Oscar Gahan
1888-08-20 (1888)Orangeville, Ontario, CanadaActing
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
Headin' for the Rio Grande
MOVIE • 1936
Gun Play
MOVIE • 1935
Rough Riders' Round-up
MOVIE • 1939
New Frontier
MOVIE • 1939
Aces and Eights
MOVIE • 1936
Young Bill Hickok
MOVIE • 1940
The Son of Davy Crockett
MOVIE • 1941
Starlight Over Texas
MOVIE • 1938
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
MOVIE • 1939
Sheriff of Tombstone
MOVIE • 1941
Six-Gun Trail
MOVIE • 1938
In Old Monterey
MOVIE • 1939
Frontier Pony Express
MOVIE • 1939
North of Arizona
MOVIE • 1935
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
MOVIE • 1940
Gun Grit
MOVIE • 1936
Trailing Double Trouble
MOVIE • 1940
Texas Jack
MOVIE • 1935