Richard Wilson

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Born 12/25/1915

Longtime associate of Orson Welles who joined Welles and John Houseman at the founding of the Mercury Theater company in 1937. Wilson worked as stage manager and actor in such Mercury productions as "Julius Caesar", "The Cradle Will Rock", "Native Son" and "Heartbreak House" while simultaneously...
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  • In 1991, Was producing a feature film about the 1942 production of the unfinished film project, "It's All True" at time of his death which his co-producers plan to complete
  • In 1991, Co-produced a collection of vintage Mercury radio dramas intitled "Theater of the Imagination" for Voyager laserdisk (date approximate)
  • In 1990, Directed a radio broadcast of "Dracula" in New York which was filmed as a study in radio directing techniques

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