05/06/1915
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA:
George Orson Welles (* 6. Mai 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin; † 10. Oktober 1985 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Hörspiel-, Film- und Theaterregisseur, Schauspieler und Autor. Obwohl viele seiner Projekte nie verwirklicht wurden oder unvollendet blieben, gilt Welles als einer der künstlerisch einflussreichsten Regisseure des Kinos. Sein erster Kinofilm, Citizen Kane, wird oft als das bedeutendste Werk der Filmgeschichte bezeichnet und bis heute häufig zitiert. Das britische Filmmagazin Sight & Sound wählte Welles zum besten Regisseur aller Zeiten. Mit seiner berühmten Hörspiel-Version von Der Krieg der Welten sowie seinen wegweisenden Broadway-Inszenierungen war er auch für Radio und Theater ein bedeutender Innovator.
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) as Self / The Director / Sir John Falstaff (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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WeirdWorld (2025) as Troy2000 (Archive footage) |
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Human Nature in Eleven Parts (2025) as Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage) |
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The Scorpion and the Frog (2025) as Narrator (archive footage) |
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Othelo, O Grande (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Battle of Grovers Mill (2024) as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage) |
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Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters (2024) as Self |
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Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (2023) as Falstaff |
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It's Pretty, but is it Art? (2023) as Self (voiceover) |
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Looking Back Before You Leap (2023) as General Zaroff (voice) |
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Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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A Jangada de Welles (2022) as Himself (Archive Footage) |
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The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles (2021) as Self |
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Parkinson at 50 (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Morceaux de Cannes (2021) as |
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (2021) as Self (archive footage) |
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Hopper/Welles (2020) as Self |
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Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020) as Self (archive footage) |
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Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (2019) as (archive footage) |
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018) as Journalist (uncredited) |
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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage) |
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Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie (2018) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
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The Magic History of Cinema (2017) as |
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Embers & Dust (2016) as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound) |
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This Is Orson Welles (2015) as Self |
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage) |
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Alfonso Sansone - produttore per caso (2014) as Self (archive footage) |
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Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) |
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Magic Mirror Maze (2012) as |
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The Shadow Knows (2012) as Self (archive footage) |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
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Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011) as Self |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage) |
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Orson Welles: The Paris Interview (2010) as Himself |
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Hollywood sul Tevere (2009) as |
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Lucifer et moi (2009) as (archive footage 1982) |
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The Deep (2007) as Russ Brewer |
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Lost in "The Thinking" (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill (2005) as (Self) |
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Cineastes contra magnats (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Druga strana Wellesa (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Brunnen (2005) as |
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Orson Welles Uncut (2005) as |
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The Hitch Hiker (2004) as Ronald Adams |
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The UFO Conspiracy (2004) as Self (archive sound) |
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L’Affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (2003) as Self (archive footage) |
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Histoires de festival (2002) as Self (archive footage) |
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Lost in La Mancha (2002) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Movie Movie (An Excerpt) (2002) as Archival Footage |
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A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 (2001) as Narrator |
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The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2001) as Self (Archive footage) |
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Orson Welles en el país de don Quijote (2000) as Self (Archive footage) |
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Lon Chaney: A thousand faces (2000) as Self (archive footage) |
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Moby Dick (2000) as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage) |
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One Man Band (1999) as Presenter / Various |
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Hi-Fi (1999) as |
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According to Occam's Razor (1999) as |
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The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998) as Self - Roaster (archive footage) |
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Tudo é Brasil (1997) as Self (archive footage) |
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Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) as Self (archive footage) |
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997) as Self |
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The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) as Self (archive footage) |
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Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995) as Self (archive footage) |
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La Classe américaine (1993) as Self (archive footage) |
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It's All True (1993) as Self |
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Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993) as |
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Working with Orson Welles (1993) as Himself (Archive Footage) |
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Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992) as Self |
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The Complete 'Citizen Kane' (1991) as Self (archive footage) |
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) as Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound) |
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With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990) as Self (archive footage) |
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Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990) as Self (archive footage) |
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A Linguagem de Orson Welles (1990) as Self (archive footage) |
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On the tracks of a filmmaker (1988) as Orson Welles |
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Someone to Love (1987) as Danny's Friend |
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Unseen Lollo (1986) as Himself |
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Nem Tudo É Verdade (1986) as Himself (archive footage) |
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The Transformers: The Movie (1986) as Unicron (voice) |
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Dreamers (1985) as Marcus Kleek |
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Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) as Self |
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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1984) as Self |
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Almonds and Raisins (1984) as Narrator |
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De weg naar Bresson (1984) as Self |
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The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (1984) as Narrator |
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In Our Hands (1984) as Himself |
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Where Is Parsifal? (1984) as Klingsor |
