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Oscar Gahan

Born: 1888-08-20 • 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 poster
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942 • Barfly
The Lone Rider and the Bandit poster
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942 • Third Miner
Billy The Kid's Round-Up poster
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941 • Man Reporting Murder
The Son of Davy Crockett poster
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941 • Voter
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe poster
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 • Gambler (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone poster
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 • Bonanza Piano Player
In Old Cheyenne poster
In Old Cheyenne
1941 • Accordion Player
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice poster
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940 • Settler
Young Bill Hickok poster
Young Bill Hickok
1940 • Piano Player
Trailing Double Trouble poster
Trailing Double Trouble
1940 • Barfly
Billy the Kid in Texas poster
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940 • Barfly Watching Fight
Lightning Strikes West poster
Lightning Strikes West
1940 • Posse Rider
The Cheyenne Kid poster
The Cheyenne Kid
1940 • Posse Rider
In Old Monterey poster
In Old Monterey
1939 • Guitarist
New Frontier poster
New Frontier
1939 • Accordion Player
Riders of the Sage poster
Riders of the Sage
1939 • Powers Rider
Frontier Pony Express poster
Frontier Pony Express
1939 • Fiddler
Southward Ho! poster
Southward Ho!
1939 • Reb Soldier
Rough Riders' Round-up poster
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939 • Musician
The Lone Ranger Rides Again poster
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 • Settler
Sundown on the Prairie poster
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 • Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
In Old Montana poster
In Old Montana
1939 • Rancher
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Ghost Town Riders
1938
Six-Gun Trail poster
Six-Gun Trail
1938 • Barfly
Starlight Over Texas poster
Starlight Over Texas
1938 • Henchman
Gunsmoke Trail poster
Gunsmoke Trail
1938 • Gambler
Whirlwind Horseman poster
Whirlwind Horseman
1938 • Holt
The Feud Maker poster
The Feud Maker
1938 • Settler
Doomed at Sundown poster
Doomed at Sundown
1937 • Roulette Table Man
Moonlight on the Range poster
Moonlight on the Range
1937 • Deputy
Sing Cowboy Sing poster
Sing Cowboy Sing
1937 • Townsman
California Straight Ahead poster
California Straight Ahead
1937
The Feud of the Trail poster
The Feud of the Trail
1937 • Barfly
The Silver Trail poster
The Silver Trail
1937 • Curt
Cheyenne Rides Again poster
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937 • Card Player
Valley of Terror poster
Valley of Terror
1937 • Piano Player
The Singing Buckaroo poster
The Singing Buckaroo
1937 • Cowhand Musician
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The Roaming Cowboy
1937 • Wagon Driver
Headin' for the Rio Grande poster
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936 • Henchman
Rio Grande Ranger poster
Rio Grande Ranger
1936 • Barfly (uncredited)
Vengeance of Rannah poster
Vengeance of Rannah
1936 • Henchman Nolan
Ambush Valley poster
Ambush Valley
1936 • Diggs
The Fugitive Sheriff poster
The Fugitive Sheriff
1936 • Fiddler (uncredited)
The Unknown Ranger poster
The Unknown Ranger
1936 • Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Aces and Eights poster
Aces and Eights
1936 • Gambler (uncredited)
Gun Grit poster
Gun Grit
1936 • Henchman Don
Red River Valley poster
Red River Valley
1936 • Construction Worker (uncredited)
Texas Jack poster
Texas Jack
1935 • Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
Gun Play poster
Gun Play
1935 • Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
Western Frontier poster
Western Frontier
1935 • Barfly
North of Arizona poster
North of Arizona
1935 • Fiddle Player
Border Guns poster
Border Guns
1934 • Barfly