Orson Welles


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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985), best known as Orson Welles, 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...

Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Date of Birth: May 6, 1915

Date of Death: Oct 10, 1985


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Filmography

Actor (275 Known Credits)


Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende

Self - Interviewee (archive footage)

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Himself (Archival Footage)

Parkinson at 50

Self (archival footage)

Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

Self (archive footage)

A Jangada de Welles

Himself (Archive Footage)

Street Gang

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Eyes of Orson Welles

Himself (archive footage)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Himself (archive footage)

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Self (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Embers & Dust

Professor Richard Pierson / Self

Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso

Self - (archive footage)

Talking Pictures

Himself - Archive footage

Jodorowsky's Dune

Self (Archival Footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)

Lucifer et moi

Archive - Images tournées en 1982

Edge of Outside

Self (archive footage)

Cineastes contra magnats

Himself (archive footage)

Druga strana Wellesa

Himself (archive footage)

The Hitch Hiker

Ronald Adams

Lost in La Mancha

Himself (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Himself (archive footage)

L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles

Self (archive footage)

Moby Dick

Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

Self (archive footage)

Tudo é Brasil

Himself (archive footage)

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

Himself (archive footage)

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Himself (archive footage)

La classe américaine

Himself (archive footage)

It's All True

Himself - Interview

Working with Orson Welles

Himself (Archive Footage)

Someone to Love

Danny's Friend

Nem Tudo é Verdade

Himself (archive footage)

In Our Hands

Himself

The Witching

Mr. Cato

Butterfly

Judge Rauch

Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

Aliens' Father (voice)

Genocide

Narrator (voice)

Notre Dame de la Croisette

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wagner e Venezia

Richard Wagner (voice)

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

Self - Narrator

World of Magic

Self - Special Guest

Let Poland Be Poland

Self - Co-Host

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

Presenter / Narrator

Brasil

Self (archive footage)

Shogun

Narrator

The New Deal for Artists

Narrator (voice)

Tajna Nikole Tesle

J.P. Morgan

A un solo paso

English Narrator

Shogun

Narrator

The Force Beyond

Himself (archive footage)

Tut: The Boy King

Himself - Host

Hot Tomorrows

Parklawn Mortuary (voice)

Voyage of the Damned

José Estedes

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)

Bugs Bunny: Superstar

Narrator (voice)

Sutjeska

Winston Churchill

Kelly Country

Narrator

Treasure Island

Long John Silver

Necromancy

Mr. Cato

Get to Know Your Rabbit

Mr. Delasandro

Future Shock

Narrator

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Sheridan Whiteside

Malpertuis

Cassavius

A Safe Place

The Magician

La décade prodigieuse

Théo Van Horn

Directed by John Ford

Narrator (voice)

Freedom River

Narrator

London

Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw

Catch-22

Brigadier General Dreedle

Waterloo

Louis XVIII

The Kremlin Letter

Bresnavitch

Upon This Rock

Michelangelo (voice)

The Deep

as Russ Brewer

12 + 1

Markan

Tepepa

Colonel Cascorro

To Build a Fire

Narrator (voice)

The Dick Cavett Show

Himself - Guest

House of Cards

Leschenhaut

Vienna

Himself

Casino Royale

Le Chiffre

A Man for All Seasons

Cardinal Wolsey

Paris brûle-t-il?

Konsul Nordling

A King's Story

Narrator

The Finest Hours

Narrator (voice)

The V.I.P.s

Max Buda

Ro.Go.Pa.G.

The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")

Le procès

Albert Hastler

La Fayette

Benjamin Franklin

Survival

Narrator

King of Kings

Narrator (Voice)

I tartari

Burundai

Austerlitz

Robert Fulton

David e Golia

King Saul

Crack in the Mirror

Hagolin / Lamerciere

An Arabian Night

Storyteller

Compulsion

Jonathan Wilk

Ferry to Hong Kong

Captain Hart

High Journey

Narrator

Touch of Evil

Police Captain Hank Quinlan

The Vikings

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Portrait of Gina

Self - Host

The Roots of Heaven

Cy Sedgewick

Man in the Shadow

Virgil Renchler

Moby Dick

Father Mapple

Out of Darkness

Self - Narrator

Ford Star Jubilee

Oscar Jaffe

Napoléon

Sir Hudson Lowe

Mr. Arkadin

Gregory Arkadin

Three Cases of Murder

Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

Trouble in the Glen

Sanin Cejador y Mengues

King Lear

King Lear

Omnibus

King Lear

Trent's Last Case

Sigsbee Manderson

L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù

Captain Perella, the Beast

Othello

Othello

What's My Line?

