George Russ Clary Fiske O'Hara (March 11, 1878, Rockland, Maine â€"
July 12, 1945, Hollywood, California) was an American singer and actor
who was nicknamed the Irish Tenor.He made his professional debut in
1898 under the name George Fiske with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manley in
the rural comedy Down on the Farm. The following year he supported
Tony Farrell in My Colleen, and then came a season divided between
McFee's Matrimonial Bureau and as principal tenor with Gus Sun's
Minstrels. Beginning with the season of 1901-02 and for two years,
O'Hara managed and played important parts with the People's Theatre
Stock Company, Chicago, IL., and during the summer of 1903 he filled a
special engagement with the Ferris Stock, St. Paul, Minn., being cast
for such important juvenile roles as Albert in Monte Cristo, Judson
Langhorne in All the Comforts of Home, Dechelette in Sapho. Tom Mayne
in My Jim and Sir Reginald Dare in Shamus O'Brien, in which his
singing of My Wild Irish Rose met with most hearty approval. O'Hara
divided the season of 1903-04 between the Metropolitan Stock, Duluth,
Minn., with which organization he played two roles each week, gaining
an invaluable amount of experience, and with The Bostonians, singing
tenor roles with this company in Robin Hood, The Serenade and The
Queen of Laughter. It was following this that he made his debut before
a New York audience, at the Majestic Theatre, August 23, 1904, as
Lieutenant Harold Katchall in The Isle of Spice, meeting with most
hearty approval. O'Hara made his first appearance at the head of his
own company Christmas Day, 1905 at Newark, N. J., in Mr. Blarney from
Ireland, a piece written specially for him and in which he introduced
several songs of his own composition. He devoted two seasons to this
piece and then came a year and a half in an equally popular successor,
Dion O'Dare.In 1909, O'Hara toured the vaudeville circuit, presenting
an Irish sketch, Captain Barry.O'Hara also appeared in several films,
including:
July 12, 1945, Hollywood, California) was an American singer and actor
who was nicknamed the Irish Tenor.He made his professional debut in
1898 under the name George Fiske with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manley in
the rural comedy Down on the Farm. The following year he supported
Tony Farrell in My Colleen, and then came a season divided between
McFee's Matrimonial Bureau and as principal tenor with Gus Sun's
Minstrels. Beginning with the season of 1901-02 and for two years,
O'Hara managed and played important parts with the People's Theatre
Stock Company, Chicago, IL., and during the summer of 1903 he filled a
special engagement with the Ferris Stock, St. Paul, Minn., being cast
for such important juvenile roles as Albert in Monte Cristo, Judson
Langhorne in All the Comforts of Home, Dechelette in Sapho. Tom Mayne
in My Jim and Sir Reginald Dare in Shamus O'Brien, in which his
singing of My Wild Irish Rose met with most hearty approval. O'Hara
divided the season of 1903-04 between the Metropolitan Stock, Duluth,
Minn., with which organization he played two roles each week, gaining
an invaluable amount of experience, and with The Bostonians, singing
tenor roles with this company in Robin Hood, The Serenade and The
Queen of Laughter. It was following this that he made his debut before
a New York audience, at the Majestic Theatre, August 23, 1904, as
Lieutenant Harold Katchall in The Isle of Spice, meeting with most
hearty approval. O'Hara made his first appearance at the head of his
own company Christmas Day, 1905 at Newark, N. J., in Mr. Blarney from
Ireland, a piece written specially for him and in which he introduced
several songs of his own composition. He devoted two seasons to this
piece and then came a year and a half in an equally popular successor,
Dion O'Dare.In 1909, O'Hara toured the vaudeville circuit, presenting
an Irish sketch, Captain Barry.O'Hara also appeared in several films,
including:
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