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Overview
Mini Biography:
His father was a well-to-do inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist;... moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 14 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(49 articles)
Movie Trailer - The Hairless Comedy 'Harold' (From Get The Big Picture. 28 June 2008, 11:24 AM, PDT)
Academy Wants Pickford, Rogers Oscars (From Studio Briefing. 31 December 2007)
Alternate Names:
O.W. Jeeves | G.O. SpelvinUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. July 27 | 3:30 AM | TCM | Citizen Kane |
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Music Department, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Miscellaneous Crew, Camera and Electrical Department, Art Director, Art Department, Cinematographer, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
- Moby Dick (1999) .... Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael
- Someone to Love (1987) .... Danny's Friend
- The Transformers: The Movie (1986) (voice) .... Unicron
... aka Transformers: Matrix yo eien ni (Japan) - The Enchanted Journey (1984) (voice) .... Pippo
- "Magnum, P.I." .... Robin Masters (2 episodes, 1981-1983)
- The Big Blow (1983) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Robin Masters
- J. 'Digger' Doyle (1981) TV episode (voice) .... Robin Masters - Hot Money (1983) .... Sheriff Paisley
... aka Getting Centred
... aka Going for Broke
... aka Never Trust an Honest Thief
... aka The Great Madison County Robbery
... aka Zen Business - Where Is Parsifal? (1983) .... Klingsor
- Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982) (voice) .... Father of the Aliens
... aka Slapstick
... aka Slapstick of Another Kind (International: English title: poster title) - Butterfly (1982) .... Judge Rauch
- Wagner e Venezia (1982) (TV) (voice) .... Richard Wagner
... aka Wagner and Venice (International: English title) - History of the World: Part I (1981) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part 1 (USA: complete title) - "Tales of the Klondike" (1981) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
... aka Jack London's Klondike Tales
... aka Jack London's Tales of the Klondike (Canada: English title: complete title) - The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981) .... Presenter/Narrator
... aka Nostradamus (Europe: English title: TV title) - "Shogun" (1980) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator (original version)
... aka James Clavell's Shogun - Shogun (1980/I) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka James Clavell's Shogun (USA: complete title) - Tajna Nikole Tesle (1980) .... J.P. Morgan
... aka Tesla
... aka The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
... aka The Secret of Nikola Tesla - The Greenstone (1980) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Double McGuffin (1979) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Muppet Movie (1979) .... Lew Lord
- The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) .... Narrator
- A Woman Called Moses (1978) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- Grande attacco, Il (1978) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka The Biggest Battle (Philippines: English title) (USA)
... aka Battle Force
... aka Große Offensive, Die (West Germany)
... aka The Battle of the Mareth Line
... aka The Great Battle
... aka The Greatest Battle - It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV) .... Henry F. Potter
- Hot Tomorrows (1977) (voice) .... Parklawn Mortuary
- Some Call It Greed (1977) (voice) .... Narrator
- Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977) (voice) .... Narrator
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) .... Estedes
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator/Nag/Chuchundra
- Unbekannter rechnet ab, Ein (1974) (voice) .... Voice of Tape
... aka ...e poi non ne rimase nessuno (Italy)
... aka And Then There Were None (UK)
... aka Diez negritos (Spain)
... aka Dix petits nègres (France)
... aka Ten Little Indians (USA)
... aka Zehn kleine Negerlein (West Germany: TV title) - "Great Mysteries" (1 episode, 1973)
... aka Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
- Captain Rogers (1973) TV episode - Necromancy (1972) .... Mr. Cato
... aka A Life for a Life
... aka Rosemary's Disciples (USA: video title)
... aka The Toy Factory
... aka The Witching (USA: reissue title) - "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Sheridan Whiteside (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) TV episode .... Sheridan Whiteside - The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) (TV) .... Sheridan Whiteside
- Treasure Island (1972) .... Long John Silver
... aka Île au trésor, L' (France)
... aka Isla del tesoro, La (Spain)
... aka Isola del tesoro, L' (Italy)
... aka Schatzinsel, Die (West Germany) - Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) .... Mr. Delasandro
- Décade prodigieuse, La (1971) .... Theo Van Horn
... aka Dieci incredibili giorni (Italy)
... aka Ten Days Wonder (USA) - "Night Gallery" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1971)
