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Orson Welles
Also known as: George Orson Welles, O. W. Jeeves
Biography
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio. Noted for his innovative dramatic productions as well as his distinctive voice and personality, Welles is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished dramatic artists of the twentieth century, especially for his significant and influential early work—despite his notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur." After directing a number of high-profile theatrical productions in his early twenties, including an innovative adaptation of Macbeth and The Cradle Will Rock, Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds performed for the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was reported to have caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was occurring. Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety. Citizen Kane (1941), his first film with RKO, in which he starred in the role of Charles Foster Kane, is often considered the greatest film ever made. Several of his other films, including The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1965), and F for Fake (1974), are also widely considered to be masterpieces. In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
May 6, 1915
Day of Death
October 10, 1985
Age at Death
70 years old
Place of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Popularity Score
2.8
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Self (archive footage)
2028Movie
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Self / The Director / Sir John Falstaff (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026Movie
The Making Of
Self (archival)
2026Movie
War of the Worlds
narrator
2026Movie
The Scorpion and the Frog
Narrator (archive footage)
2025Movie
Human Nature in Eleven Parts
Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
2025Movie
WeirdWorld
Troy2000 (Archive footage)
2025Movie
Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
Self (archive footage)
2025TV
Othelo The Great
Self (archive footage)
2024Movie
The Battle of Grovers Mill
Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
2024Movie
Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters
Self
2024Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024Movie
The Battle of Grovers Mill
Original Story
2024Movie
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
Falstaff
2023Movie
Looking Back Before You Leap
General Zaroff (voice)
2023Movie
It's Pretty, but is it Art?
Self (voiceover)
2023Movie
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
The Welles Raft
Himself (Archive Footage)
2022Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021Movie
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
Self
2021Movie
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
2021Movie
My Guest is Orson Welles
2021Movie
Hopper/Welles
Self
2020Movie
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self (archive footage)
2020Movie
Hopper/Welles
Director
2020Movie
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
(archive footage)
2019Movie
LIFE BEYOND
Self (voice)
2019TV
Cerné par le diable
Thanks
2019Movie
Halston
Theme Song Performance
2019Movie
The Other Side of the Wind
Journalist (uncredited)
2018Movie
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
2018Movie
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
2018Movie
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2018Movie
The Other Side of the Wind
Director
2018Movie
The Other Side of the Wind
Editor
2018Movie
The Other Side of the Wind
Screenplay
2018Movie
The Brother Side of the Wake
Thanks
2018Movie
Silent Times
Thanks
2018Movie
The Magic History of Cinema
2017Movie
Embers & Dust
Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
2016Movie
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
Self (archive footage) (voice)
2016Movie
Passage to Mars
Theme Song Performance
2016Movie
This Is Orson Welles
Self
2015Movie
Bucket
Thanks
2015TV
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self (archive footage)
2014Movie
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
2014Movie
Tim May Presents Reptile
Thanks
2014Movie
Too Much Johnson
Keystone Kop
2013Movie
Jodorowsky's Dune
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2013Movie
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013TV
Too Much Johnson
Director
2013Movie
Too Much Johnson
Screenplay
2013Movie
Too Much Johnson
Editor
2013Movie
Too Much Johnson
Producer
2013Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012Movie
The Shadow Knows
Self (archive footage)
2012Movie
Magic Mirror Maze
2012Movie
The Debridement of Rome
Thanks
2012Movie
Welcome to the Basement
Theme Song Performance
2012TV
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Self
2011Movie
Incident at Barstow
Thanks
2011Movie
Orson Welles: The Paris Interview
Himself
2010Movie
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
2010Movie
Jucy
Elephant Lamp (archive sound)
2010Movie
Dahmer vs. Gacy
