Orson Welles (1915–1985)

Actor | Director | Writer

His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a ...

Born: May 6, 1915
Died: October 10, 1985 (age 70)

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Filmography

Known For

Citizen Kane Kane (1941)
Touch of Evil Police Captain Hank Quinlan (1958)
The Stranger Professor Charles Rankin (1946)
Known For

The Lady from Shanghai Michael O'Hara (1947)
Actor

Someone to Love Danny's Friend (1987)
Hot Money Sheriff Paisley (1986)
The Transformers: The Movie Unicron (1986)
Moonlighting Orson Welles (1985)
Magnum, P.I. Robin Masters (1981-1984)
Where Is Parsifal? Klingsor (1984)
The Dreamers Marcus Kleek (1982)
Wagner e Venezia Richard Wagner (1982)
Slapstick of Another Kind Aliens' Father (1982)
Butterfly Judge Rauch (1981)
The Enchanted Journey Pippo (1981)
Tales of the Klondike Narrator (1981)
History of the World: Part I Narrator (1981)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow Narrator (1981)
The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles Narrator (1980)
Shogun Narrator (1980)
Shogun Narrator (1980)
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla J.P. Morgan (1980)
To Try Again... and Succeed Narrator (1979)
The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis Narrator (1979)
The Double McGuffin Narrator (1979)
The Muppet Movie Lew Lord (1979)
A Woman Called Moses Narrator (1978)
The Biggest Battle Narrator (1978)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner Narrator (1977)
It Happened One Christmas Henry F. Potter (1977)
Hot Tomorrows Parklawn Mortuary (1977)
Voyage of the Damned Jose Estedes (1976)
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Narrator / Nag (1975)
Ten Little Indians U. N. Owen / and the voice of (1974)
The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles Narrator (1973)
The Battle of Sutjeska Winston Churchill (1973)
The Man Who Came to Dinner Sheridan Whiteside (1972)
Treasure Island Long John Silver (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon Narrator (1972)
Get to Know Your Rabbit Mr. Delasandro (1972)
Necromancy Mr. Cato (1972)
London Presenter / Winston Churchill (1971)
The Legend of Doom House Cassavius (1971)
Freedom River Narrator (1971)
Ten Days Wonder Théo Van Horn - un multimillionnaire qui vit en despote dans sa maison (1971)
Night Gallery Narrator (segment "Silent Snow, Secret Snow") (1971)
A Safe Place The Magician (1971)
The Deep Russ Brewer (1970)
Is It Always Right to Be Right? Narrator (1970)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1970)
Waterloo Louis XVIII (1970)
The Name of the Game Narrator (1970)
Upon This Rock Michelangelo (1970)
Catch-22 General Dreedle (1970)
Start the Revolution Without Me The Narrator (1970)
The Kremlin Letter Bresnavitch (1970)
To Build a Fire Narrator (1969)
The Merchant of Venice Shylock (1969)
12 + 1 Maurice Markau (1969)
The Battle of Neretva Senator (1969)
Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat Justinian (1969)
The Southern Star Plankett (1969)
Tepepa Colonel Cascorro (1969)
The Last Roman Emperor Justinian (1968)
House of Cards Leschenhaut (1968)
Oedipus the King Tiresias (1968)
The Immortal Story Mr. Charles Clay (1968)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname Jonathan Lute (1967)
The Sailor from Gibraltar Louis de Mozambique (1967)
Casino Royale Le Chiffre (1967)
A Man for All Seasons Cardinal Wolsey (1966)
Is Paris Burning? Consul Raoul Nordling (1966)
La isla del tesoro Long John Silver (1965)
Treasure Island Long John Silver (1965)
Chimes at Midnight Falstaff (1965)
Marco the Magnificent Akerman, Marco's Tutor (1965)
The Finest Hours Narrator (1964)
The V.I.P.s Max Buda (1963)
Ro.Go.Pa.G. The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta") (1963)
The Trial Albert Hastler - The Advocate / Narrator (1962)
Lafayette Benjamin Franklin (1962)
King of Kings Narrator (1961)
The Tartars Burundai (1961)
The Battle of Austerlitz Robert Fulton (1960)
An Arabian Night Storyteller (1960)
Crack in the Mirror Hagolin / Lamerciere (1960)
David and Goliath King Saul (1960)
High Journey Narrator (1959)
Ferry to Hong Kong Captain Hart (1959)
Compulsion Jonathan Wilk (1959)
Masters of the Congo Jungle Narrator, English Language Version (1958)
The Roots of Heaven Cy Sedgewick (1958)
Colgate Theatre Narrator (1958)
The Fountain of Youth Host / Narrator (1958)
South Seas Adventure Supplemental Narrator (1958)
The Vikings Narrator (1958)
Touch of Evil Police Captain Hank Quinlan (1958)
The Long, Hot Summer Will Varner (1958)
Man in the Shadow Virgil Renchler (1957)
I Love Lucy Orson Welles (1956)
Moby Dick Father Mapple (1956)
Ford Star Jubilee Oscar Jaffe (1956)
Moby Dick Rehearsed An Actor Manager / Father Mapple (1955)
Confidential Report Gregory Arkadin (1955)
Napoleon Sir Hudson Lowe (1955)
Three Cases of Murder Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) (1955)
Trouble in the Glen Sanin Cejador y Mengues (1954)
Royal Affairs in Versailles Franklin (1954)
Return to Glennascaul Narrator / Orson Welles (1953)
Omnibus King Lear (segment) (1953)
L'uomo la bestia e la virtù Captain Perella - the Beast (1953)
Trent's Last Case Sigsbee Manderson (1952)
The Little World of Don Camillo Narrator (1952)
Othello Othello (1951)
The Black Rose Bayan (1950)
Prince of Foxes Cesare Borgia (1949)
The Third Man Harry Lime (1949)
Black Magic Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro (1949)
Macbeth Macbeth (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai Michael O'Hara (1947)
Duel in the Sun Narrator (1946)
The Stranger Professor Charles Rankin (1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever John Andrew MacDonald / Erik Kessler (1946)
Follow the Boys Orson Welles (1944)
Jane Eyre Edward Rochester (1943)
Journey Into Fear Colonel Haki (1943)
The Magnificent Ambersons Narrator (1942)
Citizen Kane Kane (1941)
Swiss Family Robinson Opening Narrator (1940)
The Green Goddess Rajah / Narrator (1939)
Too Much Johnson Keystone Kop (1938)
The Mercury Theatre on the Air Clarence (1938)
The Hearts of Age Death (1934)
Actor

