scored higher than that average….or 52.08% of his movies. Gaslight (1944) got the the highest UMR Score while Egypt By Three (1953) got the lowest UMR Score.
Ten Possibly Interesting Facts About Don Joseph Cotten
1. Joseph Cheshire Cotten, Jr. was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1905. That is about 90 minutes from our house. He grew up in Hampton Roads/Tidewater/The Seven Cities (my area has lots of nicknames).
2. Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles became friends in 1934 while working together in radio. Their screen partnership we create some of the most memorable movies ever made: 1941’s Citizen Kane, 1942’s The Magnificent Ambersons, 1949’s The Third Man and 1958’s Touch of Evil (Cotten cameo).
3. Joseph Cotten was Orson Welles’ best man when Welles married Rita Hayworth.
4. Between 1941 and 1944, Joseph Cotten appeared in 4 movies that were nominated for a Best Picture Oscar®: 1941’s Citizen Kane, 1942’s The Magnificent Ambersons, 1944’s Gaslight and 1944’s Since You Went Away.
5. Joseph Cotten was ranked by Quigley Publications as the 17th most popular actor of 1945. That was his one and only appearance on that poll.
6. Joseph Cotten never received an Oscar® nomination. He is one of 10 classic performers that we fell got seriously cheated by the Academy voters. 10 Biggest Mistakes By Academy Voters on Classic Actors.
7. Joseph Cotten was married two times…..he had one step child.
8. Check out Joseph Cotten’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
9. Wonderful World of Cinema’s Joseph Cotten from A to Z is a wonderful read….highly recommend stopping and seeing the ABC’s of Mr. Cotten.
10. And finally….check out Steve Lensman’s Joseph Cotten You Tube Video.
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Joseph is no longer on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Most Connectible stars in movie list. In 2000 Mr. Cotten ranked #158. These are the people on the 2016 list with their rank who have worked with Mr. Cotten.
7 WILLEM DAFOE Heaven’s Gate (1980)
23 JOHN HURT Heaven’s Gate (1980)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Last In, First Out (1978)
28 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Heaven’s Gate (1980)
35 CHRISTOPHER LEE Airport ’77 (1977)
35 CHRISTOPHER LEE Caravans (1978)
80 BRAD DOURIF Heaven’s Gate (1980)
87 MICKEY ROURKE Heaven’s Gate (1980)
97 CHARLES DURNING Doomsday Voyage (1972)
97 CHARLES DURNING Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
107 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD The Hearse (1980)
115 M. EMMET WALSH Airport ’77 (1977)
132 ED BEGLEY JR. The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
136 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Heaven’s Gate (1980)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE The Oscar (1966)
148 FRANCO NERO The Tramplers (1965)
157 BURT YOUNG Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
247 CHARLTON HESTON Soylent Green (1973)
247 CHARLTON HESTON Touch of Evil (1958)
271 ROBERT WAGNER The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
274 BRUCE DERN Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
305 JEFF BRIDGES Heaven’s Gate (1980)
309 DAVID WARNER The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Airport ’77 (1977)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
313 GEORGE KENNEDY The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
315 GEOFFREY LEWIS Heaven’s Gate (1980)
316 AUSTIN PENDLETON Petulia (1968)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE Last In, First Out (1978)
391 JACQUELINE BISSET The Grasshopper (1969)
438 JOHN RATZENBERGER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
468 JASON ROBARDS Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
555 TOMAS MILIAN Syndicate Sadists (1975)
567 SHANE RIMMER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
571 WILLIAM SMITH Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
627 GARRICK HAGON TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING (1977)
681 ANTHONY QUINN Caravans (1978)
720 HARRY SHEARER The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
781 SHELLEY WINTERS Untamed Frontier (1952)
787 JACK CONLEY HEAVEN’S GATE (1980)
818 RICHARD MASUR Heaven’s Gate (1980)
824 ISABELLE HUPPERT Heaven’s Gate (1980)
904 NORBERT WEISSER Heaven’s Gate (1980)
909 JULIE CHRISTIE Petulia (1968)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
937 ROBERT EASTON Timber Tramps (1975)
963 JENNY AGUTTER THE SURVIVOR (1981)
973 SYBIL DANNING The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
These are the actors on the 2000 list who have since fallen off over the years who appeared with Joe in films. Rank is for 2000.
