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Early life and musical career. He was born in Vienna into a Jewish family, the son of Baron Viktor von Samek. He played tennis, football and hockey as a youth and became junior tennis champion of Austria in 1914. [2] He studied medicine at Vienna University but abandoned it for his first love, music. He had been acclaimed as a child prodigy on ...
Jan 26, 2012 · Born Victor Oliver von Samek in Vienna, Austria in 1898, Oliver's fame peaked during World War II. His hit BBC radio series Hi Gang! was so successful that it had film and theatre spin-offs.
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Mr. Oliver was born in Vienna in 1898 as Viktor Olivier Samek, the son of an Austro‐Hungarian baron. At the age of 6 he was hailed as a violin prodigy. He began the study of medicine in Vienna,...
Vic Oliver was born on July 8, 1898 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer and actor, known for Give Us the Moon (1944), He Found a Star (1941) and Studio One (1948). He was married to Natalie Conder and Sarah Churchill.
- July 8, 1898
- August 15, 1964
Jan 29, 2012 · As part of the 70th celebrations, David Baddiel examined his life in Vic Oliver: the First Castaway Remembered, a programme that left you feeling rather sad. Oliver was one of those old-time pros ...
There are also false reports in some of his biographes that his mother perished in a concentration camp despite Oliver confirming in his 1950s autobiography that she was alive and well and living in London.
Jun 13, 2018 · David Baddiel explores the life of the very first Desert Island Discs castaway, the mercurial entertainer Vic Oliver. In the 40s, as a comedian, musician, host and music hall act, Oliver was...