... aka Rod Serling's Night Gallery (USA)
- Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator - A Safe Place (1971) .... The Magician
- Malpertuis (1971) .... Cassavius
... aka Malpertuis: Histoire d'une maison maudite (Belgium: French title)
... aka Malpertuis: The Legend of Doom House
... aka The Legend of Doom House (USA) - London (1971) .... Various Characters
- Freedom River (1971) (voice) .... Narrator
- Waterloo (1970/I) .... King Louis XVIII
... aka Ватерлоо (Soviet Union: Russian title) - "The Name of the Game" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1970)
- The Enemy Before Us (1970) TV episode .... Narrator - Catch-22 (1970) .... Brig. Gen. Dreedle
- Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) .... The Narrator
... aka Two Times Two - The Kremlin Letter (1970) .... Bresnavitch
- The Golden Honeymoon (1970)
- The Deep (1970) .... Russ Brewer
- Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) (voice) .... Narrator
- Upon This Rock (1970) (TV) .... Michelangelo
... aka Return to Lochaver - 12 + 1 (1969) .... Markan
... aka Douze et un (France)
... aka The 13 Chairs
... aka Twelve Plus One (UK)
... aka Una su 13 - Bitka na Neretvi (1969) .... Chetnik senator
... aka Battaglia della Neretva, La (Italy)
... aka Battle of the River Neretva (Australia: video title)
... aka Schlacht an der Neretva, Die (West Germany)
... aka The Battle of Neretva (USA)
... aka The Battle of the River Neretva (USA) - The Southern Star (1969) .... Plankett
... aka Étoile du sud, L' (France) - Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat (1969) .... Justinian
... aka Guerra per Roma - Seconda parte, La (Italy)
... aka Lupta pentru Roma II (Romania) - The Merchant of Venice (1969) (TV) .... Shylock
- Kampf um Rom I (1968) .... Emperor Justinian
... aka Calata dei barbari, La (Italy)
... aka Guerra per Roma - prima parte, La (Italy)
... aka Lupta pentru Roma I (Romania)
... aka Struggle for Rome (International: English title: literal title)
... aka The Fight for Rome (International: English title)
... aka The Last Roman (USA) - House of Cards (1968) .... Leschenhaut
- The Immortal Story (1968) .... Mr. Charles Clay
... aka Une histoire immortelle (France) - Tepepa (1968) .... Colonel Cascorro
... aka Blood and Guns (USA: video title)
... aka Long Live the Revolution (USA)
... aka Tepepa... Viva la revolución (Spain) - Oedipus the King (1967) .... Tiresias
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) .... Jonathan Lute
... aka I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (USA: video box title) - The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) .... Louis de Mozambique
- Casino Royale (1967) .... Le Chiffre
... aka Charles K. Feldman's Casino Royale - A Man for All Seasons (1966) .... Cardinal Wolsey
- Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) .... Consul Raoul Nordling
... aka Is Paris Burning? (USA) - Campanadas a medianoche (1965) .... Falstaff
... aka Falstaff (France) (Switzerland: German title)
... aka Campanades a mitjanit (Spain: Catalan title)
... aka Chimes at Midnight (UK) - Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo, La (1965) .... Akerman, Marco's Tutor
... aka Marco the Magnificent (UK) (USA)
... aka Kublai Khan (Australia: video title)
... aka Marco Polo the Magnificent (Australia: poster title)
... aka Marko Polo (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
... aka Meravigliose avventure di Marco Polo, Le (Italy)
... aka Scacchiere di Dio, Lo (Italy)
... aka The Adventures of Marco Polo (Australia: subtitle) - The V.I.P.s (1963) .... Max Buda
... aka International Hotel - Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963) .... The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
... aka Let's Have a Brainwash
... aka Rogopag (France) - Procès, Le (1962) .... Albert Hastler (The Advocate)
... aka Processo, Il (Italy)
... aka Prozess, Der (West Germany)
... aka The Trial (USA) - Cronaca familiare (1962) (uncredited) .... Narrator - American version
- Tartari, I (1961) .... Burundai
... aka The Tartars - King of Kings (1961) (voice) (uncredited) .... Narrator
- La Fayette (1961) .... Benjamin Franklin
... aka Lafayette (USA)
... aka Lafayette, una spada per due bandiere (Italy) - Austerlitz (1960) .... Robert Fulton
... aka Battaglia di Austerlitz, La (Italy)
... aka Napoleone ad Austerlitz (Italy)
... aka The Battle of Austerlitz (USA) - An Arabian Night (1960) (TV) .... Storyteller
- Crack in the Mirror (1960) .... Hagolin/Lamerciere
- David e Golia (1960) .... King Saul
... aka David and Goliath (USA) - Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) .... Captain Hart
- Compulsion (1959) .... Jonathan Wilk
- High Journey (1959) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Roots of Heaven (1958) .... Cy Sedgewick
- The Fountain of Youth (1958) (TV) .... Host/narrator
- South Seas Adventure (1958) (voice) .... Supplemental Narrator
... aka Cinerama South Seas Adventure (USA) - The Vikings (1958) (voice) (uncredited) .... Narrator
- Touch of Evil (1958) .... Police Captain Hank Quinlan
- The Long, Hot Summer (1958) .... Will Varner
