Directing

2020

… Director

2018

… Director

2013

… Director

2007

… Director

2003

… Director

2000

… Director

1993

… Director

1992

… Director

1986

… Director

1985		The Dreamers … Director
1985		Orson Welles' Magic Show … Director

1984

… Director

1981

… Director

1979

… Director

1978

… Director

1973

… Director

1971

… Director

1970

… Director

1969

… Director

1968		The Immortal Story … Director
1968		Vienna … Director

1965

… Director

1962		The Trial … Director
1962		No Exit … Co-Director

1960

… Director

1958		The Fountain of Youth … Director
1958		Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina … Director
1958		Touch of Evil … Director

1955		The Land of the Basques … Director
1955		Mr. Arkadin … Director
1955		Orson Welles' Sketch Book … Director
1955		Three Cases of Murder … Co-Director

1951

… Director

1948

… Director

1947

… Director

1946

… Director

1943

… Co-Director

1942

… Director

1941

… Director

1934

… Director

1933

… Director

Acting

—		Charmed Lives: A Family Romance as Self (archive footage)
—		Something Else

2024

as Narrator (Archive Sound)

2023		AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2023		Othelo, O Grande as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)
2023		From Introduction to Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight as Falstaff
2023		It's Pretty, but is it Art? as Self (voiceover)
2023		Looking Back Before You Leap as General Zaroff (voice)

2022		Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
2022		Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (archive Footage)
2022		American: An Odyssey to 1947 as Self (archive footage)
2022		The Lost Print: The Making of Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons as Himself (Archive footage)
2022		The Welles Raft as Himself (Archive Footage)

2021		Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles as Self
2021		Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
2021		Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021		The Blinding of Isaac Woodard as Himself (archive footage)

2020		A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner as Self (archive footage)
2020		Hopper/Welles as Self
2020		Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind as Self (archive footage)

2019

as (archive footage)

2018		The Other Side of the Wind as Journalist (uncredited)
2018		The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
2018		They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
2018		The Eyes of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
2018		Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017

2016

as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)

2015

as Self

2014		Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
2014		Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance as Self (archive footage)

2013		Too Much Johnson as Keystone Kop
2013		Jodorowsky's Dune as Self (Archival Footage)

2012		The Shadow Knows as Self (archive footage)
2012		Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)

2011

as Himself

2010		Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
2010		Orson Welles: The Paris Interview as Himself

2009

as (archive footage 1982)

2007

as Russ Brewer

2006

as Self (archive footage)

2005		Filmmakers vs. Tycoons as Self (archive footage)
2005		The Other Side of Welles as Self (archive footage)
2005		The Well

2004

as Ronald Adams

2003		Rita as (archive footage)
2003		The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles as Self (archive footage)

2002

as Self (archive footage)

2001		A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001		The Paranormal Peter Sellers as Self (Archive footage)
2001		NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3 as Narrator

2000		Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote as Self (Archive footage)
2000		Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage)
2000		Moby Dick as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)

1999

1998

as Self - Roaster (archive footage)

1997		Tudo é Brasil as Self (archive footage)
1997		Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self (archive footage)
1997		Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self

1996

as Self (archive footage)

1995		Orson Welles: The One-Man Band as Self (archive footage)
1995		A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies as Self

1993		La Classe américaine as Self (archive footage)
1993		It's All True as Self
1993		Rosabella - La storia italiana di Orson Welles
1993		Working with Orson Welles as Himself (Archive Footage)

1992

as Self

1990		With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film as Self (archive footage)
1990		Welles' Language as Self (archive footage)
1990		Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream as Self (archive footage)

1987

as Danny's Friend

1986		It's Not All True as Himself (archive footage)
1986		The Transformers: The Movie as Unicron (voice)
1986		The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)

1985		Almonds and Raisins as Narrator
1985		The Dreamers as Marcus Kleek
1985		Orson Welles' Magic Show as Self

1984		The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon
1984		The Road to Bresson as Self
1984		The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail as Narrator
1984		In Our Hands as Himself
1984		The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh as himself
1984		Where Is Parsifal? as Klingsor

1983		The Witching as Mr. Cato
1983		The Psychic Connection as Narrator
1983		King Penguin: Stranded Beyond the Falklands as Self - Narrator
1983		Orson Welles at the Cinémathèque Française as Himself
1983		Notre Dame de la Croisette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983		Hot Money as Sheriff Paisley

1982		Slapstick (Of Another Kind) as Aliens' Father (voice)
1982		Wagner e Venezia as Richard Wagner (voice)
1982		Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as Self
1982		Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Narrator
1982		Genocide as Narrator (voice)
1982		Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982		Doug Henning's World of Magic as Self - Special Guest
1982		Butterfly as Judge Rauch
1982		Let Poland Be Poland as Self
1982		Magic with the Stars as Host
1982		The Quest for Fire Adventure as Narrator

