Oscar Gahan
Birthday
1888/08/20
Day of death
1958/03/24 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
John Harvey "Oscar" Gahan, John Harvey Gahan, Arvé, John Harvey Gerald "Oscar" Gahan, John Harvey Gerald Gahan
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.
Acting
(1936) Ambush Valley
as Diggs
(1937) Sing Cowboy Sing
as Townsman
(1936) The Fugitive Sheriff
as Fiddler (uncredited)
(1936) Aces and Eights
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1938) Whirlwind Horseman
as Holt
(1936) Gun Grit
as Henchman Don
(1936) Vengeance of Rannah
as Henchman Nolan
(1938) The Feud Maker
as Settler
(1935) North of Arizona
as Fiddle Player
(1935) Gun Play
as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
(1938) Ghost Town Riders
as ---
(1938) Six-Gun Trail
as Barfly
(1936) The Unknown Ranger
as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
(1936) Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1934) Border Guns
as Barfly
(1937) Valley of Terror
as Piano Player
(1937) The Feud of the Trail
as Barfly
(1935) Western Frontier
as Barfly
(1936) Red River Valley
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
(1938) Gunsmoke Trail
as Gambler
(1939) In Old Montana
as Rancher
(1939) The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Settler
(1937) Doomed at Sundown
as Roulette Table Man
(1939) Southward Ho!
as Reb Soldier
(1939) Rough Riders' Round-up
as Musician
(1939) Frontier Pony Express
as Fiddler
(1939) Riders of the Sage
as Powers Rider
(1939) New Frontier
as Accordion Player
(1936) Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Henchman
(1940) Trailing Double Trouble
as Barfly
(1940) The Cheyenne Kid
as Posse Rider
(1937) The Singing Buckaroo
as Cowhand Musician
(1937) The Roaming Cowboy
as Wagon Driver
(1940) Young Bill Hickok
as Piano Player
(1940) Billy the Kid in Texas
as Barfly Watching Fight
(1940) Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Settler
(1937) Cheyenne Rides Again
as Card Player
(1940) Lightning Strikes West
as Posse Rider
(1939) In Old Monterey
as Guitarist
(1941) The Son of Davy Crockett
as Voter
(1939) Sundown on the Prairie
as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
(1938) Starlight Over Texas
as Henchman
(1941) In Old Cheyenne
as Accordion Player
(1941) Sheriff of Tombstone
as Bonanza Piano Player
(1941) Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Gambler (uncredited)
(1941) Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Man Reporting Murder
(1942) Billy the Kid Trapped
as Barfly
(1942) The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Third Miner
(1935) Texas Jack
as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
(1937) The Silver Trail
as Curt
(1937) Moonlight on the Range
as Deputy
(1937) California Straight Ahead
as ---