Birthday: May 06, 1915
The most well-known filmmaker to the public this side of Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles was the classic example of the genius that burns bright early in life only to flicker and fade later. The prodigy son of an inventor and a musician, Welles was well-versed in literature at an early age -- particularly Shakespeare -- and, through the unusual circumstances of his life (both of his ...more- 1981
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- Butterfly
- nom
- 2009
- Churchill: The Finest Hours
- Narrator
- 2006
- Directed by John Ford
- Narrator
- 1999
- Secrets of the Millennium: Ancient Prophecies
- Narrator
- 1995
- In the Beginning: King James Version - The Creation
- Narrator
- 1995
- In the Beginning: Revised Version - The Creation
- Narrator
- 2001
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- From Screenplay by
- 1999
- The Dominici Affair
- Director
- 1997
- Short 2: Dreams
- Short Story Author
- 1992
- Don Quixote de Orson Welles
- Director
- 1992
- Don Quixote de Orson Welles
- Screenwriter









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