1981		A Gift of Harvest as Narrator
1981		Brasil as Self (archive footage)
1981		Search for the Titanic as Himself (host)
1981		The Enchanted Journey as Pippo
1981		The New Deal for Artists as Narrator (voice)
1981		Shogun as Narrator
1981		History of the World: Part I as Narrator
1981		Filming 'The Trial' as Self
1981		The Man Who Saw Tomorrow as Presenter / Narrator (voice)

1980		Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park as Narrator
1980		The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla as J.P. Morgan
1980		A Step Away as English Narrator
1980		The Greenstone as Narrator (voice)

1979		Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali as Narrator
1979		The New Media Bible: Book of Genesis as Narrator
1979		Frank Sinatra: The First 40 Years as Self
1979		To Try Again... and Succeed as Narrator (voice)
1979		The Muppet Movie as Lew Lord
1979		The Double McGuffin as Narrator
1979		The Orson Welles Show as Self
1979		The Greatest Adventure--The Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon as Narrator

1978		Filming Othello as Host
1978		The Biggest Battle as Narratore
1978		The Late Great Planet Earth as Self
1978		Caesar's Guide to Gaming with Orson Welles as Himself
1978		Tut: The Boy King as Himself - Host
1978		Mysterious Castles of Clay as Narrator

1977		It Happened One Christmas as Henry F. Potter
1977		The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed as Narrator
1977		The Force Beyond as Himself (archive footage)
1977		Hot Tomorrows as Parklawn Mortuary (voice)
1977		From Fiber to Fabric: Wool's a Natural as Narrator
1977		The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as Narrator

1976		Voyage of the Damned as José Estedes
1976		NBC: The First Fifty Years as Self / Narrator

1975		Bugs Bunny: Superstar as Narrator (voice)
1975		Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1975		Orson Welles - The Marketed Genius as Self
1975		Magnificent Monsters of the Deep as Narrator
1975		Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
1975		Who's Out There? as Host

1974		The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art as Narrator
1974		A Legend a Lifetime: Citizen Welles
1974		And Then There Were None as Voice on Tape

1973		Power and Corruption as Himself
1973		Kelly Country as Narrator
1973		F for Fake as Self
1973		The Battle of Sutjeska as Winston Churchill
1973		The Cave as Narrator

1972		The Man Who Came to Dinner as Sheridan Whiteside
1972		Treasure Island as Long John Silver
1972		Necromancy as Mr. Cato
1972		Get to Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Delasandro
1972		Future Shock as Narrator
1972		Vive le cinema!

1971		London as Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw
1971		Ten Days' Wonder as Théo Van Horn
1971		A Safe Place as The Magician
1971		Directed by John Ford as Narrator (voice)
1971		Centinelas del Silencio
1971		Flame of Persia as Narrator
1971		Freedom River as Narrator
1971		Malpertuis as Cassavius

1970		An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon
1970		Salvador Dalí: A Soft Self-Portrait as Narrator
1970		Is It Always Right to Be Right? as Narrator
1970		Waterloo as Louis XVIII
1970		The Enemy Before Us as Narrator
1970		Catch-22 as Brigadier General Dreedle
1970		Start the Revolution Without Me as The Narrator
1970		The Kremlin Letter as Bresnavitch
1970		A Horse Called Nijinsky as Narrator
1970		Upon This Rock as Michelangelo (voice)

1969		The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
1969		The Battle of Neretva as Četnik
1969		Twelve Plus One as Markan
1969		The Southern Star as Plankett
1969		The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal as Justinian
1969		Tepepa as Colonel Cascorro
1969		To Build a Fire as Narrator (voice)

1968		The Fight for Rome as Justinian
1968		House of Cards as Leschenhaut
1968		Around the World of Mike Todd as Self - Narrator
1968		Oedipus the King as Tiresias
1968		Portrait: Orson Welles as Self
1968		The Immortal Story as Charles Clay
1968		Vienna as Himself

1967		I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Jonathan Lute
1967		Beggars Would Ride as Narrator
1967		Disorder Is 20 Years Old as Self
1967		Casino Royale as Le Chiffre
1967		Ten Days That Shook the World as Narrator
1967		The Sailor from Gibraltar

1966		A Man for All Seasons as Cardinal Wolsey
1966		Is Paris Burning? as Konsul Nordling
1966		Orson Welles in Spain as Himself

1965		Chimes at Midnight as Falstaff
1965		Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees as Self - Narrator (voice)
1965		Marco the Magnificent as Akerman, Marco's Teacher
1965		A King's Story as Narrator

1964

as Narrator (voice)

1963		The V.I.P.s as Max Buda
1963		Ro.Go.Pa.G. as The 'Director' (segment "La ricotta")

1962		The Trial as Albert Hastler
1962		River of the Ocean as Narrator (English)
1962		Lafayette as Benjamin Franklin

1961		King of Kings as Narrator (Voice)
1961		The Tartars as Burundai

1960		The Battle of Austerlitz as Robert Fulton
1960		An Arabian Night as Storyteller
1960		Crack in the Mirror as Hagolin / Lamerciere
1960		David and Goliath as King Saul

