Orson Welles
Birthday
1915/05/06
Day of death
1985/10/10 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as
Джордж Орсон Уэллс, George Orson Welles, O. W. Jeeves, 오슨 웰스, 오슨 웰즈, 오손 웰스, اورسون ولز
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1941) Citizen Kane
as Charles Foster Kane
(1966) A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey
(1942) The Magnificent Ambersons
as Narrator (voice)
(1965) Chimes at Midnight
as Falstaff
(1949) The Third Man
as Harry Lime
(1958) Touch of Evil
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
(1981) History of the World: Part I
as Narrator
(1962) The Trial
as Albert Hastler
(1969) Twelve Plus One
as Markan
(1986) The Transformers: The Movie
as Unicron (voice)
(1956) Moby Dick
as Father Mapple
(1970) Catch-22
as Brigadier General Dreedle
(1947) The Lady from Shanghai
as Michael O'Hara
(1966) Is Paris Burning?
as Konsul Nordling
(1946) The Stranger
as Prof. Charles Rankin
(1974) And Then There Were None
as Voice on Tape
(1968) House of Cards
as Leschenhaut
(1943) Journey into Fear
as Colonel Haki
(1972) Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
(2007) The Deep
as Russ Brewer
(1965) Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1943) Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester
(1992) Don Quixote
as Self
(1999) According to Occam's Razor
as ---
(1990) Welles' Language
as Self (archive footage)
(1997) Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
(1967) Casino Royale
as Le Chiffre
(1970) Waterloo
as Louis XVIII
(1944) Follow the Boys
as Orson Welles (uncredited)
(1969) The Battle of Neretva
as Četnik
(1975) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
(1948) Macbeth
as Macbeth
(1982) Butterfly
as Judge Rauch
(1958) The Long, Hot Summer
as Will Varner
(1959) Compulsion
as Jonathan Wilk
(1972) Necromancy
as Mr. Cato
(2022) The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons
as Himself (Archive footage)
(1958) The Vikings
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1973) F for Fake
as Self
(1955) Napoleon
as Sir Hudson Lowe
(1963) The V.I.P.s
as Max Buda
(2022) American: An Odyssey to 1947
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Black Rose
as Bayan
(1969) The Southern Star
as Plankett
(1949) Prince of Foxes
as Cesare Borgia
(2023) From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
as Falstaff
(1955) Mr. Arkadin
as Gregory Arkadin
(1946) Tomorrow Is Forever
as John Andrew MacDonald
(1955) Three Cases of Murder
as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
(1970) The Kremlin Letter
as Bresnavitch
(2014) Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Malpertuis
as Cassavius
(1951) Othello
as Othello
(1981) The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
as Presenter / Narrator (voice)
(1954) Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Benjamin Franklin
(1995) Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) The Biggest Battle
as Narratore
(2003) The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)
(1969) Tepepa
as Colonel Cascorro
(1980) The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
as J.P. Morgan
(1982) Slapstick of Another Kind
as Aliens' Father (voice)
(1971) A Safe Place
as The Magician
(1977) Hot Tomorrows
as Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
(1952) Trent's Last Case
as Sigsbee Manderson
(1971) Ten Days' Wonder
as Théo Van Horn
(1968) The Immortal Story
as Charles Clay
(2019) Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
(1978) The Late Great Planet Earth
as Self
(1976) Voyage of the Damned
as José Estedes
(1960) David and Goliath
as King Saul
(1949) Black Magic
as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
(1993) It's All True
as Self
(1959) Ferry to Hong Kong
as Captain Hart
(1963) Ro.Go.Pa.G.
as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
(2021) Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1972) Future Shock
as Narrator
(1972) Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Delasandro
(1958) The Fountain of Youth
as the narrator
(1977) The Force Beyond
as Himself (archive footage)
(1937) The Spanish Earth
as Narrator (voice)
(1983) The Witching
as Mr. Cato
(1965) Marco the Magnificent
as Akerman, Marco's Teacher
(1977) It Happened One Christmas
as Henry F. Potter
(1978) Filming Othello
as Host
(1978) Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator
(1967) I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Jonathan Lute
(1954) Trouble in the Glen
as Sanin Cejador y Mengues
(1984) Where Is Parsifal?
