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Orson Welles (1915–1985)

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His father was a well-to-do inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died (he was seven) he traveled the world with his father. When his father died (he was fifteen) he became the ward of Chicago's Dr... See full bio »

Born:

George Orson Welles
in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1987 Someone to Love
Danny's Friend
 
1986 The Transformers: The Movie
Unicron (voice)
 
1984 Where Is Parsifal?
Klingsor
 
1984 The Enchanted Journey
Pippo (voice)
 
1981-1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Robin Masters
– The Big Blow (1983) … Robin Masters (voice) (uncredited)
– J. 'Digger' Doyle (1981) … Robin Masters (voice)
 
1983 Hot Money
Sheriff Paisley
 
1982 Slapstick (Of Another Kind)
Father of the Aliens (voice) (uncredited)
 
1982 Butterfly
Judge Rauch
 
1982 Wagner and Venice (TV short)
Richard Wagner (voice)
 
1981 History of the World: Part I
Narrator (voice)
 
1981 Tales of the Klondike (TV mini-series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1981 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Narrated by/Narrator
 
1980 Shogun (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1980 Shogun (TV mini-series)
Narrator (original version)
 
1980 Tajna Nikole Tesle
J.P. Morgan
 
1980 The Greenstone (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1979 The Double McGuffin
Narrator (voice)
 
1979 The Muppet Movie
Lew Lord
 
1979 The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
Narrator
 
1978 A Woman Called Moses (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1978 The Biggest Battle
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 It Happened One Christmas (TV movie)
Henry F. Potter
 
1977 Hot Tomorrows
Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
 
1977 Rime of the Ancient Mariner (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 Some Call It Greed
Narrator (voice)
 
1976 Voyage of the Damned
José Estedes
 
1975 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (TV short)
Narrator/Nag/Chuchundra (voice)
 
1974 Ten Little Indians
U. N. Owen (voice)
 
1973 Great Mysteries (TV series)
– Captain Rogers (1973)
 
1972 The Man Who Came to Dinner (TV movie)
Sheridan Whiteside
 
1972 Treasure Island
Long John Silver
 
1972 Necromancy
Mr. Cato
 
1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Delasandro
 
1971 Ten Days Wonder
Théo Van Horn - un multimillionnaire qui vit en despote dans sa maison
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Narrator (segment "Silent Snow, Secret Snow")
– The Phantom Farmhouse/Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971) … Narrator (segment "Silent Snow, Secret Snow") (voice)
 
1971 A Safe Place
The Magician
 
1971 Freedom River (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1971 London (short)
Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw / Various
 
1971 The Legend of Doom House
Cassavius
 
1970 Is It Always Right to Be Right? (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1970/I Waterloo
Louis XVIII
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Narrator
– The Enemy Before Us (1970) … Narrator
 
