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19 wins
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10 nominations
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1980
Shogun
(TV movie)
Narrator
(voice)
1980
Shogun
(TV mini-series)
Narrator (original version)
1971
Ten Days Wonder
Théo Van Horn - un multimillionnaire qui vit en despote dans sa maison
1948
Macbeth
(adaptation - uncredited)
1968
Vienna
(short)
(producer)
1952
Othello
(producer - uncredited)
1948
Macbeth
(producer - uncredited)
1943
Jane Eyre
(associate producer - uncredited)
1948
Macbeth
(set designer - uncredited)
Hide Show Self (123 titles)
1982
Arena
(TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
1982
Genocide
(documentary)
Narrator
(voice)
1980
Today
(TV series)
Himself
1977-1978
Dinah!
(TV series)
Himself
1965
Shindig!
(TV series)
Himself - Singer
1961-1965
Tempo
(TV series)
Himself
1963
Biography
(TV series documentary)
Himself
1962
Monitor
(TV series documentary)
Himself
1949
Disorder
(documentary short)
Himself
1942
Tanks
(documentary short)
Narrator
(voice)
1937
The Spanish Earth
(documentary)
Narrator (English version) (later replaced by Ernest Hemingway)
(voice)
2010
Jucy
Voice of the Elephant Lamp
(archive sound)
2003
Rita
(TV documentary)
Himself
2000
Moby Dick
(short)
Captain Ahab/Starbuck/Ishmael
1995
Get Shorty
Police Captain Hank Quinlan
(uncredited)
1978
The Force Beyond
(documentary)
Himself (commenting on The War of the Worlds radio broadcast)
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Other Works:
(1987) Album: Narrator on the album "Tales of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe" by
The Alan Parsons Project .
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Publicity Listings:
15 Biographical Movies
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30 Print Biographies
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41 Articles
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4 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
O.W. Jeeves | G.O. Spelvin | Orson Wells
Height:
6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Personal Quote:
Even if the good old days never existed, the fact that we can conceive such a world is, in fact, an affirmation of the human spirit.
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Trivia:
From a brief affair with actress,
Geraldine Fitzgerald , he fathered a son, director,
Michael Lindsay-Hogg . Since she was married at the time, she gave him her husband's name.
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Trademark:
Films that he wrote/directed often revolve around the rise and fall of main characters (Kane, Quinlan, Arkardin) who, in classic Shakespearean style, are unmade by their own vices.
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Star Sign:
Taurus
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