Orson Welles
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05/05/1915
Kenosha, WI |
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| Terrified radio listeners and caused a nationwide panic with a realistic 1938 broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. |
| Made his first stage appearance at age 5 with a walk-on role in the Chicago Opera's production of Samson and Delilah. |
| Was a child prodigy who excelled at poetry, painting, acting, the piano and magic. |
| Was only 25 when he produced, directed, cowrote and starred in the 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane, which was voted No. 1 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Greatest Movies. |
| Was George Lucas's first choice to voice Darth Vader in Star Wars. |