9 ORSON WELLES Citizen Kane (1941)
9 ORSON WELLES Duel in the Sun (1946)
9 ORSON WELLES Journey Into Fear (1943)
9 ORSON WELLES The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
9 ORSON WELLES The Third Man (1949)
9 ORSON WELLES The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
9 ORSON WELLES Too Much Johnson (1938)
9 ORSON WELLES Touch of Evil (1958)
25 RODDY MCDOWELL Journey to Murder (1971)
32 KIRK DOUGLAS The Last Sunset (1961)
43 KEENAN WYNN Since You Went Away (1944)
43 KEENAN WYNN Touch of Evil (1958)
45 BURT LANCASTER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
48 MARTIN BALSAM Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
54 STUART WHITMAN Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
58 JACK LEMMON Airport ’77 (1977)
61 TREVOR HOWARD The Third Man (1949)
65 VIVECA LINDFORS The Halliday Brand (1957)
75 CAMERON MITCHELL Screamers (1979)
76 EDDIE ALBERT The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
90 JOHN IRELAND Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
93 HARRY CAREY JR. Niagara (1953)
100 IAN WOLFE Love Letters (1945)
119 RICHARD WIDMARK Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
125 VINCENT PRICE The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
132 GLENN FORD The Money Trap (1965)
139 E.G. MARSHALL Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
151 CESAR ROMERO Latitude Zero (1969)
151 CESAR ROMERO Timber Tramps (1975)
156 GREGORY PECK Duel in the Sun (1946)
158 JOSEPH COTTEN Airport ’77 (1977)
180 LEE VAN CLEEF Untamed Frontier (1952)
186 AVA GARDNER The Angel Wore Red (1960)
191 GEORGE HAMILTON Jack of Diamonds (1967)
192 YVONNE DE CARLO Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
205 BRIAN KEITH Portrait of Jennie (1948)
215 WOLFGANG PREISS Jack of Diamonds (1967)
222 BESS FLOWERS A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
222 BESS FLOWERS Beyond the Forest (1949)
222 BESS FLOWERS The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
222 BESS FLOWERS Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
232 ROY JENSON Soylent Green (1973)
234 AKIM TAMIROFF Touch of Evil (1958)
237 PETER LAWFORD The Oscar (1966)
241 BRODERICK CRAWFORD The Oscar (1966)
251 MEL FERRER Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
251 MEL FERRER Screamers (1979)
256 HANK WORDEN Duel in the Sun (1946)
256 HANK WORDEN The Man with a Cloak (1951)
273 GEORGE COULOURIS Citizen Kane (1941)
291 LEE GRANT Airport ’77 (1977)
302 RICHARD ANDERSON Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
320 ROSCOE LEE BROWNE Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
323 GEORGE SANDERS From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
326 ANGELA LANSBURY Gaslight (1944)
343 GEORGE C. SCOTT Petulia (1968)
344 JAMES STEWART Airport ’77 (1977)
348 ALAIN DELON The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
354 CYRIL CUSACK The Wild Heart (1952/I)
356 PHIL BROWN Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
361 JAMES WHITMORE Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
362 BARRY SULLIVAN Caravans (1978)
364 LESLIE CARON The Man with a Cloak (1951)
375 PETER CUSHING Some May Live (1967)
379 ANN DORAN Beyond the Forest (1949)
393 CHARLES BOYER Gaslight (1944)
396 RICHARD JAECKEL Latitude Zero (1969)
396 RICHARD JAECKEL Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
397 ELKE SOMMER Baron Blood (1972)
397 ELKE SOMMER The Money Trap (1965)
397 ELKE SOMMER The Oscar (1966)
404 JACK ELAM The Last Sunset (1961)
412 SAM WATERSTON Heaven’s Gate (1980)
424 ZSA ZSA GABOR Jack of Diamonds (1967)
424 ZSA ZSA GABOR Touch of Evil (1958)
428 JOHN PHILLIP LAW Un sussurro nel buio (1976)
434 PAUL KOSLO Heaven’s Gate (1980)
444 GERT FROBE SPECIAL DELIVERY (1955)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Soylent Green (1973)
467 VAN JOHNSON The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
467 VAN JOHNSON The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
472 TERRY-THOMAS The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
474 WILLIAM HOOTKINS Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
481 LILLI PALMER Jack of Diamonds (1967)
499 JESSICA TANDY September Affair (1950)
501 ALDO SAMBRELL Hellbenders (1967)
501 ALDO SAMBRELL White Comanche (1968)
517 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE The Third Man (1949)