1970 Catch-22
Brig. Gen. Dreedle
 
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
The Narrator
 
1970 The Kremlin Letter
Bresnavitch
 
1970 The Golden Honeymoon (short)
 
1970 The Deep
Russ Brewer
 
1970 Upon This Rock (TV movie)
Michelangelo (voice)
 
1969 12 + 1
Maurice Markau
 
1969 The Battle of Neretva
Chetnik Senator
 
1969 The Southern Star
Plankett
 
1969 Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat
Justinian
 
1969 Tepepa
Colonel Cascorro
 
1969 To Build a Fire
Narrator (voice)
 
1969 The Merchant of Venice (TV movie)
Shylock
 
1968 The Last Roman
Emperor Justinian
 
1968 House of Cards
Leschenhaut
 
1968 Oedipus the King
Tiresias
 
1968 The Immortal Story (TV movie)
Mr. Charles Clay
 
1967 I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Jonathan Lute
 
1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar
Louis de Mozambique
 
1967 Casino Royale
Le Chiffre
 
1966 A Man for All Seasons
Cardinal Wolsey
 
1966 Is Paris Burning?
Consul Raoul Nordling
 
1965 Chimes at Midnight
Falstaff
 
1965 Marco the Magnificent
Akerman, Marco's Tutor
 
1965 La isla del tesoro (short)
Long John Silver
 
1965 Treasure Island (short)
Long John Silver
 
1964 The Finest Hours (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1963 The V.I.P.s
Max Buda
 
1963 Ro.Go.Pa.G.
The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
 
1962 The Trial
Albert Hastler (The Advocate)
 
1961 King of Kings
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1961 I tartari
Burundai
 
1961 Lafayette
Benjamin Franklin
 
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
Robert Fulton
 
1960 An Arabian Night (TV movie)
Storyteller
 
1960 Crack in the Mirror
Hagolin/Lamerciere
 
1960 David and Goliath
King Saul
 
1959 Ferry to Hong Kong
Captain Hart
 
1959 Compulsion
Jonathan Wilk
 
1959 High Journey (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1958 The Roots of Heaven
Cy Sedgewick
 
1958 The Fountain of Youth (TV short)
Host/narrator
 
1958 South Seas Adventure
Supplemental Narrator (voice)
 
1958 The Vikings
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1958 Touch of Evil
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
 
1958 The Long, Hot Summer
Will Varner
 
1957/I Man in the Shadow
Virgil Renchler
 
1956 Moby Dick
Father Mapple
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Oscar Jaffe
– Twentieth Century (1956) … Oscar Jaffe
 
1955 Mr. Arkadin
Gregory Arkadin
 
1955 Napoléon
Sir Hudson Lowe
 
1955 Three Cases of Murder
Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
 
1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed (TV movie)
An Actor Manager / Father Mapple / Ahab
 
1954 Trouble in the Glen
Sanin Cejador y Mengues
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
Benjamin Franklin
 
1953 King Lear (TV movie)
King Lear
 
1953 Omnibus (TV series)
King Lear
– King Lear (1953) … King Lear
 
1953 L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù
Captain Perella, the Beast
 
1953 Return to Glennascaul (short)
Narrator
 
1952 Trent's Last Case
Sigsbee Manderson
 
1952 Othello
Othello
 
1950 The Black Rose
Bayan
 
1949 Prince of Foxes
Cesare Borgia
 
1949 The Third Man
Harry Lime
 
1949 Black Magic
Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
 
1948 Macbeth
Macbeth
 
1947 The Lady from Shanghai
Michael O'Hara
 
1946 Duel in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1946 The Stranger
Professor Charles Rankin
 
1946 Tomorrow Is Forever
John Andrew MacDonald/Erik Kessler
 
1943 Jane Eyre
Edward Rochester
 
1943 Journey Into Fear
Colonel Haki
 
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
Narrator (voice)
 
1941 Citizen Kane
Kane
 
1940 Swiss Family Robinson
Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited)
 
1938 Too Much Johnson (short)
Keystone Kop
 
1934 The Hearts of Age (short)
Death
 
Show ShowWriter (48 titles)
2008 F for favor (short) (writer)
 
2007 The Hitchhiker (radio script - uncredited)
 
2002 The Magnificent Ambersons (TV movie) (1942 screenplay)
 
2000 Moby Dick (short) (play)
 
1999 The Big Brass Ring (earlier screenplay)
 
1998 The Way to Santiago (short) (writer)
 
1997 The Hearts of Age (short) (concept)
 
1997 The Big Brass Ring (short)
 
1992 Don Quixote
 
1985 Orson Welles' Magic Show (TV short)
 
1984 The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (short)
 
1982 Orson Welles' The Dreamers (documentary short) (written by)
 
1978 Filming 'Othello' (documentary) (writer)
 
1976 NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (TV documentary)
 
1973 F for Fake (documentary) (writer)
 
1972 Treasure Island (screenplay / as O.W. Jeeves)
 
1972 The Other Side of the Wind
 
1971 London (short)
 
1970 The Golden Honeymoon (short)
 
1970 The Deep
 
1969 The Merchant of Venice (TV movie)
 
1968 The Immortal Story (TV movie)
 
1968 Vienna (short) (writer)
 
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning... (uncredited)
 
