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Orson Welles
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 notoriously contentious relationship with Hollywood. His distinctive directorial style featured layered, nonlinear narrative forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Othelo The Great as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo) | 2024-09-05 |
The Battle of Grovers Mill as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage) | 2024-06-08 |
Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters as Self | 2024-05-21 |
Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage) | 2024-05-18 |
LIFE BEYOND: Visions of Alien Life as Narrator (Archive Sound) | 2024-04-17 |
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight as Falstaff | 2023-04-09 |
It's Pretty, but is it Art? as Self (voiceover) | 2023-03-02 |
Looking Back Before You Leap as General Zaroff (voice) | 2023-01-31 |
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-13 |
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-27 |
American: An Odyssey to 1947 as Self (archive footage) | 2022-10-20 |
The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons as Himself (Archive footage) | 2022-07-01 |
The Welles Raft as Himself (Archive Footage) | 2022-06-23 |
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles as Self | 2021-10-17 |
Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-04-23 |
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard as Self (archive footage) | 2021-03-30 |
Hopper/Welles as Self | 2020-09-09 |
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind as Self (archive footage) | 2020-01-27 |
LIFE BEYOND I: The Dawn as Narrator | 2019-11-19 |
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" as (archive footage) | 2019-02-21 |
The Other Side of the Wind as Journalist (uncredited) | 2018-11-02 |
The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-05 |
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
The Eyes of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2018-08-17 |
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2018-04-02 |
The Magic History of Cinema | 2017-08-30 |
Embers & Dust as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound) | 2016-11-16 |
This Is Orson Welles as Self | 2015-05-21 |
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance as Self (archive footage) | 2014-09-10 |
Too Much Johnson as Keystone Kop | 2013-10-09 |
Jodorowsky's Dune as Self (archive footage) | 2013-08-30 |
Magic Mirror Maze | 2012-05-10 |
The Shadow Knows as Self (archive footage) | 2012-05-04 |
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure as Himself | 2011-08-26 |
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage) | 2010-05-05 |
Orson Welles: The Paris Interview as Himself | 2010-04-01 |
Lucifer et moi as (archive footage 1982) | 2009-02-04 |
The Deep as Russ Brewer | 2007-07-08 |
Edge of Outside as Self (archive footage) | 2006-06-11 |
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage) | 2005-07-17 |
The Other Side of Welles as Self (archive footage) | 2005-06-03 |
The Well | 2005-03-11 |
The Hitch Hiker as Ronald Adams | 2004-08-11 |
Rita as (archive footage) | 2003-09-09 |
The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles as Self (archive footage) | 2003-04-12 |
Lost in La Mancha as Self (archive footage) | 2002-02-11 |
A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2001-06-18 |
The Paranormal Peter Sellers as Self (Archive footage) | 2001-01-01 |
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 as Narrator | 2001-01-01 |
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote as Self (Archive footage) | 2000-11-05 |
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage) | 2000-10-24 |
Moby Dick as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage) | 2000-05-01 |
According to Occam's Razor | 1999-01-01 |
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self - Roaster (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
It's All Brazil as Self (archive footage) | 1997-09-18 |
Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self (archive footage) | 1997-07-08 |
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self | 1997-01-01 |
The Battle Over Citizen Kane as Self (archive footage) | 1996-01-29 |
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band as Self (archive footage) | 1995-10-08 |
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies as Self | 1995-05-21 |
La Classe américaine as Self (archive footage) | 1993-12-31 |
It's All True as Self | 1993-10-17 |
Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles | 1993-09-08 |
Working with Orson Welles as Himself (Archive Footage) | 1993-01-01 |
Don Quixote as Self | 1992-04-20 |
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self (archive footage) | 1990-02-05 |
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream as Self (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
Welles' Language as Self (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
On the tracks of a filmmaker as Orson Welles | 1988-01-01 |
Someone to Love as Danny's Friend | 1987-09-11 |
It's Not All True as Himself (archive footage) | 1986-08-22 |
