Orson Welles

George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) is generally considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors, as well as a fine actor, broadcaster and screenwriter. His first feature film, Citizen Kane (1941), is universally acknowledged as an important step in the history of cinema and widely cited by critics as among the best films ever made.

Trivia

Orson Welles' distinctive voice was used in Warner Brothers animated cartoon "Pinky and The Brain", with Maurice LaMarche providing the voice of The Brain with a dead-on impersonation of Welles.

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Warner Brothers - Animated - Cartoon - Pinky and The Brain - Maurice LaMarche - Voice

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Initially George Lucas wanted to use Orson Welles' voice for Darth Vader in Star Wars. However, he decided that Welles' voice is too well known. After all, Welles was hired to read the text for the first trailer of the movie.

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George Lucas - Darth Vader - Star Wars

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Welles also narrated pieces for the Odinist heavy metal band Manowar, on their Battle Hymns (1982) and Fighting The World (1987) albums, the latter released two years after Welles' death.

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Manowar - Battle Hymns - Fighting The World

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There was a bizarre rumor some years back that Welles was the father of actor Peter O'Toole, which is absurd because Welles was only 16 or 17 when O'Toole was born and there is no record of Welles even having been outside of the United States at such an early age.

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