Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994)

Film Deaths[edit | edit source]

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) [Uncle Charlie]: Falls out of a train and into the path of another train during a struggle with Teresa Wright.

Niagara (1953) [George Loomis]: Drowned when his boat sinks while going over Niagara Falls.

The Last Sunset (1961) [John Breckenridge]: Shot in the back Adam Williams as he leaves the cantina, as he is flanked by Rock Hudson and Kirk Douglas. (Thanks to Brian).

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Cross of Iron; What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?) (1964) [Dr. Drew Bayliss]: Crushed to death (along with Olivia de Havilland) when Bette Davis drops a large piece of masonry on them (overhearing they had cheated on her). (Thanks to Mac)

The Money Trap (1965) [Dr. Horace Van Tilden]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with Glenn Ford.
Hellbenders (The Cruel Ones) (I Crudeli) (1967) [Colonel Jonas] Mortally wounded during a shoot-out. Crawls down to a river where he dies right after throwing his flag into the river.

Lady Frankenstein (La Figlia di Frankenstein; Daughter of Frankenstein; Madame Frankenstein) (1971) [Baron Frankenstein]: Killed by his creation in his laboratory.

The Torture Chamber of Baron Blood (Gli Orrori del castello di Noremberga) (1972) [Baron Otto von Kleist a.k.a. Alfred Becker]: Dies (off-screen) several centuries before the movie begins; he is brought back to life by a magic ritual. (I'm sure he dies once again, but I can't recall for certain.)

Soylent Green (1973) [William R. Simonson]: Beaten/hacked to death with a meat hook by Stephen Young (in an assassination for the government) after Stephen breaks into Joseph's apartment. (Thanks to Andrea and Kenneth)

Syndicate Sadists (Il Giustiziere sfida la citta; Final Payment; One Just Man; Rambo's Revenge) (1975) [Paterno]: Commits suicide by shooting himself in the head (off-camera) after Tomas Milian confronts him in his office; we hear the shot as Tomas walks away (creating the initial impression that Joseph has shot Tomas in the back), and his body is shown when Tomas turns around.

The Perfect Crime (Indagine su un delitto perfetto) (1978) [Sir Arthur Dundee]: Dies of heart failure while trying to remove his own pacemaker, after Leonard Mann short-circuits it with some machine while Joseph's asleep. (Thanks to Andrea)

Screamers (L'Isola degli uomini pesce; Island of the Fishmen; Something Waits in the Dark) (1979) [Professor Ernest Marvin]: Shot to death by Richard Johnson when Joseph pulls a knife on him. (Thanks to Andrea and Johan)

Tales of the Unexpected: Edward the Conqueror (1979) [Edward]: A presumed death as we see him being approached in the kitchen by his wife Wendy Hiller who is holding a large knife behind her back and who wrongly believes that he has killed her cat. (Thanks to Brian)
Tales of the Unexpected: Depart in Peace (1980) [Lionel]: Murdered by Maureen O'Brien when he bites into a canape of poisoned caviar, her revenge for him unveiling to his society friends a full length portrait of her in sexy underwear. (Thanks to Brian)