page_title: Chauncey Olcott
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Chauncey Olcott / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Promotional photograph of Dennis Morgan as Chauncey Olcott and Andrea King as Lillian Russell in the 1947 film My Wild Irish Rose
context_page_description: Chauncey Olcott, born John Chancellor Olcott and often spelled Chauncey Alcott, was an American stage actor, songwriter and singer of Irish descent.
context_section_description: Olcott's life story was told in the 1947 Warner Bros. motion picture My Wild Irish Rose starring Dennis Morgan as Olcott. The film's plot was based on the biography by Olcott's widow, Rita Olcott, Song in His Heart (1939).
  In 1970, Olcott was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
caption: Dennis Morgan as Chauncey Olcott and Andrea King as Lillian Russell in My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
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