1965 Chimes at Midnight
 
1965 La isla del tesoro (short)
 
1965 Treasure Island (short)
 
1962 The Trial (screenplay)
 
1958 The Fountain of Youth (TV short)
 
1958 Touch of Evil (screenplay)
 
1958 Portrait of Gina (TV documentary)
 
1956 Orson Welles and People (TV movie)
 
1955 Around the World with Orson Welles (TV series documentary)
– Madrid Bullfight (1955) (script)
– The Queen's Pensioners (1955) (writer)
– St. Germain des Prés (1955) (writer)
– The Third Man in Vienna (1955) (writer)
– La Pelote Basque (1955) (writer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1955 Orson Welles' Sketch Book (TV series)
– Bullfighting (1955) (uncredited)
– The War of the Worlds (1955) (uncredited)
– Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed (1955) (uncredited)
– The Police (1955) (uncredited)
– Critics (1955) (uncredited)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1955 Mr. Arkadin (screenplay / story)
 
1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed (TV movie)
 
1952 Othello (uncredited)
 
1950 The Miracle of St. Anne (short)
 
1949 The Third Man (uncredited)
 
1948 Macbeth (adaptation - uncredited)
 
1947 The Lady from Shanghai (screenplay)
 
1947 Monsieur Verdoux (based on an idea by)
 
1946 The Stranger (uncredited)
 
1943 Journey Into Fear (screenplay)
 
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (script writer)
 
1941 Citizen Kane (original screenplay)
 
1938 Too Much Johnson (short) (writer)
 
1934 The Hearts of Age (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (44 titles)
2000 Moby Dick (short)
 
1993 It's All True (documentary)
 
1992 Don Quixote
 
1985 Orson Welles' Magic Show (TV short)
 
1984 The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (short)
 
1982 Orson Welles' The Dreamers (documentary short)
 
1981 Filming 'The Trial' (documentary)
 
1979 The Orson Welles Show (TV movie) (as G.O. Spelvin)
 
1978 Filming 'Othello' (documentary)
 
1973 F for Fake (documentary)
 
1972 The Other Side of the Wind
 
1971 London (short)
 
1970 The Golden Honeymoon (short)
 
1970 The Deep
 
1969 The Southern Star (opening scenes - uncredited)
 
1969 The Merchant of Venice (TV movie)
 
1968 The Immortal Story (TV movie)
 
1968 Vienna (short)
 
1965 Chimes at Midnight
 
1965 Treasure Island (short)
 
1964 Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (TV series documentary)
 
1962 The Trial
 
1962 Sinners Go to Hell (uncredited)
 
1960 David and Goliath (his own scenes - uncredited)
 
1958 The Fountain of Youth (TV short)
 
1958 Touch of Evil
 
1958 Portrait of Gina (TV documentary)
 
1956 Orson Welles and People (TV movie)
 
1955 Around the World with Orson Welles (TV series documentary)
– Madrid Bullfight (1955)
– The Queen's Pensioners (1955)
– St. Germain des Prés (1955)
– The Third Man in Vienna (1955)
– La Pelote Basque (1955)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1955 Orson Welles' Sketch Book (TV series)
– Bullfighting (1955) (uncredited)
– The War of the Worlds (1955) (uncredited)
– Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed (1955) (uncredited)
– The Police (1955) (uncredited)
– Critics (1955) (uncredited)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1955 Mr. Arkadin
 
1955 Three Cases of Murder (segment "Lord Mountdrago", - uncredited)
 
1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed (TV movie)
 
1952 Othello
 
1950 The Miracle of St. Anne (short)
 
1949 Black Magic (uncredited)
 
1948 Macbeth
 
1947 The Lady from Shanghai (uncredited)
 
1946 The Stranger
 
1943 Journey Into Fear (uncredited)
 
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons
 
1941 Citizen Kane
 
1938 Too Much Johnson (short)
 
1934 The Hearts of Age (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (18 titles)
1985 Orson Welles' Magic Show (TV short) (producer)
 
1982 Orson Welles' The Dreamers (documentary short) (producer)
 
1981 Filming 'The Trial' (documentary) (producer)
 
1970 The Deep (producer)
 
1970 The Golden Honeymoon (short) (producer)
 
1968 Vienna (short) (producer)
 
1964 Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (TV series documentary) (producer)
 
1958 The Fountain of Youth (TV short) (producer)
 
1956 Orson Welles and People (TV movie) (producer)
 
1955 Mr. Arkadin (producer)
 
1952 Othello (producer - uncredited)
 
1948 Macbeth (producer - uncredited)
 
1947 The Lady from Shanghai (producer)
 
1943 Jane Eyre (associate producer - uncredited)
 
1943 Journey Into Fear (producer - uncredited)
 
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (producer - uncredited)
 
