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| − | '''Orson Welles''' (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television. He appeared in the episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]" played by [[Maurice LaMarche]]. | + | {{Character |
| | + | |name = Orson Welles |
| | + | |image = [[File:Orson Welles.png|250px]] |
| | + | |gender = {{Male}} |
| | + | |hair = Grey<br>'''Previously:''' Black |
| | + | |age = |
| | + | |status = Deceased |
| | + | |job = Actor |
| | + | |relatives = '''Ex-wife:''' [[Rita Hayworth]] |
| | + | |appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]" |
| | + | |voiced by = [[Maurice LaMarche]] |
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| − | ==Biography==
| + | '''Orson Welles''' was an American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television. |
| − | Welles first gained wide notoriety for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' ''The War of the Worlds''. Adapted to sound like a contemporary news broadcast, it caused a number of listeners to panic. In 1941, he co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', which has been parodied by ''The Simpsons'' many times and is often chosen in polls of film critics as the greatest film ever made. The rest of his career was often obstructed by lack of funds, incompetent studio interference, and bad luck, both during exile in Europe and brief returns to Hollywood. Despite these difficulties ''Othello'' won the 1952 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and ''Touch of Evil'' won the top prize at the Brussels World Fair, while Welles himself considered ''The Trial and Chimes at Midnight'' to be the best of his efforts. Welles received a 1975 American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement award, the third person to do so after John Ford and James Cagney. Critical appreciation for Welles has increased since his death. He is now widely acknowledged as one of the most important dramatic artists of the 20th century, in 2002 being voted in a BFI Top Ten Directors poll by the British Film Institute as the greatest film director of all time.
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| − | ==''The Simpsons''== | + | == History == |
| − | In the "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid" segment of "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]", the citizens of Springfield circa 1938 hear Welles' infamours ''War of the Worlds'' broadcast. Thinking it to be a real invasion, they begin rioting and destroy the town. Lisa notifies the citizens that it was all a hoax and, angry at being fooled, the citizens of Springfield vow to not fall for such a trick again. [[Kang and Kodos]] decide this is the perfect time for a real invasion, and begin destroying what's left of the town. True to their word, the town does not believe that it is a real invasion and ignores it, although Welles comes to Springfield, admits it is not a staged act, and begs them to do something. Unfortunately, they do not, and the segment ends three years later with Kang and Kodos looking over the ruins, mulling on what went wrong and why they weren't greeted as liberators as they rid Earth of weapons of mass disintegration during "[[Operation Enduring Occupation]]".
| + | A crossword that [[Lisa]] once completed featured the clue: "''[[Yul Brynner]] died the same day as ___ Welles (odd fact)''".<ref>"[[Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words]]"</ref> |
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| | + | The documentary ''[[Nostradamus: The Man Who Saw the Future]]'' was hosted by Orson Welles. Welles spoke about the predictions of [[Nostradamus]] and how they had all come true, except one, which spoke of World War III. Later, [[Mr. Burns]] had a dream where Orson Welles, who was in [[Heaven]], asked him if he had taken his warning seriously. Welles then told Burns that [[God]] had commissioned him to direct a rainbow and he had spent half his budget on indigo so he must be red himself.<ref>"[[Frink Gets Testy]]"</ref> |
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| | + | Orson Welles visited the Ferris wheel at the [[Springfield Harbor]]. He drunk his wine before he got onto the ride and said that everyone looked like blurry dots. He then asked the [[squeaky-voiced teen]] to balance his seat with a cannonball.<ref>"[[The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.]]"</ref> |
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| | + | == Non-canon == |
| | + | {{Noncanon}} |
| | + | [[File:Orson Welles (1).png|thumb|left|Orson Welles in his younger days]] |
| | + | On [[Halloween]] 1938 the citizens of Springfield heard Welles' infamous ''War of the Worlds'' broadcast. Thinking it to be a real invasion, they began rioting and destroyed the town. Lisa notified the citizens that it was all a hoax and, angry at being fooled, the citizens of Springfield vowed to not fall for such a trick again. |
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| | + | [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] decided this is the perfect time for a real invasion, and began destroying what was left of the town. True to their word, the town did not believe that it is a real invasion and ignored it, even though Welles came to Springfield, admitted that it is not a staged act, and begged them to do something. Unfortunately, they did not, and three years later Kang and Kodos are overlooking the ruins, mulling on what went wrong and why they weren't greeted as liberators as they rid Earth of weapons of mass disintegration during "Operation Enduring Occupation".<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]"</ref> |
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| | + | == Appearances == |
| | + | *{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII|(The Day the Earth Looked Stupid)}} |
| | + | *{{ep|Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words|(mentioned)}} |
| | + | *{{ep|Frink Gets Testy}} |
| | + | *{{ep|The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.}} |
| | + | <!--*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXXII}}--> |
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| | + | == References == |
| | + | {{Reflist}} |
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| | + | == External links == |
| | + | *{{Wikipedialink}} |
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| | + | {{Actors|real actors=yes}} |
| | + | {{THOH characters|XVII=yes|canon=yes}} |
| | + | {{Real-world deceased characters|actors=yes|directors=yes}} |
| | + | {{Simpsons characters}} |
| | {{DEFAULTSORT:Welles, Orson}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT:Welles, Orson}} |
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| | + | [[Category:Film and television directors]] |
| | + | [[Category:Film and television producers]] |
| | + | [[Category:Radio personalities]] |
| | [[Category:Characters voiced by Maurice LaMarche]] | | [[Category:Characters voiced by Maurice LaMarche]] |
| − | [[Category:Real world characters]] | + | [[Category:Recurring characters]] |
| | + | [[Category:Characters introduced in season 18]] |
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THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (The Day the Earth Looked Stupid)
Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" (mentioned)