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The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984) as himself |
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The Witching (1983) as Mr. Cato |
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Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) as Magician (uncredited) |
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The Psychic Connection (1983) as Narrator |
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King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (1983) as Self - Narrator |
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Orson Welles à la Cinémathèque française (1983) as Himself |
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Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Hot Money (1983) as Sheriff Paisley |
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Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) as Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited) |
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Wagner e Venezia (1982) as Richard Wagner (voice) |
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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982) as Self |
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The Orson Welles Story (1982) as Self |
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982) as Self - Narrator |
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Genocide (1982) as Narrator (voice) |
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Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self |
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Doug Henning's World of Magic (1982) as Self - Special Guest |
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Butterfly (1982) as Judge Rauch |
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Let Poland Be Poland (1982) as Self |
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Magic with the Stars (1982) as Self - Host |
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The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982) as Narrator |
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A Gift of Harvest (1981) as Narrator |
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Brasil (1981) as Self (archive footage) |
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Search for the Titanic (1981) as Self - Host |
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The New Deal for Artists (1981) as Narrator (voice) |
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History of the World: Part I (1981) as Narrator (voice) |
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Filming 'The Trial' (1981) as Self |
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The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981) as Presenter / Narrator (voice) |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park (1980) as Narrator |
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Tajna Nikole Tesle (1980) as J.P. Morgan |
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A un solo paso (1980) as English Narrator |
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The Greenstone (1980) as Narrator (voice) |
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The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) as Narrator |
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Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979) as Self |
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To Try Again... and Succeed (1979) as Narrator (voice) |
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Filming Othello (1979) as Host |
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The Muppet Movie (1979) as Lew Lord |
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The Double McGuffin (1979) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Orson Welles Show (1979) as Self |
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The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon (1979) as Narrator |
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Orson Welles at The Magic Castle (1978) as Self |
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Il grande attacco (1978) as Narratore |
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The Late Great Planet Earth (1978) as Self |
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Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978) as Narrator |
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Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles (1978) as Himself |
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Tut: The Boy King (1978) as Himself - Host |
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It Happened One Christmas (1977) as Henry F. Potter |
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The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed (1977) as Narrator |
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The Force Beyond (1977) as Himself (archive footage) |
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Hot Tomorrows (1977) as Parklawn Mortuary (voice) |
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The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977) as Self |
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From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural (1977) as Narrator |
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977) as Narrator |
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Voyage of the Damned (1976) as José Estedes |
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NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976) as Self / Narrator |
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Bugs Bunny Superstar (1976) as Narrator (voice) |
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A Mother's Tale (1976) as Narrator |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage) |
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Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie (1975) as Self |
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Magnificent Monsters of the Deep (1975) as Narrator |
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice) |
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Who's Out There? (1975) as Host |
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The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1974) as Narrator |
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Une légende une vie: Citizen Welles (1974) as |
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And Then There Were None (1974) as Voice on Tape |
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Power and Corruption (1973) as Himself |
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Kelly Country (1973) as Narrator |
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Vérités et Mensonges (1973) as Self |
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Sutjeska (1973) as Winston Churchill |
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The Cave (1973) as Narrator |
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The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles (1973) as Narrator |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) as Sheridan Whiteside |
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Treasure Island (1972) as Long John Silver |
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Necromancy (1972) as Mr. Cato |
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Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) as Mr. Delasandro |
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Malpertuis (1972) as Cassavius |
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Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! (1972) as Self |
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Future Shock (1972) as Narrator |
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La Décade prodigieuse (1971) as Théo Van Horn |
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A Safe Place (1971) as The Magician |
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Directed by John Ford (1971) as Narrator (voice) |
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Centinelas del Silencio (1971) as |
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فروغ جاودان (1971) as Narrator |
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Freedom River (1971) as Narrator |
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An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain (1970) as |
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An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1970) as |
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An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1970) as |
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An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow (1970) as |
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An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah (1970) as |
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An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy (1970) as |
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Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) as Narrator |
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Waterloo (1970) as Louis XVIII |
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The Enemy Before Us (1970) as Narrator |
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Catch-22 (1970) as Brigadier General Dreedle |
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Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) as The Narrator |
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The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Bresnavitch |
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The Merchant of Venice (Rushes) (1970) as Shylock |
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A Horse Called Nijinsky (1970) as Narrator |
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Upon This Rock (1970) as Michelangelo (voice) |