as Klingsor
(1953) Return to Glennascaul
as Narrator
(1997) It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The Road to Bresson
as Self
(2021) Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) Too Much Johnson
as Keystone Kop
(1961) The Tartars
as Burundai
(1970) Is It Always Right to Be Right?
as Narrator
(1983) Hot Money
as Sheriff Paisley
(1953) Man, Beast and Virtue
as Captain Perella, the Beast
(1987) Someone to Love
as Danny's Friend
(1968) The Fight for Rome
as Justinian
(1982) Magic with the Stars
as Host
(1973) The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles
as Narrator
(1953) King Lear
as King Lear
(1971) Centinelas del Silencio
as ---
(1979) The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon
as Narrator
(2000) Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
as Self (Archive footage)
(1977) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
as Narrator
(2021) Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
as Self
(1983) Notre Dame de la Croisette
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2024) Othelo The Great
as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)
(2006) Edge of Outside
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Louis de Mozambique
(1985) The Dreamers
as Marcus Kleek
(2011) Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
as Himself
(1958) The Roots of Heaven
as Cy Sedgewick
(1960) Crack in the Mirror
as Hagolin / Lamerciere
(1969) To Build a Fire
as Narrator (voice)
(1966) Orson Welles in Spain
as Himself
(1957) Man in the Shadow
as Virgil Renchler
(1979) The Muppet Movie
as Lew Lord
(2012) Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(1996) The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self (archive footage)
(1986) The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Looking Back Before You Leap
as General Zaroff (voice)
(1967) Ten Days That Shook the World
as Narrator
(2023) It's Pretty, but is it Art?
as Self (voiceover)
(2014) Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
(1971) Flame of Persia
as Narrator
(2018) The Other Side of the Wind
as Journalist (uncredited)
(2001) The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)
(1965) A King's Story
as Narrator
(1984) The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
as himself
(1970) Upon This Rock
as Michelangelo (voice)
(2022) Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Tut: The Boy King
as Himself - Host
(2015) This Is Orson Welles
as Self
(1934) The Hearts of Age
as Death
(2013) Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Twelfth Night
as Narrator
(2012) The Shadow Knows
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) Vienna
as Himself
(2009) Lucifer et moi
as (archive footage 1982)
(2024) LIFE BEYOND: Visions of Alien Life
as Narrator (Archive Sound)
(1940) Swiss Family Robinson
as Opening Narrator
(1969) The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
(2019) LIFE BEYOND I: The Dawn
as Narrator
(1988) On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Orson Welles
(1975) Who's Out There?
as Host
(2024) Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
(2024) The Battle of Grovers Mill
as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
(1980) A Step Away
as English Narrator
(1984) The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
as Narrator
(2000) Moby Dick
as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
(1974) Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1985) Orson Welles' Magic Show
as Self
(1962) Lafayette
as Benjamin Franklin
(1981) Filming 'The Trial'
as Self
(1964) The Finest Hours
as Narrator (voice)
(1968) Portrait: Orson Welles
as Self
(1971) Directed by John Ford
as Narrator (voice)
(1990) Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) Oedipus the King
as Tiresias
(1961) King of Kings
as Narrator (Voice)
(1970) Start the Revolution Without Me
as The Narrator
(1969) Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali
as Narrator (voice)
(1969) The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as Justinian
(1971) Freedom River
as Narrator
(1990) With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) London
as Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw
(1970) An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
as ---
(2001) A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2005) The Well
as ---
(1977) From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural
as Narrator
(2002) Lost in La Mancha
as Self (archive footage)
(1943) Show-Business at War
as Self
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
as Narrator
(1946) Duel in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(2003) Rita
as (archive footage)
(1970) A Horse Called Nijinsky
as Narrator
(1979) The Orson Welles Show
as Self
(1950) Disorder
as Self
(1980) The Greenstone
as Narrator (voice)
(2018) They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) The Quest for Fire Adventure
as Narrator
(1993) Working with Orson Welles
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(2005) Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)
(1975) Bugs Bunny Superstar
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) The Enchanted Journey
as Pippo
(2000) Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) The Eyes of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
(2004) The Hitch Hiker
as Ronald Adams
(1973) The Battle of Sutjeska
as Winston Churchill
(2022) The Welles Raft
as Himself (Archive Footage)
(1959) High Journey
as Narrator
(2010) Orson Welles: The Paris Interview
