Orson Welles – 62 – Mercury Theatre – The Count of Monte Cristo – August 29, 1938

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 12:01 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 […]