People

Oscar Gahan

  • Name: Oscar Gahan
  • Birthday: 1888-08-20
  • Also known as: John Harvey "Oscar" Gahan,John Harvey Gahan,Arvé,John Harvey Gerald "Oscar" Gahan,John Harvey Gerald Gahan
  • Place of birth: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
  • Popularity: 0.049
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.

Movies:

Title Release date
Billy the Kid Trapped   as  Barfly 1942-02-27
The Lone Rider and the Bandit   as  Third Miner 1942-01-16
Billy The Kid's Round-Up   as  Man Reporting Murder 1941-12-12
The Son of Davy Crockett   as  Voter 1941-07-15
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe   as  Gambler (uncredited) 1941-07-11
Sheriff of Tombstone   as  Bonanza Piano Player 1941-05-07
In Old Cheyenne   as  Accordion Player 1941-04-04
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice   as  Settler 1940-12-27
Young Bill Hickok   as  Piano Player 1940-10-21
Trailing Double Trouble   as  Barfly 1940-10-10
Billy the Kid in Texas   as  Barfly Watching Fight 1940-09-29
Lightning Strikes West   as  Posse Rider 1940-06-01
The Cheyenne Kid   as  Posse Rider 1940-02-20
In Old Monterey   as  Guitarist 1939-08-14
New Frontier   as  Accordion Player 1939-08-10
Riders of the Sage   as  Powers Rider 1939-08-01
Frontier Pony Express   as  Fiddler 1939-04-11
Southward Ho!   as  Reb Soldier 1939-03-19
Rough Riders' Round-up   as  Musician 1939-03-13
The Lone Ranger Rides Again   as  Settler 1939-02-25
Sundown on the Prairie   as  Saloon Gunman (archive footage) 1939-02-08
In Old Montana   as  Rancher 1939-02-05
Ghost Town Riders 1938-12-16
Six-Gun Trail   as  Barfly 1938-11-25
Starlight Over Texas   as  Henchman 1938-09-06
Gunsmoke Trail   as  Gambler 1938-05-26
Whirlwind Horseman   as  Holt 1938-04-29
The Feud Maker   as  Settler 1938-04-16
Doomed at Sundown   as  Roulette Table Man 1937-07-06
Moonlight on the Range   as  Deputy 1937-06-10
Sing Cowboy Sing   as  Townsman 1937-05-22
California Straight Ahead 1937-04-16
The Feud of the Trail   as  Barfly 1937-03-01
The Silver Trail   as  Curt 1937-02-27
Cheyenne Rides Again   as  Card Player 1937-02-01
Valley of Terror   as  Piano Player 1937-01-20
The Singing Buckaroo   as  Cowhand Musician 1937-01-15
The Roaming Cowboy   as  Wagon Driver 1937-01-04
Rio Grande Ranger   as  Barfly (uncredited) 1936-12-11
Vengeance of Rannah   as  Henchman Nolan 1936-11-05
Ambush Valley   as  Diggs 1936-10-24
The Fugitive Sheriff   as  Fiddler (uncredited) 1936-10-19
The Unknown Ranger   as  Fiddle Player (uncredited) 1936-09-15
Aces and Eights   as  Gambler (uncredited) 1936-06-06
Gun Grit   as  Henchman Don 1936-05-27
Red River Valley   as  Construction Worker (uncredited) 1936-03-02
Headin' for the Rio Grande   as  Henchman 1936-01-01
Texas Jack   as  Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits) 1935-12-15
Gun Play   as  Tobacco Chewer (uncredited) 1935-12-02
Western Frontier   as  Barfly 1935-08-07
North of Arizona   as  Fiddle Player 1935-02-02
Border Guns   as  Barfly 1934-02-01