1959		High Journey as Narrator
1959		Ferry to Hong Kong as Captain Hart
1959		Compulsion as Jonathan Wilk

1958		Lords of the Forest as Narrator (voice)
1958		The Roots of Heaven as Cy Sedgewick
1958		The Fountain of Youth as the narrator
1958		Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina as Self - Host
1958		South Seas Adventure as Narrator
1958		The Vikings as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1958		The Long, Hot Summer as Will Varner
1958		Touch of Evil as Police Captain Hank Quinlan

1957

as Virgil Renchler

1956		Out of Darkness as Self - Narrator
1956		Moby Dick as Father Mapple

1955		The Land of the Basques as Himself
1955		Mr. Arkadin as Gregory Arkadin
1955		Orson Welles' Sketch Book as Self - Host
1955		Napoleon as Sir Hudson Lowe
1955		Three Cases of Murder as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)

1954		Trouble in the Glen as Sanin Cejador y Mengues
1954		Royal Affairs in Versailles as Benjamin Franklin

1953		King Lear as King Lear
1953		Man, Beast and Virtue as Captain Perella, the Beast
1953		Return to Glennascaul: A Story That Is Told in Dublin as Narrator

1952

as Sigsbee Manderson

1951

as Othello

1950		Disorder as Self
1950		The Black Rose as Bayan

1949		Prince of Foxes as Cesare Borgia
1949		The Third Man as Harry Lime
1949		Black Magic as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro

1948

as Macbeth

1947

as Michael O'Hara

1946		Duel in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1946		Battle for Survival as Narrator
1946		The Stranger as Prof. Charles Rankin
1946		Tomorrow Is Forever as John Andrew MacDonald

1945

as Narrator

1944		Follow the Boys as Orson Welles (uncredited)
1944		Know Your Ally: Britain as Narrator/Bob (helpful taxi passenger)

1943		Jane Eyre as Edward Rochester
1943		Show-Business at War as Self
1943		Journey into Fear as Colonel Haki

1942

as Narrator (voice)

1941

as Charles Foster Kane

1940

as Opening Narrator

1937

as Narrator (voice)

1934

as Death

1933

as Narrator

Writing

—

… Original Concept

2018

… Screenplay

2014

… Characters

2013

… Screenplay

2008

… Original Concept

2007		The Deep … Screenplay
2007		The Hitchhiker … Original Concept

2002

… Screenplay

2000

… Theatre Play

1999

… Writer

1998

… Writer

1997		The Big Brass Ring … Writer
1997		The Hearts of Age … Original Concept

1992

… Screenplay

1986

… Writer

1985		The Dreamers … Writer
1985		Orson Welles' Magic Show … Writer

1979

… Writer

1978

… Writer

1976

… Writer

1973

… Writer

1972

… Writer

1971

… Writer

1970

… Writer

1969

… Screenplay

1968		The Immortal Story … Screenplay
1968		Vienna … Writer

1966

… Scenario Writer

1965

… Screenplay

1962

… Screenplay

1958		The Fountain of Youth … Writer
1958		Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina … Writer
1958		Touch of Evil … Screenplay

1955

… Story … Screenplay

1951

… Screenplay

1949

… Writer

1948

… Screenplay

1947		The Lady from Shanghai … Screenplay
1947		Monsieur Verdoux … Story

1946

… Co-Writer

1943

… Screenplay

1942

… Screenplay

1941

… Screenplay

1934

… Writer

1933

… Adaptation

Production

2013

… Producer

2007

… Producer

1992

… Producer

1985

… Producer

1981

… Producer

1971

… Producer

1970

… Producer

1969

… Producer

1968

… Producer

1958

… Producer

1955

… Producer

1951

… Producer

1948

… Producer

1947

… Producer

1943		Jane Eyre … Associate Producer
1943		Journey into Fear … Producer

1942

… Producer

1941

… Producer

Crew

2019

… Thanks

2018		Silent Times … Thanks
2018		The Brother Side of the Wake … Thanks

2014

… Thanks

2012

… Thanks

2011

… Thanks

2010		Variations on a High School Romance … Thanks
2010		Dahmer vs. Gacy … Thanks

2001

… Thanks

1998

… Thanks

1993

… Thanks

1989		Dieter & Andreas … Thanks
1989		Continental … Thanks

1988

… Thanks

1982

… Other

1981

… Thanks

1966

… Additional Writing

Editing

2018

… Editor

2013

… Editor

2000

… Editor

1992

… Editor

1975

… Editorial Services

1973

… Editor

1971

… Editor

1970

… Editor

1969

… Editor

1962

… Editor

1955

… Editor

Sound

2019

… Theme Song Performance

2016

… Theme Song Performance

1996

… Theme Song Performance

1994

… Theme Song Performance

1970

… Music Arranger

1958

… Music Arranger

1955

… Theme Song Performance

Art

1970

… Production Design

1958

… Production Design

1955

… Art Direction … Production Design

1949

… Production Design

1948

… Set Designer

Costume & Makeup

1965

… Costume Design

1955

… Costume Design

1948

… Costume Design

1933

… Costume Design

Camera

1942

… Additional Photography

1933

… Director of Photography