Orson Welles stage production "Native Son". They acted together in the movie "Journey into Fear" (1943). Their relationship came to an end due, among other things, to Welles's infidelities. Del Río returned to México in 1943, shortly before Welles married Rita Hayworth. Welles married Rita Hayworth on September 7, 1943. They were divorced on November 10, 1947. During his last interview, recorded for "The Merv Griffin Show" on the evening before his death, Welles called Hayworth "one of the dearest and sweetest women that ever lived … and we were a long time together—I was lucky enough to have been with her
Orson Welles try to be a Christian. I don't pray really, because I don't want to bore God." Near the end of his life, Welles was dining at Ma Maison, his favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, when proprietor Patrick Terrail conveyed an invitation from the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, who asked Welles to be his guest of honor at divine liturgy at Saint Sophia Cathedral. Welles replied, "Please tell him I really appreciate that offer, but I am an atheist." "Orson never joked or teased about the religious beliefs of others", wrote biographer Barton Whaley. "He accepted it as a