Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)

American actor, director, writer and producer.

* May 6, 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
 as George Orson Welles
 October 10, 1985 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Mon Film, nr. 5, 28-8 1946
Mon Film, nr. 56, 20-8 1947

Books by Orson Welles

Orson Welles The Trial Orson Welles
The Trial
London, 1970

Books on Orson Welles

Patrick McGilligan
Young Orson, The years of luck and genius on the path to Citizen Kane
New York, NY, ?2015

Simon Braund Orson Welles portfolio Simon Braund
Orson Welles portfolio, Sketches and drawings from the Welles estate
London, 2019

James N. Gilmore and Sidney Gottlieb (eds.) Orson Welles in focus James N. Gilmore and Sidney Gottlieb (eds.)
Orson Welles in focus, Texts and contexts
Bloomington, 2018

Mark Thornton Burnett, Courtney Lehmann, Marguerite H. Rippy and Ramona Wray Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli Mark Thornton Burnett, Courtney Lehmann, Marguerite H. Rippy and Ramona Wray
Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli
London, UK; New York, 2015

Chris Welles Feder
In my father's shadow, A daughter remembers Orson Welles
Chapel Hill, N.C., 2009

Gary Graver with Andrew J. Rausch
Making movies with Orson Welles, A memoir
Lanham, Md., 2008

Jean-Pierre Berthomé &; François Thomas
Orson Welles at work
London; New York, 2008

Catherine L. Benamou
It's all true, Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey
Berkeley, 2007

Peter Prescott Tonguette
Orson Welles remembered, Interviews with his actors, editors, cinematographers and magicians
Jefferson, N.C., 2007

Jonathan Rosenbaum
Discovering Orson Welles
Berkeley, 2007

Simon Callow
Orson Welles, Hello Americans
London, 2006

Joseph McBride
What ever happened to Orson Welles?, A portrait of an independent career
Lexington, Ky., 2006

Clinton Heylin Despite the System Clinton Heylin
Despite the System, Orson Welles versus the Hollywood Studios
Chicago, 2005

Paul Heyer
The medium and the magician, Orson Welles, the radio years, 1934-1952
Lanham, Md., 2005

Robert Garis The Films of Orson Welles Robert Garis
The Films of Orson Welles
Cambridge, 2004

Irving Singer
Three philosophical filmmakers, Hitchcock, Welles, Renoir
Cambridge, Mass., 2004

Ben Walters
Welles
London, 2004

Chuck Berg - Tom Erskine The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles Chuck Berg - Tom Erskine
The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles, From The Hearts of Age to F for Fake
New York NY, 2003

Peter Conrad
Orson Welles, The stories of his life
London, 2003

Mark W. Estrin (ed.) Orson Welles Mark W. Estrin (ed.)
Orson Welles, Interviews
Jackson, 2002

Michael Anderegg
Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and popular culture
New York, 1999

Simon Callow
Orson Welles
New York, 1996-<2015>

David Thomson
Rosebud, the Story of Orson Welles
New York, 1996

Joseph McBride
Orson Welles
New York, 1996

Morris Beja (ed.) Perspectives on Orson Welles Morris Beja (ed.)
Perspectives on Orson Welles
New York :London, 1995

Peter Bogdanovich
This Is Orson Welles
New York, 1992

André Bazin Orson Welles André Bazin
Orson Welles, A critical view
Los Angeles, 1991

James Howard
The complete films of Orson Welles
Secaucus, N.J., 1991

Bret Wood Orson Welles Bret Wood
Orson Welles, A Bio-Bibliography
New York - Westport, Connecticut - London, 1990

Frank Brady
Citizen Welles, A biography of Orson Welles
New York, 1989

John Russell Taylor
Orson Welles, A celebration
Boston, 1986

Anne-Marie Baron
Orson Welles
Paris, 1986

Charles Higham Orson Welles Charles Higham
Orson Welles, The Rise and Fall of an American Genius
New York, 1985

Barbara Leaming
Orson Welles
New York NY, 1985

Peter Cowie
The cinema of Orson Welles
New York, N.Y., [1983]

Joseph McBride Orson Welles Joseph McBride
Orson Welles, Seine Filme - sein Leben
München, 1982

Maurice Bessy
Orson Welles
Paris, 1982

Andre Bazin
Orson Welles, A Critical Review
London, 1978

James Naremore
The Magic World of Orson Welles
New York, 1978

Marco Salotti
Orson Welles
Milano, 1978

Richard France
The Theatre of Orson Welles
Lewisburg, PA, 1977

Charles J. Maland
American visions, the films of Chaplin, Ford, Capra, and Welles, 1936-1941
New York, 1977

