George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) 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 angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur."
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) 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 angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur."
After directing a number of high-profile theatrical productions in his early twenties, including an innovative adaptation of Macbeth and The Cradle Will Rock, Welles found national and international fame as the director and narrator of a 1938 radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds performed for the radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was reported to have caused widespread panic when listeners thought that an invasion by extraterrestrial beings was occurring. Although these reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed Welles to instant notoriety.
Citizen Kane (1941), his first film with RKO, in which he starred in the role of Charles Foster Kane, is often considered the greatest film ever made. Several of his other films, including The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Chimes at Midnight (1965), and F for Fake (1974), are also widely considered to be masterpieces.
In 2002, he was voted the greatest film director of all time in two separate British Film Institute polls among directors and critics, and a wide survey of critical consensus, best-of lists, and historical retrospectives calls him the most acclaimed director of all time. Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States. Well known for his baritone voice, Welles was also an extremely well regarded actor and was voted number 16 in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars list of the greatest American film actors of all time. He was also a celebrated Shakespearean stage actor and an accomplished magician, starring in troop variety shows in the war years.
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Filmography (Movies)
WeirdWorld
Character:Troy2000 (Archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2025
John Candy: I Like Me
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:04/09/2025
Human Nature in Eleven Parts
Character:Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
Release Date:11/02/2025
The Scorpion and the Frog
Character:Narrator (archive footage)
Release Date:12/01/2025
Othelo The Great
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/09/2024
The Battle of Grovers Mill
Character:Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
Release Date:08/06/2024
Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/05/2024
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
Character:Falstaff
Release Date:09/04/2023
It's Pretty, but is it Art?
Character:Self (voiceover)
Release Date:02/03/2023
Looking Back Before You Leap
Character:General Zaroff (voice)
Release Date:31/01/2023
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/11/2022
American: An Odyssey to 1947
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/10/2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/09/2022
The Welles Raft
Character:Himself (Archive Footage)
Release Date:23/06/2022
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2021
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2021
Parkinson at 50
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/04/2021
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/03/2021
Hopper/Welles
Character:Self
Release Date:09/09/2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/01/2020
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/02/2019
The Other Side of the Wind
Character:Journalist (uncredited)
Release Date:02/11/2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/08/2018
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Character:Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:17/08/2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:02/04/2018
The Magic History of Cinema
Character:
Release Date:30/08/2017
Embers & Dust
Character:Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
Release Date:16/11/2016
This Is Orson Welles
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Character:Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:12/12/2014
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/2014
Jodorowsky's Dune
Character:Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Release Date:30/08/2013
Magic Mirror Maze
Character:
Release Date:10/05/2012
The Shadow Knows
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/05/2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2012
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Character:Himself
Release Date:26/08/2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Character:Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/2010
Orson Welles: The Paris Interview
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/04/2010
Lucifer et moi
Character:(archive footage 1982)
Release Date:04/02/2009
The Deep
Character:Russ Brewer
Release Date:08/07/2007
Lost in "The Thinking"
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/10/2005
Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill
Character:(Self)
Release Date:15/08/2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/07/2005
The Other Side of Welles
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/06/2005
The Well
Character:
Release Date:11/03/2005
The Hitch Hiker
Character:Ronald Adams
Release Date:11/08/2004
The UFO Conspiracy
Character:Self (archive sound)
Release Date:18/04/2004
The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/04/2003
Lost in La Mancha
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/02/2002
A Huey P. Newton Story
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:18/06/2001
The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Character:Self (Archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2001
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2001
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Character:Self (Archive footage)
Release Date:05/11/2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/2000
Moby Dick
Character:Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/2000
According to Occam's Razor
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1999
Hi-Fi
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1999
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Character:Self - Roaster (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
It's All Brazil
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/09/1997
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/07/1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1997
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/01/1996
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/1995
La Classe américaine
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1993
It's All True
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/1993
Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1993
Working with Orson Welles
Character:Himself (Archive Footage)
Release Date:01/01/1993
Don Quixote
Character:Self
Release Date:20/04/1992
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Character:Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)
Release Date:01/10/1991
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/02/1990
Welles' Language
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1990
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Character:Orson Welles
Release Date:01/01/1988
Someone to Love
Character:Danny's Friend
Release Date:11/09/1987
It's Not All True
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:22/08/1986
The Transformers: The Movie
Character:Unicron (voice)
Release Date:08/08/1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/01/1986
The Dreamers
Character:Marcus Kleek
Release Date:05/02/1985
Orson Welles' Magic Show
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/1985
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/1984
Almonds and Raisins
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/08/1984
The Road to Bresson
Character:Self
Release Date:13/05/1984
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
Character:Narrator
Release Date:09/05/1984
In Our Hands
Character:Himself
Release Date:16/02/1984
Where Is Parsifal?
