Oscar Gahan
Aug 20, 1888 - Mar 24, 1958 (69 years old) in 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.
Known For
Billy the Kid Trapped
Barfly
Young Bill Hickok
Piano Player
Aces and Eights
Gambler (uncredited)
Red River Valley
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Southward Ho!
Reb Soldier
New Frontier
Accordion Player
In Old Monterey
Guitarist
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Man Reporting Murder
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Settler
In Old Montana
Rancher
Credits
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Barfly★ 5 -
Third Miner★ 4 -
Man Reporting Murder★ 5 -
Voter★ NR -
Gambler (uncredited)★ 4 -
Sheriff of Tombstone 1941Bonanza Piano Player★ 6.8 -
In Old Cheyenne 1941Accordion Player★ 4.1 -
Settler★ 4 -
Young Bill Hickok 1940Piano Player★ 4.4 -
Barfly★ 6 -
Barfly Watching Fight★ 5.8 -
Posse Rider★ 3 -
The Cheyenne Kid 1940Posse Rider★ 3.3 -
In Old Monterey 1939Guitarist★ 5.3 -
New Frontier 1939Accordion Player★ 5.5 -
Riders of the Sage 1939Powers Rider★ 5 -
Fiddler★ 4.8 -
Southward Ho! 1939Reb Soldier★ 7 -
Musician★ 5.5 -
Settler★ 6 -
Saloon Gunman (archive footage)★ NR -
In Old Montana 1939Rancher★ 4 -
Ghost Town Riders 1938★ NR
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Six-Gun Trail 1938Barfly★ 5 -
Starlight Over Texas 1938Henchman★ NR -
Gunsmoke Trail 1938Gambler★ 5 -
Whirlwind Horseman 1938Holt★ 4 -
The Feud Maker 1938Settler★ 4 -
Doomed at Sundown 1937Roulette Table Man★ 3 -
Deputy★ NR -
Sing Cowboy Sing 1937Townsman★ 4 -
★ 4.3 -
Barfly★ 4.5 -
The Silver Trail 1937Curt★ 5 -
Cheyenne Rides Again 1937Card Player★ 5.5 -
Valley of Terror 1937Piano Player★ 5 -
The Singing Buckaroo 1937Cowhand Musician★ 0.5 -
The Roaming Cowboy 1937Wagon Driver★ NR
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Rio Grande Ranger 1936Barfly (uncredited)★ NR -
Vengeance of Rannah 1936Henchman Nolan★ NR -
Ambush Valley 1936Diggs★ 4 -
The Fugitive Sheriff 1936Fiddler (uncredited)★ NR -
The Unknown Ranger 1936Fiddle Player (uncredited)★ NR -
Aces and Eights 1936Gambler (uncredited)★ 6 -
Gun Grit 1936Henchman Don★ 4.3 -
Red River Valley 1936Construction Worker (uncredited)★ 5 -
Henchman★ NR -
Texas Jack 1935Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)★ NR -
Gun Play 1935Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)★ 5 -
Western Frontier 1935Barfly★ NR -
North of Arizona 1935Fiddle Player★ 4.2 -
Border Guns 1934Barfly★ NR