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