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Oscar Gahan

ActingBorn August 20, 1888Died March 24, 1958 (age 69)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.

Filmography

1942Movie
1942Movie
1941
Billy The Kid's Round-Up

as Man Reporting Murder

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

as Gambler (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone

as Bonanza Piano Player

Movie
1941
In Old Cheyenne

as Accordion Player

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Young Bill Hickok

as Piano Player

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Billy the Kid in Texas

as Barfly Watching Fight

Movie
1940Movie
1940
The Cheyenne Kid

as Posse Rider

Movie
1939
In Old Monterey

as Guitarist

Movie
1939
New Frontier

as Accordion Player

Movie
1939
Riders of the Sage

as Powers Rider

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Southward Ho!

as Reb Soldier

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1939
Sundown on the Prairie

as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)

Movie
1939
In Old Montana

as Rancher

Movie
1938
Six-Gun Trail

as Barfly

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Gunsmoke Trail

as Gambler

Movie
1938Movie
1938
The Feud Maker

as Settler

Movie
1937
Doomed at Sundown

as Roulette Table Man

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Sing Cowboy Sing

as Townsman

Movie
1937Movie
1937Movie
1937
Cheyenne Rides Again

as Card Player

Movie
1937
Valley of Terror

as Piano Player

Movie
1937
The Singing Buckaroo

as Cowhand Musician

Movie
1937
The Roaming Cowboy

as Wagon Driver

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Rio Grande Ranger

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Vengeance of Rannah

as Henchman Nolan

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Fugitive Sheriff

as Fiddler (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Unknown Ranger

as Fiddle Player (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Aces and Eights

as Gambler (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Gun Grit

as Henchman Don

Movie
1936
Red River Valley

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Texas Jack

as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)

Movie
1935
Gun Play

as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
North of Arizona

as Fiddle Player

Movie
1934
Border Guns

as Barfly

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Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 20, 1888
Day of DeathMarch 24, 1958
Place of BirthOrangeville, Ontario, Canada
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