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Orson Welles, 1915-1985 | Wisconsin Historical Society
Historical Essay
Cinematic Visionary
Orson Welles, 1915-1985 | Wisconsin Historical Society
Orson Welles, 1975 ca.
A classic Orson Welles publicity still showing him looking intensely into the camera while gesturing with his hands.
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Although never a commercial success, Orson Welles (1915-1985) is today considered a cinematic visionary, whose film "Citizen Kane" (1941) is consistently ranked by critics as among the best ever made.
Besides directing, Welles was a talented actor, broadcaster, producer and screenwriter. His 1938 radio production of "The War of the Worlds" with John Houseman gained notoriety for provoking mass panic among some listeners, who found it realistic enough to believe that an actual Martian invasion was in progress.
Because Welles tended to play by his own rules, he remained on the outside of the studio system that dominated Hollywood, yet he continu