529 NORMAN ALDEN Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
532 JIM BACKUS Half Angel (1951)
532 JIM BACKUS The Man with a Cloak (1951)
538 ARTHUR HILL Petulia (1968)
555 HUME CRONYN Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
562 PAUL BRYAR The Killer Is Loose (1956)
571 CHARLES LANE The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
578 KATHLEEN QUINLAN Airport ’77 (1977)
583 PAUL STEWART Citizen Kane (1941)
583 PAUL STEWART Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
589 ROCK HUDSON The Last Sunset (1961)
592 WHIT BISSELL Soylent Green (1973)
594 G.D. SPRADLIN Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
596 ADOLFO CELI Indagine su un delitto perfetto (1978)
599 JOHN DOUCETTE The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
617 PAUL FREES The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
617 PAUL FREES Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
621 RICHARD JOHNSON Screamers (1979)
622 JIM BROWN The Grasshopper (1969)
629 WALTER BROOKE Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
633 BIBI ANDERSSON The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
638 HUGH GRIFFITH The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
638 HUGH GRIFFITH The Wild Heart (1952/I)
648 HARRY MORGAN The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
655 HOWARD HESSEMAN Petulia (1968)
663 MILTON BERLE The Oscar (1966)
678 PAUL WINFIELD Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
681 BRADFORD DILLMAN Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
690 PARLEY BAER The Money Trap (1965)
692 ALIDA VALLI Indagine su un delitto perfetto (1978)
692 ALIDA VALLI The Third Man (1949)
692 ALIDA VALLI Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
706 GABRIELE FERZETTI Last In, First Out (1978)
707 DARREN MCGAVIN Airport ’77 (1977)
707 DARREN MCGAVIN The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
712 FINLAY CURRIE The Angel Wore Red (1960)
718 VENANTINO VENANTINI The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
732 ARTHUR O’CONNELL Citizen Kane (1941)
736 PAUL TUERPE Airport ’77 (1977)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Hers to Hold (1943)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER Since You Went Away (1944)
742 RICARDO MONTALBAN The Money Trap (1965)
746 HERB VIGRAN Half Angel (1951)
771 MICHAEL SARRAZIN Caravans (1978)
777 ERIC POHLMANN The Third Man (1949)
795 STEPHEN BOYD The Oscar (1966)
800 MARTHA HYER Some May Live (1967)
804 NICOLAS COSTER The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
809 DIRK BOGARDE The Angel Wore Red (1960)
816 CARLETON YOUNG A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
816 CARLETON YOUNG The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
816 CARLETON YOUNG The Steel Trap (1952)
839 ANNA LEVINE Heaven’s Gate (1980)
863 ALAN HALE JR. The Killer Is Loose (1956)
868 LEX BARKER The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
873 PAUL MULLER Indagine su un delitto perfetto (1978)
873 PAUL MULLER Lady Frankenstein (1971)
881 ROBERT DOQUI Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
889 ROBERT BROWN The Third Man (1949)
890 JAMES BOOTH Airport ’77 (1977)
894 PHILIP VAN ZANDT Citizen Kane (1941)
901 BERNARD LEE The Third Man (1949)
903 JACK KRUSCHEN A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
906 GEOFFREY KEEN The Third Man (1949)
918 BETTE DAVIS Beyond the Forest (1949)
918 BETTE DAVIS Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
918 BETTE DAVIS Lo Scopone scientifico (1972)
923 GEORGE FURTH Airport ’77 (1977)
936 JOSE NIETO Hellbenders (1967)
943 SELMA ARCHERD The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979)
959 LEON AMES Timber Tramps (1975)
959 LEON AMES Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
962 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Airport ’77 (1977)
962 OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
963 FRANK FERGUSON Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
963 FRANK FERGUSON The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
963 FRANK FERGUSON The Great Sioux Massacre (1965)
965 MARY WICKES Too Much Johnson (1938)
969 BYRON FOULGER Since You Went Away (1944)
985 NIALL MACGINNIS SPECIAL DELIVERY (1955)
990 STEFAN SCHNABEL Journey Into Fear (1943)
994 ELLEN CORBY Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
By my count Joe worked with 42 Oscar winners.
