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Chauncey Olcott
American actor and musician
Chauncey Olcott, born John Chancellor Olcott[1] and often spelled Chauncey Alcott (July 21, 1858 – March 18, 1932), was an American stage actor, songwriter and singer of Irish descent.[2]
Biography
He was born in Buffalo, New York.
His mother, Margaret (née Doyle), was a native of Killeagh, County Cork.[3]
In the early years of his career Olcott sang in minstrel shows, before studying singing in London during the 1880s.
Lillian Russell played a major role in helping make him a Broadway star.[4] When the producer Augustus Pitou approached him in 1893 to succeed William J. Scanlan as the leading tenor in sentimental operettas on Irish themes, Olcott accepted and performed pseudo-Irish roles for the remainder of his career.
Olcott combined the roles of tenor, actor, lyricist and composer in many productions. He wrote the complete scores to Irish musicals such as Sweet Inniscara (189