Oscar Gahan

Aug 20, 1888 - Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

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.

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

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