Orson Welles – 61 – Mercury Theatre – The Affairs of Anatol – August 22, 1938

Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 3:25 a.m.

American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film. He is remembered for his innovative[1] work in all three: in theatre, most notably Caesar (1937), a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar; in radio, the legendary[2] 1938 broadcast "The War of the Worlds"; and in film, Citizen Kane (1941), consistently […]