Alfredo Vergara Morales (13 April 1915 â€" 18 April 1987), best known
by the stage name Eduardo Alcaraz, was a Chilean-Mexican actor. Born
in Santiago, he was based in Mexico since 1951. He appeared in films
such as Escuela de rateros (1958) alongside Pedro Infante.In 1949,
while working at Radio Quito in Ecuador, he participated in an
adaptation of The War of the Worlds, similar to how Orson Welles had
done a decade earlier in the United States. Alcaraz was in charge of
the script of this new version, which like Welles's version
represented the events narrated as if it were a true transmission.
When it was revealed that it was a fictional story, a crowd made their
way to the El Comercio newspaper building, where the radio worked, and
set it on fire. Six people died.
by the stage name Eduardo Alcaraz, was a Chilean-Mexican actor. Born
in Santiago, he was based in Mexico since 1951. He appeared in films
such as Escuela de rateros (1958) alongside Pedro Infante.In 1949,
while working at Radio Quito in Ecuador, he participated in an
adaptation of The War of the Worlds, similar to how Orson Welles had
done a decade earlier in the United States. Alcaraz was in charge of
the script of this new version, which like Welles's version
represented the events narrated as if it were a true transmission.
When it was revealed that it was a fictional story, a crowd made their
way to the El Comercio newspaper building, where the radio worked, and
set it on fire. Six people died.
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