Name: Oscar Gahan
Birthday: 20 August 1888
Deathday: 24 March 1958
Place of Birth: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
