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Director

Orson Welles

Popular films

Citizen Kane1941
Touch of Evil1958
The Lady from Shanghai1947
The Stranger1946

About Orson Welles

Known for: Directing
Born: May 6, 1915
Died: October 10, 1985 (age 70)
Birthplace: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

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…

Also credited as

George Orson Welles, O. W. Jeeves

Filmography

Hopper/Welles2020Director

The Other Side of the Wind2018Director
Too Much Johnson2013Director
The Deep2007Director
Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill2005Director
Filming 'The Trial'2002Director
Moby Dick2000Director
One Man Band1999Director
It's All True1993Director
Don Quixote1992Director
Unseen Lollo1986Director
It's All True: Four Men on a Raft1986Director
The Dreamers1985Director
Orson Welles' Magic Show1985Director
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh1984Director
Filming Othello1979Director
The Orson Welles Show1979Director
F for Fake1973Director
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain1970Director
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow1970Director
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy1970Director
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon1970Director
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince1970Director
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah1970Director
The Merchant of Venice (Rushes)1970Director
The Merchant of Venice1969Director
The Immortal Story1968Director
Vienna1968Director
Chimes at Midnight1965Director
The Trial1962Director
Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles1960Director
The Fountain of Youth1958Director
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina1958Director
Touch of Evil1958Director
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers1956Director
The Land of the Basques1955Director
Mr. Arkadin1955Director
Moby Dick—Rehearsed1955Director
Othello1951Director
The Miracle of St. Anne1950Director
Black Magic1949Co-Director
Macbeth1948Director
The Lady from Shanghai1947Director
The Stranger1946Director
It's All True1943Director
The Magnificent Ambersons1942Director
Citizen Kane1941Director
The Green Goddess1939Director
The Hearts of Age1934Director
Twelfth Night1933Director

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance2028as Self (archive footage)