Character:Klingsor
Release Date:01/01/1984
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
Character:himself
Release Date:01/01/1984
The Witching
Character:Mr. Cato
Release Date:25/11/1983
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Character:Magician (uncredited)
Release Date:10/09/1983
The Psychic Connection
Character:Narrator
Release Date:18/08/1983
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:22/06/1983
Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française
Character:Himself
Release Date:28/02/1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/02/1983
Hot Money
Character:Sheriff Paisley
Release Date:01/01/1983
Slapstick of Another Kind
Character:Aliens' Father (voice)
Release Date:09/12/1982
Wagner e Venezia
Character:Richard Wagner (voice)
Release Date:03/12/1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Character:Self
Release Date:16/08/1982
The Orson Welles Story
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:21/04/1982
Genocide
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/03/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Character:Self - Special Guest
Release Date:14/02/1982
Butterfly
Character:Judge Rauch
Release Date:05/02/1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/1982
Magic with the Stars
Character:Host
Release Date:17/01/1982
The Quest for Fire Adventure
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1982
A Gift of Harvest
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/12/1981
Brasil
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/12/1981
Search for the Titanic
Character:Himself (host)
Release Date:03/12/1981
Enchanted Journey
Character:Pippo
Release Date:10/10/1981
The New Deal for Artists
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/07/1981
History of the World: Part I
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/06/1981
Filming 'The Trial'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1981
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
Character:Presenter / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/01/1981
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/12/1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Character:J.P. Morgan
Release Date:19/02/1980
A Step Away
Character:English Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1980
The Greenstone
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1980
The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/12/1979
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:13/12/1979
To Try Again... and Succeed
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:04/12/1979
Filming Othello
Character:Host
Release Date:26/06/1979
The Muppet Movie
Character:Lew Lord
Release Date:22/06/1979
The Double McGuffin
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/06/1979
The Orson Welles Show
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1979
The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1979
Orson Welles at The Magic Castle
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1978
The Biggest Battle
Character:Narratore
Release Date:07/02/1978
The Late Great Planet Earth
Character:Self
Release Date:17/01/1978
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1978
Tut: The Boy King
Character:Himself - Host
Release Date:01/01/1978
Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1978
It Happened One Christmas
Character:Henry F. Potter
Release Date:11/12/1977
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/12/1977
The Force Beyond
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:02/12/1977
Hot Tomorrows
Character:Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
Release Date:01/04/1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Character:Self
Release Date:12/03/1977
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1977
From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1977
Voyage of the Damned
Character:José Estedes
Release Date:22/12/1976
NBC: The First Fifty Years
Character:Self / Narrator
Release Date:21/11/1976
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/01/1976
A Mother's Tale
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1976
Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/1975
Magnificent Monsters of the Deep
Character:Narrator
Release Date:27/04/1975
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Character:Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
Release Date:09/01/1975
Who's Out There?
