Orson Welles Should've Been In...

[cavorting with nudists]

Of course, Orson as Phil Spector would have been incredible, but I don't believe Spector was ever portrayed in a film during Welles's lifetime, so...

Wolfman Jack in American Grafitti. (I know Wolfman Jack played himself--Welles would have been better.)

[cavorting with nudists]

Oh, screw that.  Dream Big!!  Somebody should have made The Phil Spector Story before 1985, and cast the one man capable of playing Phil Spector in his glory.

And that man, my friends, was IS Orson Motherfucking Welles!

[Chris L]

Peter Boyle's role in JOE.

[wood and iron]

Peter Boyle's role in JOE.

I just watched that movie. So weird and so bad.

[Senator Gothman (D-OR)]

CORVETTE SUMMER.

They could have gone another way, had an older, more distinguished gentleman (WELLES) the, what was it, head of an exotic shop-class fabricated auto theft ring.

[cavorting with nudists]

Gary Busey's role in Big Wednesday.

[Senator Gothman (D-OR)]

Mr. Bentley on THE JEFFERSONS. 

[YuriDedman]

John Carpenter's The Thing in the Wilford Brimley role

[Chris L]

Altered States

[Steve of Bloomington]

Any of John Houseman's 80s roles.

[Chris L]

He could have played Rick Rubin in Krush Groove

[Key Loser]

Better off Dead as the burger restaurant owner

[Martin]

He could have played Rick Rubin in Krush Groove

Hahaha

[JonFromMaplewood]

Mr. Hand in Fast Times.

[hardweek]

My favorite thus far is the Godley & Creme video.

Within his lifetime: The George C. Scott role in Taps

Had he held on a few years:

• replacing Charles Grodin in Beethoven
• replacing Michael Ironside in pretty much everything, but lets go with Free Willy
• I am certain he would've actually done the voicework as Brain in Pinky & the Brain