Oscar Gahan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1888
- Died
- March 24, 1958 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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
Filmography
Billy the Kid Trapped
Movie · as Barfly
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Movie · as Third Miner
The Son of Davy Crockett
Movie · as Voter
In Old Cheyenne
Movie · as Accordion Player
Sheriff of Tombstone
Movie · as Bonanza Piano Player
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Movie · as Man Reporting Murder
Trailing Double Trouble
Movie · as Barfly
The Cheyenne Kid
Movie · as Posse Rider
Young Bill Hickok
Movie · as Piano Player
Billy the Kid in Texas
Movie · as Barfly Watching Fight
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Movie · as Settler
Lightning Strikes West
Movie · as Posse Rider
In Old Montana
Movie · as Rancher
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie · as Settler
Southward Ho!
Movie · as Reb Soldier
Rough Riders' Round-up
Movie · as Musician
Frontier Pony Express
Movie · as Fiddler
Riders of the Sage
Movie · as Powers Rider
New Frontier
Movie · as Accordion Player
In Old Monterey
Movie · as Guitarist
Sundown on the Prairie
Movie · as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
Whirlwind Horseman
Movie · as Holt
The Feud Maker
Movie · as Settler
Ghost Town Riders
Movie
Six-Gun Trail
Movie · as Barfly
Gunsmoke Trail
Movie · as Gambler
Starlight Over Texas
Movie · as Henchman
Sing Cowboy Sing
Movie · as Townsman
Valley of Terror
Movie · as Piano Player
The Feud of the Trail
Movie · as Barfly
Doomed at Sundown
Movie · as Roulette Table Man
The Singing Buckaroo
Movie · as Cowhand Musician
The Roaming Cowboy
Movie · as Wagon Driver
Cheyenne Rides Again
Movie · as Card Player
The Silver Trail
Movie · as Curt
Moonlight on the Range
Movie · as Deputy
California Straight Ahead
Movie
Ambush Valley
Movie · as Diggs
The Fugitive Sheriff
Movie · as Fiddler (uncredited)
Aces and Eights
Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)
Gun Grit
Movie · as Henchman Don
Vengeance of Rannah
Movie · as Henchman Nolan
The Unknown Ranger
Movie · as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Rio Grande Ranger
Movie · as Barfly (uncredited)
Red River Valley
Movie · as Construction Worker (uncredited)
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Movie · as Henchman
North of Arizona
Movie · as Fiddle Player
Gun Play
Movie · as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
Western Frontier
Movie · as Barfly
Texas Jack
Movie · as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
Border Guns
Movie · as Barfly
The Whirlwind Rider
Movie · as Musician