War of the Worlds2026as narrator
The Making Of2026as Self (archival)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas2026as Self / The Director / Sir John Falstaff (archive footage) (uncredited)
WeirdWorld2025as Troy2000 (Archive footage)
Human Nature in Eleven Parts2025as Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
The Scorpion and the Frog2025as Narrator (archive footage)
Othelo The Great2024as Self (archive footage)
The Battle of Grovers Mill2024as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters2024as Self
Jim Henson Idea Man2024as Self (archive footage)
From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight2023as Falstaff
It's Pretty, but is it Art?2023as Self (voiceover)
Looking Back Before You Leap2023as General Zaroff (voice)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend2022as Self (archive footage)
American: An Odyssey to 19472022as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues2022as Self (archive footage)
The Welles Raft2022as Himself (Archive Footage)
My Guest is Orson Welles2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin2021as Self (archive footage)
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles2021as Self
Parkinson at 502021as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes2021as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard2021as Self (archive footage)
Hopper/Welles2020as Self
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind2020as Self (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"2019as (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind2018as Journalist (uncredited)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead2018as Self (archive footage)
The Eyes of Orson Welles2018as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit2018as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Magic History of Cinema2017
Embers & Dust2016as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party2016as Self (archive footage) (voice)
This Is Orson Welles2015as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles2014as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance2014as Self (archive footage)
Too Much Johnson2013as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Jodorowsky's Dune2013as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Magic Mirror Maze2012
The Shadow Knows2012as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012as (archive footage)
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure2011as Self
Jucy2010as Elephant Lamp (archive sound)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
Orson Welles: The Paris Interview2010as Himself
Hollywood sul Tevere2009
Lucifer et moi2009as (archive footage 1982)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story2007as Self (archive)
The Deep2007as Russ Brewer
Lost in "The Thinking"2005as Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill2005as (Self)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons2005as Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of Welles2005as Self (archive footage)
The Well2005
Orson Welles Uncut2005
The Hitch Hiker2004as Ronald Adams
The UFO Conspiracy2004as Self (archive sound)
The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles2003as Self (archive footage)
Filming 'The Trial'2002as Self
Lost in La Mancha2002as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Movie (An Excerpt)2002as (archive footage)
A Huey P. Newton Story2001as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 32001as Narrator
The Paranormal Peter Sellers2001as Self (Archive footage)
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote2000as Self (Archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces2000as Self (archive footage)
Moby Dick2000as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
One Man Band1999as Presenter / Various
According to Occam's Razor1999
Hi-Fi1999
It's All Brazil1997as Self (archive footage)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?1997as Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional1997as Self
The Battle Over Citizen Kane1996as Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band1995as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995as Self (archive footage)
La Classe américaine1993as Self (archive footage)
It's All True1993as Self
Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles1993
Working with Orson Welles1993as Himself (Archive Footage)
Don Quixote1992as Self
The Complete 'Citizen Kane'1991as Self (archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio1991as Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film1990as Self (archive footage)
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream1990as Self (archive footage)
Welles' Language1990as Self (archive footage)
On the tracks of a filmmaker1988as Orson Welles
Someone to Love1987as Danny's Friend
Unseen Lollo1986as Himself
It's Not All True1986as Himself (archive footage)
The Transformers: The Movie1986as Unicron (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years1986as Self (archive footage)
The Dreamers1985as Marcus Kleek
Orson Welles' Magic Show1985as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon1984as Self
Almonds and Raisins1984as Narrator
The Road to Bresson1984as Self
The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail1984as Narrator
In Our Hands1984as Himself
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh1984as himself
Where Is Parsifal?1984as Klingsor
The Witching1983as Mr. Cato
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?1983as Magician (uncredited)
The Psychic Connection1983as Narrator
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands1983as Self - Narrator
Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française1983as Himself
Hot Money1983as Sheriff Paisley
Slapstick of Another Kind1982as Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited)
Wagner e Venezia1982as Richard Wagner (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982as Self
The Orson Welles Story1982as Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood1982as Self - Narrator
Genocide1982as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars1982as Self
Doug Henning's World of Magic1982as Self - Special Guest
Butterfly1982as Judge Rauch
Let Poland Be Poland1982as Self
Magic with the Stars1982as Self - Host
The Quest for Fire Adventure1982as Narrator
A Gift of Harvest1981as Narrator
Brasil1981as Self (archive footage)
Search for the Titanic1981as Self - Host
History of the World: Part I1981as Narrator (voice)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow1981as Presenter / Narrator (voice)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park1980as Narrator
The Secret of Nikola Tesla1980as J.P. Morgan
A Step Away1980as English Narrator
The Greenstone1980as Narrator (voice)
The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis1979as Narrator
Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years1979as Self
To Try Again... and Succeed1979as Narrator (voice)
Filming Othello1979as Host
The Muppet Movie1979as Lew Lord
The Double McGuffin1979as Narrator (voice)
The Orson Welles Show1979as Self
The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon1979as Narrator
