Editing Joseph Cotten

[[File:Screen Shot 2023-01-05 at 2.33.19 PM.png|thumb|433x433px|Joseph Cotten in ''Syndicate Sadists'']]
[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001072/ Joseph Cotten] (1905 - 1994)

==Film Deaths==
*'''[[Shadow of a Doubt (1943)|''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)|''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 (1964)|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)|The Money Trap]]''[[The Money Trap (1965)| (1965)]]''' [''Dr. Horace Van Tilden'']: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with [[Glenn Ford]].
*'''''[[Hellbenders (1967)|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 (1971)|Lady Frankenstein]]''' (La Figlia di Frankenstein; Daughter of Frankenstein; Madame Frankenstein)'' '''(1971)''' [''Baron Frankenstein'']: Crushed by [[Riccardo Pizzuti]] <nowiki/> 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. He is later torn apart by his victims.  
*'''''[[Soylent Green (1973)|Soylent Green]]''[[Soylent Green (1973)| (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 (1975)|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 (1978)|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'')
*'''''The Hearse'' (1980)''' [''Walter Pritchard'']: Strangled to death off-screen, his body is later found hanging in the shower.

== TV Deaths ==

* '''''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)''

== Gallery ==
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File:Joseph Cotten.PNG|Joseph Cotten dead in ''Hellbenders''
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==Noteworthy Connections==
*Husband of [[Patricia Medina]].

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