George Orson Welles was born May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a son of Richard Head Welles (1872–1930) and Beatrice Ives Welles (née Beatrice Lucy Ives; 1883–1924). He was named after one of his great … 查看更多內容

Federal Theatre Project
• Macbeth (1936)
• Macbeth opening night at the Lafayette Theatre (April 14, 1936)
• Horse Eats Hat (1936)
• Faustus (1937) 查看更多內容

• Citizen Kane (1941)
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
• Journey into Fear (1943) 查看更多內容

In Italy he starred as Cagliostro in the 1948 film Black Magic. His co-star, Akim Tamiroff, impressed Welles so much that Tamiroff would appear in four of Welles's productions … 查看更多內容

After his father's death, Welles traveled to Europe using a small portion of his inheritance. Welles said that while on a walking and painting trip through Ireland, he strode into the 查看更多內容

Simultaneously with his work in the theatre, Welles worked extensively in radio as an actor, writer, director and producer, often without credit. Between 1935 and 1937 he was earning as much as $2,000 a week, shuttling between radio studios at such a pace that … 查看更多內容

In 1956, Welles returned to Hollywood.
He began filming a projected pilot for Desilu, owned by Lucille Ball and her husband 查看更多內容