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