Oscar Gahan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1888-08-20

Place of Birth

Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
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Oscar Gahan

Biography

Canada's child prodigy violinist. Played a command performance for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, at age 5.) First cousin of Walter Huston, who encouraged him to first vaudeville and then later talking pictures in Hollywood. Went on to be a reliable supporting player in Westerns and wrote a number of now classic country songs.

Acting History

1942
Billy the Kid Trapped as Barfly
1942
The Lone Rider and the Bandit as Third Miner
1941
Billy The Kid's Round-Up as Man Reporting Murder
1941
The Son of Davy Crockett as Voter
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe as Gambler (uncredited)
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone as Bonanza Piano Player
1941
In Old Cheyenne as Accordion Player
1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice as Settler
1940
Young Bill Hickok as Piano Player
1940
Trailing Double Trouble as Barfly
1940
Billy the Kid in Texas as Barfly Watching Fight
1940
Lightning Strikes West as Posse Rider
1940
The Cheyenne Kid as Posse Rider
1939
In Old Monterey as Guitarist
1939
New Frontier as Accordion Player
1939
Riders of the Sage as Powers Rider
1939
Frontier Pony Express as Fiddler
1939
Southward Ho! as Reb Soldier
1939
Rough Riders' Round-up as Musician
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Settler
1939
Sundown on the Prairie as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
1939
In Old Montana as Rancher
1938
Ghost Town Riders
1938
Six-Gun Trail as Barfly
1938
Starlight Over Texas as Henchman
1938
Gunsmoke Trail as Gambler
1938
Whirlwind Horseman as Holt
1938
The Feud Maker as Settler
1937
Doomed at Sundown as Roulette Table Man
1937
Moonlight on the Range as Deputy
1937
Sing Cowboy Sing as Townsman
1937
California Straight Ahead
1937
The Feud of the Trail as Barfly
1937
The Silver Trail as Curt
1937
Cheyenne Rides Again as Card Player
1937
Valley of Terror as Piano Player
1937
The Singing Buckaroo as Cowhand Musician
1937
The Roaming Cowboy as Wagon Driver
1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande as Henchman
1936
Rio Grande Ranger as Barfly (uncredited)
1936
Vengeance of Rannah as Henchman Nolan
1936
Ambush Valley as Diggs
1936
The Fugitive Sheriff as Fiddler (uncredited)
1936
The Unknown Ranger as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
1936
Aces and Eights as Gambler (uncredited)
1936
Gun Grit as Henchman Don
1936
Red River Valley as Construction Worker (uncredited)
1935
Texas Jack as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
1935
Gun Play as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
1935
Western Frontier as Barfly
1935
North of Arizona as Fiddle Player
1934
Border Guns as Barfly