Eric Snider posted:

Orson Welles

Died: Oct. 10, 1985, at age 70.

Last movie: "The Transformers: The Movie" (released Aug. 6, 1986). Not the Michael Bay one -- don't worry, it's nothing that bad! -- but the animated one based on the TV cartoon. Welles provided the voice of Unicron, which Wikipedia informs me is an evil robot the size of a planet! Welles appeared in the flesh in Henry Jaglom's "Someone to Love" (1987), which was filmed before "Transformers."

Ouch factors: The notoriously obese Welles was hired to play a planet-sized robot. You can picture him getting the call from his agent, sighing heavily and then mumbling, "Aw, the hell with it."

Embarrassment level: 5. While it's disappointing that an actor of Welles' stature would end as the voice of a cartoon robot rather than, say, King Lear, there are mitigating factors. For one, the movie is fondly remembered today, its mediocrity having been canceled out by those Michael Bay abominations. For another, Welles always did have a terrific speaking voice, and this was a good showcase for it.