Self - Panelist

Desordre

Himself

The Third Man

Harry Lime

Prince of Foxes

Cesare Borgia

Black Magic

Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self / King Lear

Macbeth

Macbeth

The Lady from Shanghai

Michael O'Hara

The Stranger

Charles Rankin

Duel in the Sun

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Tomorrow Is Forever

John Andrew MacDonald

Follow the Boys

Orson Welles

Know Your Ally: Britain

Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)

Journey Into Fear

Colonel Haki

Jane Eyre

Edward Rochester

The Magnificent Ambersons

Narrator (voice)

Citizen Kane

Charles Foster Kane

Swiss Family Robinson

Opening Narrator

Too Much Johnson

Keystone Kop

The Spanish Earth

Narrator (voice)

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Self - Roaster (archive footage)

Search for the Titanic

Himself (host)

Hollywood and the Stars

Himself (archive footage)

The Greenstone

Narrator (voice)

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

Self (archive footage)

American

Himself (archive footage)

Terre d'Espagne

narration

Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Himself (Archival Footage)
Self (archival footage)
Self (archive footage)
Hopper/Welles (2020)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Himself (Archive Footage)
Street Gang (2018)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Himself (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Embers & Dust (2016)
Professor Richard Pierson / Self
Himself
Shylock
Self - (archive footage)
Talking Pictures (2013 - 2022)
Himself - Archive footage
Self (Archival Footage)
(archive footage)
Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
Archive - Images tournées en 1982
Self (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Brunnen (2005)
Himself (archive footage)
Ronald Adams
Rita (2003)
Himself (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Self (Archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Moby Dick (2000)
Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
It's All True (1993)
Himself - Interview
Himself (Archive Footage)
Himself(archive footage)
Danny's Friend
Unicron (voice)
Himself (archive footage)
Moonlighting (1985 - 1989)
Narrator
Himself
In Our Hands (1984)
Himself
Hot Money (1983)
The Witching (1983)
Mr. Cato
Narrator
Butterfly (1982)
Judge Rauch
Aliens' Father (voice)
Genocide (1982)
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marcus Kleek
Self
Richard Wagner (voice)
Self - Narrator
Self - Special Guest
Self - Co-Host
Presenter / Narrator
Himself
Brasil (1981)
Self (archive footage)
Narrator
Shogun (1981)
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
Magnum, P.I. (1980 - 1988)
J.P. Morgan
English Narrator
Shogun (1980)
Narrator
Lew Lord
Narrator
Himself
Narrator (voice)
Narratore
Host
Himself (archive footage)
Himself - Host
Narrator
Hot Tomorrows (1977)
Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
Henry F. Potter
José Estedes
Self / Narrator
Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
Himself
Narrator (voice)
Host
Voice on Tape
Sutjeska (1973)
Winston Churchill
Kelly Country (1973)
Narrator
Himself
Long John Silver
Necromancy (1972)
Mr. Cato
Mr. Delasandro
Future Shock (1972)
Narrator
Sheridan Whiteside
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971 - 1980)
Self
Malpertuis (1971)
Cassavius
A Safe Place (1971)
The Magician
Théo Van Horn
Narrator (voice)
Freedom River (1971)
Narrator
Narrator
London (1971)
Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw
Night Gallery (1970 - 1973)
Catch-22 (1970)
Brigadier General Dreedle
Waterloo (1970)
Louis XVIII
Bresnavitch
Michelangelo (voice)
The Deep (1970)
as Russ Brewer
Narrator
Narrator
12 + 1 (1969)
Markan
Četnik
Plankett
Tepepa (1969)
Colonel Cascorro
Narrator (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968 - 1995)
Himself - Guest
The Name of the Game (1968 - 1971)
Narrator
Leschenhaut
Charles Clay
Vienna (1968)
Himself
Tiresias
Justinian
Interviewee
Self - Narrator
Casino Royale (1967)
Le Chiffre
Jonathan Lute
Narrator
Cardinal Wolsey
Konsul Nordling
Himself
Falstaff
Narrator
Narrator (voice)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Max Buda
Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
The Merv Griffin Show (1962 - 1978)
Self
Le procès (1962)
Albert Hastler
La Fayette (1962)
Benjamin Franklin
Narrator
Survival (1961 - 2001)
Narrator
King of Kings (1961)
Narrator (Voice)
I tartari (1961)
Burundai
Austerlitz (1960)
Robert Fulton
David e Golia (1960)
King Saul
Hagolin / Lamerciere
Storyteller
Compulsion (1959)
Jonathan Wilk
Captain Hart
High Journey (1959)
Narrator
Touch of Evil (1958)
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Will Varner
The Vikings (1958)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Self - Host
Cy Sedgewick
the narrator
Narrator
Virgil Renchler
The Steve Allen Show (1956 - 1960)
Cinépanorama (1956 - 1960)
Self
Moby Dick (1956)
Father Mapple
Self - Narrator
Ford Star Jubilee (1955 - 1956)
Oscar Jaffe
Napoléon (1955)
Sir Hudson Lowe
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Gregory Arkadin
Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Self - Host
Host: Orson Welles
Himself - Host
Benjamin Franklin
Sanin Cejador y Mengues
King Lear (1953)
King Lear
Omnibus (1952 - 1961)
King Lear
Sigsbee Manderson
Captain Perella, the Beast
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)
I Love Lucy (1951 - 1957)
Othello (1951)
Othello
What's My Line? (1950 - 1967)
Self - Panelist
Bayan
Desordre (1950)
Himself
The Third Man (1949)
Harry Lime
Cesare Borgia
Black Magic (1949)
Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948 - 1971)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948 - 1971)
Self / King Lear
Macbeth (1948)
Macbeth
Michael O'Hara
The Stranger (1946)
Charles Rankin
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Andrew MacDonald
Narrator
Narrator
Orson Welles
Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
Colonel Haki
Jane Eyre (1943)
Edward Rochester
Himself
Narrator (voice)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Charles Foster Kane
Opening Narrator
Keystone Kop
Narrator (voice)
Death
Self - Roaster (archive footage)
Himself (host)
Himself (archive footage)
Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Himself (archive footage)
narration