as Himself
(1968) Around the World of Mike Todd
as Self - Narrator
(1993) La Classe américaine
as Self (archive footage)
(1946) Battle for Survival
as Narrator
(1983) Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française
as Himself
(2005) The Other Side of Welles
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) Hopper/Welles
as Self
(1973) The Cave
as Narrator
(2018) Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(1974) The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
as Narrator
(1998) The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
(1993) Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
as ---
Something Else
as ---
(1982) Genocide
as Narrator (voice)
(1958) Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
as Self - Host
(1955) Orson Welles' Sketch Book
as Self - Host
(1984) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
as ---
(1983) The Psychic Connection
as Narrator
(1979) Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
as Self
(1974) A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles
as ---
(1983) King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands
as Self - Narrator
(1982) Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Narrator
(1956) Out of Darkness
as Self - Narrator
(1960) The Battle of Austerlitz
as Robert Fulton
(1982) Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
as Self
(1967) Disorder Is 20 Years Old
as Self
(1975) Orson Welles - The Marketed Genius
as Self
(1982) Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self - Special Guest
(1982) Let Poland Be Poland
as Self
(2017) The Magic History of Cinema
as ---
(2016) Embers & Dust
as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
(2020) Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) South Seas Adventure
as Narrator
(1962) River of the Ocean
as Narrator (English)
(1945) Mexico City, Old and New
as Narrator
(1958) Lords of the Forest
as Narrator (voice)
(1944) Know Your Ally: Britain
as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
(1960) An Arabian Night
as Storyteller
(1986) It's Not All True
as Himself (archive footage)
(1977) The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
(1979) To Try Again... and Succeed
as Narrator (voice)
(1970) The Enemy Before Us
as Narrator
(1972) The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Sheridan Whiteside
(1979) The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
as Narrator
(1973) Kelly Country
as Narrator
(1979) The Double McGuffin
as Narrator
(1973) Power and Corruption
as Himself
(1981) Search for the Titanic
as Himself (host)
(1984) In Our Hands
as Himself
(1975) Magnificent Monsters of the Deep
as Narrator
(1985) Almonds and Raisins
as Narrator
(1976) NBC: The First Fifty Years
as Self / Narrator
(1981) The New Deal for Artists
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) A Gift of Harvest
as Narrator
(1982) Wagner e Venezia
as Richard Wagner (voice)
(1980) Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
as Narrator
(1972) Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
as ---
(1981) Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
(2010) Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
(1978) Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles
as Himself
(1955) The Land of the Basques
as Himself
(2021) The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) Beggars Would Ride
as Narrator
(1997) Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(2012) Magic Mirror Maze
as ---
(2024) Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters
as Self
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Robin Masters (uncredited) (voice)
(1985) Moonlighting
as Orson Welles
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Orson Welles
(1952) Omnibus
as King Lear
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1970) Night Gallery
as Narrator
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sheridan Whiteside
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1980) Shōgun
as Narrator
(1973) Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Self - Host
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1985) Scene of the Crime
as ---
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1975) Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self
(2013) Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) Around the World with Orson Welles
as Host: Orson Welles
(1978) The Magic of David Copperfield
as ---
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1964) In the Land of Don Quixote
as Himself
(1955) Around the World with Orson Welles
as Self (Host)
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1978) A Woman Called Moses
as Narrator (voice)
(1971) V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
(1955) Orson Welles' Sketch Book
as Himself - Host
(1965) National Geographic Specials
as Narrator
(1990) Star Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1963) Hollywood and the Stars
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Robin Masters (voice)
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1967) Omnibus
as Self - Presenter
(1970) An Evening with Orson Welles
as ---
(1961) Tempo
as ---
(1958) Colgate Theatre
as ---
(1955) Ford Star Jubilee
as Oscar Jaffe
(1968) One Man Band
as ---
(1971) The Silent Years
as ---
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Narrator
(1981) Tales of the Klondike
as Narrator
(1961) Survival
as Narrator
(1954) Reflets de Cannes
as Self
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---