Orson Welles (born George Orson Welles in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6,1915) was an actor, director, writer and producer who worked in many different mediums, including radio, television, film and theatre. He is perhaps best known for his first film, Citizen Kane, in which he starred as Charles Foster Kane, a wealthy newspaper baron, and his 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds.
