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Vic Oliver. Victor Oliver von Samek (8 July 1898 – 15 August 1964) was an Austrian-born British musician, entertainer, comedian and actor, most popular between the 1920s and 1950s. [1]
Jan 26, 2012 · Vic Oliver was welcomed on to the first ever Desert Island Discs programme as a "comedian, lightning club manipulator, violinist and comedy trick cyclist", according to the surviving scripts.
Vic Oliver. Actor: Give Us the Moon. Vic Oliver was born on 8 July 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 Hi Gang! (1941). He was married to Natalie Conder and Sarah Churchill. He died on 15 August 1964 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- July 8, 1898
- August 15, 1964
Mr. Oliver's switch to comedy came about when, in the late nineteen‐twenties, he fell off a piano stool during a concert in the United States. His apologies drew more laughs than did his accident.
The very first broadcast of Desert Island Discs was recorded at the bomb-damaged Maida Vale studios, London, on 27 January 1942. Plomley's guest was Vic Oliver. In the forties, as a comedian, musician, host and music hall act Oliver was a household name. He'd married Winston Churchill's daughter and found fame appearing on the wartime radio ...
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Jan 26, 2012 · His first guest, Vic Oliver, was a household name comedian, musician, host and music hall act. Oliver had married Winston Churchill's daughter and found fame appearing on the wartime radio show ...
Jan 26, 2012 · As Desert Island Discs celebrates 80 years, David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of its very first castaway, entertainer Vic Oliver. In the forties, as a comedian, musician, host and music ...
