- Films
- 61
- Avg rating
- 6.65
- Peak run
- 1943’45
- 7+ run
- 5 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Joseph by the numbers
Average
6.65
44 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.82
rating spread
Career
44y
1938 to 1981
Total votes
1.16M
across every film
Best
8.2
Citizen Kane
Worst
5.8
Airport '77
Newest first
Filmography
| 1981 | Delusion | Ivar Langrock | · | 690 |
| 1981 | The Survivor | Priest | 5.2 | 1,579 |
| 1980 | The Hearse | Walter Prichard | 4.9 | 2,858 |
| 1980 |  Heaven's Gate | The Reverend Doctor | 6.7 | 19,427 |
| 1979 | Guyana: Cult of the Damned | Richard Gable | · | 654 |
| 1979 | The Island of the Fishmen | Prof. Ernest Marvin | 5.3 | 2,974 |
| 1978 | Caravans | Crandall | 5.9 | 1,197 |
| 1977 |  Airport '77 | Nicholas St. Downs III | 5.8 | 14,121 |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State | 6.7 | 4,254 |
| 1976 | A Whisper in the Dark | The Professor | · | 389 |
| 1975 | Syndicate Sadists | Paternò | 6.4 | 1,143 |
| 1973 | A Delicate Balance | Harry | 6.5 | 1,079 |
| 1973 |  Soylent Green | Simonson | 7.0 | 75,113 |
| 1972 | Baron Blood | Alfred Becker | 5.9 | 4,823 |
| 1972 | The Scopone Game | George | 7.6 | 2,902 |
| 1971 |  The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Dr. Vesalius | 7.0 | 18,293 |
| 1971 | Lady Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 5.2 | 2,937 |
| 1970 | The Grasshopper | Richard Morgan | · | 756 |
| 1970 |  Tora! Tora! Tora! | Henry L. Stimson | 7.5 | 40,288 |
| 1969 | Latitude Zero | Capt. Craig McKenzie | 5.9 | 1,213 |
Better together?
Joseph Cotten's regulars
- William DieterleDirector and actor · 5 films · 7.02 avg▲+0.30
- Agnes MooreheadCo-star · 4 films · 7.45 avg▲+0.77
- Orson WellesDirector and actor · 4 films · 7.43 avg▲+0.43
- Cecil KellawayCo-star · 4 films · 7.37 avg▲+0.63
- Jennifer JonesCo-star · 4 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.45
- Orson WellesCo-star · 3 films · 7.60 avg▲+0.91
- Bette DavisCo-star · 3 films · 7.30 avg▲+0.56
- Robert AldrichDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.97 avg▲+0.29
- Elke SommerCo-star · 3 films · 5.60 avg▼−0.70
- George CukorDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.45 avg▲+0.72
- Richard FleischerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.25 avg▲+0.68
- Robert WiseDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.33
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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