Oscar Gahan

Geboren am 20. August 1888 in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, gestorben am 24. März 1958.

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.