Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 20, 1888
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Billy the Kid Trapped | Barfly |
| 1942 | The Lone Rider and the Bandit | Third Miner |
| 1941 | The Son of Davy Crockett | Voter |
| 1941 | In Old Cheyenne | Accordion Player |
| 1941 | Sheriff of Tombstone | Bonanza Piano Player |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Billy The Kid's Round-Up | Man Reporting Murder |
| 1940 | The Cheyenne Kid | Posse Rider |
| 1940 | Trailing Double Trouble | Barfly |
| 1940 | Young Bill Hickok | Piano Player |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid in Texas | Barfly Watching Fight |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Settler |
| 1940 | Lightning Strikes West | Posse Rider |
| 1939 | In Old Montana | Rancher |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Settler |
| 1939 | Rough Riders' Round-up | Musician |
| 1939 | Patrola na hranicích Mexika | Reb Soldier |
| 1939 | Frontier Pony Express | Fiddler |
| 1939 | Riders of the Sage | Powers Rider |
| 1939 | New Frontier | Accordion Player |
| 1939 | In Old Monterey | Guitarist |
| 1939 | Sundown on the Prairie | Saloon Gunman (archive footage) |
| 1938 | Whirlwind Horseman | Holt |
| 1938 | The Feud Maker | Settler |
| 1938 | Ghost Town Riders | |
| 1938 | Six-Gun Trail | Barfly |
| 1938 | Gunsmoke Trail | Gambler |
| 1938 | Starlight Over Texas | Henchman |
| 1937 | Sing Cowboy Sing | Townsman |
| 1937 | The Feud of the Trail | Barfly |
| 1937 | Valley of Terror | Piano Player |
| 1937 | Doomed at Sundown | Roulette Table Man |
| 1937 | The Singing Buckaroo | Cowhand Musician |
| 1937 | The Roaming Cowboy | Wagon Driver |
| 1937 | Cheyenne Rides Again | Card Player |
| 1937 | The Silver Trail | Curt |
| 1937 | Moonlight on the Range | Deputy |
| 1937 | California Straight Ahead | |
| 1936 | Ambush Valley | Diggs |
| 1936 | The Fugitive Sheriff | Fiddler (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Aces and Eights | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Gun Grit | Henchman Don |
| 1936 | Vengeance of Rannah | Henchman Nolan |
| 1936 | The Unknown Ranger | Fiddle Player (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Rio Grande Ranger | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Red River Valley | Construction Worker (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Henchman |
| 1935 | North of Arizona | Fiddle Player |
| 1935 | Gun Play | Tobacco Chewer (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Western Frontier | Barfly |
| 1935 | Texas Jack | Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits) |
| 1934 | Border Guns | Barfly |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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