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