- Man in the Shadow (1957/I) .... Virgil Renchler
... aka Pay the Devil (UK)
... aka Seeds of Wrath - Moby Dick (1956) .... Father Mapple
... aka Herman Melville's Moby Dick (USA: complete title) - "Ford Star Jubilee" .... Oscar Jaffe (1 episode, 1956)
- Twentieth Century (1956) TV episode .... Oscar Jaffe - "The Orson Welles Sketchbook" (1955) TV series .... Host
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) .... Gregory Arkadin
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) - Napoléon (1955) .... Sir Hudson Lowe
... aka Napoleone (Italy)
... aka Napoleone Bonaparte (Italy) - Three Cases of Murder (1955) .... Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
- Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) (TV) .... An Actor Manager/Father Mapple/Ahab
- Trouble in the Glen (1954) .... Sanin Cejador y Mengues
- Si Versailles m'était conté (1954) .... Benjamin Franklin
... aka Affairs in Versailles (USA: reissue title)
... aka Fabulous Versailles
... aka Royal Affairs in Versailles (USA)
... aka Versailles (Italy) - "Omnibus" .... King Lear (1 episode, 1953)
- King Lear (1953) TV episode .... King Lear - King Lear (1953) (TV) .... King Lear
- Uomo, la bestia e la virtù, L' (1953) .... Captain Perella, the Beast
... aka Man Beast and Virtue - Trent's Last Case (1952) .... Sigsbee Manderson
- The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952) .... Othello
... aka Othello (France) (USA)
... aka Otello (Italy) - Don Camillo (1952) .... Narrator (American version)
... aka Petit monde de Don Camillo, Le (France)
... aka Piccolo mondo di Don Camillo, Il (Italy)
... aka The Little World of Don Camillo (USA) - Return to Glennascaul (1951) .... Narrator
... aka A Story That Is Told in Dublin (Ireland: English title: subtitle)
... aka Orson Welles' Ghost Story - The Black Rose (1950) .... Bayan
- Prince of Foxes (1949) .... Cesare Borgia
- The Third Man (1949) .... Harry Lime
... aka The 3rd Man (USA: poster title) - Black Magic (1949) .... Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
... aka Cagliostro (Italy)
... aka Spadaccini della serenissima, Gli (Italy: alternative title) - Macbeth (1948) .... Macbeth
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) .... Michael O'Hara
- Duel in the Sun (1946) (voice) (uncredited) .... Narrator
... aka King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - The Stranger (1946) .... Professor Charles Rankin
- Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) .... John Andrew MacDonald/Erik Kessler
- Jane Eyre (1944) .... Edward Rochester
- Journey Into Fear (1943) .... Colonel Haki
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (voice) .... Narrator
- Citizen Kane (1941) .... Charles Foster Kane
- Swiss Family Robinson (1940) (uncredited) .... Opening Off-Screen Narrator
- Too Much Johnson (1938) .... Keystone Kop
- The Hearts of Age (1934) .... Death
Writer:
- F for favor (2008) (writer)
- The Hitchhiker (2007) (radio script)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) (TV) (1942 screenplay)
- The Big Brass Ring (1999) (earlier screenplay)
- Moby Dick (1999) (play)
- The Hearts of Age (1997) (concept)
- The Big Brass Ring (1997) (writer)
- Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992) (writer)
... aka Don Quixote (USA) - Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) (TV) (writer)
- The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984) (writer)
- Filming 'Othello' (1978) (writer)
... aka Erinnerungen an 'Othello' (West Germany) - NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (1976) (TV) (writer)
- Vérités et mensonges (1974) (writer)
... aka ?: About Fakes (USA)
... aka F for Fake (USA: promotional title)
... aka F wie Fälschung (West Germany)
... aka Truths and Lies (International: English title: literal title) - Treasure Island (1972) (screenplay) (as O.W. Jeeves)
... aka Île au trésor, L' (France)
... aka Isla del tesoro, La (Spain)
... aka Isola del tesoro, L' (Italy)
... aka Schatzinsel, Die (West Germany) - The Other Side of the Wind (1972) (writer)
- London (1971) (writer)
- The Golden Honeymoon (1970) (writer)
- The Deep (1970) (writer)
- The Merchant of Venice (1969) (TV) (writer)
- The Immortal Story (1968) (writer)
... aka Une histoire immortelle (France) - Vienna (1968) (writer)
- The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) (uncredited)
... aka Bibbia, La (Italy)
... aka The Bible (USA: short title) - Campanadas a medianoche (1965) (writer)
... aka Falstaff (France) (Switzerland: German title)
... aka Campanades a mitjanit (Spain: Catalan title)
... aka Chimes at Midnight (UK) - Procès, Le (1962) (screenplay)
... aka Processo, Il (Italy)
... aka Prozess, Der (West Germany)
... aka The Trial (USA) - The Fountain of Youth (1958) (TV) (writer)
- Touch of Evil (1958) (screenplay)
- Portrait of Gina (1958) (TV) (writer)
... aka Viva Italia (UK) - Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV) (writer)
- "Around the World with Orson Welles" (1955) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "The Orson Welles Sketchbook" (1955) TV series (writer)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) (screenplay) (story)
