Self is a real person portrayed by Peter Bogdanovich in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Battle Over Citizen Kane (season 8), they were 56 years old.
They appear in 2 episodes out of a total of 387 aired so far
Self is also portrayed by Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Fontaine, Judy Garland, Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra, Orson Welles, Charles Chaplin, Martin Scorsese and Nancy Allen.
Episodes2
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
episode S8.E7 january 1996Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' tt0033467. Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also as a relative complete bio of Hearst.War of the Worlds
episode S26.E1 october 2013An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.
- The Battle Over Citizen Kane
- War of the Worlds