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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...
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Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)

The Other Side of the Wind
as Journalist (uncredited)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)

The Eyes of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Magic History of Cinema

Embers & Dust
as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)

Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
as Self (archive footage) (voice)

This Is Orson Welles
as Self

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
as Self (archive footage)

Too Much Johnson
as Keystone Kop

Jodorowsky's Dune
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Magic Mirror Maze

The Shadow Knows
as Self (archive footage)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
as Self

Jucy
as Elephant Lamp (archive sound)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)

Orson Welles: The Paris Interview
as Himself

Hollywood sul Tevere

Lucifer et moi
as (archive footage 1982)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive)

The Deep
as Russ Brewer

Lost in "The Thinking"
as Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill
as (Self)

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self (archive footage)

The Other Side of Welles
as Self (archive footage)

The Well

Orson Welles Uncut

The Hitch Hiker
as Ronald Adams
The UFO Conspiracy
as Self (archive sound)

The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles
as Self (archive footage)

Filming 'The Trial'
as Self

Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)

Lost in La Mancha
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Movie (An Excerpt)
as Archival Footage

A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Paranormal Peter Sellers
as Self (Archive footage)

NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
as Narrator

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
as Self (Archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)

Moby Dick
as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)

One Man Band
as Presenter / Various

According to Occam's Razor

Hi-Fi

The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self - Roaster (archive footage)

It's All Brazil
as Self (archive footage)

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self (archive footage)

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
as Self (archive footage)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)

La Classe américaine
as Self (archive footage)

It's All True
as Self

Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles

Working with Orson Welles
as Himself (Archive Footage)

Don Quixote
as Self

The Complete 'Citizen Kane'
as Self (archive footage)

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
as Self (archive footage)

Welles' Language
as Self (archive footage)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
as Self (archive footage)

On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Orson Welles

Someone to Love
as Danny's Friend

Unseen Lollo
as Himself

It's Not All True
as Himself (archive footage)

The Transformers: The Movie
as Unicron (voice)

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)

The Dreamers
as Marcus Kleek

Orson Welles' Magic Show
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
as Self

Almonds and Raisins
as Narrator

The Road to Bresson
as Self

The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail
as Narrator
In Our Hands
as Himself

The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
as himself

Where Is Parsifal?
as Klingsor

The Witching
as Mr. Cato

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Magician (uncredited)

The Psychic Connection
as Narrator
King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands
as Self - Narrator

Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française
as Himself

Hot Money
as Sheriff Paisley

Slapstick of Another Kind
as Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited)

Wagner e Venezia
as Richard Wagner (voice)

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
as Self

The Orson Welles Story
as Self

Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Narrator

Genocide
as Narrator (voice)

Night of 100 Stars
as Self

Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self - Special Guest

Butterfly
as Judge Rauch

Let Poland Be Poland
as Self

Magic with the Stars
as Self - Host

The Quest for Fire Adventure
as Narrator

A Gift of Harvest
as Narrator

Brasil
as Self (archive footage)

Search for the Titanic
as Self - Host

The New Deal for Artists
as Narrator (voice)

History of the World: Part I
as Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
as Presenter / Narrator (voice)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
as Narrator

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as J.P. Morgan
A Step Away
as English Narrator

The Greenstone
as Narrator (voice)

The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis
as Narrator

Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years
as Self
To Try Again... and Succeed
as Narrator (voice)

Filming Othello
as Host

The Muppet Movie
as Lew Lord

The Double McGuffin
as Narrator (voice)

The Orson Welles Show
as Self

The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon
as Narrator

Orson Welles at The Magic Castle
as Self

The Biggest Battle
as Narratore

The Late Great Planet Earth
as Self

Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator

Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles
as Himself

It Happened One Christmas
as Henry F. Potter
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator

The Force Beyond
as Himself (archive footage)

Tut: The Boy King
as Himself - Host

Hot Tomorrows
as Parklawn Mortuary (voice)

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
as Narrator

From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural
as Narrator

Voyage of the Damned
as José Estedes

NBC: The First Fifty Years
as Self / Narrator

Bugs Bunny Superstar
as Narrator (voice)
A Mother's Tale
as Narrator

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie
as Self
Magnificent Monsters of the Deep
as Narrator

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)

Who's Out There?
as Host

The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
as Narrator
A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles

And Then There Were None
as Voice on Tape

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Power and Corruption
as Himself
Kelly Country
as Narrator

F for Fake
as Self

The Battle of Sutjeska
as Winston Churchill

The Cave
as Narrator

The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Sheridan Whiteside

Treasure Island
as Long John Silver

Necromancy
as Mr. Cato

Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Delasandro

Malpertuis
as Cassavius

Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma !
as Self
Future Shock
as Narrator