1941 Citizen Kane (production)
 
1938 Too Much Johnson (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (6 titles)
1973 F for Fake (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1972 The Other Side of the Wind
 
1964 Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (TV series documentary)
 
1962 The Trial (uncredited)
 
1955 Mr. Arkadin (uncredited)
 
1938 Too Much Johnson (short)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (3 titles)
1965 Chimes at Midnight
 
1955 Mr. Arkadin (uncredited)
 
1948 Macbeth (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (3 titles)
1958 The Fountain of Youth (TV short)
 
1956 Orson Welles and People (TV movie)
 
1949 Portrait d'un assassin (uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1958 The Fountain of Youth (TV short) (music arranger, musical arrangement)
 
1956 Orson Welles and People (TV movie) (music arranger)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1982 Trick or Treats (magical advisor)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Shindig in Europe: Part 1 (1965) (performer: "So Many Things to Remember")
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1964 Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (TV series documentary) (additional photographer)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
1955 Mr. Arkadin (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1948 Macbeth (set designer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (9 titles)
2012 The Debridement of Rome (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2011 Incident at Barstow (dedicatee)
 
2010 Variations on a High School Romance (inspirational thanks)
 
2010 Dahmer vs. Gacy (special thanks)
 
2000 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (special thanks)
 
1998 As Long As He Lives (short) (dedicatee)
 
1990 Continental (acknowledgment)
 
1989 Dieter & Andreas (short) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1985 Moonlighting (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice (1985) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (122 titles)
1990 Hollywood Mavericks (documentary)
Himself
 
1985 Moonlighting (TV series)
Himself
– The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice (1985) … Himself
 
1985 Scene of the Crime (TV series)
Himself - Host
– A Vote for Murder (1985) … Himself - Host
– The Medium Is the Murder (1985) … Himself - Host
– Murder on the Rocks (1985) … Himself - Host
 
1985 Orson Welles' Magic Show (TV short)
Himself
 
1984 Almonds and Raisins (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984 The Road to Bresson (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 In Our Hands (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (documentary)
Narrator
 
1984 The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (short)
Himself
 
1983 The Moviemakers (TV series)
– The Films of Frank Capra (uncredited)
 
1983 King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator
 
1983 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Orson Welles à la cinémathèque (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon (video documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1983 Physic Connection (documentary)
Narrator
 
1976-1982 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Himself - Host
– Episode dated 3 December 1982 (1982) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1978 (1978) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 5 July 1976 (1976) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1982 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– The Orson Welles Story: Part Two (1982) … Himself - Interviewee
– The Orson Welles Story (1982) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1982 Baryshnikov in Hollywood (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 Genocide (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Welles déjeune avec la critique (1982) … Himself
 
1982 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - Le président des Césars
– 7ème nuit des Césars (1982) … Himself - Le président des Césars
 
1982 Let Poland Be Poland (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Magic with the Stars (TV special)
Himself - Host
 
1982 The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 Orson Welles' The Dreamers (documentary short)
Marcus Kleek
 
1982 The Quest for Fire Adventure (TV documentary short)
Narrator
 
1981 Real Heroes
Himself
 
1981 This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Filming 'The Trial' (documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Search for the Titanic (documentary)
 
1980 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 The 6th People's Choice Awards
Himself - Presenter: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture
 
1980 Sinatra: The First 40 Years (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 A Step Away
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1979 The Eleven Powers: The Festival of Eka Dasa Rudra (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1979 The Orson Welles Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1979 The Late Great Planet Earth (documentary)
Himself - Host/Narrator
 
1977-1978 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– (1978-12) (1978) … Himself
– Episode #3.72 (1977) … Himself
 
1978 Filming 'Othello' (documentary)
Host (also archive footage) / Othello (also archive footage)
 
1978 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look, Part Two (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1978 Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978 Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (TV movie)
Himself - Comedian
 
1978 The Magic of David Copperfield (TV special)
Himself
 
1978 Tut: The Boy King (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1978 Mysterious Castles of Clay (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (documentary)
 
1977 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 The Lions of Capitalism (documentary)
Narrator
 
