Oscar Gahan

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.

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Movies starring Oscar Gahan (52)

Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)

Bonanza Piano Player

In Old Cheyenne (1941)

Accordion Player

Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)

Barfly Watching Fight

New Frontier (1939)

Accordion Player

Sundown on the Prairie (1939)

Saloon Gunman (Archive Footage)

Doomed at Sundown (1937)

Roulette Table Man

Rio Grande Ranger (1936)

Barfly (Uncredited)

The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)

Fiddler (Uncredited)

The Unknown Ranger (1936)

Fiddle Player (Uncredited)

Aces and Eights (1936)

Gambler (Uncredited)

Gun Grit (1936)

Henchman Don

Red River Valley (1936)

Construction Worker (Uncredited)

Texas Jack (1935)

Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip In Credits)

Gun Play (1935)

Tobacco Chewer (Uncredited)

Same first name: Oscar

Same surname: Gahan