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.
Filmography
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
- No poster
Ghost Town Riders
1938
Six-Gun Trail
1938
as Barfly