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) - Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) (TV) (writer)
- The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952) (uncredited)
... aka Othello (France) (USA)
... aka Otello (Italy) - The Third Man (1949) (uncredited)
... aka The 3rd Man (USA: poster title) - Macbeth (1948) (adaptation) (uncredited)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) (screenplay)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947) (idea)
- The Stranger (1946) (uncredited)
- Journey Into Fear (1943) (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (screenplay)
- Citizen Kane (1941) (screenplay)
- Too Much Johnson (1938) (writer)
- The Hearts of Age (1934) (writer)
Director:
- Moby Dick (1999)
- It's All True (1993)
- Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992)
... aka Don Quixote (USA) - Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) (TV)
- The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)
- Filming 'The Trial' (1981)
- The Orson Welles Show (1979) (TV) (as G.O. Spelvin)
- Filming 'Othello' (1978)
... aka Erinnerungen an 'Othello' (West Germany) - Vérités et mensonges (1974)
... aka ?: About Fakes (USA)
... aka F for Fake (USA: promotional title)
... aka F wie Fälschung (West Germany)
... aka Truths and Lies (International: English title: literal title) - The Other Side of the Wind (1972)
- London (1971)
- The Golden Honeymoon (1970)
- The Deep (1970)
- The Southern Star (1969) (opening scenes) (uncredited)
... aka Étoile du sud, L' (France) - The Merchant of Venice (1969) (TV)
- The Immortal Story (1968)
... aka Une histoire immortelle (France) - Vienna (1968)
- Campanadas a medianoche (1965)
... aka Falstaff (France) (Switzerland: German title)
... aka Campanades a mitjanit (Spain: Catalan title)
... aka Chimes at Midnight (UK) - "In the Land of Don Quixote" (1964) TV series
... aka Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (Italy) - Procès, Le (1962)
... aka Processo, Il (Italy)
... aka Prozess, Der (West Germany)
... aka The Trial (USA) - No Exit (1962) (uncredited)
... aka No Exit: A puerta cerrada (Argentina)
... aka Sinners Go to Hell (USA) - David e Golia (1960) (his own scenes) (uncredited)
... aka David and Goliath (USA) - The Fountain of Youth (1958) (TV)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Portrait of Gina (1958) (TV)
... aka Viva Italia (UK) - Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV)
- "Around the World with Orson Welles" (1955) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "The Orson Welles Sketchbook" (1955) TV series
- Mr. Arkadin (1955)
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) - Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) (TV)
- The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
... aka Othello (France) (USA)
... aka Otello (Italy) - Black Magic (1949) (uncredited)
... aka Cagliostro (Italy)
... aka Spadaccini della serenissima, Gli (Italy: alternative title) - Macbeth (1948)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) (uncredited)
- The Stranger (1946)
- Journey Into Fear (1943) (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- Too Much Johnson (1938)
- The Hearts of Age (1934)
Producer:
- Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) (TV) (producer)
- Filming 'The Trial' (1981) (producer)
- The Deep (1970) (producer)
- The Golden Honeymoon (1970) (producer)
- Vienna (1968) (producer)
- "In the Land of Don Quixote" (1964) TV series (producer)
... aka Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (Italy) - Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV) (producer)
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) (producer)
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) - The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952) (producer) (uncredited)
... aka Othello (France) (USA)
... aka Otello (Italy) - Macbeth (1948) (producer)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947) (producer)
- Jane Eyre (1944) (producer) (uncredited)
- Journey Into Fear (1943) (producer) (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (producer) (uncredited)
- Citizen Kane (1941) (producer)
- Too Much Johnson (1938) (producer)
Editor:
- Vérités et mensonges (1974) (uncredited)
... aka ?: About Fakes (USA)
... aka F for Fake (USA: promotional title)
... aka F wie Fälschung (West Germany)
... aka Truths and Lies (International: English title: literal title) - The Other Side of the Wind (1972)
- "In the Land of Don Quixote" (1964) TV series
... aka Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (Italy) - Procès, Le (1962) (uncredited)
... aka Processo, Il (Italy)
... aka Prozess, Der (West Germany)
... aka The Trial (USA) - Mr. Arkadin (1955) (uncredited)
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) - Too Much Johnson (1938)
Music Department:
- The Fountain of Youth (1958) (TV) (music arranger)
- Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV) (music arranger)
Production Designer:
- Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV)
- Portrait d'un assassin (1949) (uncredited)
... aka Portrait of a Murderer (France)