Character:Host
Release Date:01/01/1975
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
Character:Narrator
Release Date:05/12/1974
A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1974
And Then There Were None
Character:Voice on Tape
Release Date:24/09/1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/04/1974
Power and Corruption
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/12/1973
Kelly Country
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/10/1973
F for Fake
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1973
The Battle of Sutjeska
Character:Winston Churchill
Release Date:03/07/1973
The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Cave
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character:Sheridan Whiteside
Release Date:29/11/1972
Treasure Island
Character:Long John Silver
Release Date:01/10/1972
Necromancy
Character:Mr. Cato
Release Date:22/09/1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Character:Mr. Delasandro
Release Date:07/06/1972
Malpertuis
Character:Cassavius
Release Date:02/06/1972
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/1972
Future Shock
Character:Narrator
Release Date:22/02/1972
London
Character:Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw
Release Date:31/12/1971
Ten Days' Wonder
Character:Théo Van Horn
Release Date:01/12/1971
A Safe Place
Character:The Magician
Release Date:01/10/1971
Directed by John Ford
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/09/1971
Sentinels of Silence
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1971
Flame of Persia
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1971
Freedom River
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1971
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1970
Is It Always Right to Be Right?
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/10/1970
Waterloo
Character:Louis XVIII
Release Date:26/10/1970
The Enemy Before Us
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/10/1970
Catch-22
Character:Brigadier General Dreedle
Release Date:24/06/1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
Character:The Narrator
Release Date:04/02/1970
The Kremlin Letter
Character:Bresnavitch
Release Date:01/02/1970
Upon This Rock
Character:Michelangelo (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1970
A Horse Called Nijinsky
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1970
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/12/1969
The Merchant of Venice
Character:Shylock
Release Date:01/12/1969
Twelve Plus One
Character:Markan
Release Date:07/10/1969
The Battle of Neretva
Character:Četnik
Release Date:07/10/1969
The Southern Star
Character:Plankett
Release Date:04/03/1969
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Character:Justinian
Release Date:21/02/1969
Tepepa
Character:Colonel Cascorro
Release Date:31/01/1969
To Build a Fire
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Fight for Rome
Character:Justinian
Release Date:17/12/1968
The Immortal Story
Character:Charles Clay
Release Date:18/09/1968
House of Cards
Character:Leschenhaut
Release Date:16/09/1968
Around the World of Mike Todd
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:08/09/1968
Portrait: Orson Welles
Character:Self
Release Date:01/06/1968
Oedipus the King
Character:Tiresias
Release Date:01/06/1968
Vienna
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1968
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Character:Jonathan Lute
Release Date:18/12/1967
Beggars Would Ride
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/1967
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
Character:Self
Release Date:06/06/1967
Casino Royale
Character:Le Chiffre
Release Date:18/04/1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Character:Louis de Mozambique
Release Date:01/01/1967
Ten Days That Shook the World
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1967
A Man for All Seasons
Character:Cardinal Wolsey
Release Date:13/12/1966
Is Paris Burning?
Character:Konsul Nordling
Release Date:26/10/1966
Orson Welles in Spain
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/06/1966
Chimes at Midnight
Character:Falstaff
Release Date:22/12/1965
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/12/1965
Americans on Everest
Character:Narrator- Self
Release Date:10/09/1965
Marco the Magnificent
Character:Akerman, Marco's Teacher
Release Date:06/08/1965
Profile No. 6: Orson Welles
Character:
Release Date:12/06/1965
A King's Story
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Finest Hours
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/09/1964
The V.I.P.s
Character:Max Buda
Release Date:01/09/1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Character:The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
Release Date:19/02/1963
River of the Ocean
Character:Narrator (English)
Release Date:09/12/1962
The Trial
Character:Albert Hastler
Release Date:25/08/1962
Lafayette
Character:Benjamin Franklin
Release Date:16/02/1962
King of Kings
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/10/1961
The Tartars
Character:Burundai
Release Date:01/04/1961
The Battle of Austerlitz
Character:Robert Fulton
Release Date:17/06/1960
An Arabian Night
Character:Storyteller
Release Date:09/06/1960
Crack in the Mirror
Character:Hagolin / Lamerciere
Release Date:19/05/1960
David and Goliath
Character:King Saul
Release Date:22/01/1960
High Journey
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/12/1959