The Transformers: The Movie as Unicron (voice) | 1986-08-08 |
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-21 |
Almonds and Raisins as Narrator | 1985-08-09 |
The Dreamers as Marcus Kleek | 1985-02-05 |
Orson Welles' Magic Show as Self | 1985-01-24 |
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon | 1984-12-07 |
The Road to Bresson as Self | 1984-05-13 |
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail as Narrator | 1984-05-09 |
In Our Hands as Himself | 1984-02-16 |
Where Is Parsifal? as Klingsor | 1984-01-01 |
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh as himself | 1984-01-01 |
The Witching as Mr. Cato | 1983-11-25 |
The Psychic Connection as Narrator | 1983-08-18 |
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands as Self - Narrator | 1983-06-22 |
Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française as Himself | 1983-02-28 |
Notre Dame de la Croisette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-23 |
Hot Money as Sheriff Paisley | 1983-01-01 |
Slapstick of Another Kind as Aliens' Father (voice) | 1982-12-09 |
Wagner e Venezia as Richard Wagner (voice) | 1982-12-03 |
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as Self | 1982-08-16 |
Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Narrator | 1982-04-21 |
Genocide as Narrator (voice) | 1982-03-14 |
Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
Doug Henning's World of Magic as Self - Special Guest | 1982-02-14 |
Butterfly as Judge Rauch | 1982-02-05 |
Let Poland Be Poland as Self | 1982-01-31 |
Magic with the Stars as Host | 1982-01-17 |
The Quest for Fire Adventure as Narrator | 1982-01-01 |
A Gift of Harvest as Narrator | 1981-12-10 |
Brasil as Self (archive footage) | 1981-12-05 |
Search for the Titanic as Himself (host) | 1981-12-03 |
The Enchanted Journey as Pippo | 1981-10-10 |
The New Deal for Artists as Narrator (voice) | 1981-07-06 |
History of the World: Part I as Narrator | 1981-06-12 |
Filming 'The Trial' as Self | 1981-02-01 |
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow as Presenter / Narrator (voice) | 1981-01-09 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park as Narrator | 1980-12-10 |
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla as J.P. Morgan | 1980-02-19 |
A Step Away as English Narrator | 1980-01-02 |
The Greenstone as Narrator (voice) | 1980-01-01 |
The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis as Narrator | 1979-12-17 |
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years as Self | 1979-12-13 |
To Try Again... and Succeed as Narrator (voice) | 1979-12-04 |
The Muppet Movie as Lew Lord | 1979-06-22 |
The Double McGuffin as Narrator | 1979-06-01 |
The Orson Welles Show as Self | 1979-02-01 |
The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon as Narrator | 1979-01-02 |
Filming Othello as Host | 1978-07-10 |
The Biggest Battle as Narratore | 1978-02-07 |
The Late Great Planet Earth as Self | 1978-01-17 |
Tut: The Boy King as Himself - Host | 1978-01-01 |
Mysterious Castles of Clay as Narrator | 1978-01-01 |
Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles as Himself | 1978-01-01 |
It Happened One Christmas as Henry F. Potter | 1977-12-11 |
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed as Narrator | 1977-12-03 |
The Force Beyond as Himself (archive footage) | 1977-12-02 |
Hot Tomorrows as Parklawn Mortuary (voice) | 1977-04-01 |
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as Narrator | 1977-01-01 |
From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural as Narrator | 1977-01-01 |
Voyage of the Damned as José Estedes | 1976-12-22 |
NBC: The First Fifty Years as Self / Narrator | 1976-11-21 |
Bugs Bunny Superstar as Narrator (voice) | 1975-12-19 |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Orson Welles - The Marketed Genius as Self | 1975-05-11 |
Magnificent Monsters of the Deep as Narrator | 1975-04-27 |
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice) | 1975-01-09 |
Who's Out There? as Host | 1975-01-01 |
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art as Narrator | 1974-12-05 |
A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles | 1974-12-01 |
And Then There Were None as Voice on Tape | 1974-09-24 |
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-04-11 |
Power and Corruption as Himself | 1973-12-01 |
Kelly Country as Narrator | 1973-10-01 |
F for Fake as Self | 1973-09-01 |
The Battle of Sutjeska as Winston Churchill | 1973-07-03 |
The Cave as Narrator | 1973-01-01 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner as Sheridan Whiteside | 1972-11-29 |
Treasure Island as Long John Silver | 1972-10-01 |
Necromancy as Mr. Cato | 1972-09-22 |
Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Delasandro | 1972-06-07 |
Future Shock as Narrator | 1972-02-22 |
Vive le cinema! | 1972-01-01 |
London as Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw | 1971-12-31 |
Ten Days' Wonder as Théo Van Horn | 1971-12-01 |
A Safe Place as The Magician | 1971-10-01 |
Directed by John Ford as Narrator (voice) | 1971-09-06 |
Centinelas del Silencio | 1971-05-01 |
Malpertuis as Cassavius | 1971-01-02 |
Flame of Persia as Narrator | 1971-01-02 |
Freedom River as Narrator | 1971-01-01 |
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon | 1970-12-31 |
