Oscar Gahan
Acting
August 20, 1888
Died at age 69
March 24, 1958
Date of Death
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
52 Credits
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.