ANNE BAXTER The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
ANTHONY QUINN Caravans (1978)
BETTE DAVIS Beyond the Forest (1949)
BETTE DAVIS Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
BETTE DAVIS Lo Scopone scientifico (1972)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD The Oscar (1966)
BURT LANCASTER Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
CHARLTON HESTON Soylent Green (1973)
CHARLTON HESTON Touch of Evil (1958)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN Heaven’s Gate (1980)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT Since You Went Away (1944)
DOROTHY MALONE The Last Sunset (1961)
EDMUND GWENN Peking Express (1951)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Oscar (1966)
ETHEL BARRYMORE Portrait of Jennie (1948)
ETHEL BARRYMORE The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
GEORGE C. SCOTT Petulia (1968)
GEORGE KENNEDY Airport ’77 (1977)
GEORGE KENNEDY Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
GEORGE SANDERS From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
GINGER ROGERS I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
GREGORY PECK Duel in the Sun (1946)
HATTIE MCDANIEL SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (1944)
HUGH GRIFFITH The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
HUGH GRIFFITH The Wild Heart (1952/I)
INGRID BERGMAN Gaslight (1944)
INGRID BERGMAN Under Capricorn (1949)
JACK LEMMON Airport ’77 (1977)
JAMES DUNN The Oscar (1966)
JAMES STEWART Airport ’77 (1977)
JASON ROBARDS Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
JEFF BRIDGES Heaven’s Gate (1980)
JENNIFER JONES Duel in the Sun (1946)
JENNIFER JONES Love Letters (1945)
JENNIFER JONES Portrait of Jennie (1948)
JENNIFER JONES Since You Went Away (1944)
JENNIFER JONES The Wild Heart (1952/I)
JESSICA TANDY September Affair (1950)
JOAN FONTAINE September Affair (1950)
JULIE CHRISTIE Petulia (1968)
KATHARINE HEPBURN A Delicate Balance (1973)
LEE GRANT Airport ’77 (1977)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Duel in the Sun (1946)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Since You Went Away (1944)
LORETTA YOUNG Half Angel (1951)
LORETTA YOUNG The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
MARTIN BALSAM Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
MARY ASTOR Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Airport ’77 (1977)
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
PAUL SCOFIELD A Delicate Balance (1973)
SHELLEY WINTERS Untamed Frontier (1952)
TERESA WRIGHT Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
TERESA WRIGHT The Steel Trap (1952)
WALTER BRENNAN The Oscar (1966)
WALTER HUSTON Duel in the Sun (1946)
Hey Dan….somewhat shocked that Cotten was so high on the 2000 list….then again….that was 17 years ago….seems so strange that 2000 is so long ago. Heaven’s Gate was certainly helping out with that cause….wow….tons of actors on the list.
Wow Orson Welles was in the Top 10 in 2000….that is amazing. 42 Oscar winners is below average especially for as many movies and for as long as his career was. As always….thanks for sharing this information…..good stuff….:)
I don’t know if 42 is that disappointing. Mr. Cotten’s career commences officially in 1941 (not counting Welles’ Too Much Johnson from 1938). Oscar winners by the time their careers start in that era don’t have much to work with. Oscar winners start 1927/28. So 14 years at best of winners as your career starts as opposed to how many were alive and working 40 years ago or if you’re career started now. You can work with Robert De Niro now who won 43 years ago or Maggie Smith who won 48 years ago. In 1941 you had no supporting Oscar winners before 1936 and of the 5 awards for supporting actor at the time Walter Brennan had won 3 of them. In the lead categories Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis and Louise Rainer had won 2times each. Marie Dressler who won in 1931 was dead as was Alice Brady who won in 1938. We might have to give some of the old timers some slack and figure they will always be outnumbered by the future generations. It’s like the Baseball Hall of Fame, there are over 50 players who were active in 1934 that are in the Hall even though there are only 16 teams. Do you think with 30 teams now that some 100 players active this year will be in? Probably less will get in even though the voters will base their choices on lesser qualifications
George Arliss was dead too.
