Orson Welles

Orson Welles

directing May 6, 1915 Oct 10, 1985 Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

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2 wins

2 nominations

318 of 325 films rated

IMDb avg 6.8
IMDb median 6.9
RT avg 77%
RT median 82%

highest rated

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  1. Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee → Narrator
  2. Something Else
  3. Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas → Self / The Director / Sir John Falstaff (archive footage) (uncredited)
  4. Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  5. The Scorpion and the Frog → Narrator (archive footage)
  6. Human Nature in Eleven Parts → Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
  7. WeirdWorld → Troy2000 (Archive footage)
  8. Jim Henson Idea Man → Self (archive footage)
  9. Othelo The Great → Self (archive footage)
  10. The Battle of Grovers Mill → Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
  11. Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters → Self
  12. Looking Back Before You Leap → General Zaroff (voice)
  13. It's Pretty, but is it Art? → Self (voiceover)
  14. From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight → Falstaff
  15. Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend → Self (archive footage)
  16. Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues → Self (archive footage)
  17. The Welles Raft → Himself (Archive Footage)
  18. American: An Odyssey to 1947 → Self (archive footage)
  19. Parkinson at 50 → Self (archive footage)
  20. The Real Charlie Chaplin → Self (archive footage)
  21. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  22. Morceaux de Cannes
  23. The Blinding of Isaac Woodard → Self (archive footage)
  24. Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles → Self
  25. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind → Self (archive footage)
  26. Hopper/Welles → Self
  27. LIFE BEYOND (TV) → Self (voice)
  28. Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" → (archive footage)
  29. The Other Side of the Wind → Journalist (uncredited)
  30. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead → Self (archive footage)
  31. The Eyes of Orson Welles → Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
  32. Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit → Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  33. The Magic History of Cinema
  34. Embers & Dust → Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
  35. This Is Orson Welles → Self
  36. Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles → Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
  37. Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance → Self (archive footage)
  38. Talking Pictures (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  39. Jodorowsky's Dune → Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  40. Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen → (archive footage)
  41. The Shadow Knows → Self (archive footage)
  42. Magic Mirror Maze
  43. Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure → Self
  44. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff → Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
  45. Orson Welles: The Paris Interview → Himself
  46. Hollywood sul Tevere
  47. Lucifer et moi → (archive footage 1982)
  48. The Deep → Russ Brewer
  49. Filmmakers vs. Tycoons → Self (archive footage)
  50. The Well
  51. Lost in "The Thinking" → Self (archive footage)
  52. The Other Side of Welles → Self (archive footage)
  53. Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill → (Self)
  54. Orson Welles Uncut
  55. The Hitch Hiker → Ronald Adams
  56. The UFO Conspiracy → Self (archive sound)
  57. The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles → Self (archive footage)
  58. Lost in La Mancha → Self (archive footage)
  59. Heart of the Festival → Self (archive footage)
  60. The Movie Movie (An Excerpt) → Archival Footage
  61. A Huey P. Newton Story → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  62. The Paranormal Peter Sellers → Self (Archive footage)
  63. NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 → Narrator
  64. Lon Chaney: A thousand faces → Self (archive footage)
  65. Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote → Self (Archive footage)
  66. Moby Dick → Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
  67. According to Occam's Razor
  68. Hi-Fi
  69. One Man Band → Presenter / Various
  70. The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts → Self - Roaster (archive footage)
  71. Who Is Henry Jaglom? → Self (archive footage)
  72. Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional → Self
  73. It's All Brazil → Self (archive footage)
  74. The Battle Over Citizen Kane → Self (archive footage)
  75. Orson Welles: The One-Man Band → Self (archive footage)
  76. La Classe américaine → Self (archive footage)
  77. It's All True → Self
  78. Working with Orson Welles → Himself (Archive Footage)
  79. Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
  80. Don Quixote → Self
  81. Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio → Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)
  82. The Complete 'Citizen Kane' → Self (archive footage)
  83. With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film → Self (archive footage)
  84. Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream → Self (archive footage)
  85. Welles' Language → Self (archive footage)
  86. American Experience (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  87. On the tracks of a filmmaker → Orson Welles
  88. Someone to Love → Danny's Friend
  89. The Transformers: The Movie → Unicron (voice)
  90. The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years → Self (archive footage)
  91. It's Not All True → Himself (archive footage)
  92. Unseen Lollo → Himself