... aka Portrait of an Assassin
Costume Designer:
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) (uncredited)
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France) - Macbeth (1948) (uncredited)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Trick or Treats (1982) (consultant)
Camera and Electrical Department:
- "In the Land of Don Quixote" (1964) TV series (additional photographer)
... aka Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (Italy)
Art Director:
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) (uncredited)
... aka Confidential Report (UK)
... aka Dossier secret (France)
... aka Mister Arkadin (Spain)
... aka Monsieur Arkadin - Dossier secret (France)
Art Department:
- Macbeth (1948) (set designer) (uncredited)
Cinematographer:
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (uncredited)
Thanks:
- As Long As He Lives (1998) (dedicatee)
- Continental (1990) (acknowledgment)
Self:
- Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) (uncredited) (archive sound) .... Himself
... aka Martin Scorsese Presents: Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (USA: complete title) - Affaire Dominici par Orson Welles, L' (2000) .... Himself
... aka The Dominici Affair (USA: video title) - The Best of Film Noir (1999) (V) .... Himself
- Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited) .... Professor (in War of the Worlds broadcast)
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) (voice) (uncredited) .... Himself (from 1938 radio broadcast)
- Hollywood Mavericks (1990) .... Himself
- "Moonlighting" .... Himself (1 episode, 1985)
- The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice (1985) TV episode .... Himself - Almonds and Raisins (1985) (voice) .... Narrator
- Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) (TV) .... Himself
- "Scene of the Crime" (1984) TV series .... Himself - Host (unknown episodes)
- In Our Hands (1984) .... Himself
- The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (1984) .... Narrator
- Weg naar Bresson, De (1984) .... Himself
... aka The Road to Bresson (USA) - The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984) .... Himself
- The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston (1983) (TV) .... Himself
- Orson Welles à la cinémathèque (1983) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1976-1982)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 3 December 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 5 July 1976 (1976) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host - Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982) (TV) .... Himself
- Genocide (1982) (voice) .... Narrator
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Himself
- "Cinéma cinémas" .... Himself (1 episode, 1982)
- Welles déjeune avec la critique (1982) TV episode .... Himself - Let Poland Be Poland (1982) (TV) .... Himself
- Magic with the Stars (1982) (TV) .... Host
- The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982) (TV) .... Narrator
- This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (1981) (TV) .... Himself
- Search for the Titanic (1981)
- Filming 'The Trial' (1981) .... Himself
- "Today" .... Himself (1 episode, 1980)
... aka NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Today Show (USA)
- Episode dated 25 December 1980 (1980) TV episode .... Himself - Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1980) (TV) .... Himself
- Step Away (1980) (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
- The Orson Welles Show (1979) (TV) .... Himself
- The Eleven Powers (1979) (TV) .... Narrator
- The Late Great Planet Earth (1979) .... Himself - Host/Narrator
- "Dinah!" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
... aka Dinah! & Friends
- Episode dated December 1978 (1978) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 5 January 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself - Filming 'Othello' (1978) .... Host
... aka Erinnerungen an 'Othello' (West Germany) - NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look, Part Two (1978) (TV) .... Narrator
- The Magic of David Copperfield (1978) (TV) .... Himself
- Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978) (voice) .... Narrator
- Tut: The Boy King (1978) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1977)
... aka The Challenge of Greatness (USA: alternative title) - The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Frank Sinatra (1977) (TV) .... Himself
- The Lions of Capitalism (1977) .... Narrator
- NBC: The First Fifty Years - A Closer Look (1976) (TV) .... Himself/Narrator
- Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975) (voice) .... Narrator
- "The Tomorrow Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1975)
... aka Tomorrow (USA: short title)
... aka Tomorrow Coast to Coast (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 8 April 1975 (1975) TV episode .... Himself - The American Film Institute Salute to Orson Welles (1975) (TV) .... Himself
- Who's Out There? (1975) .... Host
- Vérités et mensonges (1974) .... Himself
... aka ?: About Fakes (USA)
... aka F for Fake (USA: promotional title)