Thanks
2010Movie
Variations on a High School Romance
Thanks
2010Movie
L'antre du Mea
Thanks
2010TV
Beer and Board Games
Thanks
2010TV
Lucifer et moi
(archive footage 1982)
2009Movie
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009Movie
F for favor
Original Concept
2008Movie
The Deep
Russ Brewer
2007Movie
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self (archive)
2007Movie
The Deep
Producer
2007Movie
The Deep
Director
2007Movie
The Deep
Screenplay
2007Movie
The Hitchhiker
Original Concept
2007Movie
The Well
2005Movie
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
2005Movie
The Other Side of Welles
Self (archive footage)
2005Movie
Lost in "The Thinking"
Self (archive footage)
2005Movie
Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill
(Self)
2005Movie
Orson Welles Uncut
2005Movie
Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill
Director
2005Movie
The Hitch Hiker
Ronald Adams
2004Movie
The UFO Conspiracy
Self (archive sound)
2004Movie
The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
2003Movie
Filming 'The Trial'
Self
2002Movie
Lost in La Mancha
Self (archive footage)
2002Movie
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002Movie
The Movie Movie (An Excerpt)
Archival Footage
2002Movie
Filming 'The Trial'
Director
2002Movie
Filming 'The Trial'
Producer
2002Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Original Film Writer
2002Movie
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Self (Archive footage)
2001Movie
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001Movie
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
Narrator
2001Movie
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Thanks
2001Movie
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self (Archive footage)
2000Movie
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
2000Movie
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
2000Movie
Moby Dick
Director
2000Movie
Moby Dick
Theatre Play
2000Movie
Moby Dick
Editor
2000Movie
According to Occam's Razor
1999Movie
Hi-Fi
1999Movie
One Man Band
Presenter / Various
1999Movie
The Big Brass Ring
Writer
1999Movie
One Man Band
Director
1999Movie
One Man Band
Writer
1999Movie
One Man Band
Editor
1999Movie
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
1998Movie
The Way to Santiago
Writer
1998Movie
As Long as He Lives
Thanks
1998Movie
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
1997Movie
It's All Brazil
Self (archive footage)
1997Movie
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self (archive footage)
1997Movie
The Hearts of Age
Original Concept
1997Movie
The Big Brass Ring
Writer
1997Movie
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Self (archive footage)
1996Movie
Treasury of Children's Stories
Theme Song Performance
1996Movie
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Self (archive footage)
1995Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995Movie
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Director
1995Movie
Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers
Theme Song Performance
1994Movie
It's All True
Self
1993Movie
Working with Orson Welles
Himself (Archive Footage)
1993Movie
La Classe américaine
Self (archive footage)
1993Movie
Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
1993Movie
It's All True
Director
1993Movie
Historias Breves 0: Distant encounters
Thanks
1993Movie
Don Quixote
Self
1992Movie
Don Quixote
Director
1992Movie
Don Quixote
Editor
1992Movie
Don Quixote
Producer
1992Movie
Don Quixote
Screenplay
1992Movie
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)
1991Movie
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
Self (archive footage)
1991Movie
Welles' Language
Self (archive footage)
1990Movie
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Self (archive footage)
1990Movie
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Self (archive footage)
1990Movie
Continental
Thanks
1989Movie
Dieter & Andreas
Thanks
1989Movie
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Orson Welles
1988Movie
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
1988TV
Waxwork
Thanks
1988Movie
Someone to Love
Danny's Friend
1987Movie
The Transformers: The Movie
Unicron (voice)
1986Movie
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
1986Movie
It's Not All True
Himself (archive footage)
1986Movie
Unseen Lollo
Himself
1986Movie
It's All True: Four Men on a Raft
Director
1986Movie
It's All True: Four Men on a Raft
Writer
1986Movie
Unseen Lollo
Director
1986Movie
Unseen Lollo
Writer
1986Movie
The Dreamers
Marcus Kleek
1985Movie
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Self
1985Movie
Moonlighting
Orson Welles
1985TV
Scene of the Crime
1985TV
The Dreamers
Director
1985Movie
The Dreamers
Writer
1985Movie
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Director
1985Movie
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Writer
1985Movie
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Producer
1985Movie
Moonlighting
Thanks
1985TV
Scene of the Crime
Creator
1985TV
Where Is Parsifal?
