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Album: Narration on the 1987 version of the album "Tales of Mistery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe" by The Alan Parsons Project.

Album: Narration on the album "Fighting the World" by Manowar.

"National Geographic Special" (1964), as Narrator (ep. 'Americans on Everest (10 September 1965)')

Narration on the song "Dark Avenger" on the LP "Battle Hymns" by Manowar.

"Battle hymns" by "Manowar" (1982)

Books: "Everybody's Shakespeare", a series of textbooks by Welles and Roger Hill (Woodstock, NY: Todd Press, 1934).

Narrator: "The Cave", a ten-minute short made in 1973 was an animated dramatization of Plato's "Republic", Book VII.

Stage: Directed the historic premiere of Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock" in 1937. The federal government tried to prevent the labor-sympathetic opera from opening, so Welles moved the company to a neighboring theatre, the actors sat with the audience and they performed it from their aisle seats due to an Actors Equity regulation.

Stage: Director of the controversial "Voodoo Macbeth" for the WPA theatre project. The production set the play in Haiti using an all-black cast.

Print ad: Paul Masson wine (1980)

TV commercial: Paul Masson wine (1979)

TV commercial: Carlsberg beer - 'probably, etc.' (1979)

Album: He was the narrator on the 1970 comedy album "The Begatting of the President", an album which credited three unknown writers, but whose satirical style resembled something that only Welles could have come up with.

Narrator: Trailer and TV commercials for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Radio: Reprised the role of Harry Lime, from the film The Third Man (1949), in the drama "The Lives of Harry Lime," which ran for over 50 episodes in 1951.

Radio: Played the part of Dr. Corey in "Donovan's Brain" on the first two-part broadcast ever produced on radio's "Suspense", May 18th and May 25th, 1944. Almost 40 years later, the two episodes were released on an LP by Radiola Records of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, and the album won a historical/spoken word Grammy.

Narrator: trailer for Revenge of the Nerds (1984).

Narrator: TV spots for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

Narrator: Introduction for restored version of The General (1926).

TV special: Hosted the series "The Silent Years" on PBS. (1971). This series consisted of silent films culled from the collection of Paul Killiam, who had collected silent films to use on his television program in the 1950s. He later had the films restored (by Karl Malkames, with piano scores by William Perry), and the series ran on PBS in 1971. It was resurrected around 1975, this time with Lillian Gish hosting.

Album: In 1946 he adapted, directed and narrated a version of Oscar Wilde's story "The Happy Prince", for Decca Records. Bing Crosby spoke the Prince's lines (and got first billing) and Mercury Theatre actress Lurene Tuttle played the Swallow. The music was written by Welles' frequent collaborator Bernard Herrmann and conducted by Victor Young. The album, first issued on a 78 RPM two-record set, has been released on CD in its entirety on the compact disc "A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Tales".

Radio: Introduced the series "The Black Museum" and portrayed Prof. Moriarty in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". Both series were produced by Harry Alan Towers, the man responsible for "The Lives of Harry Lime".

Radio: On 30 October, 1938, Welles' "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" broadcast H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds". The newscast format of the script was so realistic that many listener who were not aware that it was a drama believed that Martians were actually invading the Earth, and panic ensued in several areas of the country.

Radio: He was the uncredited voice of Lamont Cranston, "The Shadow", in late 1937 for the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network.

Narrator: The Greatest Adventure - the story of man's voyage to the moon Pub.info. Stamford, CT : Vestron Video, c. 1983. (54 min.) Credits Photography, NASA ; editors, Steve Sabol, Phil Tuckett, Bob Angelo; narrator, Orson Welles ; music, Sam Spence.

Stage: Appeared (as "as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet," "Chorus") in "Romeo and Juliet" on Broadway (1934). Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Adapted and produced by Katharine Cornell. Choreographed by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 20 Dec 1934-Feb 1935 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: Brian Aherne (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Edith Allaire, Gilmore Bush, Robert Champlain, Arthur Chatterton, Katharine Cornell (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Margaret Craven, Jacqueline DeWit, Angus Duncan, 'John Emery' (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), Edith Evans (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Reynolds Evans (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), Brenda Forbes, John Gordon Gage, Franklin Gray, William Hopper, Lois Jameson, Agnete Johannson, Paul Julian, George Macready (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Ruth March, Irby Marshall, Albert McCleery, John Miltern (as "Montague"), Irving Morrow, Ralph Nelson, Moroni Olsen (as "Capulet"), Basil Rathbone (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Pamela Simpson, Charles R. Thorne, David Vivian, Charles Waldron.

