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Orson Welles

Orson Welles
  • Name: Orson Welles
  • Birthday: 1915-05-06
  • Also known as: Джордж Орсон Уэллс,George Orson Welles,O. W. Jeeves,오슨 웰스,오슨 웰즈,오손 웰스,اورسون ولز
  • Place of birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
  • Popularity: 10.625
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
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
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
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh   as  himself 1984-01-01
Where Is Parsifal?   as  Klingsor 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
Mysterious Castles of Clay   as  Narrator 1978-01-01
Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles   as  Himself 1978-01-01
Tut: The Boy King   as  Himself - Host 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 Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles   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
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! 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 (voice) 1969-12-29
The Merchant of Venice   as  Shylock 1969-12-01
The Battle of Neretva   as  Četnik 1969-10-07
Twelve Plus One   as  Markan 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
The Immortal Story   as  Charles Clay 1968-06-01
Portrait: Orson Welles   as  Self 1968-06-01
Oedipus the King   as  Tiresias 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