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Orson Welles

1915 - 1985

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George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. At age 21, Welles was directing high-profile stage productions for the Federal Theatre Project in New York City—starting with a celebrated 1936 adaptation of Macbeth with an African-American cast, and ending with the controversial labor opera The Cradle Will Rock in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orson Welles has received more than 16,708,115 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Orson Welles is the 119th most popular actor (down from 98th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from United States (down from 199th in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Actor.

Orson Welles is most famous for being the director and star of the 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, which caused widespread panic.

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  • 5.23

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Orson Welles ranks 119 out of 9,996. Before him are Monica Bellucci, Olivia de Havilland, John Travolta, Keanu Reeves, Donald Sutherland, and Tommy Lee Jones. After him are Ben Kingsley, Cameron Diaz, Spencer Tracy, Stan Laurel, Max von Sydow, and Peter Falk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Orson Welles ranks 10. Before him are Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, Roland Barthes, Vasily Zaitsev, Moshe Dayan, and David Rockefeller. After him are Paul Samuelson, Eli Wallach, Billie Holiday, Arthur Miller, Jerome Bruner, and Stanley Matthews. Among people deceased in 1985, Orson Welles ranks 6. Before him are Marc Chagall, Enver Hoxha, Konstantin Chernenko, Yul Brynner, and Heinrich Böll. After him are Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Italo Calvino, László Bíró, Simone Signoret, and Rock Hudson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Orson Welles ranks 227 out of 18,182. Before him are Tim Cook (1960), Andrew Jackson (1767), Robert Wadlow (1918), Patti Smith (1946), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), and Tommy Lee Jones (1946). After him are Colonel Sanders (1890), Cameron Diaz (1972), Michael Jordan (1963), Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), and Robert E. Lee (1807).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Orson Welles ranks 59. Before him are Christopher Reeve (1952), Mel Gibson (1956), Charlton Heston (1923), Buster Keaton (1895), John Travolta (1954), and Tommy Lee Jones (1946). After him are Cameron Diaz (1972), Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), Rita Hayworth (1918), Burt Lancaster (1913), and Tony Curtis (1925).

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