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AFI Life Achievement Awards
Mel Brooks
Shirley MacLaine
Morgan Freeman
Mike Nichols
Michael Douglas
Warren Beatty
Al Pacino
Sir Sean Connery
George Lucas
Meryl Streep
Robert De Niro
Tom Hanks
Barbra Streisand
Harrison Ford
Dustin Hoffman
Robert Wise
Martin Scorsese
Clint Eastwood
Steven Spielberg
Jack Nicholson
Elizabeth Taylor
Sidney Poitier
Kirk Douglas
David Lean
Gregory Peck
Jack Lemmon
Barbara Stanwyck
Billy Wilder
Gene Kelly
Lillian Gish
John Huston
Frank Capra
Fred Astaire
James Stewart
Alfred Hitchcock
Henry Fonda
Bette Davis
William Wyler
Orson Welles
James Cagney
John Ford
1975: Orson Welles
Filmography
Gallery
Tribute
FILMOGRAPHY (as of award year)
SOMEONE TO LOVE
(1987)....Danny's Friend
Motion Picture
Actor
BUTTERFLY
(1981)....Jude Rauch
Motion Picture
Actor
HOT TOMORROWS
(1977)....Parklawn Mortuary
Motion Picture
Actor
VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED
(1975)....Estedes
Motion Picture
Actor
FAKE
(1972)
Motion Picture
Director/Actor
DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
(1972) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
FUTURE SHOCK
(1972)
Television
Narrator
LAST OF THE WILD MUSTANGS
(1972)
Television
Narrator
MALPERTIUS
(1972) ....Cassavius
Motion Picture
Actor
NECROMANCY
(1972) ....Mr. Cato
Motion Picture
Actor
ORSON WELLES' GREAT MYSTERIES
(1972)
Television
Actor
SUTJESKA
(1972)
Motion Picture
Actor
TEN DAYS'S WONDER
(1972) ....Theo Van Horn
Motion Picture
Actor
THE CRUCIFIXION
(1972)
Television
Narrator
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
(1972)
Television
Actor
THE MARTY FELDMAN COMEDY MACHINE
(1972)
Television
Actor
TREASURE ISLAND
(1972) ....Long John Silver
Motion Picture
Actor
A SAFE PLACE
(1971) ....Magician
Motion Picture
Actor
AMERICANS ON EVEREST
(1971)
Television
Narrator
FREEDOM RIVER
(1971)
Motion Picture
Actor
GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT
(1971) ....Mr. Delasandro
Motion Picture
Actor
HAPPINESS IN TWENTY YEARS
(1971)
Motion Picture
Actor
IS IT ALWAYS RIGHT TO BE RIGHT?
(1971)
Motion Picture
Actor
ORSON'S BAG
(1971)
Television
Director/Actor
SENTINELS OF SILENCE
(1971) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
THE SILENT YEARS
(1971)
Television
Narrator
TO KILL A STRANGER
(1971)
Motion Picture
Actor
UPON THIS ROCK
(1971) ....Michelangelo
Motion Picture
Actor
ABC COMEDY HOUR
(1970)
Television
Actor
CATCH-22
(1970) ....General Dreedle
Actor
NAME OF THE GAME
(1970)
Television
Narrator
START THE REVOLUTION WITHOUT ME
(1970) ....Narrator
Actor
THE KREMLIN LETTER
(1970) ....Bresnavitch
Actor
TO BUILD A FIRE
(1970)
Television
Narrator
WATERLOO
(1970) ....King Louis XVIII
Motion Picture
Actor
AROUND THE WORLD WITH ORSON WELLES
(1969) ....Host
Television
Director/Actor
BARBED WATER
(1969)
Motion Picture
Actor
HOUSE OF CARD
(1969) ....Leschenhaut
Motion Picture
Actor
HOW SCIENCE FICTION VIEWED THE MOON
(1969)
Television
Narrator
MICHAEL THE BRAVE
(1969)
Motion Picture
Actor
TEPEPA
(1969) ....Colonel Cascarro
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER NERETVA
(1969) ....Chetnik Senator
Motion Picture
Actor
THE SOUTHERN STAR
(1969) ....Plankett
Actor
TWELVE PLUS ONE
(1969) ....Markan
Motion Picture
Actor
AROUND THE WORLD OF MIKE TODD
(1968)
Television
Narrator
FIGHT FOR ROME
(1968) ....Emperor Justinian
Motion Picture
Actor
I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT'S 'IS NAME
(1968) ....Jonathan Lute
Actor
OEDIPUS THE KING
(1968) ....Tiresias
Actor
THE IMMORTAL STORY
(1968) ....Mr. Charles Clay
Motion Picture
Director/Actor
THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW
(1968)
Television
Actor
THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
(1967-71)
Television
Actor
A KING'S STORY
(1967) ....Narrator
Actor
CASINO ROYALE
(1967) ....Le Chiffre
Actor
TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
(1967)
Television
Narrator
THE SAILOR FROM GIBRALTAR
(1967) ....Louis de Mozambique
Actor
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
(1966) ....Cardinal Wolsey
Actor
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
(1966) ....Falstaff
Motion Picture
Director/Actor
IS PARIS BURNING?