1976 NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (TV documentary)
Himself/Narrator
 
1976 The New Deal for Artists (TV documentary)
Narrator (unconfirmed)
 
1976 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Muhammad Ali (TV movie)
Himself
 
1975 Bugs Bunny Superstar (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975 Orson Welles - das vermarktete Genie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1975 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself - Host / Narrator
– The Columbia Pictures 50th Anniversary Special (1975) … Himself - Host/Narrator
 
1975 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles (TV special)
Himself
 
1975 Who's Out There? (documentary short)
Host
 
1973-1974 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Himself - Host
– The Furnished Room (1974) … Himself - Host
– Trial for Murder (1974) … Himself - Host
– Under Suspicion (1974) … Himself - Host
– Compliments of the Season (1974) … Himself - Host
– Come Into My Parlour (1974) … Himself - Host
See all 25 episodes »
 
1974 Une légende une vie: Citizen Welles (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.11 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Kelly Country (documentary)
Himself - Commentator
 
1973 F for Fake (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1972 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Vive le cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Future Shock (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1971-1972 The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– The Best of the Comedy Machine (1972) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.6 (1971) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.1 (1971) … Himself - Guest
 
1972 The ABC Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 January 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 The Shah of Iran (documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1971 Directed by John Ford (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1971 Sentinels of Silence (documentary short)
Narrator (English) (voice)
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (pre-recorded)
 
1967-1971 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 December 1969 (1969) … Himself
See all 10 episodes »
 
1971 The Silent Years (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.7 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 July 1970 (1970)
 
1970 Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host / Guest Host
– Episode #2.203 (1970) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #2.202 (1970) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #2.201 (1970) … Himself/Guest Host
– Episode #2.199 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 A Horse Called Nijinsky (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1968 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.2 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Around the World of Mike Todd (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1968 Portrait: Orson Welles (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1968 Vienna (short)
Himself
 
1967 Ten Days That Shook the World (TV documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1967 A King's Story (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1967 The Levin Interview (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Orson Welles (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Disorder Is 20 Years Old (documentary)
Himself
 
1966 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965-1966 National Geographic Specials (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself - Narrator
– The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1966) … Himself - Narrator
– Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee (1966) … Narrator
– Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1965) … Narrator (voice)
– Americans on Everest (1965) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
– Savage World of the Coral Jungle (1965) … Narrator
 
1966 Late Show London (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.14 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Shindig in Europe: Part 1 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1961-1965 Tempo (TV series)
Himself
– Profile No. 6: Orson Welles (1965)
– The Art of Bullfighting/The Death of Fiction (1961) … Himself
 
1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.12 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Helen Keller (1963) … Himself
 
1962 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (1962) … Himself
 
1962 Monitor (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Orson Welles (1962) … Himself
 
1962 Pariser Journal (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1962) … Himself
 
1960 Orson Welles: The Paris Interview (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1959 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1958 Masters of the Congo Jungle (documentary)
Narrator, English Language Version (voice)
 
1957-1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Sketch Actor / Himself - mac Beth Monologe
– Episode #3.28 (1958) … Himself - mac Beth Monologe
– Episode #2.34 (1957) … Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #2.29 (1957) … Himself - Guest
 
1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 6 April 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1958 Portrait of Gina (TV documentary)
Host
 
1956 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 October 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Himself
– Lucy Meets Orson Welles (1956) … Himself
 
1955-1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / King Lear
– Episode #9.20 (1956) … Himself / King Lear
– Episode #9.13 (1955) … Himself
 
1956 Out of Darkness (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
 
1956 Orson Welles and People (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1955 Around the World with Orson Welles (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
– Madrid Bullfight (1955) … Himself - Host
– The Queen's Pensioners (1955) … Himself - Host
– St. Germain des Prés (1955) … Himself - Host
– The Third Man in Vienna (1955) … Himself - Host
– La Pelote Basque (1955) … Himself - Host
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1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #3.13 (1955) … Himself
 
1955 Orson Welles' Sketch Book (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Bullfighting (1955) … Himself - Host
– The War of the Worlds (1955) … Himself - Host
– Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed (1955) … Himself - Host
– The Police (1955) … Himself - Host
– Critics (1955) … Himself - Host
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1955 Press Conference (TV series)
Himself
– Orson Welles (1955) … Himself
 
