Oscar Gahan

ActingBorn 1888-08-20 (69 at death)Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

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.

Oscar Gahan

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