Directing
Orson Welles
- Titles
- 325movies52TV shows
- Career
Active from 1933 to 2026, busiest in 1970 with 13 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 121top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Citizen Kane91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Mystery5.2average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.5average 3.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.9, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 10
- Social Commentary 8
- Psychological Thriller 8
- Character Study 7
- Orson Welles 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Historical Epic 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Psychological Drama 4
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Orson Welles Narration 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Gary GraverActorThe Other Side of the Wind, It's All True, The Orson Welles Show, Moby Dick, Orson Welles' Magic Show, +7 more
Oja KodarActorThe Other Side of the Wind, F for Fake, The Big Brass Ring, The Secret of Nikola Tesla, Orson Welles: The One-Man Band, +5 more
Akim TamiroffActorTouch of Evil, Mr. Arkadin, The Trial, Black Magic, Marco the Magnificent, +1 more- GGary GraverCinematographerAn Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince, Bugs Bunny Superstar, An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow, An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah, An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain, +1 more
Jeanne MoreauActorThe Trial, Chimes at Midnight, The Sailor from Gibraltar, The Deep, The Immortal Story
Laurence HarveyActorThe Fight for Rome, F for Fake, The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal, Orson Welles: The One-Man Band, The Deep
Joseph CottenActorCitizen Kane, The Third Man, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, Too Much Johnson
Angelo Francesco LavagninoComposerChimes at Midnight, Othello, Man, Beast and Virtue, The Merchant of Venice, Filming Othello
Agnes MooreheadActorCitizen Kane, Jane Eyre, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear
Tim Brooke-TaylorActorOrson Welles: The One-Man Band, Twelve Plus One, One Man Band, London
Charles GrayActorThe Merchant of Venice, Orson Welles: The One-Man Band, One Man Band, London
Erskine SanfordActorCitizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, Macbeth
Movies and TV shows
251Upcoming
3 titles
2020s
9 titles · average score 57
as narrator
as Troy2000 (Archive footage)
as Narrator (archive footage)
as (Archive footage)
as Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
as General Zaroff (voice)
57
Director
2010s
18 titles · average score 60
69
Theme Song Performance
73
as Journalist (uncredited)
Thanks
as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
39
Theme Song Performance
55
as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
78
as (archive footage)
33
Thanks
71
as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
2000s
12 titles · average score 59
as (archive footage 1982)
Original Concept
67
as Russ Brewer
41
Original Concept
as Ronald Adams
74
Director, Producer
59
Original Film Writer
as Archival Footage
as Narrator
as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
1990s
12 titles · average score 66
as Presenter / Various
Original Concept
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
77
Director
51
Editor, Director
1980s
38 titles · average score 61
65
as Unicron (voice)
TV show · Creator
78
TV show · as Orson Welles
Director, Producer
as Marcus Kleek
as Sheriff Paisley
41
as Judge Rauch
74
as Narrator (voice)
64
as Presenter / Narrator (voice)
TV show · as Narrator
67
as J.P. Morgan
1970s
59 titles · average score 63
53
as Henry F. Potter
67
as Narrator (voice)
74
as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
82
Writer, Editor
44
as Long John Silver
65
as Cassavius
as Sheridan Whiteside
40
as Mr. Cato
as Narrator
76
as Narrator (voice)
41
as The Magician
51
as Louis XVIII
1960s
43 titles · average score 63
62
as Colonel Cascorro
56
as Plankett
55
as Markan
59
as Justinian
81
as Charles Clay
55
as Leschenhaut
46
as Le Chiffre
56
as Jonathan Lute
79
as Cardinal Wolsey
87
as Falstaff
50
as Akerman, Marco's Teacher
81
as Albert Hastler
1950s
34 titles · average score 70
88
as Jonathan Wilk
37
as Captain Hart
89
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
67
as the narrator
80
as Will Varner
71
as Virgil Renchler
72
as Gregory Arkadin
67
as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
51
as Sanin Cejador y Mengues
57
as Sigsbee Manderson
82
as Othello
56
as Bayan
1940s
19 titles · average score 72
64
as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
91
as Harry Lime
63
as Cesare Borgia
80
as Macbeth
81
as Michael O'Hara
81
as Prof. Charles Rankin
66
as John Andrew MacDonald
71
as Edward Rochester
62
as Colonel Haki
84
as Narrator (voice)
91
as Charles Foster Kane
1930s
4 titles · average score 57
as Rajah/Narrator
66
as Narrator (voice)
48
as Death
as Narrator