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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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 forms, innovative uses of lighting such as chiaroscuro, unique camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots, and long takes. Welles's long career in film is noted for his struggle for artistic control in the face of pressure from studios. Many of his films were heavily edited and others left unreleased. He has been praised as a major creative force and as "the ultimate auteur."

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    8.0
    5813 votes
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    86 years ago
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    Average Rating
    7.9
    2010 votes
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    Average Rating
    7.8
    1533 votes
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    Average Rating
    6.8
    858 votes
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    Average Rating
    5.3
    782 votes
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    7.8
    719 votes
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    7.4
    701 votes
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    7.2
    669 votes
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    7.2
    612 votes
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    7.1
    567 votes
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    7.4
    534 votes
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    7.3
    466 votes
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    7.3
    453 votes
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    7.1
    448 votes
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    7.4
    348 votes
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    7.0
    345 votes
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    6.7
    332 votes
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    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.6
    242 votes
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    Average Rating
    7.2
    231 votes
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    61 years ago
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    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    228 votes
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    Average Rating
    6.7
    225 votes
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    Played Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    223 votes
    Release Date
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    65 years ago
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    Played Konsul Nordling

    Average Rating
    7.2
    216 votes
    Release Date
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    60 years ago
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    Played Will Varner

    Average Rating
    7.1
    215 votes
    Release Date
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    68 years ago
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    Average Rating
    7.1
    214 votes
    Release Date
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    56 years ago
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    Played Othello

    Average Rating
    7.3
    204 votes
    Release Date
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    75 years ago
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    Played Gregory Arkadin

    Average Rating
    6.9
    181 votes
    Release Date
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    71 years ago
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    Played Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    6.3
    180 votes
    Release Date
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    80 years ago
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    Played Macbeth

    Average Rating
    7.2
    176 votes
    Release Date
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    78 years ago
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    Played Jonathan Wilk

    Average Rating
    7.1
    155 votes
    Release Date
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    67 years ago
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    Played Edward Rochester

    Average Rating
    6.9
    144 votes
    Release Date
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    83 years ago
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    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.1
    142 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 31, 2018
    7 years ago
  • Ro.Go.Pa.G.

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    Played The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")

    Average Rating
    7.2
    130 votes
    Release Date
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    64 years ago
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    Played Voice on Tape

    Average Rating
    5.7
    106 votes
    Release Date
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    52 years ago
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    Played Colonel Haki

    Average Rating
    6.1
    99 votes
    Release Date
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    84 years ago
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    Played Charles Clay

    Average Rating
    7.1
    84 votes
    Release Date
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    58 years ago
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    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.6
    78 votes
    Release Date
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    14 years ago
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    Played José Estedes

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    6.0
    72 votes
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    50 years ago
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    Played Max Buda

    Average Rating
    6.0
    60 votes
    Release Date
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    63 years ago
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    Played Colonel Cascorro

    Average Rating
    6.6
    52 votes
    Release Date
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    58 years ago
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    Played Četnik

    Average Rating
    6.8
    51 votes
    Release Date
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    57 years ago
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    Played Virgil Renchler

    Average Rating
    6.7
    47 votes
    Release Date
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    69 years ago
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    Played Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    43 votes
    Release Date
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    7 years ago
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    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.8
    43 votes
    Release Date
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    1 year ago
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    Played Bresnavitch

    Average Rating
    6.0
    42 votes
    Release Date
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    56 years ago
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    Played The Narrator

    Average Rating
    5.8
    42 votes
    Release Date
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    56 years ago
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    Played Death

    Average Rating
    5.3
    41 votes
    Release Date
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    93 years ago
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    Played Narrator (voice)

    Average Rating
    6.9
    39 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 06, 1971
    55 years ago
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    Played John Andrew MacDonald

    Average Rating
    6.1
    38 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 20, 1946
    81 years ago
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    Played Cassavius

    Average Rating
    6.4
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 02, 1972
    54 years ago
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    Bugs Bunny Superstar

    Played Narrator (voice)

    Average Rating
    7.3
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 19, 1975
    51 years ago
  • Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Played Judge Rauch

    Average Rating
    4.8
    35 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 1982
    44 years ago
  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Played Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    35 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 12, 2014
    11 years ago
  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Played Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.6
    35 votes
    Release Date
    May 05, 2010
    16 years ago
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    Played Long John Silver

    Average Rating
    5.8
    34 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 01, 1972
    54 years ago
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    Played Robert Fulton

    Average Rating
    6.6
    34 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 17, 1960
    66 years ago
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    Played Mr. Cato

    Average Rating
    4.4
    33 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 22, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

    Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.4
    31 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 27, 2020
    6 years ago
  • Twelve Plus One

    Twelve Plus One

    Played Markan

    Average Rating
    5.2
    29 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 07, 1969
    57 years ago
  • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

    Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

    Played Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)

    Average Rating
    6.4
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 09, 1975
    51 years ago
  • The Secret of Nikola Tesla

