John Hanson (singer)
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John Hanson (August 31, 1922 - December 3, 1998) was a Canadian singer and actor who starred in several West End musicals during the 1950s and 1960s.
Born in Oshawa of English parents, he was educated at Dumfries Academy in Dumfries in South West Scotland.
Hanson was most famous for his role as the "Red Shadow", the hero of the musical The Desert Song, which enjoyed a record-breaking revival at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1967.
He also appeared in one of the BBC's Morecambe and Wise Christmas Specials in which he sung 'Stout-Hearted Men'.
