Orson Welles - Filmography

Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane (1941)
Character: Charles Foster Kane - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Director, Producer
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Character: Cardinal Wolsey - Leading
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Position: Screenplay, Director, Producer, Additional Photography
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Character: Falstaff - Leading
Position: Director, Screenplay, Costume Design
The Third Man
The Third Man (1949)
Character: Harry Lime - Leading
Touch of Evil
Touch of Evil (1958)
Character: Police Captain Hank Quinlan - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Director
The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Character: Unicron (voice) - Leading
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)

Position: Additional Writing, Scenario Writer
The Trial
The Trial (1962)
Character: Albert Hastler - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Director, Editor
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Character: Michael O'Hara - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Director, Producer
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Character: Konsul Nordling
And Then There Were None (1974)
Character: Voice on Tape
Moby Dick
Moby Dick (1956)
Character: Father Mapple
Catch-22
Catch-22 (1970)
Character: Brigadier General Dreedle
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Character: Lew Lord
Casino Royale
Casino Royale (1967)
Character: Le Chiffre - Leading
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)
Character: Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice) - Leading
La Classe américaine (1993)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Character: The Narrator
The Stranger
The Stranger (1946)
Character: Prof. Charles Rankin - Leading
Position: Director, Co-Writer
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Journey into Fear (1943)
Character: Colonel Haki - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Producer, Co-Director
Treasure Island (1972)
Character: Long John Silver - Leading
Position: Writer
Jane Eyre (1943)
Character: Edward Rochester - Leading
Position: Associate Producer
Macbeth (1948)
Character: Macbeth - Leading
Position: Screenplay, Director, Costume Design, Producer, Set Designer
Waxwork
Waxwork (1988)

Position: Thanks
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Position: Story
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Waterloo
Waterloo (1970)
Character: Louis XVIII - Leading
The Battle of Neretva (1969)
Character: Četnik
Butterfly (1982)
Character: Judge Rauch - Leading
Compulsion
Compulsion (1959)
Character: Jonathan Wilk - Leading
King of Kings
King of Kings (1961)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Character: Will Varner - Leading
The Vikings
The Vikings (1958)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
F for Fake
F for Fake (1973)
Character: Self - Leading
Position: Director, Editor, Writer
Napoleon (1955)
Character: Sir Hudson Lowe
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Character: Gregory Arkadin - Leading
Position: Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Editor, Production Design, Costume Design, Art Direction
The Black Rose (1950)
Character: Bayan - Leading
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
Character: Bresnavitch
Malpertuis (1972)
Character: Cassavius - Leading
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
Character: Presenter / Narrator (voice) - Leading
Othello (1951)
Character: Othello - Leading
Position: Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)
Character: Robert Fulton
Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
Character: The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")
The Southern Star (1969)
Character: Plankett - Leading
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Character: Benjamin Franklin
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Character: José Estedes
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
Character: Cy Sedgewick - Leading
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Character: Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
Tepepa (1969)
Character: Colonel Cascorro - Leading
The Immortal Story (1968)
Character: Charles Clay - Leading
Position: Director, Screenplay
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Character: Mr. Delasandro
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Genocide
Genocide (1982)
Character: Narrator (voice) - Leading
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Character: (archive footage)
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
Character: Akerman, Marco's Teacher - Leading
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art (1974)
Character: Narrator - Leading
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Return to Glennascaul (1953)
Character: Narrator - Leading
Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
Character: Opening Narrator
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Tartars (1961)
Character: Burundai - Leading
The Magnificent Ambersons (2002)

Position: Screenplay
The Fight for Rome (1968)
Character: Justinian - Leading
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Character: Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Character: Journalist (uncredited)
Position: Director, Editor, Screenplay
Passage to Mars (2016)

Position: Theme Song Performance
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal (1969)
Character: Justinian - Leading
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Character: Self (archive footage) - Leading
The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Character: Self
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Shogun (1981)
Character: Narrator - Leading
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Othelo The Great (2024)
Character: Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo) - Leading
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)
Character: Self (archive footage) - Leading
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
Character: Self (archive footage)
LIFE BEYOND: Visions of Alien Life (2024)
Character: Narrator (Archive Sound)
The Battle of Grovers Mill (2024)
Character: Radio Host (voice) (archival footage) - Leading
Position: Original Story
Aliens Uncovered: Close Encounters (2024)
Character: Self - Leading
The Scorpion and the Frog (2025)
Character: Narrator (archive footage) - Leading
Human Nature in Eleven Parts (2025)
Character: Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage) - Leading
4'33 (2025)
Character: (Archive footage) - Leading
WeirdWorld (2025)
Character: Troy2000 (Archive footage) - Leading
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