Oscar Gahan

Personal Info

Birthday

August 20, 1888

Day of Death

1958-03-24

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

John Harvey "Oscar" Gahan

John Harvey Gahan

Arvé

John Harvey Gerald "Oscar" Gahan

John Harvey Gerald Gahan

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

The Feud Maker

Border Guns

Gun Grit

Texas Jack

Western Frontier

Gun Play

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

New Frontier

Filmography

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