Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA — May 06 1915• Died Oct 10 1985

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 fe…
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Self (archive footage)

Robin Masters (voice)

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Narrator

Self

Self - Presenter

Narrator

Self

Self

Self

Narrator

Self (archive footage)

Self - Host

Michael O'Hara

Le Chiffre

Self

Self

Charles Foster Kane

Sound

Sheridan Whiteside

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Lew Lord

Self

Harry Lime

Narrator

Crew

Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Father Mapple

Brigadier General Dreedle

Self

(archive footage)

Host

Police Captain Hank Quinlan

Crew

Self (archive footage)

Cardinal Wolsey

Konsul Nordling

Louis XVIII

Self

Will Varner


Unicron (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Edward Rochester

Self (archive footage)

Narrator (voice)

Voice on Tape

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Oscar Jaffe

Bresnavitch

Self (archive footage)

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Albert Hastler

Othello

Self (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Tiresias

Host: Orson Welles


Self (archive footage)

Macbeth

Narrator

Writing

Gregory Arkadin

Colonel Haki

Prof. Charles Rankin

Falstaff
Sound

Jonathan Wilk

Self (archive footage)

José Estedes

Self (archive footage)

Charles Clay

Mr. Cato

Max Buda

John Andrew MacDonald

Crew

The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")

Self - Host

Orson Welles (uncredited)

Journalist (uncredited)

Judge Rauch

Self (archive footage)

Captain Hart

The Magician

Self

Colonel Cascorro

Leschenhaut

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Četnik

Benjamin Franklin

Writing

Cassavius

Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

Self (archive footage)

Mr. Delasandro

Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Long John Silver

Self

Self (archive footage)

Danny's Friend

Sir Hudson Lowe

Mr. Cato

Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Sound

Magician (uncredited)

Cesare Borgia

Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited)

King Lear

King Saul

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Markan

Narrator (voice)

Self / Narrator

Jonathan Lute

Crew

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage)

Burundai

Akerman, Marco's Teacher

Bayan

Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

Self

Klingsor

Russ Brewer

Sanin Cejador y Mengues

Crew

Self (archive footage)

Pippo

Henry F. Potter

The Narrator

Self (archive footage)

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)


Narrator (voice)

Self - Roaster (archive footage)

Self

Sheriff Paisley

Parklawn Mortuary (voice)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Writing

Self (archive footage)

Robert Fulton

Self (Archive footage)

Benjamin Franklin

Sigsbee Manderson

Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)

Cy Sedgewick

Sheridan Whiteside

Writing

Hagolin / Lamerciere

Self

Self (archive footage)

Narratore

Keystone Kop

Presenter / Narrator (voice)

Self

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self - Narrator
Crew

Self

Self

J.P. Morgan

Louis de Mozambique

Orson Welles

Crew

Self

Virgil Renchler

Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Host

Sound

Justinian

Self - Narrator

Self
Crew

himself

Shylock

Narrator (voice)

Self

Himself

Self

Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)

Plankett

Self

Marcus Kleek

Michelangelo (voice)

Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Théo Van Horn

Narrator

Crew

the narrator

Narrator

Himself


Self

Self

Self (archive footage)

Narrator (voice)
Storyteller

Self (archive footage)

Self (voiceover)

Self (archive footage)
Narrator

Captain Perella, the Beast

Self (archive footage)

Self (Archive footage)

Narrator
Narrator

Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)

Narrator

Narrator

Self

Self

Self

An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab

Writing
Narrator

Self (archive footage)

Self - Special Guest
Narrator

Self (archive footage)

Self
Writing

Host

Self - Narrator (voice)

Himself (Archive Footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self

Narrator

Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)


(archive footage)
Crew

Self

Narrator

Self (archive footage)

Opening Narrator (uncredited)

Narrator
Directing

Death

Narrator

Self
Narrator (English)

Self - Host


Crew

Narrator

Self (narrator)

(archive footage 1982)

Self

Self (archive footage)
Self
Crew

Narrator

Narrator
Writing

Narrator (voice)

Narrator

Himself
Narrator (voice)
Self
Self (archive sound)

Narrator (voice)
English Narrator

Himself

Narrator

Justinian

Narrator (voice)

Narrator
Narrator

Himself - Host

Himself
Sound


Narrator

General Zaroff (voice)

Shylock

Narrator

Himself

Directing
Writing

Himself (archive footage)

Narrator

Narrator

Narrator (archive footage)

Narrator

(Self)

The Director

Self - Host

Narrator
Self - Narrator

Himself (archive footage)

Self

Self (archive footage)

Himself
Narrator- Self
Narrator

Presenter / Various

Himself (Archive Footage)
Narrator

himself

Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
Himself
Archival Footage

Falstaff
Rajah/Narrator

Self - Host

Narrator

Richard Wagner (voice)
Himself
Writing

Self (archive footage)

Directing
Crew

Ronald Adams
Sound

Narrator (voice)

Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
Narrator

Crew
Self

Narrator

Narrator

Troy2000 (Archive footage)
Narrator (voice)

Crew

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Crew

Narrator
Crew

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Crew

Crew
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Self - Narrator
Crew



Self - Narrator (voice)


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