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