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