Joseph McBride
Orson Welles, actor and director
New York, 1977

Ronald Gottesman (ed.) Focus on Orson Welles Ronald Gottesman (ed.)
Focus on Orson Welles
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1976

Peter Cowie
A Ribbon of Dreams, The Cinema of Orson Welles
Cranbury, NJ, 1973

Joseph McBride Orson Welles Joseph McBride
Orson Welles
London, 1972

Charles Higham
The Films of Orson Welles
Berkeley, 1970

Peter Noble
The Fabulous Orson Welles
London, 1956

Jean Cocteau - André Bazin Orson Welles Jean Cocteau - André Bazin
Orson Welles
Paris, 1950

Books with substantial mentioning of Orson Welles

David Thomson
A light in the dark, A history of movie directors
New York, 2020

Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.) Film Noir Alain Silver and James Ursini (eds.)
Film Noir, The Directors
Milwaukee, WI, 2012

Marilyn Fabe
Closely watched films, An introduction to the art of narrative film technique
Berkeley, 2004

Karen Burroughs Hannsberry Bad Boys Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Bad Boys, The Actors of Film Noir
Jefferson, NC and London, 2003

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Harry Waldman Scenes Unseen Harry Waldman
Scenes Unseen, Unreleased and Uncompleted Films from the World's Master Filmmakers, 1912-1990
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Ann Lloyd (editor) Movies of the Forties Ann Lloyd (editor)
Movies of the Forties
London, 1982

Peter Cowie (ed.)
50 Major Filmmakers
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1975

Stanley Hochman (ed.)
A Library of Film Criticism, American Film Directors
New York, 1974

Books with an entry on Orson Welles

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1986, A Survey of the Films of 1985
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1986
pp. 585-586 info

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Orson Welles

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Articles on Orson Welles

Simon Callow, Hey presto, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 9, 2012 pp. 28-31

James Naremore, The Magician, Orson Welles and Film Style, in: Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell History of American Film, Malden, MA, Oxford, Chichester, 2012

Simon Braund, Touch of Evil?, in: Empire, nr. 249, 2010 pp. 126-132

Vincent L. Barnett, Cutting Koerners: Floyd Odlum, the Atlas Corporation and the Dismissal of Orson Welles from RKO, in: Film History, vol. 22, 2010 pp. 182-198

Marguerite Rippy, Orson Welles and Charles Dickens 1938-1941, in: John Glavin (editor), Dickens on Screen, Cambridge, 2003

Peter Wollen, Foreign Relations: Welles and Touch of Evil, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 10, 1996 pp. 20-23

Richard B. Jewell, Orson Welles, George Schaefer, and It's All True: A "Cursed" Production, in: Film History, vol. 2, 1988 pp. 325-335

Films

1937
The Spanish Earth

1938
Too Much Johnson

1940
Swiss Family Robinson

1941
Citizen Kane

1942
The Magnificent Ambersons

1943
Jane Eyre
Journey Into Fear
Show-Business at War

1944
Follow the Boys

1946
Duel in the Sun
The Stranger
Tomorrow Is Forever

1947
The Lady from Shanghai

1948
Macbeth

1949
Prince of Foxes
The Third Man
Black Magic

1950
The Black Rose

1951
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice

1952
Trent's Last Case
Don Camillo

1954
Si Versailles m'était conté
Three Cases of Murder
Trouble in the Glen

1955
Napoléon
Mr. Arkadin

1956
Moby Dick

1957
Man in the Shadow

1958
Touch of Evil
The Vikings
The Long, Hot Summer
The Roots of Heaven

1959
Compulsion
Ferry to Hong Kong

1960
Crack in the Mirror
Austerlitz

1961
King of Kings

1962
Le procès

1963
The V.I.P.s

1965
Campanadas a medianoche
La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo

1966
Paris brûle-t-il?
A Man for All Seasons
The Bible: In the Beginning...

1967
Casino Royale
The Sailor from Gibraltar
I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1968
Kampf um Rom I
Oedipus the King
Histoire immortelle

1969
Tepepa
Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat
Bitka na Neretvi

1970
Catch-22
The Kremlin Letter
Waterloo
The Deep
Start the Revolution Without Me

1971
Malpertuis
A Safe Place
La décade prodigieuse

1972
The Other Side of the Wind
Treasure Island
Get to Know Your Rabbit

1973
F for Fake
Sutjeska

1974
And Then There Were None
Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1976
Voyage of the Damned

1977
It Happened One Christmas
Hot Tomorrows

1978
A Woman Called Moses

1979
The Muppet Movie

1981
History of the World: Part I

1982
Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

1987
Someone to Love

1995
Get Shorty

2002
Lost in La Mancha

2008
Prodigal Sons

2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2011
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

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