... aka F wie Fälschung (West Germany)
... aka Truths and Lies (International: English title: literal title) - "Great Mysteries" .... Himself - Host (25 episodes, 1973-1974)
... aka Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
- The Furnished Room (1974) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Trial for Murder (1974) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Under Suspicion (1974) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Compliments of the Season (1974) TV episode .... Himself - Host
- Come Into My Parlor (1974) TV episode .... Himself - Host
(20 more) - Une légende une vie: Citizen Welles (1974) (TV) .... Himself
- "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode #3.11 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - "V.I.P.-Schaukel" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
- Episode #2.5 (1972) TV episode .... Himself - Future Shock (1972) .... Narrator
- "The ABC Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
... aka ABC Comedy Hour Presents the Kopycats (USA: rerun title)
... aka Kopycats (UK)
- Episode dated 26 January 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself - "The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode #1.6 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - Directed by John Ford (1971) (voice) .... Narrator
- Centinelas del silencio (1971) (voice) .... Narrator (English)
... aka Sentinels of Silence (USA) - The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971) (TV) .... Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (pre-recorded)
- "The Silent Years" (1971) TV series .... Himself - Host
- "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Laugh-In
- Episode #4.7 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Himself (3 episodes, 1967-1970)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 17 September 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 25 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 September 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Himself - Salvador Dalí (1970) (voice) .... Narrator
... aka A Soft Self-Portrait (USA: video title)
... aka Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (USA) - "The Dick Cavett Show" (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated 27 July 1970 (1970) TV episode - "The David Frost Show" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1970)
- Episode dated 9 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Host
- Episode dated 4 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - A Horse Called Nijinsky (1970) (voice) .... Narrator
- "The Jackie Gleason Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1968)
... aka The Color Honeymooners (USA: rerun title)
- Episode #3.2 (1968) TV episode .... Himself - Around the World of Mike Todd (1968) .... Narrator
- Portrait: Orson Welles (1968) (TV) .... Himself
- Vienna (1968) .... Himself
- Désordre à vingt ans, Le (1967)
... aka Disorder Is 20 Years Old (USA) - Ten Days That Shook the World (1967) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- "National Geographic Specials" .... Narrator (5 episodes, 1965-1966)
- The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1966) TV episode .... Narrator
- Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee (1966) TV episode .... Narrator
- Miss Goodall & the Wild Chimpanzes (1966) TV episode .... Narrator
- Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1965) TV episode .... Narrator
- Savage World of the Coral Jungle (1965) TV episode .... Narrator - A King's Story (1965) (voice) .... Narrator
- The Finest Hours (1964) (voice) .... Narrator
- "In the Land of Don Quixote" (1964) TV series .... Himself
... aka Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (Italy) - Americans on Everest (1963) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
- "Biography" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
- Helen Keller (1963) TV episode .... Himself - Interview with Orson Welles (1960) (TV) .... Himself
- Seigneurs de la forêt, Les (1959) (voice) .... Narrator, English Language Version
... aka Lords of the Forest
... aka Masters of the Congo Jungle (USA)
... aka Vrijheren van het woud (Belgium: Flemish title) - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Himself - Guest / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #3.28 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - mac Beth Monologe
- Episode #2.29 (1957) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - "What's My Line?" .... Guest Panelist (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 6 April 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Guest Panelist - Portrait of Gina (1958) (TV) .... Host
... aka Viva Italia (UK) - "I've Got a Secret" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 17 October 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "I Love Lucy" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Lucy in Connecticut (USA: rerun title)
... aka The Sunday Lucy Show (USA: rerun title)
... aka The Top Ten Lucy Show (USA: rerun title)