  93. Moonlighting (TV) → Orson Welles
  94. Scene of the Crime (TV)
  95. The Dreamers → Marcus Kleek
  96. Orson Welles' Magic Show → Self
  97. Where Is Parsifal? → Klingsor
  98. The Road to Bresson → Self
  99. Almonds and Raisins → Narrator
  100. The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh → himself
  101. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon → Self
  102. The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail → Narrator
  103. In Our Hands → Himself
  104. Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? → Magician (uncredited)
  105. Hot Money → Sheriff Paisley
  106. The Witching → Mr. Cato
  107. Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française → Himself
  108. The Psychic Connection → Narrator
  109. King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands → Self - Narrator
  110. Night of 100 Stars → Self
  111. Butterfly → Judge Rauch
  112. Magic with the Stars → Self - Host
  113. Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady → Self
  114. Slapstick of Another Kind → Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited)
  115. Genocide → Narrator (voice)
  116. Baryshnikov in Hollywood → Self - Narrator
  117. Let Poland Be Poland → Self
  118. Doug Henning's World of Magic → Self - Special Guest
  119. The Orson Welles Story → Self
  120. Wagner e Venezia → Richard Wagner (voice)
  121. The Quest for Fire Adventure → Narrator
  122. History of the World: Part I → Narrator (voice)
  123. The Man Who Saw Tomorrow → Presenter / Narrator (voice)
  124. The New Deal for Artists → Narrator (voice)
  125. Search for the Titanic → Self - Host
  126. Brasil → Self (archive footage)
  127. A Gift of Harvest → Narrator
  128. Filming 'The Trial' → Self
  129. Tales of the Klondike (TV) → Narrator
  130. Magnum, P.I. (TV) → Robin Masters (voice)
  131. Shōgun (TV) → Narrator
  132. The Secret of Nikola Tesla → J.P. Morgan
  133. The Greenstone → Narrator (voice)
  134. A Step Away → English Narrator
  135. Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park → Narrator
  136. The Muppet Movie → Lew Lord
  137. Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years → Self
  138. The Double McGuffin → Narrator (voice)
  139. The Orson Welles Show → Self
  140. Filming Othello → Host
  141. The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis → Narrator
  142. The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon → Narrator
  143. To Try Again... and Succeed → Narrator (voice)
  144. The Magic of David Copperfield (TV) → Host
  145. A Woman Called Moses (TV) → Narrator (voice)
  146. The Biggest Battle → Narratore
  147. The Late Great Planet Earth → Self
  148. Mysterious Castles of Clay → Narrator
  149. Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles → Himself
  150. Tut: The Boy King → Himself - Host
  151. Orson Welles at The Magic Castle → Self
  152. Hot Tomorrows → Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
  153. It Happened One Christmas → Henry F. Potter
  154. The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? → Self
  155. The Force Beyond → Himself (archive footage)
  156. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner → Narrator
  157. The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed → Narrator
  158. From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural → Narrator
  159. Cérémonie des César (TV) → Self - President
  160. Voyage of the Damned → José Estedes
  161. NBC: The First Fifty Years → Self / Narrator
  162. Bugs Bunny Superstar → Narrator (voice)
  163. A Mother's Tale → Narrator
  164. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → Self (archive footage)
  165. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi → Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
  166. Doug Henning's World of Magic (TV) → Self
  167. Who's Out There? → Host
  168. Magnificent Monsters of the Deep → Narrator
  169. Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie → Self
  170. Dinah! (TV) → Self
  171. And Then There Were None → Voice on Tape
  172. Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still → Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  173. The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art → Narrator
  174. A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles
  175. The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (TV) → Self
  176. The American Film Institute Salute to ... (TV) → Self
  177. Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (TV) → Self - Host
  178. F for Fake → Self
  179. The Battle of Sutjeska → Winston Churchill
  180. The Cave → Narrator
  181. Kelly Country → Narrator
  182. Power and Corruption → Himself
  183. The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles → Narrator
  184. Treasure Island → Long John Silver
  185. The Man Who Came to Dinner → Sheridan Whiteside
  186. Malpertuis → Cassavius
  187. Get to Know Your Rabbit → Mr. Delasandro
  188. Necromancy → Mr. Cato
  189. Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! → Self
  190. Future Shock → Narrator
  191. V.I.P. Schaukel (TV) → Self
  192. Directed by John Ford → Narrator (voice)
  193. A Safe Place → The Magician
  194. Ten Days' Wonder → Théo Van Horn
  195. Sentinels of Silence
  196. Flame of Persia → Narrator
  197. Freedom River → Narrator
  198. The Silent Years (TV)
  199. Night Gallery (TV) → Narrator
  200. Waterloo → Louis XVIII
  201. Catch-22 → Brigadier General Dreedle
  202. Start the Revolution Without Me → The Narrator
  203. The Kremlin Letter → Bresnavitch
  204. The Enemy Before Us → Narrator
  205. Upon This Rock → Michelangelo (voice)
  206. A Horse Called Nijinsky → Narrator
  207. An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
  208. Is It Always Right to Be Right? → Narrator
  209. An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince
  210. An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah
  211. The Merchant of Venice (Rushes) → Shylock
