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