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