Ferry to Hong Kong
Character:Captain Hart
Release Date:29/10/1959
Compulsion
Character:Jonathan Wilk
Release Date:01/04/1959
Lords of the Forest
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:21/11/1958
The Roots of Heaven
Character:Cy Sedgewick
Release Date:15/10/1958
The Fountain of Youth
Character:the narrator
Release Date:16/09/1958
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:01/09/1958
South Seas Adventure
Character:Narrator
Release Date:16/07/1958
The Vikings
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/06/1958
The Long, Hot Summer
Character:Will Varner
Release Date:17/05/1958
Touch of Evil
Character:Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Release Date:30/03/1958
Man in the Shadow
Character:Virgil Renchler
Release Date:12/12/1957
Out of Darkness
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:02/12/1956
Moby Dick
Character:Father Mapple
Release Date:27/06/1956
The Land of the Basques
Character:Himself
Release Date:07/10/1955
Mr. Arkadin
Character:Gregory Arkadin
Release Date:27/06/1955
Moby Dick Rehearsed
Character:An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
Release Date:16/06/1955
Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:24/04/1955
Napoleon
Character:Sir Hudson Lowe
Release Date:25/03/1955
Three Cases of Murder
Character:Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Release Date:15/03/1955
Trouble in the Glen
Character:Sanin Cejador y Mengues
Release Date:15/06/1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
Character:Benjamin Franklin
Release Date:10/02/1954
King Lear
Character:King Lear
Release Date:18/10/1953
Man, Beast and Virtue
Character:Captain Perella, the Beast
Release Date:09/05/1953
Return to Glennascaul
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/02/1953
Trent's Last Case
Character:Sigsbee Manderson
Release Date:22/09/1952
Othello
Character:Othello
Release Date:28/11/1951
Disorder
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/1950
The Black Rose
Character:Bayan
Release Date:01/09/1950
Prince of Foxes
Character:Cesare Borgia
Release Date:11/11/1949
The Third Man
Character:Harry Lime
Release Date:31/08/1949
Black Magic
Character:Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
Release Date:19/08/1949
Macbeth
Character:Macbeth
Release Date:01/10/1948
The Lady from Shanghai
Character:Michael O'Hara
Release Date:24/12/1947
Duel in the Sun
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1946
Battle for Survival
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/07/1946
The Stranger
Character:Prof. Charles Rankin
Release Date:02/06/1946
Tomorrow Is Forever
Character:John Andrew MacDonald
Release Date:20/02/1946
Mexico City, Old and New
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/1945
Follow the Boys
Character:Orson Welles (uncredited)
Release Date:05/05/1944
Know Your Ally: Britain
Character:Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
Release Date:01/01/1944
Jane Eyre
Character:Edward Rochester
Release Date:24/12/1943
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
Journey into Fear
Character:Colonel Haki
Release Date:07/01/1943
The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/07/1942
Citizen Kane
Character:Charles Foster Kane
Release Date:17/04/1941
Swiss Family Robinson
Character:Opening Narrator
Release Date:08/02/1940
Citizen Kane Trailer
Character:himself
Release Date:01/01/1940
Too Much Johnson
Character:Keystone Kop
Release Date:16/08/1938
The Spanish Earth
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/07/1937
The Hearts of Age
Character:Death
Release Date:01/01/1934
Twelfth Night
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/05/1933
Television Appearances
LIFE BEYOND
Character:Self (voice)
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
American Experience
Character:Self (archive footage)
Scene of the Crime
Character:
Moonlighting
Character:Orson Welles
Tales of the Klondike
Character:Narrator
Magnum, P.I.
Character:Robin Masters (voice)
Shōgun
Character:Narrator
A Woman Called Moses
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Magic of David Copperfield
Character:
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Character:Self
Dinah!
Character:Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Character:Self
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character:Self - Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Silent Years
Character:
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Night Gallery
Character:Narrator
One Man Band
Character:
The Name of the Game
Character:Narrator
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character:Self
Omnibus
Character:Self - Presenter
National Geographic Specials
Character:Narrator
In the Land of Don Quixote
Character:Himself
Hollywood and the Stars
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self - Guest Host
Tempo
Character:Self
Survival
Character:Narrator
Colgate Theatre
Character:
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
Around the World with Orson Welles
Character:Host: Orson Welles
Ford Star Jubilee
Character:Oscar Jaffe
Orson Welles' Sketch Book
Character:Himself - Host
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
Omnibus
Character:King Lear
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sheridan Whiteside
I Love Lucy
Character:Orson Welles
What's My Line?
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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