Orson Welles

Full filmography

• Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2028) as Self (archive footage)
• Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026) as Self / The Director / Sir John Falstaff (archive footage) (uncredited)
• WeirdWorld (2025) as Troy2000 (Archive footage)
• Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck (2025) as Self (archive footage)
• The Scorpion and the Frog (2025) as Narrator (archive footage)
• Human Nature in Eleven Parts (2025) as Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
• Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) as Self (archive footage)
• Othelo The Great (2024) as Self (archive footage)
• Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters (2024) as Self
• The Battle of Grovers Mill (2024) as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
• The Battle of Grovers Mill (2024) Original Story
• Looking Back Before You Leap (2023) as General Zaroff (voice)
• It's Pretty, but is it Art? (2023) as Self (voiceover)
• From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (2023) as Falstaff
• Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• The Welles Raft (2022) as Himself (Archive Footage)
• American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) as Self (archive footage)
• Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
• My Guest is Orson Welles (2021)
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Parkinson at 50 (2021) as Self (archive footage)
• The Blinding of Isaac Woodard (2021) as Self (archive footage)
• Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles (2021) as Self
• Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• Hopper/Welles (2020) as Self
• Hopper/Welles (2020) Director
• LIFE BEYOND (2019) as Self (voice)
• Halston (2019) Theme Song Performance
• Cerné par le diable (2019) Thanks
• Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (2019) as (archive footage)
• Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit (2018) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• The Other Side of the Wind (2018) as Journalist (uncredited)
• The Other Side of the Wind (2018) Director
• The Other Side of the Wind (2018) Editor
• The Other Side of the Wind (2018) Screenplay
• Silent Times (2018) Thanks
• They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) as Self (archive footage)
• The Brother Side of the Wake (2018) Thanks
• The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
• The Magic History of Cinema (2017)
• Embers & Dust (2016) as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
• Passage to Mars (2016) Theme Song Performance
• Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016) as Self (archive footage) (voice)
• This Is Orson Welles (2015) as Self
• Bucket (2015) Thanks
• Citizen Vader (2014) Characters
• Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
• Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance (2014) as Self (archive footage)
• Tim May Presents Reptile (2014) Thanks
• Talking Pictures (2013) as Self (archive footage)
• Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• Too Much Johnson (2013) as Keystone Kop
• Too Much Johnson (2013) Director
• Too Much Johnson (2013) Screenplay
• Too Much Johnson (2013) Editor
• Too Much Johnson (2013) Producer
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
• Welcome to the Basement (2012) Theme Song Performance
• The Shadow Knows (2012) as Self (archive footage)
• The Debridement of Rome (2012) Thanks
• Magic Mirror Maze (2012)
• Incident at Barstow (2011) Thanks
• Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011) as Self
• Jucy (2010) as Elephant Lamp (archive sound)
• Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
• Dahmer vs. Gacy (2010) Thanks
• Beer and Board Games (2010) Thanks
• L'antre du Mea (2010) Thanks
• Variations on a High School Romance (2010) Thanks
• Orson Welles: The Paris Interview (2010) as Himself
• Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
• Lucifer et moi (2009) as (archive footage 1982)
• F for favor (2008) Original Concept
• The Hitchhiker (2007) Original Concept
• The Deep (2007) as Russ Brewer
• The Deep (2007) Producer
• The Deep (2007) Director
• The Deep (2007) Screenplay
• Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self (archive)
• The Well (2005)
• Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005) as Self (archive footage)
• The Other Side of Welles (2005) as Self (archive footage)
• Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill (2005) as (Self)
• Orson Welles Talks With Roger Hill (2005) Director
• Orson Welles Uncut (2005)
• Lost in "The Thinking" (2005) as Self (archive footage)
• The UFO Conspiracy (2004) as Self (archive sound)
• The Hitch Hiker (2004) as Ronald Adams
• The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles (2003) as Self (archive footage)
• Heart of the Festival (2002) as Self (archive footage)
• The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) Original Film Writer
• Lost in La Mancha (2002) as Self (archive footage)
• The Movie Movie (An Excerpt) (2002) as Archival Footage
• NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 (2001) as Narrator
• Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001) Thanks
• A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2001) as Self (Archive footage)
• Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self (archive footage)
• Moby Dick (2000) as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
• Moby Dick (2000) Director
• Moby Dick (2000) Theatre Play
• Moby Dick (2000) Editor
• Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote (2000) as Self (Archive footage)
• The Big Brass Ring (1999) Writer
• Hi-Fi (1999)
• One Man Band (1999) as Presenter / Various
• One Man Band (1999) Director
• One Man Band (1999) Writer
• One Man Band (1999) Editor
• According to Occam's Razor (1999)
• As Long as He Lives (1998) Thanks
• The Way to Santiago (1998) Writer
• The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1998) as Self - Roaster (archive footage)
• Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) as Self (archive footage)
• The Big Brass Ring (1997) Writer
• The Hearts of Age (1997) Original Concept
• Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997) as Self
• It's All Brazil (1997) as Self (archive footage)
• The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) as Self (archive footage)
• Treasury of Children's Stories (1996) Theme Song Performance
• The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self (archive footage)
• Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995) as Self (archive footage)
• Orson Welles: The One-Man Band (1995) Director
• Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994) Theme Song Performance
• La Classe américaine (1993) as Self (archive footage)
• Historias Breves 0: Distant encounters (1993) Thanks
• It's All True (1993) as Self
• It's All True (1993) Director
• Working with Orson Welles (1993) as Himself (Archive Footage)
• Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles (1993)
• Don Quixote (1992) as Self
• Don Quixote (1992) Director
• Don Quixote (1992) Editor
• Don Quixote (1992) Producer
• Don Quixote (1992) Screenplay
• Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) as Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)
• The Complete 'Citizen Kane' (1991) as Self (archive footage)
• With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990) as Self (archive footage)
• Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990) as Self (archive footage)
• Welles' Language (1990) as Self (archive footage)
• Continental (1989) Thanks
• Dieter & Andreas (1989) Thanks
• American Experience (1988) as Self (archive footage)
• Waxwork (1988) Thanks
• On the tracks of a filmmaker (1988) as Orson Welles
• Someone to Love (1987) as Danny's Friend
• The Transformers: The Movie (1986) as Unicron (voice)
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) as Self (archive footage)
• It's Not All True (1986) as Himself (archive footage)
• It's All True: Four Men on a Raft (1986) Director
• It's All True: Four Men on a Raft (1986) Writer
• Unseen Lollo (1986) as Himself
• Unseen Lollo (1986) Director
• Unseen Lollo (1986) Writer
• Moonlighting (1985) as Orson Welles
• Moonlighting (1985) Thanks
• The Dreamers (1985) as Marcus Kleek
• The Dreamers (1985) Director
• The Dreamers (1985) Writer
• Scene of the Crime (1985)
• Scene of the Crime (1985) Creator
• Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) as Self
• Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) Director
• Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) Writer
• Orson Welles' Magic Show (1985) Producer
• The Road to Bresson (1984) as Self
• Almonds and Raisins (1984) as Narrator
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1984) as Self
• Where Is Parsifal? (1984) as Klingsor
• The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984) as himself
• The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984) Director
• In Our Hands (1984) as Himself
• The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail (1984) as Narrator
• The Witching (1983) as Mr. Cato
• Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) as Magician (uncredited)
• Hot Money (1983) as Sheriff Paisley
• The Psychic Connection (1983) as Narrator
• King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands (1983) as Self - Narrator
• Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française (1983) as Himself
• Let Poland Be Poland (1982) as Self
• Doug Henning's World of Magic (1982) as Self - Special Guest
• Butterfly (1982) as Judge Rauch
• Magic with the Stars (1982) as Self - Host
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982) as Self
• Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) as Aliens' Father (voice) (uncredited)
• Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982) as Self - Narrator
• Trick or Treats (1982) Other
• Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
• Genocide (1982) as Narrator (voice)
• The Orson Welles Story (1982) as Self
• The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982) as Narrator
• Wagner e Venezia (1982) as Richard Wagner (voice)
• The War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981) Thanks
• History of the World: Part I (1981) as Narrator (voice)
• Filming 'The Trial' (1981) as Self
• Filming 'The Trial' (1981) Director
• Filming 'The Trial' (1981) Producer
• The New Deal for Artists (1981) as Narrator (voice)
• Search for the Titanic (1981) as Self - Host
• Brasil (1981) as Self (archive footage)
• The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981) as Presenter / Narrator (voice)
• A Gift of Harvest (1981) as Narrator
• Tales of the Klondike (1981) as Narrator
• Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Robin Masters (voice)
• Shōgun (1980) as Narrator
• The Greenstone (1980) as Narrator (voice)
• The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980) as J.P. Morgan
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park (1980) as Narrator
• A Step Away (1980) as English Narrator
• The Muppet Movie (1979) as Lew Lord
• The Double McGuffin (1979) as Narrator (voice)
• The Orson Welles Show (1979) as Self
• The Orson Welles Show (1979) Director
• The Orson Welles Show (1979) Writer
• Filming Othello (1979) as Host
• Filming Othello (1979) Director
• Filming Othello (1979) Writer
• To Try Again... and Succeed (1979) as Narrator (voice)
• The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis (1979) as Narrator
• The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon (1979) as Narrator
• Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years (1979) as Self
• The Magic of David Copperfield (1978) as Host
• The Biggest Battle (1978) as Narratore
• A Woman Called Moses (1978) as Narrator (voice)
• Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978) as Narrator
• The Late Great Planet Earth (1978) as Self
• Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles (1978) as Himself