Stage: Appeared (as "McGafferty") in "Panic" on Broadway (1935). Tragedy. Written by Archibald Macleish. Choral movement by Martha Graham. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by James Light. Imperial Theatre: 14 Mar 1935-15 Mar 1935 (2 performances). Cast: Wesley Addy (as "Unemployed Man"), Osceola Archer, Amelia Barleon, Elaine Basil, Robin Batcheller, Abner Biberman (as "Unemployed Man"), William Challee, Russell Collins (as "A Man"), Walter Coy (as "Banker"), Margaret Craven, Joseph Eggenton, Paul Genge, George Glass, Clifford Heckinger, Dierdre Hurst, Zita Johann as "Ione"), Harold Johnsrud, Gerrit Kraber, Eva Langbord, Albert Lewis, Yisrol Libman, Margot Loines, Edward Mann, Rose McClendon, Harold McGee, Elizabeth Morrison, Gordon Nelson, John O'Shaughnessy, LaVerne Pine, Beatrice Pons (as "Female Chorus"), Joanna Roos, 'Arthur Singer (I)', Lucille Strudwick, Karl Swenson (as "A Young Man"), Mary Tarcai, Jerome Thor, Paula Trueman, Virginia Welles, Richard Whorf (as "Griggs"), Dane Clark (as "A Young Man") (credited as Bernard Zanville). Produced by Phoenix Theatre Inc.

Radio: Filled in for Jack Benny for several weeks in the Spring of 1943, when Benny was too ill to appear on his own comedy show.

Radio: Appeared in a number of episodes of the "Suspense" anthology series (1942-44). One of those episodes, an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost Special," was itself believed to be lost until an Armed Forces Radio version turned up on the internet in 2008.

Radio: Adapted and performed in Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" as a summer series on the Mutual network in 1937.

Heartbreak House (1938). Comedy (revival). Written by George Bernard Shaw. Scenic Design by John Koenig. Costume Design by Millia Davenport. Directed by Orson Welles. Mercury Theatre: 29 Apr 1938- Jun 1938 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Mady Christians (as "Hesione Hushabye"), George Coulouris (as "Boss Mangan"), Geraldine Fitzgerald (as "Ellie Dunn"), Brenda Forbes, John Hoyt (as "Randall Utterword") [credited as John Hoysradt], Phyllis Joyce (as "Randall Utterword"), Vincent Price (as "Hector Hushabye"), Erskine Sanford (as "Mazzini Dunn"), Orson Welles (as "Captain Shotover"). Produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman.

(1951) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Othello," at the St. James' Theatre in London, England with Gudrun Ure, Peter Finch, Maxine Audley, and Giles Cooper in the cast.

Julius Caesar (1937). Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Incidental music by Marc Blitzstein. Assistant Director: Hiram Sherman. Directed by Orson Welles. Mercury Theatre (moved to the National Theatre in March 1938 to close): 11 Nov 1937- Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/157 performances). Cast: William Alland (as "Marullus"), Evelyn Allen, Arthur Anderson, Muriel Brassler, Grover Burgess (as "Ligarius"), Francis Carpenter, Joseph Cotten, George Coulouris, George Duthie, Martin Gabel (as "Cassius"), Joseph Holland (as "Julius Caesar"), John Hoyt (as "Decius Brutus") [credited as John Hoysradt], Norman Lloyd, William Mowry, Ted Reid, Stefan Schnabel (as "Metellus Cimber"), Hiram Sherman, Orson Welles (as "Marcus Brutus"), John A. Willard (as "Trebonius"). Produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Replacement actors included: Edmond O'Brien (as "Marc Antony") [during National Theatre run in Mar 1938]. Note: One of the definitive Shakespearian revivals of the 20th Century.

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