Director (44 Known Credits)


Hopper/Welles (2020)
Director
Director
Moby Dick (2000)
Director
It's All True (1993)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
London (1971)
Director
Director
The Deep (1970)
Director
Director
One Man Band (1968 - 1971)
Director
Director
Vienna (1968)
Director
Director
Le procès (1962)
Director
Tempo (1961)
Director
Touch of Evil (1958)
Director
Director
Director
Director
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Director
Director
Othello (1951)
Director
Macbeth (1948)
Director
Director
The Stranger (1946)
Director
Citizen Kane (1941)
Director
Director
Director

Writer (22 Known Credits)


Editor (11 Known Credits)


Story (2 Known Credits)


Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Story
Story

Characters (1 Known Credits)


Citizen Vader

Characters

Citizen Vader (2014)
Characters

Screenplay (20 Known Credits)


Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
The Deep (1970)
Screenplay
One Man Band (1968 - 1971)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Le procès (1962)
Screenplay
Touch of Evil (1958)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Screenplay
Othello (1951)
Screenplay
Macbeth (1948)
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Citizen Kane (1941)
Screenplay
Screenplay

Producer (19 Known Credits)


Producer
Producer
Producer
Freedom River (1971)
Producer
The Deep (1970)
Producer
Producer
Vienna (1968)
Producer
Producer
Producer
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Producer
Othello (1951)
Producer
Macbeth (1948)
Producer
Producer
Producer
Citizen Kane (1941)
Producer
Producer

Thanks (19 Known Credits)


Co-Director (2 Known Credits)


No Exit

Co-Director

No Exit (1962)
Co-Director
Co-Director

Other (1 Known Credits)


Additional Writing (1 Known Credits)


Additional Writing

Associate Producer (1 Known Credits)


Jane Eyre

Associate Producer

Jane Eyre (1943)
Associate Producer

Additional Photography (1 Known Credits)


The Magnificent Ambersons

Additional Photography

Additional Photography

Additional Camera (1 Known Credits)


Additional Camera

Costume Design (3 Known Credits)


Mr. Arkadin

Costume Design

Macbeth

Costume Design

Costume Design
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Costume Design
Macbeth (1948)
Costume Design

Idea


No titles found

Scenario Writer


No titles found

Production Design (4 Known Credits)


The Golden Honeymoon

Production Design

The Fountain of Youth

Production Design

Mr. Arkadin

Production Design

Portrait d'un assassin

Production Design

Production Design
Production Design
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Production Design
Production Design

Theatre Play (1 Known Credits)


Moby Dick

Theatre Play

Moby Dick (2000)
Theatre Play

Adaptation


No titles found

Creator (7 Known Credits)


Theme Song Performance (7 Known Credits)


Halston

Theme Song Performance

Welcome To The Basement

Theme Song Performance

Passage to Mars

Theme Song Performance

Treasury of Children's Stories

Theme Song Performance

Shindig!

Theme Song Performance

Three Cases of Murder

Theme Song Performance

Halston (2019)
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
Shindig! (1964 - 1966)
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance

Art Direction (1 Known Credits)


Mr. Arkadin

Art Direction

Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Art Direction

Set Designer (1 Known Credits)


Macbeth

Set Designer

Macbeth (1948)
Set Designer

Co-Writer (1 Known Credits)


The Stranger

Co-Writer

The Stranger (1946)
Co-Writer

Music Arranger (4 Known Credits)


The Golden Honeymoon

Music Arranger

The Fountain of Youth

Music Arranger

Colgate Theatre

Music Arranger

Music Arranger
Music Arranger
Music Arranger
Music Arranger

Original Concept (4 Known Credits)


F for favor

Original Concept

The Hitchhiker

Original Concept

The Hearts of Age

Original Concept

Something Else

Original Concept

F for favor (2008)
Original Concept
Original Concept
Original Concept
Original Concept

Editorial Services (1 Known Credits)


3 A.M.

Editorial Services

3 A.M. (1975)
Editorial Services

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