Person
Oscar Gahan
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- August 20, 1888 · 69 years
- Death
- March 24, 1958
- Origin
- Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Technical Alias
John Harvey "Oscar" GahanJohn Harvey GahanArvéJohn Harvey Gerald "Oscar" GahanJohn Harvey Gerald Gahan
Professional Trajectory
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.