Klingsor
1984Movie
The Road to Bresson
Self
1984Movie
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
himself
1984Movie
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
Narrator
1984Movie
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
Self
1984Movie
In Our Hands
Himself
1984Movie
Almonds and Raisins
Narrator
1984Movie
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
Director
1984Movie
The Witching
Mr. Cato
1983Movie
Hot Money
Sheriff Paisley
1983Movie
Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française
Himself
1983Movie
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands
Self - Narrator
1983Movie
The Psychic Connection
Narrator
1983Movie
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Magician (uncredited)
1983Movie
Butterfly
Judge Rauch
1982Movie
Slapstick of Another Kind
Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited)
1982Movie
Magic with the Stars
Self - Host
1982Movie
The Quest for Fire Adventure
Narrator
1982Movie
Genocide
Narrator (voice)
1982Movie
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Self - Narrator
1982Movie
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1982Movie
Let Poland Be Poland
Self
1982Movie
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Self - Special Guest
1982Movie
Wagner e Venezia
Richard Wagner (voice)
1982Movie
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982Movie
The Orson Welles Story
Self
1982Movie
Trick or Treats
Other
1982Movie
History of the World: Part I
Narrator (voice)
1981Movie
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Presenter / Narrator (voice)
1981Movie
The New Deal for Artists
Narrator (voice)
1981Movie
Search for the Titanic
Self - Host
1981Movie
A Gift of Harvest
Narrator
1981Movie
Brasil
Self (archive footage)
1981Movie
Tales of the Klondike
Narrator
1981TV
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
Thanks
1981Movie
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
J.P. Morgan
1980Movie
A Step Away
English Narrator
1980Movie
The Greenstone
Narrator (voice)
1980Movie
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Narrator
1980Movie
Shōgun
Narrator
1980TV
Magnum, P.I.
Robin Masters (voice)
1980TV
Filming Othello
Host
1979Movie
The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon
Narrator
1979Movie
The Muppet Movie
Lew Lord
1979Movie
The Orson Welles Show
Self
1979Movie
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Self
1979Movie
To Try Again... and Succeed
Narrator (voice)
1979Movie
The Double McGuffin
Narrator (voice)
1979Movie
The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
Narrator
1979Movie
Filming Othello
Director
1979Movie
Filming Othello
Writer
1979Movie
The Orson Welles Show
Director
1979Movie
The Orson Welles Show
Writer
1979Movie
The Biggest Battle
Narratore
1978Movie
The Late Great Planet Earth
Self
1978Movie
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Narrator
1978Movie
Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles
Himself
1978Movie
Orson Welles at The Magic Castle
Self
1978Movie
The Magic of David Copperfield
Host
1978TV
A Woman Called Moses
Narrator (voice)
1978TV
Orson Welles at The Magic Castle
Writer
1978Movie
Hot Tomorrows
Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
1977Movie
The Force Beyond
Himself (archive footage)
1977Movie
It Happened One Christmas
Henry F. Potter
1977Movie
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Narrator
1977Movie
Tut: The Boy King
Himself - Host
1977Movie
From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural
Narrator
1977Movie
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Narrator
1977Movie
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Self
1977Movie
Voyage of the Damned
José Estedes
1976Movie
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Narrator (voice)
1976Movie
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Self / Narrator
1976Movie
A Mother's Tale
Narrator
1976Movie
Cérémonie des César
Self - President
1976TV
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Writer
1976Movie
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
1975Movie
Who's Out There?
Host
1975Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975Movie
Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie
Self
1975Movie
Magnificent Monsters of the Deep
Narrator
1975Movie
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Self
1975TV
3 A.M.
Editorial Services
1975Movie
3 A.M.
Editor
1975Movie
And Then There Were None
Voice on Tape
1974Movie
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974Movie
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
Narrator
1974Movie
A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles
1974Movie
Dinah!
