| Orson Welles  AKA George Orson Welles
Born: 6-May-1915
Birthplace: Kenosha, WI
Died: 10-Oct-1985
Location of death: Hollywood, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated (ashes buried on the estate of Antonio Ordonez, Ronda, Spain)
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Radio Personality, Film Director Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Citizen Kane Father: Richard Head Welles (inventor, b. 13-Oct-1872, d. 28-Dec-1930 kidney failure)
Mother: Beatrice Ives (concert pianist, b. 1-Sep-1883, d. 10-May-1924 jaundice)
Brother: Richard Ives Welles (b. 1905)
Wife: Virginia Nicolson (actress, m. 20-Dec-1934, div. 1939, d. 1996, one daughter)
Daughter: Chris Welles Feder (b. 27-Mar-1938)
Girlfriend: Billie Holiday (early 1940s)
Wife: Rita Hayworth (m. 7-Sep-1943, div. 1-Dec-1948, one daughter)
Daughter: Rebecca Welles (actress, b. 17-Dec-1944, d. 10-Oct-2004)
Girlfriend: Eartha Kitt (early 1950s)
Wife: Paola Mori (m. 8-May-1955, until his death, d. 12-Aug-1986 automobile accident, one daughter)
Daughter: Beatrice (b. 13-Nov-1955)
Mistress: Oja Kodar (together 1962 until his death)
High School: Todd School for Boys, Woodstock, IL (1930)
Hollywood Anti-Fascist League
Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Oscar (honorary) 1971
Oscar for Best Screenplay 1942 for Citizen Kane (with Herman J. Mankiewicz)
Radio Hall of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1600 Vine St. (motion pictures)
D. W. Griffith Award
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1975
Draft Deferment: World War II
Endorsement of Paul Masson Cabernet Savignon 1980
Endorsement of Jim Beam 1971
Risk Factors: Obesity, Asthma
TELEVISION
Magnum, P.I. Robin Masters (voice, 1981-83)
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Other Side of the Wind (31-Aug-2018)
It's All True (15-Oct-1993)
F For Fake (Sep-1974)
The Immortal Story (24-May-1968)
Chimes at Midnight (22-Dec-1965)
The Trial (21-Dec-1962)
Touch of Evil (21-May-1958)
Mr. Arkadin (Mar-1955)
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (10-May-1952)
Macbeth (1-Oct-1948)
The Stranger (25-May-1946)
The Magnificent Ambersons (10-Jul-1942)
Citizen Kane (1-May-1941)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (31-Aug-2018) · Himself
The Eyes of Orson Welles (9-May-2018) · Himself
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (8-Nov-2007) · Himself
Someone to Love (19-Sep-1987)
The Transformers: The Movie (8-Aug-1986) [VOICE]
Hot Money (1983)
Where is Parsifal? (1983) · Klingsor
Genocide (14-Mar-1982) · Narrator [VOICE]
Butterfly (Feb-1982) · Judge Rauch
History of the World: Part I (12-Jun-1981) · Narrator [VOICE]
Shogun (15-Sep-1980)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1980)
The Muppet Movie (22-Jun-1979)
The Double McGuffin (1979) · Narrator [VOICE]
A Woman Called Moses (11-Dec-1978) · Narrator [VOICE]
The Greatest Battle (7-Feb-1978) · Narrator [VOICE]
It Happened One Christmas (11-Dec-1977)
Hot Tomorrows (1-Apr-1977) [VOICE]
Voyage of the Damned (22-Dec-1976)
Bugs Bunny Superstar (13-May-1976) · Narrator [VOICE]
Ten Little Indians (24-Sep-1974) [VOICE]
F For Fake (Sep-1974) · Himself
Necromancy (22-Sep-1972)
Get to Know Your Rabbit (Jun-1972)
Treasure Island (1972)
Ten Days Wonder (1-Dec-1971)
A Safe Place (1971)
Malpertuis (1971)
Waterloo (26-Oct-1970)
Catch-22 (24-Jun-1970) · Gen. Dreedle
Start the Revolution Without Me (4-Feb-1970)
The Kremlin Letter (1-Feb-1970)
Battle of Neretva (7-Oct-1969)
12 + 1 (7-Oct-1969)
The Southern Star (4-Mar-1969)
The Last Roman (17-Dec-1968)
House of Cards (18-Oct-1968)
Oedipus the King (Jun-1968)
The Immortal Story (24-May-1968)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (11-Apr-1968)
The Sailor from Gibraltar (24-Apr-1967)
Casino Royale (13-Apr-1967) · Le Chiffre
A Man For All Seasons (12-Dec-1966) · Cardinal Wolsey
Is Paris Burning? (26-Oct-1966)
Chimes at Midnight (22-Dec-1965)
Marco the Magnificent (6-Aug-1965)
The V.I.P.'s (1-Sep-1963) · Max Buda
RoGoPaG (19-Feb-1963)
The Trial (21-Dec-1962) · The Advocate
Lafayette (8-Feb-1961)
The Tartars (1961)
Austerlitz (17-Jun-1960)
Crack in the Mirror (19-May-1960)
David and Goliath (22-Jan-1960)
Ferry to Hong Kong (29-Oct-1959)
Compulsion (1-Apr-1959) · Jonathan Wilk
Masters of the Congo Jungle (24-Dec-1958) [VOICE]
The Roots of Heaven (15-Oct-1958)
Touch of Evil (21-May-1958) · Hank Quinlan
The Long, Hot Summer (3-Apr-1958)
Man in the Shadow (Sep-1957) · Virgil Renchler
Moby Dick (27-Jun-1956) · Fr. Mapple
Napoléon (25-Mar-1955)
Three Cases of Murder (15-Mar-1955)
Mr. Arkadin (Mar-1955)
Trouble in the Glen (15-Jun-1954)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (9-Mar-1954)
King Lear (18-Oct-1953)
Trent's Last Case (29-Oct-1952)
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (10-May-1952)
Return to Glennascaul (1951) · Narrator
The Black Rose (1-Sep-1950)
Prince of Foxes (9-Nov-1949) · Cesare Borgia
The Third Man (3-Sep-1949) · Harry Lime
Black Magic (19-Aug-1949)
Macbeth (1-Oct-1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (24-Dec-1947) · Michael O'Hara
The Stranger (25-May-1946) · Charles Rankin
Tomorrow Is Forever (18-Jan-1946) · John Andrew MacDonald
Follow the Boys (25-Apr-1944) · Himself
Jane Eyre (7-Apr-1944) · Edward Rochester
Journey Into Fear (7-Aug-1942) · Col. Haki
The Magnificent Ambersons (10-Jul-1942) · Narrator [VOICE]
Citizen Kane (1-May-1941) · Kane
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