Orson Welles may be best known as the director and star of
Citizen Kane, but before he made movies he was a star of the radio. Although he gained notoriety by narrating
War of the Worlds in 1938, he was also the voice of
Lamont Cranston,
The Shadow, and had a successful run as the
creator and star of the
Mercury Theater On The Air, which, after gaining sponsorship, became known as the
Campbell Playhouse. Even after the heyday of radio, Welles provided his voice for
The Black Museum series (based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard), and
The Lives of Harry Lime, a prequel to his role in the film
The Third Man.
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