Orson Welles at The Magic Castle1978as Self
The Biggest Battle1978as Narratore
The Late Great Planet Earth1978as Self
Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles1978as Himself
Mysterious Castles of Clay1978as Narrator
It Happened One Christmas1977as Henry F. Potter
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed1977as Narrator
The Force Beyond1977as Himself (archive footage)
Tut: The Boy King1977as Himself - Host
Hot Tomorrows1977as Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?1977as Self
From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural1977as Narrator
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner1977as Narrator
Voyage of the Damned1976as José Estedes
NBC: The First Fifty Years1976as Self / Narrator
The New Deal for Artists1976as Narrator (voice)
Bugs Bunny Superstar1976as Narrator (voice)
A Mother's Tale1976as Narrator
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975as Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie1975as Self
Magnificent Monsters of the Deep1975as Narrator
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi1975as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
Who's Out There?1975as Host
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art1974as Narrator
A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles1974
And Then There Were None1974as Voice on Tape
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still1974as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Power and Corruption1973as Himself
The Monkey's Paw1973as Host
Kelly Country1973as Narrator
F for Fake1973as Self
The Battle of Sutjeska1973as Winston Churchill
The Cave1973as Narrator
The Man Who Came to Dinner1972as Sheridan Whiteside
Treasure Island1972as Long John Silver
Necromancy1972as Mr. Cato
Get to Know Your Rabbit1972as Mr. Delasandro
Malpertuis1972as Cassavius
Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !1972as Self
Future Shock1972as Narrator
Ten Days' Wonder1971as Théo Van Horn
A Safe Place1971as The Magician
Directed by John Ford1971as Narrator (voice)
Sentinels of Silence1971
Flame of Persia1971as Narrator
Freedom River1971as Narrator
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain1970
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow1970
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy1970
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon1970
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince1970
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah1970
Is It Always Right to Be Right?1970as Narrator
Waterloo1970as Louis XVIII
The Enemy Before Us1970as Narrator
Catch-221970as Brigadier General Dreedle
Start the Revolution Without Me1970as The Narrator
The Kremlin Letter1970as Bresnavitch
A Horse Called Nijinsky1970as Narrator
The Merchant of Venice (Rushes)1970as Shylock
Upon This Rock1970as Michelangelo (voice)
Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali1969as Narrator (voice)
The Merchant of Venice1969as Shylock
The Battle of Neretva1969as Četnik
Twelve Plus One1969as Markan
The Southern Star1969as Plankett
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal1969as Justinian
Tepepa1969as Colonel Cascorro
To Build a Fire1969as Narrator (voice)
The Fight for Rome1968as Justinian
The Immortal Story1968as Charles Clay
House of Cards1968as Leschenhaut
Around the World of Mike Todd1968as Self - Narrator
Oedipus the King1968as Tiresias
Portrait: Orson Welles1968as Self
Vienna1968as Himself
I'll Never Forget What's'isname1967as Jonathan Lute
Beggars Would Ride1967as Narrator
Disorder Is 20 Years Old1967as Self
Casino Royale1967as Le Chiffre
Ten Days That Shook the World1967as Narrator
The Sailor from Gibraltar1967as Louis de Mozambique
A Man for All Seasons1966as Cardinal Wolsey
Is Paris Burning?1966as Konsul Nordling
Orson Welles in Spain1966as Himself
Chimes at Midnight1965as Falstaff
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees1965as Self - Narrator (voice)
Americans on Everest1965as Narrator- Self
Marco the Magnificent1965as Akerman, Marco's Teacher
Profile No. 6: Orson Welles1965
A King's Story1965as Narrator
The Finest Hours1964as Narrator (voice)
The V.I.P.s1963as Max Buda
La ricotta1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G.1963as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
River of the Ocean1962as Narrator (English)
The Trial1962as Albert Hastler
Lafayette1962as Benjamin Franklin
King of Kings1961as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Tartars1961as Burundai
Austerlitz1960as Robert Fulton
An Arabian Night1960as Storyteller
Crack in the Mirror1960as Hagolin / Lamerciere
Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles1960as Self (narrator)
David and Goliath1960as King Saul
High Journey1959as Narrator
Ferry to Hong Kong1959as Captain Hart
Compulsion1959as Jonathan Wilk
Lords of the Forest1958as Narrator (voice)
The Roots of Heaven1958as Cy Sedgewick
The Fountain of Youth1958as the narrator
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina1958as Self - Host
South Seas Adventure1958as Narrator
The Vikings1958as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Long, Hot Summer1958as Will Varner
Touch of Evil1958as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
Man in the Shadow1957as Virgil Renchler
Out of Darkness1956as Self - Narrator
Moby Dick1956as Father Mapple
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers1956as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Land of the Basques1955as Himself
Mr. Arkadin1955as Gregory Arkadin
Moby Dick—Rehearsed1955as An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
Napoleon1955as Sir Hudson Lowe
Three Cases of Murder1955as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Trouble in the Glen1954as Sanin Cejador y Mengues
Royal Affairs in Versailles1953as Benjamin Franklin
King Lear1953as King Lear
Man, Beast and Virtue1953as Captain Perella, the Beast
Return to Glennascaul1952as Narrator
Trent's Last Case1952as Sigsbee Manderson
Othello1951as Othello
Disorder1950as Self
The Black Rose1950as Bayan
The Miracle of St. Anne1950as The Director
Prince of Foxes1949as Cesare Borgia
The Third Man1949as Harry Lime
Black Magic1949as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
Macbeth1948as Macbeth
The Lady from Shanghai1947as Michael O'Hara
Duel in the Sun1946as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Battle for Survival1946as Narrator
The Stranger1946as Prof. Charles Rankin
Tomorrow Is Forever1946as John Andrew MacDonald
Mexico City, Old and New1945as Narrator
Follow the Boys1944as Orson Welles (uncredited)
Know Your Ally: Britain1944as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)
Jane Eyre1943as Edward Rochester
Show-Business at War1943as Self
Journey into Fear1943as Colonel Haki
The Magnificent Ambersons1942as Narrator (voice)
Citizen Kane1941as Charles Foster Kane
Swiss Family Robinson1940as Opening Narrator (uncredited)
The Green Goddess1939as Rajah/Narrator
The Spanish Earth1937as Narrator (voice)
The Hearts of Age1934as Death
Twelfth Night1933as Narrator
Something ElseYear unavailable
Voyage of the Brigantine YankeeYear unavailableas Narrator

