Between 1936 and 1941, Orson Welles actively participated in over one hundred radio drama productions as writer, actor and director. Some of the radio actors who participated in Welles' Mercury Theatre radio and theatrical productions were to appear later in his most famous films.

Welles' radio repertoire ran the gamut from Shakespeare to American and European classical literature. He also embraced thrillers such as The Phantom Voice, The Bride of Death, The League of Terror and Dracula. In 1937, Welles became the uncredited voice behind the popular radio series, The Shadow, based on an a series of American  comic-book stories by Walter Gibson.

But the radio show the world remembers best occured on October 30, 1938. The War of the Worlds stirred a public panic that today would be the envy of modern media marketing.

A brief overview of radio programs in which Welles became actively involved:

1938 (cont.)  The Silent Avenger  The White Legion  Dracula  Treasure Island  A Tale of  Two Cities  The Thirty-Nine Steps  My Little Boy  The Open Window  Abraham Lincoln  The Count of Monte Cristo  Julius Caesar  Jane Eyre  Olivier Twist  Hell on Ice  Seventeen

1938 (cont.)  War of the Worlds  Rebecca  Heart of Darkness  Clarence  A Christmas Carol  A Farewell to Arms  Our Town  Private Lives  1940  The Citadel  Dinner at Eight  Rabble at Arms  Huckleberry Finn  June Moon  Vanity Fair  Jane Eyre

1936  Hamlet  1937  Fall of the City  Les Miserables  The Escape  Twelfth Night  The Shadow  The Three Ghosts  The Temple Bells of Neban  The March of Time  The League of Terror  1938  The Poison Death  The Phantom Voice  The Bride of Death