Twelfth Night (1933)
Writer

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Citizen Vader (2014)
F for favor (2008)
The Hitchhiker (2007)
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)
Around the World with Orson Welles (1955-2000)
Moby Dick (2000)
The Big Brass Ring (1999)
The Way to Santiago (1998)
The Big Brass Ring (1997)
The Hearts of Age (1997)
Don Quixote (1992)
Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985)
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)
The Dreamers (1982)
Orson Welles' the Dreamers (1982)
Filming 'Othello' (1978)
Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer (1976)
NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973-1974)
F for Fake (1973)
Don Quixote (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Wodehouse Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Clarence Darrow Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Socrates Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1972)
Treasure Island (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Chesterton Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972)
London (1971)
The Deep (1970)
The Merchant of Venice (1969)
Vienna (1968)
The Immortal Story (1968)
The Heroine (1967)
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
La isla del tesoro (1965)
Treasure Island (1965)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Moby Dick - Rehearsed (1965)
The Trial (1962)
Tempo (1961)
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina (1958)
Colgate Theatre (1958)
The Fountain of Youth (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles and People (1956)
Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955)
Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955)
Confidential Report (1955)
Othello (1951)
The Miracle of St. Anne (1950)
Portrait of a Killer (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Macbeth (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Stranger (1946)
It's All True (1943)
The Story of Samba (1943)
Journey Into Fear (1943)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane Trailer (1940)
The Green Goddess (1939)
Too Much Johnson (1938)
The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938)
The Hearts of Age (1934)
Writer

Twelfth Night (1933)
Director

Hopper/Welles (2020)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Around the World with Orson Welles (1955-2000)
Moby Dick (2000)
It's All True (1993)
Don Quixote (1992)
Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964-1986)
Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985)
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)
The Dreamers (1982)
Orson Welles' the Dreamers (1982)
Filming 'the Trial' (1981)
The Orson Welles Show (1979)
Filming 'Othello' (1978)
Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer (1976)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973-1974)
F for Fake (1973)
Don Quixote (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Wodehouse Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Clarence Darrow Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Socrates Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: Chesterton Speeches (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972)
London (1971)
The Deep (1970)
The Merchant of Venice (1969)
The Southern Star (1969)
Vienna (1968)
The Immortal Story (1968)
The Heroine (1967)
Treasure Island (1965)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
The Trial (1962)
No Exit (1962)
Tempo (1961)
David and Goliath (1960)
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina (1958)
Colgate Theatre (1958)
The Fountain of Youth (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles and People (1956)
Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955)
Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955)
Confidential Report (1955)
Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Othello (1951)
The Miracle of St. Anne (1950)
Black Magic (1949)
Macbeth (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Stranger (1946)
It's All True (1943)
The Story of Samba (1943)
Journey Into Fear (1943)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane Trailer (1940)
The Green Goddess (1939)
Too Much Johnson (1938)
The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938)
The Hearts of Age (1934)
Director

Twelfth Night (1933)
Producer

Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964-1986)
Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985)
The Dreamers (1982)
Orson Welles' the Dreamers (1982)
Filming 'the Trial' (1981)
Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer (1976)
Don Quixote (1972)
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1972)
The Deep (1970)
The Merchant of Venice (1969)
Vienna (1968)
Colgate Theatre (1958)
The Fountain of Youth (1958)
Orson Welles and People (1956)
Confidential Report (1955)
Othello (1951)
Macbeth (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Story of Samba (1943)
Jane Eyre (1943)
Journey Into Fear (1943)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane Trailer (1940)
The Green Goddess (1939)
Too Much Johnson (1938)
Producer