1949 Disorder (documentary short)
Himself
 
1947 Battle for Survival (documentary)
Narrator
 
1944 Follow the Boys
Himself - Leader of His Wonder Show
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1942 Tanks (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (documentary short)
Himself
 
1937 The Spanish Earth (documentary)
Narrator (English version) (later replaced by Ernest Hemingway) (voice)
 
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2013 On the Set: Inside Hollywood Movies (documentary)
Himself - Panelist
 
2012 Shakespeare Uncovered (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2012 The Man Who Pursued Rosebud: William Alland on His Career in Theatre and Film (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2012 Ninja the Mission Force (TV series)
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2010 Jucy
Voice of the Elephant Lamp (archive sound)
 
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Genghis Khan/Bayan
 
2009 O.W. Kenosha (video short)
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 España, plató de cine (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Prodigal Sons (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Strictly Courtroom (TV documentary)
Jonathan Wilk (uncredited)
 
2008 Jeanne Moreau: A Bombshell in Disguise (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Lucifer et moi
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited) (archive sound)
 
2007 Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (video documentary short)
Edward Rochester
 
2007 Is It Real? (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Searching for Orson (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Edge of Outside (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Charles Foster Kane (uncredited)
 
2006 Jeopardy! (TV series)
 
2005 UFO Files (TV series documentary)
 
1996-2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (video documentary short)
Photo
 
2005 Kermit: A Frog's Life (video short)
Lew Lord (uncredited)
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Day That Panicked America (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Druga strana Wellesa (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Brunnen (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Lost in the Thinking (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Horror Business (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Ultimate Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Shadowing the Third Man (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Hitch Hiker (short)
Ronald Adams (voice)
 
2004 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
 
2004 The UFO Conspiracy (video documentary)
Himself - Actor (voice)
 
2003 Apple Jack (short)
(voice)
 
2003 Rita (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Lost in La Mancha (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
2001 A Huey P. Newton Story (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Pulp Cinema (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Moby Dick (short)
Captain Ahab/Starbuck/Ishmael
 
2000 L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
 
1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Shylock (documentary)
Shylock
 
1999 The Best of Film Noir (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 According to Occam's Razor (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Modern Marvels (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1998 The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (TV documentary)
Himself - Roaster
 
1998 The Great Depression
Himself (discusses War Of The Worlds broadcast) (uncredited)
 
1997 UFO: Down to Earth (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Who Is Henry Jaglom? (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (documentary)
Himself (voice) (as Orson Wells)
 
1997 François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Tudo É Brasil (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Where Are All the UFO's? (TV documentary)
Himself - Director of 'War of the Worlds'
 
1996 Welles and Hearst (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Get Shorty
Police Captain Hank Quinlan (uncredited)
 
1995 Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Zweig: A Morte em Cena (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1995 The Universal Story (TV documentary)
Himself (archive sound) (voice)
 
1994 The War of the Worlds: Great Books (video documentary)
Himself (explaining that the broadcast was of the H.G. Wells story)
 
1993 La classe américaine (TV movie)
Himself
 
1993 Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 It's All True (documentary)
Himself - Interview
 
1993 Working with Orson Welles (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1992 Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Don Quixote
Himself (in new version)
 
1991 Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (documentary)
Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (documentary)
Himself - from 1938 radio broadcast (voice)
 
1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Washes Whiter (TV series documentary)
 
1990 Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (TV documentary)
 
1990 With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Stars and Stripes (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV series documentary)
 
1986 Arsenal (TV series)
 
1986 The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (TV movie)
Lew Lord
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Notre Dame de la Croisette (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1978 The Force Beyond (documentary)
Himself (commenting on The War of the Worlds radio broadcast)
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Underwelles (documentary short)
 
1968 Fellini in città ovvero Frammenti di una conversazione su Federico Fellini (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1982) Album: Appeared on the "Battle Hymns" album by Manowar. See more »

Publicity Listings:

15 Biographical Movies  | 30 Print Biographies  | 41 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

The Estate of Orson Welles | See more »

Alternate Names:

O.W. Jeeves | G.O. Spelvin | Orson Wells

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm not very fond of movies. I don't go to them much. See more »

Trivia:

Was voted the Second Greatest Film Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. See more »

Trademark:

One of the most recognizable deep voices in all of film, radio or television. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus