Birthday
1888-08-20
Deathday
1958-03-24
Place of Birth
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

Oscar Gahan

Acting

Biography

Canada's child prodigy violinist. Played a command performance for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, at age 5.) First cousin of Walter Huston, who encouraged him to first vaudeville and then later talking pictures in Hollywood. Went on to be a reliable supporting player in Westerns and wrote a number of now classic country songs.

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