Welles

American  

[welz] / wɛlz /

noun

1. (George) Orson, 1915–85, U.S. actor, director, and producer.

2. Gideon, 1802–78, U.S. journalist, legislator, and government official: Secretary of the Navy 1861–69.

3. Sumner, 1892–1961, U.S. diplomat and government official.

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Welles British  

/ wɛlz /

noun

1. ( George ) Orson (ˈɔːs ^ə n). 1915–85, US film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His Citizen Kane (1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) are regarded as film classics

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Example Sentences

The film revolutionized the structure and grammar of modern cinema as surely as Orson Welles’s “Citizen Kane” had a decade earlier, and as Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” would a decade later.

From The Wall Street Journal

Linklater, the man behind “School of Rock” and “Me and Orson Welles,” has made several films about creativity.

From Los Angeles Times

She featured in a television documentary narrated by Orson Welles, which saw her playing and wrestling with baby chimps.

From BBC

“He plays himself, shedding even the persona he adopted for TV talk shows,” Jaglom told The Times of Welles’ acting style in the film.

From Los Angeles Times

He pauses, considering, “I think it was Orson Welles who said, ‘I’m the bird.

From Los Angeles Times