Joseph Cotten

As a youngster while struggling to be an actor he sold paint and advertising space and wrote occasional drama reviews for the Miami Herald until 1930 when he was engaged as an understudy and assistant stage manager and soon after he began appearing on Broadway. In 1937 he joined Orson Welles Mercury Theatre leaving 2 years later to play the lead opposite Katherine Hepburn on Broadway in the hit play The Philadelphia Story, In 1941 Orson Welles took him to Hollywood to play leading parts in Welles' first three feature productions - Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons and Journey into Fear