From a director point of view he was either really bad or really good. He was great as an actor in Citizen Kane, The Stranger, The Third Man and Touch of Evil.
shareI liked Touch of Evil a lot
Was bored to death by Citizen Kane (cool camera work though)
He was a pudgy, sloppy looking guy that was not interesting to watch on film
He had a great voice
His War of the Worlds broadcast is legendary though the panic may have been exaggerated in the retellings
I'm unaware of his private life and don't care to read up on it so I cannot respond honestly to your last query
awesome
shareI don't know much by Welles, nor have I seen almost anything with him in it.
I do really appreciate his 1953 short ghost story Return to Glennascaul, which he narrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59yMEgjY-1w
see some interviews
shareNot that impressed, to be honest.
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