Orson Welles

Known for directing

130 credits in the catalog. Only top-billed cast and key crew are tracked.

Directing 21

2018The Other Side of the Wind6.7243 votes

2013Too Much Johnson5.429 votes

1993It's All True7.719 votes

1992Don Quixote6.232 votes

1984The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh6.212 votes

1979Filming Othello7.516 votes

1973F for Fake7.4385 votes

1968The Immortal Story7.199 votes

1968Vienna6.311 votes

1965Chimes at Midnight7.2256 votes

1962The Trial7.4596 votes

1958The Fountain of Youth6.217 votes

1958Touch of Evil7.71.7K votes

1955Mr. Arkadin6.8203 votes

1951Othello7.4225 votes

1948Macbeth7.3194 votes

1947The Lady from Shanghai7.3761 votes

1946The Stranger7.2670 votes

1942The Magnificent Ambersons7.3506 votes

1941Citizen Kane8.06.3K votes

1934The Hearts of Age5.448 votes

Writing 22

2018The Other Side of the Wind · Screenplay6.7243 votes

2013Too Much Johnson · Screenplay5.429 votes

1999The Big Brass Ring · Writer4.614 votes

1992Don Quixote · Screenplay6.232 votes

1979Filming Othello · Writer7.516 votes

1973F for Fake · Writer7.4385 votes

1972Treasure Island · Writer5.942 votes

1968The Immortal Story · Screenplay7.199 votes

1968Vienna · Writer6.311 votes

1965Chimes at Midnight · Screenplay7.2256 votes

1962The Trial · Screenplay7.4596 votes

1958The Fountain of Youth · Writer6.217 votes

1958Touch of Evil · Screenplay7.71.7K votes

1955Mr. Arkadin · Screenplay, Story6.8203 votes

1951Othello · Screenplay7.4225 votes

1948Macbeth · Screenplay7.3194 votes

1947Monsieur Verdoux · Story7.7494 votes

1947The Lady from Shanghai · Screenplay7.3761 votes

1943Journey into Fear · Screenplay6.1108 votes

1942The Magnificent Ambersons · Screenplay7.3506 votes

1941Citizen Kane · Screenplay8.06.3K votes

1934The Hearts of Age · Writer5.448 votes

Acting 80

2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)7.224 votes

2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive footage)6.631 votes

2018The Eyes of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)6.945 votes

2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)7.1152 votes

2015This Is Orson Welles as Self6.912 votes

2013Too Much Johnson as Keystone Kop (uncredited)5.429 votes

2011Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure as Self5.329 votes

1995Orson Welles: The One-Man Band as Self (archive footage)6.716 votes

1993It's All True as Self7.719 votes

1992Don Quixote as Self6.232 votes

1987Someone to Love as Danny's Friend5.511 votes

1986The Transformers: The Movie as Unicron (voice)7.2654 votes

1984The Road to Bresson as Self7.010 votes

1984The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh as himself6.212 votes

1982Butterfly as Judge Rauch4.940 votes

1982Genocide as Narrator (voice)7.520 votes

1981The Man Who Saw Tomorrow as Presenter / Narrator (voice)6.925 votes

1980The Secret of Nikola Tesla as J.P. Morgan6.233 votes

1979Filming Othello as Host7.516 votes

1979The Double McGuffin as Narrator (voice)5.215 votes

1978The Biggest Battle as Narratore4.717 votes

1977It Happened One Christmas as Henry F. Potter4.712 votes

1976Bugs Bunny Superstar as Narrator (voice)7.339 votes

1975Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)6.632 votes

1973F for Fake as Self7.4385 votes

1972Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Delasandro5.025 votes

1972Malpertuis as Cassavius6.548 votes

1972Necromancy as Mr. Cato4.637 votes

1972Treasure Island as Long John Silver5.942 votes

1971A Safe Place as The Magician5.225 votes

1971Directed by John Ford as Narrator (voice)7.042 votes

1971Sentinels of Silence6.912 votes

1971Ten Days' Wonder as Théo Van Horn6.232 votes

1970Is It Always Right to Be Right? as Narrator6.221 votes

1970Waterloo as Louis XVIII7.1237 votes

1969Tepepa as Colonel Cascorro6.558 votes

1969The Battle of Neretva as Četnik6.759 votes

1969The Southern Star as Plankett5.915 votes

1969Twelve Plus One as Markan5.331 votes

1968House of Cards as Leschenhaut5.016 votes

1968The Immortal Story as Charles Clay7.199 votes

1968Vienna as Himself6.311 votes

1967Casino Royale as Le Chiffre5.2872 votes

1967I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Jonathan Lute5.415 votes

1966A Man for All Seasons as Cardinal Wolsey7.3522 votes

1965Chimes at Midnight as Falstaff7.2256 votes

1965Marco the Magnificent as Akerman, Marco's Teacher5.213 votes

1963Ro.Go.Pa.G. as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")7.2133 votes

1963The V.I.P.s as Max Buda6.270 votes

1962The Trial as Albert Hastler7.4596 votes

1961The Tartars as Burundai6.013 votes

1960Austerlitz as Robert Fulton6.743 votes

1960David and Goliath as King Saul3.722 votes

1959Compulsion as Jonathan Wilk7.1175 votes

1959Ferry to Hong Kong as Captain Hart5.615 votes

1958The Fountain of Youth as the narrator6.217 votes

1958The Long, Hot Summer as Will Varner7.0234 votes

1958The Roots of Heaven as Cy Sedgewick6.127 votes

1958Touch of Evil as Police Captain Hank Quinlan7.71.7K votes

1957Man in the Shadow as Virgil Renchler6.754 votes

1955Mr. Arkadin as Gregory Arkadin6.8203 votes

1955Three Cases of Murder as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)6.129 votes

1953Man, Beast and Virtue as Captain Perella, the Beast6.814 votes

1952Return to Glennascaul as Narrator6.429 votes

1952Trent's Last Case as Sigsbee Manderson5.512 votes

1951Othello as Othello7.4225 votes

1950The Black Rose as Bayan6.526 votes

1949Black Magic as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro6.426 votes

1949Prince of Foxes as Cesare Borgia6.328 votes

1949The Third Man as Harry Lime7.92.2K votes

1948Macbeth as Macbeth7.3194 votes

1947The Lady from Shanghai as Michael O'Hara7.3761 votes

1946The Stranger as Prof. Charles Rankin7.2670 votes

1946Tomorrow Is Forever as John Andrew MacDonald6.446 votes

1943Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester6.9160 votes

1943Journey into Fear as Colonel Haki6.1108 votes

1942The Magnificent Ambersons as Narrator (voice)7.3506 votes

1941Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane8.06.3K votes

1937The Spanish Earth as Narrator (voice)6.722 votes