Self
1974TV
Crónicas fantásticas
Thanks
1974TV
F for Fake
Self
1973Movie
The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles
Narrator
1973Movie
The Battle of Sutjeska
Winston Churchill
1973Movie
The Cave
Narrator
1973Movie
Power and Corruption
Himself
1973Movie
Kelly Country
Narrator
1973Movie
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Self - Host
1973TV
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973TV
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973TV
F for Fake
Director
1973Movie
F for Fake
Writer
1973Movie
F for Fake
Editor
1973Movie
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Director
1973TV
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Screenplay
1973TV
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Creator
1973TV
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
1972Movie
Necromancy
Mr. Cato
1972Movie
Malpertuis
Cassavius
1972Movie
Future Shock
Narrator
1972Movie
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Delasandro
1972Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Sheridan Whiteside
1972Movie
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Self
1972Movie
Treasure Island
Writer
1972Movie
A Safe Place
The Magician
1971Movie
Ten Days' Wonder
Théo Van Horn
1971Movie
Sentinels of Silence
1971Movie
Flame of Persia
Narrator
1971Movie
Directed by John Ford
Narrator (voice)
1971Movie
Freedom River
Narrator
1971Movie
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971TV
The Silent Years
1971TV
Freedom River
Producer
1971Movie
Catch-22
Brigadier General Dreedle
1970Movie
Waterloo
Louis XVIII
1970Movie
The Kremlin Letter
Bresnavitch
1970Movie
Is It Always Right to Be Right?
Narrator
1970Movie
Upon This Rock
Michelangelo (voice)
1970Movie
Start the Revolution Without Me
The Narrator
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
1970Movie
A Horse Called Nijinsky
Narrator
1970Movie
The Enemy Before Us
Narrator
1970Movie
The Merchant of Venice (Rushes)
Shylock
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy
1970Movie
Night Gallery
Narrator
1970TV
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
Writer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
Producer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
Editor
1970Movie
The Merchant of Venice (Rushes)
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
Producer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
Writer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain
Producer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain
Writer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow
Producer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow
Writer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah
Producer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah
Writer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy
Director
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy
Producer
1970Movie
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy
Writer
1970Movie
Twelve Plus One
Markan
1969Movie
The Battle of Neretva
Četnik
1969Movie
The Southern Star
Plankett
1969Movie
Tepepa
Colonel Cascorro
1969Movie
To Build a Fire
Narrator (voice)
1969Movie
The Merchant of Venice
Shylock
1969Movie
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali
Narrator (voice)
1969Movie
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Justinian
1969Movie
The Merchant of Venice
Producer
1969Movie
The Merchant of Venice
Screenplay
1969Movie
The Merchant of Venice
Director
1969Movie
The Merchant of Venice
Editor
1969Movie
House of Cards
Leschenhaut
1968Movie
The Immortal Story
Charles Clay
1968Movie
The Fight for Rome
Justinian
1968Movie
Vienna
Himself
1968Movie
Portrait: Orson Welles
Self
1968Movie
Oedipus the King
Tiresias
1968Movie
Around the World of Mike Todd
Self - Narrator
1968Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968TV
The Name of the Game
Narrator
1968TV
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968TV
The Immortal Story
Director
1968Movie
Vienna
Director
1968Movie
Vienna
Writer
1968Movie
The Immortal Story
Screenplay
1968Movie
Vienna
Producer
1968Movie
Casino Royale
Le Chiffre
1967Movie
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Jonathan Lute
1967Movie
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Louis de Mozambique
1967Movie
Ten Days That Shook the World
Narrator
1967Movie
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
Self
1967Movie
Beggars Would Ride
Narrator
1967Movie
Omnibus
Self - Presenter
1967TV
The Heroine
Director
1967Movie
The Heroine
Editor
1967Movie
A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
1966Movie
Is Paris Burning?