Ten Days' Wonder
as Théo Van Horn

A Safe Place
as The Magician

Directed by John Ford
as Narrator (voice)

Sentinels of Silence

Flame of Persia
as Narrator

Freedom River
as Narrator

An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon

An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince

An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain

An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow

An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah

An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy

Is It Always Right to Be Right?
as Narrator

Waterloo
as Louis XVIII
The Enemy Before Us
as Narrator

Catch-22
as Brigadier General Dreedle

Start the Revolution Without Me
as The Narrator

The Kremlin Letter
as Bresnavitch

Upon This Rock
as Michelangelo (voice)

A Horse Called Nijinsky
as Narrator

The Merchant of Venice (Rushes)
as Shylock

Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali
as Narrator (voice)

The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock

Twelve Plus One
as Markan

The Battle of Neretva
as Četnik

The Southern Star
as Plankett

The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
as Justinian

Tepepa
as Colonel Cascorro

To Build a Fire
as Narrator (voice)

The Fight for Rome
as Justinian

The Immortal Story
as Charles Clay

House of Cards
as Leschenhaut

Around the World of Mike Todd
as Self - Narrator

Portrait: Orson Welles
as Self

Oedipus the King
as Tiresias

Vienna
as Himself

I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as Jonathan Lute

Beggars Would Ride
as Narrator
Disorder Is 20 Years Old
as Self

Casino Royale
as Le Chiffre

The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Louis de Mozambique

Ten Days That Shook the World
as Narrator

A Man for All Seasons
as Cardinal Wolsey

Is Paris Burning?
as Konsul Nordling

Orson Welles in Spain
as Himself

Chimes at Midnight
as Falstaff

Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Americans on Everest
as Narrator- Self

Marco the Magnificent
as Akerman, Marco's Teacher

Profile No. 6: Orson Welles

A King's Story
as Narrator

The Finest Hours
as Narrator (voice)

The V.I.P.s
as Max Buda

La ricotta

Ro.Go.Pa.G.
as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
River of the Ocean
as Narrator (English)

The Trial
as Albert Hastler

Lafayette
as Benjamin Franklin

King of Kings
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Tartars
as Burundai

Austerlitz
as Robert Fulton

An Arabian Night
as Storyteller

Crack in the Mirror
as Hagolin / Lamerciere

Five Columns on the Front Page: Hong Kong as seen by Orson Welles
as Self (narrator)

David and Goliath
as King Saul

High Journey
as Narrator

Ferry to Hong Kong
as Captain Hart

Compulsion
as Jonathan Wilk
Lords of the Forest
as Narrator (voice)

The Roots of Heaven
as Cy Sedgewick

The Fountain of Youth
as the narrator

Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina
as Self - Host

South Seas Adventure
as Narrator

The Vikings
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Long, Hot Summer
as Will Varner

Touch of Evil
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan

Man in the Shadow
as Virgil Renchler
Out of Darkness
as Self - Narrator

Moby Dick
as Father Mapple
Orson Welles and People: Camille, the Naked Lady and the Musketeers
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Land of the Basques
as Himself

Mr. Arkadin
as Gregory Arkadin

Moby Dick—Rehearsed
as An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab

Napoleon
as Sir Hudson Lowe

Three Cases of Murder
as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

Trouble in the Glen
as Sanin Cejador y Mengues

Royal Affairs in Versailles
as Benjamin Franklin

King Lear
as King Lear

Man, Beast and Virtue
as Captain Perella, the Beast

Return to Glennascaul
as Narrator

Trent's Last Case
as Sigsbee Manderson

Othello
as Othello

Disorder
as Self

The Black Rose
as Bayan

The Miracle of St. Anne
as The Director

Prince of Foxes
as Cesare Borgia

The Third Man
as Harry Lime

Black Magic
as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

Macbeth
as Macbeth

The Lady from Shanghai
as Michael O'Hara

Duel in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Battle for Survival
as Narrator

The Stranger
as Prof. Charles Rankin

Tomorrow Is Forever
as John Andrew MacDonald
Mexico City, Old and New
as Narrator

Follow the Boys
as Orson Welles (uncredited)

Know Your Ally: Britain
as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)

Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester

Show-Business at War
as Self

Journey into Fear
as Colonel Haki

The Magnificent Ambersons
as Narrator (voice)

Citizen Kane
as Charles Foster Kane

Swiss Family Robinson
as Opening Narrator (uncredited)