- Lucy Meets Orson Welles (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #9.20 (1956) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #9.13 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Orson Welles and People (1956) (TV) (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
- "Around the World with Orson Welles" .... Himself - Host (1 episode)
- Madrid Bullfight (????) TV episode .... Himself - Host - Désordre (1949) .... Himself
... aka Disorder (International: English title) - Battle for Survival (1947) .... Narrator
- Follow the Boys (1944) .... Himself
- Show Business at War (1943) .... Himself
... aka The March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10 - Tanks (1942) (voice) .... Narrator
- Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941) .... Himself
... aka Wampas Baby Stars (USA: short title) - The Spanish Earth (1937) (voice) .... Narrator (English version) (later replaced by Ernest Hemingway)
... aka This Spanish Earth
Archive Footage:
- Jeanne M. - Côté cour, côté coeur (2008) (TV) .... Himself
- Lucifer et moi (2008)
- Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) .... Himself
- Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (2007) (V) .... Edward Rochester
- Searching for Orson (2006) .... Himself
- Edge of Outside (2006) .... Himself
- Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006) (uncredited) .... Charles Foster Kane
-
"The American Experience"
- Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) TV episode .... Himself - The Sky Is Falling: Making 'The War of the Worlds' (2005) (V) .... Photo
- Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005) (V) (uncredited) .... Lew Lord
- Cineastas contra magnates (2005) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Druga strana Wellesa (2005) .... Himself
- Brunnen (2005) .... Himself
- Lost in the Thinking (2005) (V) .... Himself
- The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- Shadowing the Third Man (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- The Hitch Hiker (2004) (voice) .... Ronald Adams
-
"The South Bank Show"
- Othello (2004) TV episode .... Othello - Apple Jack (2003) (voice)
- Rita (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (in snap shot)
- Lost in La Mancha (2002) .... Himself
- I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV)
- A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Pulp Cinema (2001) (V) .... Himself
- Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999) (TV)
- According to Occam's Razor (1999) .... Himself
- "The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History" (1999) .... Himself
- Shylock (1999) .... Shylock
- Martian Mania: The True Story of The War of the Worlds (1998) (TV) .... Himself
- The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998) (TV) .... Himself - Roaster(Guest)
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998) (TV) (uncredited)
- "The Great Depression" (1998) (uncredited) .... Himself (discusses War Of The Worlds broadcast)
-
"UFO: Down to Earth"
- Reason to Believe (1997) TV episode .... Himself - Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) .... Himself
- Tudo É Brasil (1997) .... Himself
- Welles and Hearst (1996) (TV) .... Himself
- Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995) .... Himself
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV) .... Himself
-
"Biography"
- Hamlet (1995) TV episode .... Himself - Zweig: A Morte em Cena (1995) (uncredited) .... Himself
- The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994) (V) .... Himself (explaining that the broadcast was of the H.G. Wells story)
- Classe américaine, La (1993) (TV) .... Himself
- Jean Renoir: Part Two - Hollywood and Beyond (1993) (TV) .... Himself
- It's All True (1993) .... Himself - Interview
- Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992) .... Himself
- Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992) .... Himself (in new version)
- Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV) .... Himself
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"Washes Whiter"
- She's Not a Moron She's Your Wife (1990) TV episode (voice) .... Himself - Domestos Creeping Dirt commercial - Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990) (TV)
- Stars and Stripes (1990) .... Himself
- With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1988) (TV) .... Himself
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) (TV) .... Himself
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"Arsenal"
- Tot és veritat (????) TV episode .... Himself - Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981) (TV) .... Himself
- Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981) (uncredited) .... Himself
- The Force Beyond (1978) .... Himself (commenting on The War of the Worlds radio broadcast)
- America at the Movies (1976) .... Himself
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) .... Himself
- Underwelles (1975)
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Album: Narration on the 1987 version of the album "Tales of Mistery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe" by The Alan Parsons Project. morePublicity Listings:
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