Also known as
  • George Orson Welles,
  • Orson Wells
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television. Welles first gained wide notoriety for his October 30, 1938, radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Adapted to sound like a contemporary news broadcast, it caused a number of listeners to panic. In the mid-1930s, his New York theatre adaptations of Macbeth and a contemporary allegorical Julius Caesar became... full article at wikipedia
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  • May 6, 1915
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  • 1.854m
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  • Oct 10, 1985
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Films Produced
film
initial release date
  • May 1, 1941
  • Oct 1, 1948
  • 1955
  • 1952
  • Dec 24, 1947
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film
initial release date
  • 1955
  • Dec 22, 1965
  • May 1, 1941
  • Sep 25, 1975
  • 1934
  • Oct 1, 1948
  • Sep 20, 1957
  • Apr 11, 1947
  • 1955
  • 1952