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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of ''The Philadelphia Story'' (1939) and ''Sabrina Fair'' (1953). He then gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with Orson Welles on three films, ''Citizen Kane'' (1941), ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942), and ''Journey into Fear'' (1943), which Cotten starred in and for which he was also credited with the screenplay.

Cotten went on to become one of the leading Hollywood actors of the 1940s, appearing in films such as ''Shadow of a Doubt'' (1943), ''Gaslight'' (1944), ''Love Letters'' (1945), ''Duel in the Sun'' (1946), ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1947), ''Portrait of Jennie'' (1948) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, ''The Third Man'' (1949) and ''Niagara'' (1953). One of his final films was Michael Cimino's ''Heaven's Gate'' (1980).

Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Provided by Wikipedia