The Battle of Grovers Mill2024Original Story

The Other Side of the Wind2018Screenplay
Too Much Johnson2013Screenplay
F for favor2008Original Concept
The Deep2007Screenplay
The Hitchhiker2007Original Concept
The Magnificent Ambersons2002Original Film Writer
Moby Dick2000Theatre Play
One Man Band1999Writer
The Big Brass Ring1999Writer
The Way to Santiago1998Writer
The Big Brass Ring1997Writer
The Hearts of Age1997Original Concept
Don Quixote1992Screenplay
Unseen Lollo1986Writer
It's All True: Four Men on a Raft1986Writer
The Dreamers1985Writer
Orson Welles' Magic Show1985Writer
Filming Othello1979Writer
The Orson Welles Show1979Writer
Orson Welles at The Magic Castle1978Writer
NBC: The First Fifty Years1976Writer
F for Fake1973Writer
Treasure Island1972Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain1970Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow1970Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy1970Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon1970Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince1970Writer
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah1970Writer
The Merchant of Venice1969Screenplay
The Immortal Story1968Screenplay
Vienna1968Writer
The Bible: In the Beginning...1966Scenario Writer
Chimes at Midnight1965Screenplay
The Trial1962Screenplay
The Fountain of Youth1958Writer
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina1958Writer
Touch of Evil1958Screenplay
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers1956Writer
Mr. Arkadin1955Screenplay / Story
Moby Dick—Rehearsed1955Writer
Othello1951Screenplay
The Miracle of St. Anne1950Writer
Macbeth1948Screenplay
The Lady from Shanghai1947Screenplay
Monsieur Verdoux1947Story
The Stranger1946Co-Writer
Journey into Fear1943Screenplay
It's All True1943Screenplay
The Magnificent Ambersons1942Screenplay
Citizen Kane1941Screenplay
The Green Goddess1939Adaptation
The Hearts of Age1934Writer
Twelfth Night1933Adaptation
Something ElseYear unavailableOriginal Concept

Too Much Johnson2013Producer

The Deep2007Producer
Filming 'The Trial'2002Producer
Don Quixote1992Producer
Orson Welles' Magic Show1985Producer
Freedom River1971Producer
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain1970Producer
An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow1970Producer
An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy1970Producer
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon1970Producer
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince1970Producer
An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah1970Producer
The Merchant of Venice1969Producer
Vienna1968Producer
The Fountain of Youth1958Producer
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers1956Producer
Mr. Arkadin1955Producer
Othello1951Producer
Macbeth1948Producer
The Lady from Shanghai1947Producer
Jane Eyre1943Associate Producer
Journey into Fear1943Producer
The Magnificent Ambersons1942Producer
Citizen Kane1941Producer
The Green Goddess1939Producer

The Fountain of Youth1958Production Design

Mr. Arkadin1955Production Design / Art Direction
Macbeth1948Set Designer

The Magnificent Ambersons1942Additional Photography

Twelfth Night1933Director of Photography

Chimes at Midnight1965Costume Design

Mr. Arkadin1955Costume Design
Macbeth1948Costume Design
Twelfth Night1933Costume Design

Cerné par le diable2019Thanks

Silent Times2018Thanks
The Brother Side of the Wake2018Thanks
The Debridement of Rome2012Thanks
Incident at Barstow2011Thanks
Variations on a High School Romance2010Thanks
Dahmer vs. Gacy2010Thanks
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV2001Thanks
As Long as He Lives1998Thanks
Historias Breves 0: Distant encounters1993Thanks
Dieter & Andreas1989Thanks
Continental1989Thanks
Waxwork1988Thanks
Trick or Treats1982Other
The War of the Worlds: Next Century1981Thanks
The Bible: In the Beginning...1966Additional Writing

The Other Side of the Wind2018Editor

Too Much Johnson2013Editor
Moby Dick2000Editor
One Man Band1999Editor
Don Quixote1992Editor
F for Fake1973Editor
An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon1970Editor
The Merchant of Venice1969Editor
The Trial1962Editor
Mr. Arkadin1955Editor

Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers1956Production Designer

Halston2019Theme Song Performance

Passage to Mars2016Theme Song Performance
Treasury of Children's Stories1996Theme Song Performance
Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers1994Theme Song Performance
The Fountain of Youth1958Music Arranger
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers1956Music Arranger
Three Cases of Murder1955Theme Song Performance