George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative...
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death, Welles received the Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award. Orson Welles's unrealized projects Orson Welles theatre credits Orson Welles...
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Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes. Based on Robert...
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Beatrice Giuditta Welles (also known as Beatrice Mori di Gerfalco Welles) was born in Manhattan on November 13, 1955, to Orson Welles and his third wife...
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bibliography of books by or about the director and actor Orson Welles. Hill, Roger and Welles, Orson (eds.). Everybody's Shakespeare. Woodstock, Illinois:...
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Jane Eyre (1943 film) (section Under Orson Welles)
Robert Stevenson and produced by the uncredited Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles; Welles also stars in the film as Edward Rochester, with Joan Fontaine playing...
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comprehensive list of all of the commercially released recordings made by Orson Welles. Welles is heard on many recordings that were not intended for commercial...
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This Is Orson Welles is a 1992 book by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich that comprises conversations between the two filmmakers recorded over several...
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The Orson Welles Show was an unsold television talk show pilot directed by Orson Welles. It has never been broadcast or released in its entirety. Filming...
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Orson Welles acted in a series of advertisements for Paul Masson California wine from 1978 to 1981, best known for their slogan "We will sell no wine before...
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Orson Welles Commentaries (1945–46) is an ABC radio series produced and directed by Orson Welles. Featuring commentary by Welles, with reminiscences and...
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of unproduced Orson Welles projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American actor and filmmaker Orson Welles had worked on a...
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Rita Hayworth (redirect from Rita Welles)
flight crew.: 129–130 On the June 30, 1946, broadcast of Orson Welles Commentaries, Welles said of the imminent test, "I want my daughter to be able...
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was an Italian actress and aristocrat, and the third and last wife of Orson Welles. Paola Mori was born in 1928 to an Italian aristocratic family. During...
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Don Quixote (unfinished film) (redirect from Don Quijote de Orson Welles)
Quixote is an unfinished film project written, co-produced and directed by Orson Welles. Principal photography took place between 1957 and 1969. Test footage...
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The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) (category Works by Orson Welles)
Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed...
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The Orson Welles Cinema was a movie theater at 1001 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts that operated from 1969 to 1986. Showcasing independents...
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met and became friends with Orson Welles, a fellow cast member on CBS Radio's The American School of the Air.: 30–31 Welles regarded Cotten as a brilliant...
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Todd Seminary for Boys (section Orson Welles)
— Orson Welles: 66–67 Orson Welles entered the Todd Seminary for Boys September 15, 1926, at age 11.: 3 His older brother, Richard Ives Welles, had...
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John Houseman (section Collaboration with Orson Welles)
named Orson Welles he had seen in Katharine Cornell's production of Romeo and Juliet was the only person qualified to play the leading role. Welles consented...
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Citizen Kane (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. The picture was Welles's first feature film. Citizen Kane...
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F for Fake (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
Irving and Orson Welles as himself. F for Fake is sometimes considered an example of a film essay. In addition to the 88-minute film, in 1976, Welles also shot...
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The Orson Welles Almanac (also known as Radio Almanac and The Orson Welles Comedy Show) is a 1944 CBS Radio series directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast...
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Oja Kodar (category Orson Welles)
German-French documentary Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995). For this film, she supervised a compilation of unused footage shot by Welles over the final 20...
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Charlie McCarthy (section Orson Welles)
opposite The Mercury Theatre on the Air on CBS, a program helmed by Orson Welles. On October 30, 1938, many listeners fiddled with the dial during Nelson...
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Collins began a long association with Orson Welles, which led to some of his most memorable roles. They met when Welles joined the repertory cast of The American...
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Robert Kaplow (section Me and Orson Welles)
teacher whose coming-of-age novel was made into a film titled Me and Orson Welles. The story is about "youthful creative ambition" and has received positive...
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Chimes at Midnight (category Films directed by Orson Welles)
is a 1966 period comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. Its plot centers on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John...
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Around the World with Orson Welles is a series of six short travelogues originally written and directed by Orson Welles for Associated-Rediffusion in...
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recounted in a monologue by the movie's villain, played by Orson Welles. In an interview, Welles mentioned that the fable is Russian in origin. A likely...
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