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Orson Welles, born in 1915 and died in 1985, was a prodigious American director, actor, and producer whose innovative vision and distinctive baritone voice marked him as a towering figure of 20th-century drama. His early theatrical productions and the infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast catapulted him to fame, yet his career in cinema was marked by a relentless battle for artistic autonomy. Citizen Kane, his seminal debut, remains a cornerstone of film history, while works like The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil showcase his mastery of narrative complexity and cinematic technique. Despite his tumultuous relationship with Hollywood studios, Welles’s enduring influence on film and theatre is undisputed, earning him accolades as a supreme auteur and actor.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2021 | My Guest is Orson Welles | Film | |
| 2020 | Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2013 | Too Much Johnson | Keystone Kop | Film |
| 2013 | Jodorowsky's Dune | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | Film |
| 2011 | Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure | Self | Film |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage) | Film |
| 2010 | Jucy | Elephant Lamp (archive sound) | Film |
| 2005 | The Well | Film | |
| 2004 | The UFO Conspiracy | Self (archive sound) | Film |
| 2002 | Lost in La Mancha | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2001 | A Huey P. Newton Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1997 | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1997 | It's All Brazil | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1996 | The Battle Over Citizen Kane | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | Orson Welles: The One-Man Band | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1993 | It's All True | Self | Film |
| 1993 | Working with Orson Welles | Himself (Archive Footage) | Film |
| 1992 | Don Quixote | Self | Film |
| 1991 | The Complete 'Citizen Kane' | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1990 | Welles' Language | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1987 | Someone to Love | Danny's Friend | Film |
| 1986 | It's Not All True | Himself (archive footage) | Film |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | Unicron (voice) | Film |
| 1984 | The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh | himself | Film |
| 1984 | Where Is Parsifal? | Klingsor | Film |
| 1984 | The Road to Bresson | Self | Film |
| 1983 | Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? | Magician (uncredited) | Film |
| 1983 | Hot Money | Sheriff Paisley | Film |
| 1982 | Genocide | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1982 | Butterfly | Judge Rauch | Film |
| 1981 | Brasil | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1981 | The Man Who Saw Tomorrow | Presenter / Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1981 | History of the World: Part I | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1981 | Filming 'The Trial' | Self | Film |
| 1980 | The Secret of Nikola Tesla | J.P. Morgan | Film |
| 1979 | Filming Othello | Host | Film |
| 1979 | The Double McGuffin | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Lew Lord | Film |
| 1978 | Mysterious Castles of Clay | Narrator | Film |
| 1978 | The Biggest Battle | Narratore | Film |
| 1978 | The Late Great Planet Earth | Self | Film |
| 1978 | A Woman Called Moses | Narrator (voice) | TV |
| 1977 | Hot Tomorrows | Parklawn Mortuary (voice) | Film |
| 1977 | The Force Beyond | Himself (archive footage) | Film |
| 1977 | It Happened One Christmas | Henry F. Potter | Film |
| 1976 | Bugs Bunny Superstar | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | José Estedes | Film |
| 1975 | Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice) | Film |
| 1974 | The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art | Narrator | Film |
| 1974 | And Then There Were None | Voice on Tape | Film |
| 1974 | Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1973 | F for Fake | Self | Film |
| 1973 | The Battle of Sutjeska | Winston Churchill | Film |
| 1972 | Malpertuis | Cassavius | Film |
| 1972 | Necromancy | Mr. Cato | Film |
| 1972 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Delasandro | Film |
| 1972 | Future Shock | Narrator | Film |
| 1972 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver | Film |
| 1971 | Directed by John Ford | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1971 | A Safe Place | The Magician | Film |
| 1971 | Ten Days' Wonder | Théo Van Horn | Film |
| 1971 | Flame of Persia | Narrator | Film |
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter | Bresnavitch | Film |
| 1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | The Narrator | Film |
| 1970 | Catch-22 | Brigadier General Dreedle | Film |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Louis XVIII | Film |
| 1970 | Is It Always Right to Be Right? | Narrator | Film |
| 1969 | The Battle of Neretva | Četnik | Film |
| 1969 | The Southern Star | Plankett | Film |
| 1969 | Twelve Plus One | Markan | Film |
| 1969 | Tepepa | Colonel Cascorro | Film |
| 1968 | House of Cards | Leschenhaut | Film |
| 1968 | The Immortal Story | Charles Clay | Film |
| 1968 | The Fight for Rome | Justinian | Film |
| 1968 | Vienna | Himself | Film |
| 1968 | Oedipus the King | Tiresias | Film |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | Le Chiffre | Film |
| 1967 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname | Jonathan Lute | Film |
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