Person
Oscar Gahan
Acting · 1888–1958 · Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known for
Aces and Eights
Gambler (uncredited)
The Son of Davy Crockett
Voter
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Settler
Sheriff of Tombstone
Bonanza Piano Player
Gun Play
Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Settler
In Old Monterey
Guitarist
Rough Riders' Round-up
Musician
Frontier Pony Express
Fiddler
Western Frontier
Barfly
Filmography
- 1942Billy the Kid TrappedBarfly
- 1942The Lone Rider and the BanditThird Miner
- 1941Billy The Kid's Round-UpMan Reporting Murder
- 1941The Son of Davy CrockettVoter
- 1941Billy the Kid in Santa FeGambler (uncredited)
- 1941Sheriff of TombstoneBonanza Piano Player
- 1941In Old CheyenneAccordion Player
- 1940Billy the Kid's Gun JusticeSettler
- 1940Young Bill HickokPiano Player
- 1940Trailing Double TroubleBarfly
- 1940Billy the Kid in TexasBarfly Watching Fight
- 1940Lightning Strikes WestPosse Rider
- 1940The Cheyenne KidPosse Rider
- 1939In Old MontereyGuitarist
- 1939New FrontierAccordion Player
- 1939Riders of the SagePowers Rider
- 1939Frontier Pony ExpressFiddler
- 1939Southward Ho!Reb Soldier
- 1939Rough Riders' Round-upMusician
- 1939The Lone Ranger Rides AgainSettler
- 1939Sundown on the PrairieSaloon Gunman (archive footage)
- 1939In Old MontanaRancher
- 1938Ghost Town Riders
- 1938Six-Gun TrailBarfly
- 1938Starlight Over TexasHenchman
- 1938Gunsmoke TrailGambler
- 1938Whirlwind HorsemanHolt
- 1938The Feud MakerSettler
- 1937Doomed at SundownRoulette Table Man
- 1937Moonlight on the RangeDeputy
- 1937Sing Cowboy SingTownsman
- 1937California Straight Ahead
- 1937The Feud of the TrailBarfly
- 1937The Silver TrailCurt
- 1937Cheyenne Rides AgainCard Player
- 1937Valley of TerrorPiano Player
- 1937The Singing BuckarooCowhand Musician
- 1937The Roaming CowboyWagon Driver
- 1936Headin' for the Rio GrandeHenchman
- 1936Rio Grande RangerBarfly (uncredited)
- 1936Vengeance of RannahHenchman Nolan
- 1936Ambush ValleyDiggs
- 1936The Fugitive SheriffFiddler (uncredited)
- 1936The Unknown RangerFiddle Player (uncredited)
- 1936Aces and EightsGambler (uncredited)
- 1936Gun GritHenchman Don
- 1936Red River ValleyConstruction Worker (uncredited)
- 1935Texas JackTuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
- 1935Gun PlayTobacco Chewer (uncredited)
- 1935Western FrontierBarfly
- 1935North of ArizonaFiddle Player
- 1934Border GunsBarfly
- 1934The Whirlwind RiderMusician
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