Konsul Nordling
1966Movie
Orson Welles in Spain
Himself
1966Movie
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Additional Writing
1966Movie
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Scenario Writer
1966Movie
Chimes at Midnight
Falstaff
1965Movie
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees
Self - Narrator (voice)
1965Movie
Marco the Magnificent
Akerman, Marco's Teacher
1965Movie
A King's Story
Narrator
1965Movie
Americans on Everest
Narrator- Self
1965Movie
Profile No. 6: Orson Welles
1965Movie
National Geographic Specials
Narrator
1965TV
Chimes at Midnight
Director
1965Movie
Chimes at Midnight
Screenplay
1965Movie
Chimes at Midnight
Costume Design
1965Movie
The Finest Hours
Narrator (voice)
1964Movie
In the Land of Don Quixote
Himself
1964TV
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964TV
In the Land of Don Quixote
Director
1964TV
In the Land of Don Quixote
Editor
1964TV
In the Land of Don Quixote
Additional Camera
1964TV
Shindig!
Theme Song Performance
1964TV
In the Land of Don Quixote
Producer
1964TV
In the Land of Don Quixote
Creator
1964TV
The V.I.P.s
Max Buda
1963Movie
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
1963Movie
La ricotta
1963Movie
Hollywood and the Stars
Self (archive footage)
1963TV
The Trial
Albert Hastler
1962Movie
Lafayette
Benjamin Franklin
1962Movie
River of the Ocean
Narrator (English)
1962Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962TV
The Trial
Director
1962Movie
The Trial
Screenplay
1962Movie
The Trial
Editor
1962Movie
The Tartars
Burundai
1961Movie
King of Kings
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1961Movie
Tempo
Self
1961TV
Survival
Narrator
1961TV
Tempo
Director
1961TV
Tempo
Writer
1961TV
David and Goliath
King Saul
1960Movie
Crack in the Mirror
Hagolin / Lamerciere
1960Movie
Austerlitz
Robert Fulton
1960Movie
An Arabian Night
Storyteller
1960Movie
Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles
Self (narrator)
1960Movie
Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles
Director
1960Movie
Compulsion
Jonathan Wilk
1959Movie
Ferry to Hong Kong
Captain Hart
1959Movie
High Journey
Narrator
1959Movie
Touch of Evil
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
1958Movie
The Long, Hot Summer
Will Varner
1958Movie
The Vikings
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1958Movie
The Fountain of Youth
the narrator
1958Movie
The Roots of Heaven
Cy Sedgewick
1958Movie
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Self - Host
1958Movie
Lords of the Forest
Narrator (voice)
1958Movie
South Seas Adventure
Narrator
1958Movie
Colgate Theatre
1958TV
Touch of Evil
Director
1958Movie
Touch of Evil
Screenplay
1958Movie
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Director
1958Movie
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Writer
1958Movie
The Fountain of Youth
Director
1958Movie
The Fountain of Youth
Producer
1958Movie
The Fountain of Youth
Production Design
1958Movie
The Fountain of Youth
Writer
1958Movie
The Fountain of Youth
Music Arranger
1958Movie
Colgate Theatre
Music Arranger
1958TV
Colgate Theatre
Director
1958TV
Colgate Theatre
Screenplay
1958TV
Colgate Theatre
Producer
1958TV
Man in the Shadow
Virgil Renchler
1957Movie
Moby Dick
Father Mapple
1956Movie
Out of Darkness
Self - Narrator
1956Movie
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
Self - Narrator (voice)
1956Movie
The Steve Allen Show
Self
1956TV
Cinépanorama
Self
1956TV
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
Director
1956Movie
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
Writer
1956Movie
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
Producer
1956Movie
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
Production Designer
1956Movie
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
Music Arranger
1956Movie
Napoleon
Sir Hudson Lowe
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Gregory Arkadin
1955Movie
Three Cases of Murder
Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
1955Movie
The Land of the Basques
Himself
1955Movie
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
1955Movie
Around the World with Orson Welles
Host: Orson Welles
1955TV
Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Himself - Host
1955TV
Ford Star Jubilee
Oscar Jaffe
1955TV
The Land of the Basques
Director
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Director
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Screenplay