    The Secret of Nikola Tesla

    Played J.P. Morgan

    Average Rating
    6.2
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 19, 1980
    46 years ago
  • Ten Days' Wonder

    Ten Days' Wonder

    Played Théo Van Horn

    Average Rating
    6.1
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1971
    55 years ago
  • The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.3
    28 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 29, 1996
    30 years ago
  • Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    6.1
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 20, 1992
    34 years ago
  • Royal Affairs in Versailles

    Royal Affairs in Versailles

    Played Benjamin Franklin

    Average Rating
    6.6
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 10, 1954
    73 years ago
  • Return to Glennascaul

    Return to Glennascaul

    Played Narrator

    Average Rating
    6.5
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 01, 1953
    74 years ago
  • Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

    Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

    Played Himself

    Average Rating
    5.2
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 26, 2011
    14 years ago
  • Swiss Family Robinson

    Swiss Family Robinson

    Played Opening Narrator

    Average Rating
    5.6
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 08, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Prince of Foxes

    Prince of Foxes

    Played Cesare Borgia

    Average Rating
    6.2
    25 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 11, 1949
    77 years ago
  • Three Cases of Murder

    Three Cases of Murder

    Played Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

    Average Rating
    5.7
    25 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 15, 1955
    72 years ago
  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    Played Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.5
    25 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 23, 2021
    5 years ago
  • Too Much Johnson

    Too Much Johnson

    Played Keystone Kop

    Average Rating
    5.3
    25 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1934
    93 years ago
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    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.6
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 08, 2022
    3 years ago
  • The Real Charlie Chaplin

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

    Average Rating
    7.5
    24 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 19, 2021
    4 years ago
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    The Black Rose

    Played Bayan

    Average Rating
    6.6
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 01, 1950
    76 years ago
  • The Roots of Heaven

    The Roots of Heaven

    Played Cy Sedgewick

    Average Rating
    6.2
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 15, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Battle of Sutjeska

    The Battle of Sutjeska

    Played Winston Churchill

    Average Rating
    6.3
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 03, 1973
    53 years ago
  • Napoleon

    Napoleon

    Played Sir Hudson Lowe

    Average Rating
    6.3
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 25, 1955
    72 years ago
  • The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

    The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

    Played Presenter / Narrator (voice)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 09, 1981
    45 years ago
  • A Safe Place

    A Safe Place

    Played The Magician

    Average Rating
    5.5
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 01, 1971
    55 years ago
  • Black Magic

    Black Magic

    Played Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

    Average Rating
    6.3
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 19, 1949
    77 years ago
  • Get to Know Your Rabbit

    Get to Know Your Rabbit

    Played Mr. Delasandro

    Average Rating
    4.9
    21 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 07, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Slapstick of Another Kind

    Slapstick of Another Kind

    Played Aliens' Father (voice)

    Average Rating
    2.7
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 09, 1982
    43 years ago
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    The Spanish Earth

    Played Narrator (voice)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 10, 1937
    90 years ago
  • Is It Always Right to Be Right?

    Is It Always Right to Be Right?

    Played Narrator

    Average Rating
    6.2
    20 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 31, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

    Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.4
    18 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 13, 2022
    3 years ago
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    David and Goliath

    Played King Saul

    Average Rating
    3.5
    17 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 22, 1960
    67 years ago
  • Genocide

    Genocide

    Played Narrator (voice)

    Average Rating
    7.4
    17 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 14, 1982
    44 years ago
  • It's All True

    It's All True

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    7.6
    16 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 17, 1993
    32 years ago
  • Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

    Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.4
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 08, 1995
    30 years ago
  • The Fountain of Youth

    The Fountain of Youth

    Played the narrator

    Average Rating
    6.1
    14 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 1958
    68 years ago
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    House of Cards

    Played Leschenhaut

    Average Rating
    4.7
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 16, 1968
    58 years ago
  • The Biggest Battle

    The Biggest Battle

    Played Narratore

    Average Rating
    4.4
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 07, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Ferry to Hong Kong

    Ferry to Hong Kong

    Played Captain Hart

    Average Rating
    5.5
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 29, 1959
    67 years ago
  • I'll Never Forget What's'isname

    I'll Never Forget What's'isname

    Played Jonathan Lute

    Average Rating
    5.3
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 18, 1967
    59 years ago
  • Filming Othello

    Filming Othello

    Played Host

    Average Rating
    7.3
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 10, 1978
    48 years ago
  • Man, Beast and Virtue

    Man, Beast and Virtue

    Played Captain Perella, the Beast

    Average Rating
    6.7
    12 votes
    Release Date
    May 09, 1953
    73 years ago
  • Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

    Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

    Played Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.0
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 11, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    Played Self (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.5
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 24, 2000
    25 years ago
  • The Southern Star

    The Southern Star

    Played Plankett

    Average Rating
    6.2
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 04, 1969
    57 years ago
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