RIP George Arliss….the George Burns of the 1930s.
Hey Dan…..I agree he started so early…..a lot changes in Hollywood in 14 years…but you are right between deaths, no supporting actors, silent stars that failed in sound movies…..those early winners did not last long enough. Good way to compared movies to baseball…two of my favorite subjects.
Hello Flora.
Portrait of Jennie is a good one. Unfortunately it is not available on video. But it is played on Turner Classic Movies every now and again.
Hey Lyle…..thanks for the information….I recently watched Portrait of Jennie on DVD….either it is a new release or an old copy that has been in my local library for ages. Hopefully Flora will be able to catch it on TCM. 🙂
Thanks for my requested page on Joseph Cotten.
I have seen 19 of these movies.
The highest ranking film I have seen is Citizen Kane.
The highest ranking film I have NOT seen is Portrait of Jennie.
The lowest ranking film I have seen is Airport 77.
My favourite film is Shadow of a Doubt.
Other favourites are Citizen Kane, Gaslight, The Third Man and The Magnificent Ambersons.
I’ve never found copies of some of his films including Twilight’s Last Gleaming or I’ll Be Seeing You. Maybe some day.
Hey Flora….you are welcome…sorry it took so long to get the page completed. Tally count…pretty. Flora 19, Bruce 18 and Steve 16. Actually shocked that I am that close to your tally. Portrait of Jennie is an interesting movie….that has a huge fan base. Jennifer Jones and Cotten made a good screen team.I have seen your 5 favorite Cotten movies. All are great movies….though I do admit I think Ambersons is a little overrated. Thanks for the visit. 🙂
We were nearly in sync on this one Bruce, just a few days apart. Thanks for linking my video amigo, it is appreciated.
And you’ve managed to get his name spelt correctly each time, kudos! Yes with a grin on my face I did search for ‘Cotton’ and only found it in Lyle’s post. I remember previous postings on the actor everyone was using different spellings, mine was the best – Joe Gotten. 😉
I’ve seen 16 of the 48 films listed, that’s more than I managed on my video. Favorites include The Magnificent Phibes, The Abominable Dr. Amberson, Citizen Caine, The 4th Man, Shadow of a Doubt, Soylent Green, Portrait of Jennie, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, Tora Tora Tora Tora and Duel in the Sun.
We have the same top two on our charts, but Gaslight tops the UMR, Kane down to no.6
Duel in the Sun was a huge hit, nearly half a billion dollars ‘adjusted’ in the US alone, I wonder if it’s the highest grossing western in film history. Or is it Dances With Wolves? Butch Cassidy? Blazing Saddles?
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Hey Steve.
1. Your You Tube output is putting me to shame….but at least I got this Cotten page done pretty soon after your video.
2. Yep…I double checked by spelling of Mr. Gotten….lol.
3. Wow…I have you topped….and pretty close to Flora’s total too…patting myself on the back. Flora 19, Bruce 18 and Steve 16.
4. Of your favorites…I have not seen Twilight’s Last Gleaming…but enjoyed the favorites you listed.
5. As for top grossing western? That honor belonged to Duel in the Sun for over 23 years….before Butch and Sundance showed up….no western has topped that one though….currently 36th on the All-Tme Adjusted Box Office list.
Thanks for the kind words, tally count and Gotten Lensman movie preferences…all are greatly appreciated.
Hello Bruce,
When I was a kid watching late night movies I didn’t much like Joseph Cotton. But when I became a film buff as an adult I began to appreciate Mr. Cotton. I mean Citizen Kane, Love Letters, Magnificent Ambersons, Since You Went Away, Shadow of a Doubt and my favorite The Third Man are all classics I love. Thanks for doing a page on Mr. Cotton, a good solid likable actor.
Hey Lyle…glad (a) you have grown to like Joseph Cotten more and (b) glad you like this UMR page subject. I have not seen Love Letters yet….but it always amazes how much money it earned. I feel he is one of the most underrated actors of all-time…what a brilliant 1940s he had. 🙂