Oliver Doud Byron Explained

Oliver Doud Byron
Birth Date:	November 14, 1842
Birth Place:	Frederick City, Maryland
Occupation:	Actor
Spouse:	Kate 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]

Notes and 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=qFmXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR17 America's Lost Plays Vol. IV: Davy Crockett and Other Plays
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)