Doctor Clayton Forrester (The War of the Worlds) Doctor Clayton Forrester (The War of the Worlds) Doctor Clayton Forrester is a fictional character in George Pal's 1953 science fiction film "The War of the Worlds", the first film adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel of the same name. The Forrester character is played by actor Gene Barry. The film takes several liberties with the novel's source material. Rather than taking place in early 20th century England, the film is set in mid-20th century southern California. Dr. Clayton Forrester is the film's main character, taking up the role assumed by two (unnamed) brothers in Wells' original novel. Forrester
The War of the Worlds (radio 1968) The War of the Worlds (radio 1968) The War of the Worlds was a radio drama, originally aired by Buffalo, New York radio station WKBW 1520 on October 31, 1968. It was a modernized version of the original radio drama aired by CBS in 1938. Danny Kriegler served as the director of the radio drama while Jefferson Kaye served as its producer. The broadcast, its subsequent re-airings and remakes, and multiple airings alongside the original 1938 radio drama made Buffalo, New York the "War of the Worlds Radio Capital of The World" in a 2009 resolution by the New York