Orson Welles' Last Ever Performance

[al1936ful]

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[NickBoettcher]

well, technicaly the Transformers Movie was he last performance.

[luc649]

mmhaaaa haaaarrrrg nashua...

[Timic83amv]

i thought his last one was transformers movie

[Oamanu]

-cough cough- Transformers the movie...just saying

[CounterNerd]

They're even better when you're dead!

[TwoCows23]

Mhaaaaaa the Nashua copiers

[SXAbridged]

Unless Sean Connery does something else before he dies, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" will be his final film.

Please, Mr. Connery. Please pick up another good role -- and soon.

[triggerhappyhamish]

Ok, what was his last appearance, everyone is saying something different all the time. Im expecting "He was the drummer for The Beatles" next. I feel kinda sad seeying him do this advert. But he left his mark in history, one which we shall never forget.

[xTaveyx]

Naw his last performance was the Transformers Movie in 1986

[yellowpete79]

Wasn't transformers his last role?

[aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

lol Unicron

[Keruaran]

If I was a wealthy financier and Orson Welles came calling looking for money to make a movie I would have said, "How much do you need?". And then given him double whatever he asked for.

[EvilTube2007]

@Keruaran Yes, but then you would be a sensible human being. How many sensible people are there in Hollywood?

[ScorseseKubrick]

Sad...

[jackotheripper]

His last appearence was in the music video for 'Happy Harold' by the Thompson Twins, he played a banker.

[nerdgasm84]

his last appearance was on the merv griffin show the day before he died

[wookie72]

I thought his last appearance was in the introduction to the black and white episode of Moonlighting.

[simonpenum]

I think you'll find that his last appearance was actually on Saved by the Bell. He was a substitute drama teacher who staged a production of Hamlet and he helped heal a rift between Screech and Zac

[majorporpoise]

True genius, a true shame he died a bitter & frustrated man.

[tomelty]

@65Dart - lol, first rate.

[Doifebag]

I think I saw a french fry stuck in his beard.

[thereaIblackcerberus]

Because we can't vote on the comments here, +1.

[skyler0248]

lol

[DonTheTurtleDude]

HE IS UNICRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hardhat27]

I'd buy the damned thing, based on his recommendation. : ) We miss 'ya, Orson.

[ProjectFlashlight612]

MuhUHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The French!

[65Dart]

NASHUA, first choice of the Martian invader

[sortedevaras]

Wasn't his last performance Transformers the Movie in 1986?

[butheadVSbevus]

oh man so sad he was a great actor . and this company doesn't exist anymore to thats kinda Ironic R.I.P Orsen

[dealmaker007]

I thought his last performance was as Unicron in the Transformers animated movie in 1985...WTF :(

[steveconn]

"My Kinko's for a horse." (Richard III)

[DeafFret]

his speech is a little bit slurred

[ExplorerDS6789]

He apparently made this long before recording his dialogue for the Transformers movie. For that they had to use a synthesizer because his health was so poor causing him labored breathing. Here he sounds fine.

[mrxenomorph]

it's ironic, how Orson Welles wrote stories about a character who worked hard to get on top of the world, and eventually ends in 'the gutter'. The same happened to him.

[DocLeggz]

Well, people always said Citizen Kane seemed like it was autobiographical, maybe he knew what was heading his way.

[WanderLink]

Why do you say he was "reduced" to doing this. Welles understood the way the world works and he had no problems doing this kind of thing. He didn't think he was above it. In my mind it's a mark of how humble he was, not that he was a sellout or a genius reduced.

[Gerkinstock]

Hey, at least he wasn't hawking bug spray or odor-eaters.

[pearceduncan]

Louis Armonstrong advertised laxatives.

[garethac81]

"Why do you say he was reduced to doing this?"

Because every fibre of Welles' being was created for an infinitely higher purpose than hawking hunks of plastic. If you can't fathom the tragedy of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century playing a two-bit salesman, after decades of being refused financial backing for the creative endeavours that were close to his heart, then I'd say you either have a high opinion of soulless consumerism, or a low opinion of Orson Welles.

[65Dart]

agreed

[gablefan01]

The poor man had to get money somehow to make his films. Too bad the Hollywood studios kicked him out on his a**.

[brianatleftyfilms]

Exactly. You've got to live somehow. Idolizing people only hurts your overall image of them when they do things that you are appauled at, for any reason.

[GigaBowser86]

Actually, his last ever performance was in Transformers: The Movie. He died before the movie was released, so according to rumor, they got Lenord Nimoy to do the rest of his lines.

[mp01juve]

Well technically his last "performance" if you can call it that, was the Merv Griffin show interview , which he died hours after

[DaibloDBZ]

he did his lines September 11-15, he died on October,

can't make it anymore obvious than that

[i8246i]

No, he got all his lines down.

Nimoy just did Galvatron.

[GigaBowser86]

That's why I said rumor.

[elrapido5150]

I never see commercials for copiers anymore. Not on TV anyway.

[Slaviccommie]

AhhhAAAAAhhhhhh the photo...copier

[thecultguy]

LOOOL

[MiraTempleton]

Ouch, this is painful.

[wgaule]

He musn't have been willing to do many takes, it sounded like he needed to clears his throat.

[lewisduckworth]

Indeed, and when he says 'what's in a name' he sounds drunk if you ask me.

[mp01juve]

Ha ha. Must have had another bottle of Paul Masson's champagne. I always wanted to see this commercial. Nice up

[Kennythesamuri]

I love that Paul Masson commercial hahah

[hybridstigmata13]

His last performance was transformers.

And he was scary as balls.

[Ozipeter]

Yes he did help sell copiers.

[lewisduckworth]

Haha, I didn't even pick up on how stupid that was until it was pointed out.

[madhair60]

This isn't actually his last performance - he starred in a Commodore advert later for their Amiga 1200 (bundled with Pushover and Lemmings 2: the Tribes). It was called the "Old Sauce Collection".

[lewisduckworth]

It's not even close to being his last performance, but who's going to watch it if I put his "10th last performance" or whatever?

[madhair60]

Heh, fair dos, I made up the whole thing about the Amiga anyway. I guess we're both dastardly like that.

[sheepwshotguns]

haha, props to both your examples of blatant dishonesty. at least you guys admit it.

[BlandBoy]

@lewisduckworth i would I love the amiga.

[Leuopold]

@lewisduckworth I have been looking for his 10th last performance. Damn.

[sortedevaras]

His last performance was the voice of Unicron in Transformers the Movie in 1986.

[giles422]

dont be sad. Orson did commercials all his life, radio voice overs, products etc. It wasn't like he only did them at the end

[simonferrer]

I agree, Orson was outstanding at commercials. That authoritative voice and calm, commanding demeanor just make you want to go out and buy a dozen of whatever he's advertising. Like practically everything else he tried his hand at in life, Orson Welles was supremely talented in this endeavor.

[brianatleftyfilms]

I love how he classes up the commercial, too. He doesn't just say "buy this", he markets the shit out of it.

[kevinmkeating]

he was damn good at commercial copy

[CaptainDesiderio]

This made me kind of sad.

[lewisduckworth]

Me too. I bet it sold a lot of copiers though.