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Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (1969) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Merchant of Venice (1969) as Shylock |
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Bitka na Neretvi (1969) as Četnik |
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12 + 1 (1969) as Markan |
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The Southern Star (1969) as Plankett |
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Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969) as Justinian |
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Tepepa (1969) as Colonel Cascorro |
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To Build a Fire (1969) as Narrator (voice) |
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Kampf um Rom – 1. Teil (1968) as Justinian |
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The Immortal Story (1968) as Charles Clay |
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House of Cards (1968) as Leschenhaut |
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Around the World of Mike Todd (1968) as Self - Narrator |
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Oedipus the King (1968) as Tiresias |
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Portrait: Orson Welles (1968) as Self |
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Vienna (1968) as Himself |
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) as Jonathan Lute |
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Beggars Would Ride (1967) as Narrator |
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Le désordre a vingt ans (1967) as Self |
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Casino Royale (1967) as Le Chiffre |
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Ten Days That Shook the World (1967) as Narrator |
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The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) as Louis de Mozambique |
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A Man for All Seasons (1966) as Cardinal Wolsey |
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Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) as Konsul Nordling |
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Orson Welles in Spain (1966) as Himself |
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Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1965) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Campanadas a medianoche (1965) as Falstaff |
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Americans on Everest (1965) as Narrator- Self |
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La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo (1965) as Akerman, Marco's Teacher |
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Profile No. 6: Orson Welles (1965) as |
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A King's Story (1965) as Narrator |
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The Finest Hours (1964) as Narrator (voice) |
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The V.I.P.s (1963) as Max Buda |
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Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta") |
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Der große Atlantik (1962) as Narrator (English) |
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Le Procès (1962) as Albert Hastler |
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La Fayette (1962) as Benjamin Franklin |
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King of Kings (1961) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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I tartari (1961) as Burundai |
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Austerlitz (1960) as Robert Fulton |
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An Arabian Night (1960) as Storyteller |
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Crack in the Mirror (1960) as Hagolin / Lamerciere |
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Cinq colonnes à la une: Hong Kong vue par Orson Welles (1960) as Self (narrator) |
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David e Golia (1960) as King Saul |
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High Journey (1959) as Narrator |
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Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) as Captain Hart |
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Compulsion (1959) as Jonathan Wilk |
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Les Seigneurs de la forêt (1958) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Roots of Heaven (1958) as Cy Sedgewick |
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The Fountain of Youth (1958) as the narrator |
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Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina (1958) as Self - Host |
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South Seas Adventure (1958) as Narrator |
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The Vikings (1958) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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The Long, Hot Summer (1958) as Will Varner |
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Touch of Evil (1958) as Police Captain Hank Quinlan |
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Man in the Shadow (1957) as Virgil Renchler |
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Out of Darkness (1956) as Self - Narrator |
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Moby Dick (1956) as Father Mapple |
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Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers (1956) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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The Land of the Basques (1955) as Himself |
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Mr. Arkadin (1955) as Gregory Arkadin |
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Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) as An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab |
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Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) as Self - Host |
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Napoléon (1955) as Sir Hudson Lowe |
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Three Cases of Murder (1955) as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment) |
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Trouble in the Glen (1954) as Sanin Cejador y Mengues |
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Si Versailles m'était conté (1953) as Benjamin Franklin |
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King Lear (1953) as King Lear |
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L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù (1953) as Captain Perella, the Beast |
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Return to Glennascaul (1953) as Narrator |
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Trent's Last Case (1952) as Sigsbee Manderson |
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Othello (1951) as Othello |
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Désordre (1950) as Self |
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The Black Rose (1950) as Bayan |
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The Miracle of St. Anne (1950) as The Director |
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Prince of Foxes (1949) as Cesare Borgia |
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The Third Man (1949) as Harry Lime |
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Black Magic (1949) as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro |
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Macbeth (1948) as Macbeth |
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947) as Michael O'Hara |
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Duel in the Sun (1946) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Battle for Survival (1946) as Narrator |
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The Stranger (1946) as Prof. Charles Rankin |
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Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) as John Andrew MacDonald |
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Mexico City, Old and New (1945) as Narrator |
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Follow the Boys (1944) as Orson Welles (uncredited) |
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Know Your Ally: Britain (1944) as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger) |
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Jane Eyre (1943) as Edward Rochester |
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Show-Business at War (1943) as Self |
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Journey into Fear (1943) as Colonel Haki |
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) as Narrator (voice) |
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Citizen Kane (1941) as Charles Foster Kane |
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Swiss Family Robinson (1940) as Opening Narrator (uncredited) |
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The Green Goddess (1939) as Rajah/Narrator |
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Too Much Johnson (1938) as Keystone Kop |
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The Spanish Earth (1937) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Hearts of Age (1934) as Death |
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Twelfth Night (1933) as Narrator |
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Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee () as Narrator |
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Something Else () as |