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Oscar Gahan

1888-08-20 – 1958-03-24 (age 69) Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
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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

Doomed at Sundown
Doomed at Sundown

1937

as Roulette Table Man

Headin' for the Rio Grande
Southward Ho!
Southward Ho!

1939

as Reb Soldier

Border Guns
Border Guns

1934

as Barfly

Texas Jack
Texas Jack

1935

as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)

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The Roaming Cowboy

1937

as Wagon Driver

Gun Play
Gun Play

1935

as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)

Billy the Kid Trapped
New Frontier
New Frontier

1939

as Accordion Player

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
The Son of Davy Crockett
Ambush Valley
Ambush Valley

1936

as Diggs

Gunsmoke Trail
Gunsmoke Trail

1938

as Gambler

Riders of the Sage
Riders of the Sage

1939

as Powers Rider

The Lone Rider and the Bandit
Rough Riders' Round-up
Rough Riders' Round-up

1939

as Musician

Frontier Pony Express
Frontier Pony Express

1939

as Fiddler

Young Bill Hickok
Young Bill Hickok

1940

as Piano Player

Whirlwind Horseman