Joseph Cotten (1905-1994)
75.3 TOPICAL actor score · #157 of 1,977 actors
Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) has a TOPICAL actor score of 75.3 - ranked 157 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are prime and career standing. They've won 1 acting honour from 1 nomination, including the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1941-1950. Best films: Citizen Kane (1941), The Third Man (1949), Shadow of a Doubt (1943).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours70
Prime98
Their movies82
Credits80
Career standing85
- Acting honours1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Prime1941-1950
- Credits82 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 21 scored films (11 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 49 languages
“Film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Joseph Cotten's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Citizen Kane | 1941 | 2 |
| 73 | The Third Man | 1949 | 1 |
| 259 | Gaslight | 1944 | 3 |
| 425 | Shadow of a Doubt | 1943 | 2 |
| 582 | The Magnificent Ambersons | 1942 | 1 |
| 1,404 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | 1964 | 3 |
| 1,783 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | 1970 | 4 |
| 2,359 | Since You Went Away | 1944 | 3 |
| 2,426 | Portrait of Jennie | 1948 | 2 |
| 2,522 | Soylent Green | 1973 | 4 |
| 2,643 | The Farmer's Daughter | 1947 | 2 |
| 2,680 | Duel in the Sun | 1946 | 2 |
| 3,344 | Heaven's Gate | 1980 | 7 |
| 3,580 | Niagara | 1953 | 2 |
| 4,261 | Beyond the Forest | 1949 | 2 |
| 4,418 | Under Capricorn | 1949 | 2 |
| 4,553 | Love Letters | 1945 | 2 |
| 5,219 | Airport '77 | 1977 | 4 |
| 5,490 | Caravans | 1978 | 5 |
| 6,307 | Lydia | 1941 | 4 |
| 6,528 | The Oscar | 1966 | 5 |