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