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