(1966) ....Consul Nordling
Actor
MISS GOODALL AND THE WILD CHIMPANZEES
(1965)
Television
Narrator
MARCO THE MAGNIFICENT
(1964) ....Akerman
Motion Picture
Actor
THE FINEST HOURS
(1964) ....Narrator
Actor
ROGOPAG
(1963) ....The "Director"
Motion Picture
Actor
THE V.I.P.S
(1963) ....Max Buda
Actor
WIDE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT
(1963)
Television
Actor
LAFAYETTE
(1962) ....Benjamin Franklin
Motion Picture
Actor
RIVER OF THE OCEAN
(1962)
Motion Picture
Actor
THE TARTARS
(1962) ....Burundai
Actor
THE TRIAL
(1962) ....Advocate
Motion Picture
Director/Actor
KING OF KINGS
(1961) ....Narrator
Actor
ORSON WELLES ON THE ART OF BULLFIGHTING
(1961)
Television
Director/Actor
AN ARABIAN NIGHT
(1960)
Television
Actor
AUSTERLITZ
(1960) ....Robert Fulton
Motion Picture
Actor
CRACK IN THE MIRROR
(1960) ....Hagolin/Lamerciere
Motion Picture
Actor
DAVID AND GOLIATH
(1960) ....King Saul
Motion Picture
Actor
FERRY TO HONG KONG
(1960) ....Captain Hart
Motion Picture
Actor
COMPULSION
(1959) ....Jonathan Wilk
Motion Picture
Actor
HIGH JOURNEY
(1959) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
MASTERS OF THE CONGO JUNGLE
(1959) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
MAN IN THE SHADOWS
(1958) ....Virgil Renchler
Motion Picture
Actor
ROOTS OF HEAVEN
(1958) ....Cy Sedgewick
Motion Picture
Actor
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
(1958) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
(1958) ....Host/narrator
Television
Director
THE LONG HOT SUMMER
(1958) ....Will Varner
Motion Picture
Actor
THE METHOD
(1958)
Television
Narrator
THE VIKINGS
(1958) ....Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
TOUCH OF EVIL
(1958) ....Hank Quinlan
Director/Actor
THE FALL OF THE CITY
(1957)
Television
Narrator
LUCY MEETS ORSON
(1956)
Television
Actor
MOBY DICK
(1956) ....Father Mapple
Motion Picture
Actor
TWENTIETH CENTURY
(1956)
Television
Actor
AROUND THE WORLD WITH ORSON WELLES
(1955) ....Host
Television
Director/Actor
MR. ARKADIN
(1955) ....Gregory Arkadin/Narrator
Motion Picture
Director/Actor
ORSON WELLES SKETCH BOOK
(1955)
Television
Actor
OUT OF DARKNESS
(1955)
Television
Narrator
THREE CASES OF MURDER
(1954) ....Lord Mountdargo
Motion Picture
Actor
TROUBLE IN THE GLEN
(1954) ....Sanin Cejador y Mengues
Motion Picture
Actor
KING LEAR
(1953) ....Lear
Television
Actor
ROYAL AFFAIRS IN VERSAILLES
(1953) ....Benjamin Franklin/Narrator
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BEAST
(1953) ....Captain Perella
Motion Picture
Actor
TRENT'S LAST CASE
(1953) ....Sigsbee Manderson
Motion Picture
Actor
OTHELLO
(1952) ....Othello
Motion Picture
Director/Actor
DISORDER
(1951)
Motion Picture
Actor
RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL
(1951) ....Himself
Motion Picture
Actor
THE BLACK ROSE
(1950) ....Bayan
Actor
BLACK MAGIC
(1949) ....Cagliostro
Actor
PRINCE OF FOXES
(1949) ....Cesare Borgia
Actor
MACBETH
(1948) ....Macbeth
Director/Actor
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI
(1948) ....Michael O'Hara
Director/Actor
DUEL IN THE SUN
(1947) ....Narrator
Actor
The Stranger
(1946) ....Charles Rankin/Franz Kindler
Director/Actor
TOMORROW IS FOREVER
(1946) ....John A. MacDonald/Erik Kessler
Actor
FOLLOW THE BOYS
(1944) ....Himself
Actor
JANE EYRE
(1943) ....Edward Rochester
Motion Picture
Actor
JOURNEY INTO FEAR
(1943) ....Colonel Haki
Director/Actor
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
(1942)
Director
CITIZEN KANE
(1941) ....Charles Foster Kane
Director/Actor
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
(1940) ....Narrator
Actor
TOO MUCH JOHNSON
(1938)
Motion Picture
Director
THE HEARTS OF AGE
(1934) ....Death
Motion Picture
Director/Actor