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Producer
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Production Design
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Costume Design
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Editor
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Story
1955Movie
Mr. Arkadin
Art Direction
1955Movie
Three Cases of Murder
Theme Song Performance
1955Movie
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Director
1955Movie
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Writer
1955Movie
Around the World with Orson Welles
Director
1955TV
Around the World with Orson Welles
Writer
1955TV
Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Director
1955TV
Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Writer
1955TV
Around the World with Orson Welles
Creator
1955TV
Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Creator
1955TV
Trouble in the Glen
Sanin Cejador y Mengues
1954Movie
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954TV
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Benjamin Franklin
1953Movie
Man, Beast and Virtue
Captain Perella, the Beast
1953Movie
King Lear
King Lear
1953Movie
Trent's Last Case
Sigsbee Manderson
1952Movie
Return to Glennascaul
Narrator
1952Movie
Omnibus
King Lear
1952TV
Othello
Othello
1951Movie
I Love Lucy
Orson Welles
1951TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sheridan Whiteside
1951TV
Othello
Director
1951Movie
Othello
Producer
1951Movie
Othello
Screenplay
1951Movie
The Black Rose
Bayan
1950Movie
Disorder
Self
1950Movie
The Miracle of St. Anne
The Director
1950Movie
What's My Line?
Self
1950TV
The Miracle of St. Anne
Director
1950Movie
The Miracle of St. Anne
Writer
1950Movie
The Third Man
Harry Lime
1949Movie
Prince of Foxes
Cesare Borgia
1949Movie
Black Magic
Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
1949Movie
Black Magic
Co-Director
1949Movie
Macbeth
Macbeth
1948Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948TV
Macbeth
Director
1948Movie
Macbeth
Costume Design
1948Movie
Macbeth
Producer
1948Movie
Macbeth
Screenplay
1948Movie
Macbeth
Set Designer
1948Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara
1947Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Producer
1947Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Screenplay
1947Movie
Monsieur Verdoux
Story
1947Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Director
1947Movie
The Stranger
Prof. Charles Rankin
1946Movie
Tomorrow Is Forever
John Andrew MacDonald
1946Movie
Duel in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946Movie
Battle for Survival
Narrator
1946Movie
The Stranger
Director
1946Movie
The Stranger
Co-Writer
1946Movie
Mexico City, Old and New
Narrator
1945Movie
Follow the Boys
Orson Welles (uncredited)
1944Movie
Know Your Ally: Britain
Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
1944Movie
Journey into Fear
Colonel Haki
1943Movie
Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
1943Movie
Show-Business at War
Self
1943Movie
Jane Eyre
Associate Producer
1943Movie
Journey into Fear
Producer
1943Movie
Journey into Fear
Screenplay
1943Movie
It's All True
Director
1943Movie
It's All True
Screenplay
1943Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Narrator (voice)
1942Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Director
1942Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Producer
1942Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Screenplay
1942Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
Additional Photography
1942Movie
Citizen Kane
Charles Foster Kane
1941Movie
Citizen Kane
Screenplay
1941Movie
Citizen Kane
Producer
1941Movie
Citizen Kane
Director
1941Movie
Swiss Family Robinson
Opening Narrator (uncredited)
1940Movie
The Green Goddess
Rajah/Narrator
1939Movie
The Green Goddess
Director
1939Movie
The Green Goddess
Adaptation
1939Movie
The Green Goddess
Producer
1939Movie
The Spanish Earth
Narrator (voice)
1937Movie
The Hearts of Age
Death
1934Movie
The Hearts of Age
Director
1934Movie
The Hearts of Age
Writer
1934Movie
Twelfth Night
Narrator
1933Movie
Twelfth Night
Director
1933Movie
Twelfth Night
Adaptation
1933Movie
Twelfth Night
Costume Design
1933Movie
Twelfth Night
Director of Photography
1933Movie
Something Else
—Movie
Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee
Narrator
—Movie
Something Else
Original Concept
—Movie