Orson Welles

Orson Welles in 1937

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director of movies and the theatre, as well as an actor, screenwriter, broadcaster and producer.

Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

In 1938, he performed The War of the Worlds (about an attack on Earth by beings from the planet Mars) on the radio. It was a radio drama (fiction), but many people took it as a newscast.

Welles also made the movie Citizen Kane in 1941. Many movie critics think that this movie is the best movie ever made.

Welles died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.

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• Orson Welles at the Internet Movie Database
• Orson Welles at the TCM Movie Database
• Orson Welles at the Internet Broadway Database
• Orson Welles The Orson Welles OTR Archives
• War Of The Worlds history of the War Of The Worlds radio broadcast and additional historical material on War Of The Worlds
• Mercury Theatre on the Air website provides MP3 and Real Audio files of Welles' radio dramas
• Nazi Eyes On Canada, starring Orson Welles, 1942 CBC war loan series
• Wellesnet The Orson Welles Web Resource
• The Magnificent Ambersons a site that details the strange saga of Welles' second film
• The Unseen Welles a guide to Welles' unfinished and unreleased projects
• The Orson Welles collection at the Lilly Library, Indiana University
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• UBU Web's 365 Days Project Outtake from Welles' Frozen Peas commercial.
• MovieMaker Magazine Article on hoped for eventual release of final Welles movie The Other Side Of The Wind.
• (French) Orson Welles biography
• Orson Welles' Photo & Gravesite
• Orson Welles and the Bat-Man
• New York Times Obituary
• Biographical resources dedicated to Orson Welles
• Orson Welles: The Man Who Was Magic
• Orson Welles - The One Man Band (German documentary, 1995)