Oliver Doud Byron

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Oliver Doud Byron
Oliver Byron, actor and manager.jpg
BornNovember 14, 1842
Frederick City, Maryland
DiedOctober 22, 1920(1920-10-22) (aged 77)
OccupationActor
SpouseKate Crehan
Children Arthur Byron

Oliver Doud Byron (November 14, 1842 – October 22, 1920) was an American stage actor. [1]

Byron was born in Frederick City, Maryland, and first appeared onstage in Baltimore at age 14. He later appeared in a number of melodramas, including the long running Across the Continent. [2] [3]

He was married to Kate Crehan (sister of actress Ada Rehan, and their son was actor Arthur Byron. [4]

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References

  1. (23 October 1920)Oliver Doud Byron, Actor, Dies At 77: Starred in 'Across the Continent' 22 Seasons--Also Played Romeo in Mrs. Scott Siddon's Company, The New York Times
  2. America's Lost Plays Vol. IV: Davy Crockett and Other Plays, pp. xvii-xviii (2019)
  3. (7 February 1885) Powder by the Ton and Blood by the Bucketful, The Salt Lake Herald, p. 8 ("...the whole house were crowded last night to witness Byron in his perennial portraiture of Joe Ferris, the Ferret ... Across the Continent was written to make money; it achieves that end and with that observation it may be dismissed.")
  4. Fisher, James and Felicia Hardison Londre. Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism, pp. 115-16 (2d ed. 2018)