• Orson Welles at The Magic Castle (1978) as Self
• Orson Welles at The Magic Castle (1978) Writer
• Tut: The Boy King (1978) as Himself - Host
• Hot Tomorrows (1977) as Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
• It Happened One Christmas (1977) as Henry F. Potter
• The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977) as Self
• The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed (1977) as Narrator
• From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural (1977) as Narrator
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977) as Narrator
• The Force Beyond (1977) as Himself (archive footage)
• Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - President
• Voyage of the Damned (1976) as José Estedes
• NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976) as Self / Narrator
• NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976) Writer
• Bugs Bunny Superstar (1976) as Narrator (voice)
• A Mother's Tale (1976) as Narrator
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
• Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
• Magnificent Monsters of the Deep (1975) as Narrator
• Orson Welles - Das vermarktete Genie (1975) as Self
• Doug Henning's World of Magic (1975) as Self
• Who's Out There? (1975) as Host
• 3 A.M. (1975) Editorial Services
• 3 A.M. (1975) Editor
• Dinah! (1974) as Self
• And Then There Were None (1974) as Voice on Tape
• A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles (1974)
• Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Crónicas fantásticas (1974) Thanks
• The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1974) as Narrator
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) as Self - Host
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) Director
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) Screenplay
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) Creator
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts (1973) as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
• F for Fake (1973) as Self
• F for Fake (1973) Director
• F for Fake (1973) Writer
• F for Fake (1973) Editor
• The Cave (1973) as Narrator
• The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) as Winston Churchill
• Power and Corruption (1973) as Himself
• Kelly Country (1973) as Narrator
• The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles (1973) as Narrator
• Treasure Island (1972) as Long John Silver
• Treasure Island (1972) Writer
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972) as Sheridan Whiteside
• Future Shock (1972) as Narrator
• Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) as Mr. Delasandro
• Jeanne Moreau : Vive le cinéma ! (1972) as Self
• Malpertuis (1972) as Cassavius
• Necromancy (1972) as Mr. Cato
• V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
• Directed by John Ford (1971) as Narrator (voice)
• Sentinels of Silence (1971)
• Freedom River (1971) as Narrator
• Freedom River (1971) Producer
• Ten Days' Wonder (1971) as Théo Van Horn
• Flame of Persia (1971) as Narrator
• A Safe Place (1971) as The Magician
• The Silent Years (1971)
• Night Gallery (1970) as Narrator
• Catch-22 (1970) as Brigadier General Dreedle
• Waterloo (1970) as Louis XVIII
• The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Bresnavitch
• Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) as The Narrator
• The Enemy Before Us (1970) as Narrator
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1970)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1970) Writer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1970) Producer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon (1970) Editor
• Upon This Rock (1970) as Michelangelo (voice)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1970)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1970) Producer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince (1970) Writer
• A Horse Called Nijinsky (1970) as Narrator
• The Merchant of Venice (Rushes) (1970) as Shylock
• The Merchant of Venice (Rushes) (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow (1970)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow (1970) Producer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow (1970) Writer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy (1970)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy (1970) Producer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy (1970) Writer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain (1970)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain (1970) Producer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain (1970) Writer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah (1970)
• An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah (1970) Director
• An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah (1970) Producer
• An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah (1970) Writer
• Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) as Narrator
• Tepepa (1969) as Colonel Cascorro
• Twelve Plus One (1969) as Markan
• The Battle of Neretva (1969) as Četnik
• The Southern Star (1969) as Plankett
• The Merchant of Venice (1969) as Shylock
• The Merchant of Venice (1969) Producer
• The Merchant of Venice (1969) Screenplay
• The Merchant of Venice (1969) Director
• The Merchant of Venice (1969) Editor
• The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal (1969) as Justinian
• Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali (1969) as Narrator (voice)
• To Build a Fire (1969) as Narrator (voice)
• The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
• The Name of the Game (1968) as Narrator
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
• Vienna (1968) as Himself
• Vienna (1968) Director
• Vienna (1968) Writer
• Vienna (1968) Producer
• Oedipus the King (1968) as Tiresias
• Portrait d'Orson Welles (1968) as Self
• The Fight for Rome (1968) as Justinian
• House of Cards (1968) as Leschenhaut