AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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Orson Welles

101 Titles in Filmography CAST | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | WRITER | HISTORY

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CAST

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Narrator
1940
CITIZEN KANE
[Charles Foster] Kane
1941
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
1942
JOURNEY INTO FEAR
Colonel Haki
1943
JANE EYRE
Edward Rochester
1944
FOLLOW THE BOYS
1944
TOMORROW IS FOREVER
John Andrew MacDonald, later known as Erich Kessler
1946
THE STRANGER
Franz Kindler, also known as Professor Charles Rankin
1946
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Michael O'Hara
1948
MACBETH
Macbeth
1948
PRINCE OF FOXES
Cesare Borgia
1949
BLACK MAGIC
[Count] Cagliostro [also known as Joseph Balsamo]
1949
THE BLACK ROSE
Bayan
1950
THE THIRD MAN
Harry Lime
1950
TRENT'S LAST CASE
Sigsbee Manderson
1953
TROUBLE IN THE GLEN
Sanin Cejadory Mengues
1954
THREE CASES OF MURDER
Lord Mountdrago
1955
OTHELLO
Othello
1955
MOBY DICK
Father Mapple
1956
MAN IN THE SHADOW
Virgil Renchler
1957
THE ROOTS OF HEAVEN
Cy Sedgewick
1958
TOUCH OF EVIL
Hank Quinlan
1958
THE LONG, HOT SUMMER
Will Varner
1958
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
[Narration] Told by
1958
THE VIKINGS
Narrator
1958
COMPULSION
Jonathan Wilk
1959
CRACK IN THE MIRROR
Hagolin/Lamorciere
1960
KING OF KINGS
Narrator
1961
IS PARIS BURNING?
Consul Raoul Nordling
1966
A KING'S STORY
Narrator
1967
CASINO ROYALE
Le Chiffre
1967
HOUSE OF CARDS
Charles Leschenhaut
1969
CATCH-22
General Dreedle
1970
THE KREMLIN LETTER
Bresnavitch
1970
START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME
Narrator
1970
WATERLOO
[King] Louis XVIII
1971
A SAFE PLACE
The magician
1971
UPON THIS ROCK
Michelangelo Buonarotti
1971
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
Narrator
1971
THE BATTLE OF NERETVA
[Chetnik] Senator
1971
GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT
Mr. Delasandro
1972
NECROMANCY
Mr. Cato
1972
BUGS BUNNY SUPERSTAR
Narration
1975
THE CHALLENGE... A TRIBUTE TO MODERN ART
Narrator
1975
SECRETS OF THE GODS
1976
AMERICA AT THE MOVIES
1976
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
José Estedes
1976
THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH
[Narrator]
1979
THE MUPPET MOVIE
Lew Lord
1979
HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I
Narrator
1981
BUTTERFLY
Judge Rauch
1982
GENOCIDE
1982
ALMONDS AND RAISINS
1983
IN OUR HANDS
1983
SLAPSTICK OF ANOTHER KIND
Voice of alien
1984
THE TRANSFORMERS -- THE MOVIE
Unicron
1986
SOMEONE TO LOVE
Danny's friend
1988
HOLLYWOOD MAVERICKS
Participant interview
1990

DIRECTOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR

PRODUCER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
CITIZEN KANE
Prod
1941
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
Prod
1942
JOURNEY INTO FEAR
Prod
1943
JANE EYRE
Assoc prod
1944
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Prod
1948
MACBETH
Prod
1948
OTHELLO
Prod
1955
IT'S ALL TRUE: BASED ON AN UNFINISHED FILM BY ORSON WELLES
Prod, Credits for "My Friend Bonito"
1993

WRITER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
CITIZEN KANE
Orig scr
1941
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
Scr
1942
JOURNEY INTO FEAR
Scr
1943
MONSIEUR VERDOUX
Based on an idea by
1947
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
Scr
1948
MACBETH
Adpt
1948
TOUCH OF EVIL
Scr
1958

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE SPANISH EARTH
1937
YOU AND ME
1938
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING
1938
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
1939
S.O.S.--TIDAL WAVE
1939
HULLABALOO
1940
CITIZEN KANE
1941
THE MOON IS DOWN
1943
THE HITLER GANG
1944
THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM
1945
BLOOD ON THE SUN
1945
THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK
1947
THE BABE RUTH STORY
1948
EDWARD, MY SON
1949
QUO VADIS
1951
LES MISERABLES
1952
THE BAND WAGON
1953
JULIUS CAESAR
1953
THE BRAVE ONE
1956
WAR AND PEACE
1956
THE KILLER IS LOOSE
1956
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
1956
TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY
1957
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
1957
I WANT TO LIVE!
1958
THE LOST WORLD
1960
CHILD'S PLAY
1972
SIDDHARTHA
1973
FRASIER, THE LOVABLE LION
1973
INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
1973
THE BIG BUS
1976
MURDER BY DEATH
1976
NICKELODEON
1976
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1977
APOCALYPSE NOW
1979
JUST YOU AND ME, KID
1979
METEOR
1979
TILT
1980
DUNE
1984
ALWAYS
1985
LOBSTER MAN FROM MARS
1990
KING KONG
2005

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