Claim: Orson Welles did not present The Mercury Wonder Show for Service Men.
Evidence: 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.