Oscar Gahan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-08-20
Day of Death
1958-03-24 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
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
Acting
(1942)
Billy the Kid Trapped
as Barfly
(1942)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Third Miner
(1941)
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Bonanza Piano Player
(1941)
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Man Reporting Murder
(1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1941)
The Son of Davy Crockett
as Voter
(1941)
In Old Cheyenne
as Accordion Player
(1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Barfly Watching Fight
(1940)
The Cheyenne Kid
as Posse Rider
(1940)
Lightning Strikes West
as Posse Rider
(1940)
Trailing Double Trouble
as Barfly
(1940)
Young Bill Hickok
as Piano Player
(1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Settler
(1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Musician
(1939)
In Old Montana
as Rancher
(1939)
Riders of the Sage
as Powers Rider
(1939)
In Old Monterey
as Guitarist
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Settler
(1939)
Frontier Pony Express
as Fiddler
(1939)
New Frontier
as Accordion Player
(1939)
Patrola na hranicích Mexika
as Reb Soldier
(1939)
Sundown on the Prairie
as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
(1938)
Six-Gun Trail
as Barfly
(1938)
(1938)
Whirlwind Horseman
as Holt
(1938)
Starlight Over Texas
as Henchman
(1938)
The Feud Maker
as Settler
(1938)
Gunsmoke Trail
as Gambler
(1937)
Valley of Terror
as Piano Player
(1937)
The Singing Buckaroo
as Cowhand Musician
(1937)
The Feud of the Trail
as Barfly
(1937)
(1937)
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Townsman
(1937)
Doomed at Sundown
as Roulette Table Man
(1937)
Cheyenne Rides Again
as Card Player
(1937)
The Silver Trail
as Curt
(1937)
The Roaming Cowboy
as Wagon Driver
(1937)
Moonlight on the Range
as Deputy
(1936)
Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1936)
Red River Valley
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
(1936)
Ambush Valley
as Diggs
(1936)
Gun Grit
as Henchman Don
(1936)
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Fiddler (uncredited)
(1936)
The Unknown Ranger
as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
(1936)
Aces and Eights
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1936)
Vengeance of Rannah
as Henchman Nolan
(1936)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Henchman
(1935)
Western Frontier
as Barfly
(1935)
North of Arizona
as Fiddle Player
(1935)
Texas Jack
as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
(1935)
Gun Play
as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
(1934)
Border Guns
as Barfly