  212. An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain
  213. An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow
  214. An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy
  215. The Battle of Neretva → Četnik
  216. Tepepa → Colonel Cascorro
  217. Twelve Plus One → Markan
  218. The Southern Star → Plankett
  219. The Merchant of Venice → Shylock
  220. The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal → Justinian
  221. Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali → Narrator (voice)
  222. To Build a Fire → Narrator (voice)
  223. The Dick Cavett Show (TV) → Self - Guest
  224. The Name of the Game (TV) → Narrator
  225. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV) → Self
  226. The Immortal Story → Charles Clay
  227. Oedipus the King → Tiresias
  228. House of Cards → Leschenhaut
  229. The Fight for Rome → Justinian
  230. Around the World of Mike Todd → Self - Narrator
  231. Vienna → Himself
  232. Portrait: Orson Welles → Self
  233. Omnibus (TV) → Self - Presenter
  234. Casino Royale → Le Chiffre
  235. I'll Never Forget What's'isname → Jonathan Lute
  236. The Sailor from Gibraltar → Louis de Mozambique
  237. Ten Days That Shook the World → Narrator
  238. Disorder Is 20 Years Old → Self
  239. Beggars Would Ride → Narrator
  240. A Man for All Seasons → Cardinal Wolsey
  241. Is Paris Burning? → Konsul Nordling
  242. Orson Welles in Spain → Himself
  243. Chimes at Midnight → Falstaff
  244. National Geographic Specials (TV) → Narrator
  245. Marco the Magnificent → Akerman, Marco's Teacher
  246. A King's Story → Narrator
  247. Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees → Self - Narrator (voice)
  248. Americans on Everest → Narrator- Self
  249. Profile No. 6: Orson Welles
  250. In the Land of Don Quixote (TV) → Himself
  251. The Finest Hours → Narrator (voice)
  252. The V.I.P.s → Max Buda
  253. Ro.Go.Pa.G. → The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
  254. Hollywood and the Stars (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  255. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self
  256. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self - Guest Host
  257. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self (archive footage)
  258. The Merv Griffin Show (TV) → Self
  259. The Trial → Albert Hastler
  260. Lafayette → Benjamin Franklin
  261. River of the Ocean → Narrator (English)
  262. King of Kings → Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  263. Tempo (TV) → Self
  264. Survival (TV) → Narrator
  265. The Tartars → Burundai
  266. The Battle of Austerlitz → Robert Fulton
  267. David and Goliath → King Saul
  268. Crack in the Mirror → Hagolin / Lamerciere
  269. An Arabian Night → Storyteller
  270. Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles → Self (narrator)
  271. Compulsion → Jonathan Wilk
  272. Ferry to Hong Kong → Captain Hart
  273. High Journey → Narrator
  274. Touch of Evil → Police Captain Hank Quinlan
  275. The Vikings → Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  276. The Long, Hot Summer → Will Varner
  277. Colgate Theatre (TV)
  278. The Roots of Heaven → Cy Sedgewick
  279. South Seas Adventure → Narrator
  280. The Fountain of Youth → the narrator
  281. Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina → Self - Host
  282. Lords of the Forest → Narrator (voice)
  283. Man in the Shadow → Virgil Renchler
  284. The Steve Allen Show (TV) → Self
  285. Cinépanorama (TV) → Self
  286. Moby Dick → Father Mapple
  287. Out of Darkness → Self - Narrator
  288. Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers → Self - Narrator (voice)
  289. Mr. Arkadin → Gregory Arkadin
  290. Napoleon → Sir Hudson Lowe
  291. Around the World with Orson Welles (TV) → Host: Orson Welles
  292. Ford Star Jubilee (TV) → Oscar Jaffe
  293. Orson Welles' Sketch Book (TV) → Himself - Host
  294. Three Cases of Murder → Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
  295. Moby Dick—Rehearsed → An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
  296. Orson Welles' Sketch Book → Self - Host
  297. The Land of the Basques → Himself
  298. Reflets de Cannes (TV) → Self
  299. Trouble in the Glen → Sanin Cejador y Mengues
  300. Royal Affairs in Versailles → Benjamin Franklin
  301. King Lear → King Lear
  302. Man, Beast and Virtue → Captain Perella, the Beast
  303. Return to Glennascaul → Narrator
  304. Omnibus (TV) → King Lear
  305. Trent's Last Case → Sigsbee Manderson
  306. I Love Lucy (TV) → Orson Welles
  307. Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Sheridan Whiteside
  308. Othello → Othello
  309. What's My Line? (TV) → Self
  310. The Black Rose → Bayan
  311. Disorder → Self
  312. The Miracle of St. Anne → The Director
  313. The Third Man → Harry Lime
  314. Black Magic → Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
  315. Prince of Foxes → Cesare Borgia
  316. The Ed Sullivan Show (TV) → Self
  317. Macbeth → Macbeth
  318. The Lady from Shanghai → Michael O'Hara
  319. Duel in the Sun → Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  320. The Stranger → Prof. Charles Rankin
  321. Tomorrow Is Forever → John Andrew MacDonald
  322. Battle for Survival → Narrator
  323. Mexico City, Old and New → Narrator
  324. Follow the Boys → Orson Welles (uncredited)
  325. Know Your Ally: Britain → Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
  326. Jane Eyre → Edward Rochester
  327. Journey into Fear → Colonel Haki
  328. Show-Business at War → Self
  329. The Magnificent Ambersons → Narrator (voice)
  330. Citizen Kane → Charles Foster Kane
  331. Swiss Family Robinson → Opening Narrator (uncredited)
  332. The Green Goddess → Rajah/Narrator
  333. Too Much Johnson → Keystone Kop
  334. The Spanish Earth → Narrator (voice)
  335. The Hearts of Age → Death
  336. Twelfth Night → Narrator

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