The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938)
Soundtrack

Halston (2019)
Passage to Mars (2016)
Welcome to the Basement (2015)
Treasury of Children's Stories (1996)
Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994)
The Dean Martin Show (1968)
Shindig! (1965)
Soundtrack

Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Archive footage

Movie Night Extravaganza (2021-2022)
The Movies That Made Us (2021)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Alien Autopsy: The Search for Answers (2021)
Hollywood Insider (2021)
Lotte Eisner, aucun lieu, nulle part (2021)
Panorama (2020)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
The Welles Raft (2019)
Rotten (2019)
Billie (2019)
The Movies (2019)
NASA's Unexplained Files (2019)
A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making (2018)
Friedkin Uncut (2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
The Great Buster (2018)
Ancient Aliens (2010-2018)
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie (2018)
The Magic History of Cinema (2017)
L'antre du Mea (2017)
National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017)
History's Greatest Hoaxes (2016)
Embers & Dust (2016)
Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2016)
Arena (1995-2016)
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016)
La otra sala: Clásicos (2016)
Orson's Direction Sign (2015)
Welcome to the Basement (2013-2015)
Mikhail Bondarev: Heck of a Great Man (2015)
Your Name Here (2015)
This Is Orson Welles (2015)
Geheimnisvolle Stadt (2015)
Blow up (2015)
Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015)
E-penser (2015)
Le Fossoyeur de Films (2015)
Shakespeare Uncovered (2012-2015)
Timeshift (2015)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
The ComicWeb: Old Time Radio Programs (2014)
Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014)
The Touristic Revolution (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
Hangar 1: The UFO Files (2014)
Zero Listillos: Leonardo Raya (2013)
American Experience (1996-2013)
René Clément, témoin et poète (2013)
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Not Fade Away (2012)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l'Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 (2012)
The Man Who Pursued Rosebud: William Alland on His Career in Theatre and Film (2012)
Ninja the Mission Force (2012)
Just Henry (2011)
Mystères d'archives (2011)
Beer and Board Games (2011)
Shut Up Little Man (2011)
Cinema Komunisto (2010)
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010)
Jucy (2010)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido (2009)
O.W. Kenosha (2009)
Hollywood on the Tiber (2009)
España, plató de cine (2009)
Prodigal Sons (2008)
Strictly Courtroom (2008)
Lucifer et moi (2008)
Jeanne Moreau: A Bombshell in Disguise (2008)
Welles Angels (2007)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)
The Universe (2007)
Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (2007)
Horror Business (2007)
Is It Real? (2007)
Searching for Orson (2006)
Edge of Outside (2006)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
Jeopardy! (2006)
The Originals (2005)
Lost in the Thinking (2005)
UFO Files (2005)
Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)
The Day That Panicked America (2005)
Druga strana Wellesa (2005)
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
Brunnen (2005)
Enquête sur les OVNIs (2004)
The Ultimate Film (2004)
Shadowing the Third Man (2004)
The Hitch Hiker (2004)
The South Bank Show (2004)
The UFO Conspiracy (2004)
Unexplained Mysteries (2003)
Apple Jack (2003)
Rita (2003)
The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2002)
Sendung ohne Namen (2002)
Histoires de festival (2002)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Pulp Cinema (2001)
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001)
A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
Shylock (2001)
Hollywood Couples (2000)
L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (2000)
Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (2000)
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote (2000)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Moby Dick (2000)
Modern Marvels (1999)
The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (1999)
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
The Best of Film Noir (1999)
According to Occam's Razor (1999)
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999)
The Lady with the Torch (1999)
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998)
The Great Depression (1998)
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998)
Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (1998)
UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (1997)
François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997)
Tudo É Brasil (1997)
Great Romances of the 20th Century (1997)
UFO: Down to Earth (1997)
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
Welles and Hearst (1996)
Where Are All the UFO's? (1996)
The Universal Story (1996)
The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996)
Zweig: A Morte em Cena (1995)
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995)
Get Shorty (1995)
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995)
Biography (1995)
Parkinson: The Interviews (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
Sightings (1995)
The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994)
La Classe américaine (1993)
Working with Orson Welles (1993)
Rosabella: la storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993)
Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (1993)
Northern Exposure (1993)
It's All True (1993)
Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992)
The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream (1992)
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
The Complete Citizen Kane (1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
Stars and Stripes (1990)
Washes Whiter (1990)
With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film (1990)
Hollywood Mavericks (1990)
The Greatest Film on Earth: Volume 2 - Planet Mars (1988)
AFI Life Achievement Award (1988)
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987)
Arsenal (1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
Bloopers from 'Star Trek' and 'Laugh-In' (1983)
Prime Times (1983)
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981)
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981)
The Force Beyond (1977)
Ésotérisme expérimental (1976)
America at the Movies (1976)
Underwelles (1975)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975)
A Estrela Sobe (1974)
The Dick Cavett Show (1970)
Thèmes et variations du cinéma (1969)
Fellini in città ovvero Frammenti di una conversazione su Federico Fellini (1968)
Romy - Portrait eines Gesichts (1967)
Archive footage

Plunder (1965)
Hollywood Remembers (2000)
Editor

The Other Side of the Wind (2018)