Orson Welles – 63 – Mercury Theatre – The Immortal Sherlock Holmes – September 25, 1938

Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 11:57 p.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 […]