Is It Always Right to Be Right? as Narrator | 1970-10-31 |
Waterloo as Louis XVIII | 1970-10-26 |
The Enemy Before Us as Narrator | 1970-10-16 |
Catch-22 as Brigadier General Dreedle | 1970-06-24 |
Start the Revolution Without Me as The Narrator | 1970-02-04 |
The Kremlin Letter as Bresnavitch | 1970-02-01 |
Upon This Rock as Michelangelo (voice) | 1970-01-01 |
A Horse Called Nijinsky as Narrator | 1970-01-01 |
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali as Narrator | 1969-12-29 |
The Merchant of Venice as Shylock | 1969-12-01 |
Twelve Plus One as Markan | 1969-10-07 |
The Battle of Neretva as Četnik | 1969-10-07 |
The Southern Star as Plankett | 1969-03-04 |
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal as Justinian | 1969-02-21 |
Tepepa as Colonel Cascorro | 1969-01-31 |
To Build a Fire as Narrator (voice) | 1969-01-01 |
The Fight for Rome as Justinian | 1968-12-17 |
House of Cards as Leschenhaut | 1968-09-16 |
Around the World of Mike Todd as Self - Narrator | 1968-09-08 |
Oedipus the King as Tiresias | 1968-06-01 |
The Immortal Story as Charles Clay | 1968-06-01 |
Portrait: Orson Welles as Self | 1968-06-01 |
Vienna as Himself | 1968-01-01 |
I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Jonathan Lute | 1967-12-18 |
Beggars Would Ride as Narrator | 1967-12-01 |
Disorder Is 20 Years Old as Self | 1967-06-06 |
Casino Royale as Le Chiffre | 1967-04-13 |
Ten Days That Shook the World as Narrator | 1967-01-01 |
The Sailor from Gibraltar as Louis de Mozambique | 1967-01-01 |
A Man for All Seasons as Cardinal Wolsey | 1966-12-13 |
Is Paris Burning? as Konsul Nordling | 1966-10-26 |
Orson Welles in Spain as Himself | 1966-06-01 |
Chimes at Midnight as Falstaff | 1965-12-22 |
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees as Self - Narrator (voice) | 1965-12-22 |
Marco the Magnificent as Akerman, Marco's Teacher | 1965-08-06 |
A King's Story as Narrator | 1965-01-01 |
The Finest Hours as Narrator (voice) | 1964-09-29 |
The V.I.P.s as Max Buda | 1963-09-01 |
Ro.Go.Pa.G. as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta") | 1963-02-19 |
The Trial as Albert Hastler | 1962-12-21 |
River of the Ocean as Narrator (English) | 1962-12-09 |
Lafayette as Benjamin Franklin | 1962-02-16 |
King of Kings as Narrator (Voice) | 1961-10-11 |
The Tartars as Burundai | 1961-04-01 |
The Battle of Austerlitz as Robert Fulton | 1960-06-17 |
An Arabian Night as Storyteller | 1960-06-09 |
Crack in the Mirror as Hagolin / Lamerciere | 1960-05-19 |
David and Goliath as King Saul | 1960-01-22 |
High Journey as Narrator | 1959-12-31 |
Ferry to Hong Kong as Captain Hart | 1959-10-29 |
Compulsion as Jonathan Wilk | 1959-04-01 |
Lords of the Forest as Narrator (voice) | 1958-11-21 |
The Roots of Heaven as Cy Sedgewick | 1958-10-15 |
The Fountain of Youth as the narrator | 1958-09-16 |
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina as Self - Host | 1958-09-01 |
South Seas Adventure as Narrator | 1958-07-16 |
The Vikings as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-06-11 |
The Long, Hot Summer as Will Varner | 1958-05-17 |
Touch of Evil as Police Captain Hank Quinlan | 1958-03-30 |
Man in the Shadow as Virgil Renchler | 1957-12-12 |
Out of Darkness as Self - Narrator | 1956-12-02 |
Moby Dick as Father Mapple | 1956-06-27 |
The Land of the Basques as Himself | 1955-10-07 |
Mr. Arkadin as Gregory Arkadin | 1955-08-09 |
Orson Welles' Sketch Book as Self - Host | 1955-04-24 |
Napoleon as Sir Hudson Lowe | 1955-03-25 |
Three Cases of Murder as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) | 1955-03-15 |
Trouble in the Glen as Sanin Cejador y Mengues | 1954-06-15 |
Royal Affairs in Versailles as Benjamin Franklin | 1954-02-10 |
King Lear as King Lear | 1953-10-18 |
Man, Beast and Virtue as Captain Perella, the Beast | 1953-05-09 |
Return to Glennascaul as Narrator | 1953-02-01 |
Trent's Last Case as Sigsbee Manderson | 1952-09-22 |
Othello as Othello | 1951-11-28 |
Disorder as Self | 1950-12-02 |
The Black Rose as Bayan | 1950-09-01 |
Prince of Foxes as Cesare Borgia | 1949-11-11 |
The Third Man as Harry Lime | 1949-08-31 |
Black Magic as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro | 1949-08-19 |
Macbeth as Macbeth | 1948-10-01 |
The Lady from Shanghai as Michael O'Hara | 1947-12-24 |
Duel in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-12-31 |
Battle for Survival as Narrator | 1946-07-25 |
The Stranger as Prof. Charles Rankin | 1946-07-02 |
Tomorrow Is Forever as John Andrew MacDonald | 1946-02-20 |
Mexico City, Old and New as Narrator | 1945-12-01 |
Follow the Boys as Orson Welles (uncredited) | 1944-05-05 |
Know Your Ally: Britain as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger) | 1944-01-01 |
Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester | 1943-12-24 |
Show-Business at War as Self | 1943-05-21 |
Journey into Fear as Colonel Haki | 1943-01-07 |
The Magnificent Ambersons as Narrator (voice) | 1942-07-10 |
Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane | 1941-04-17 |
Swiss Family Robinson as Opening Narrator | 1940-02-08 |
The Spanish Earth as Narrator (voice) | 1937-07-10 |
The Hearts of Age as Death | 1934-01-01 |
Twelfth Night as Narrator | 1933-05-15 |