Orson Welles presented variety shows for the troops during the war years with The Mercury Wonder Show for Service Men.
Orson Welles . Known for his baritone voice , Welles was an actor in radio and film , a Shakespearean stage actor , and a magician noted for presenting troop variety shows in the war years . The Mercury Wonder Show for Service Men was a 1943 magic-and-variety stage show by the Mercury Theatre , produced by Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten as a morale-boosting entertainment for US soldiers in World War II .