Roger Field says on 4/Jan/10
I stood next to Joseph Cotten in the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco at the reception desk at night in 1967 during the filming of "Petulia." He seemed very tall to me, more like 6'3" than 6'2" which was Arnold Schwarzenegger's height when I knew Arnold in Munich in 1968. I think he was taller than Arnold. Roger Field

Anonymous says on 4/Jan/10
I stood next to Joseph Cotten in the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco at the reception desk at night in 1967 during the filming of "Petulia." He seemed very tall to me, more like 6'3" than 6'2" which was Arnold Schwarzenegger's height when I knew Arnold in Munich in 1968. I think he was taller than Arnold. Roger Field

Nancy says on 1/Nov/09
Just finished watching Shadow of a Doubt and Joseph Cotten & MacDonald Carey were the same height, yet sites on the internet show Cotten at 6'2" and Carey at only 6' ... one is shorter or one is taller ... ???

Frank2 says on 5/Sep/09
Robert Walker wasn't 6'1". He was about 6'. He was the same height as 6' Farley Granger in STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Madison was 6'. Yesterday I watched a film he was in with Bob Mitchum and Madison was an inch shorter.

mada says on 5/Sep/09
Was at least an inch shorter than Walter Matthau. Walter was 6-3.

talker says on 15/Feb/09
i'll go for 6'2" for Joseph Cotten.He looks taller than 6'1" Robert Walker in the movie "Since you went away",Walker looks much taller than Guy Madison who plays a sailor in same movie,this was his first movie.Madison is usually listed as 6' but in this movie he looks no more than 5'11" next to Walker.

adam says on 13/Oct/08
About 6-2 sounds right. What a great performance in "Shadow Of A Doubt". If you have a chance to watch the film, do it! Great film with a great actors including Joseph Cotten.

Mark says on 19/Sep/07
I agree; I don't think Joseph Cotten was quite that tall.

Gonzalo says on 18/Dec/06
he was clearly shorter than Peck in Duel in the sun. 6`1 is my guess.

Joanna says on 19/Jul/06
When I was 14 or 15 years old, Joseph Cotton lived in my neighborhood (albeit in a substantially larger home than the rest of us), and I had occassion to stand next to him once or twice (by the way, a very nice man). I am 6ft tall now; 5'10" back then...and he was at least 4 to 5 inches taller than me. That puts him in the 6'2" to 6'3" range.

Frank2 says on 23/May/06
Cotten was 6'2". Welles wore lifts in Citizen Kane to look taller. You can easily spot them in a couple of scenes especially when the camera is at floor level looking up as Welles shuffles around the room.

Linda S says on 21/May/06
I met Joseph Cotten in the 80's at the Miami Book Fair. He was speaking about his autobio. Had the chance to get up close to him. He was a very tall, broad-shouldered man. I felt that he was 6'4".