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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.

Known for

Billy the Kid Trapped
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942 • Barfly
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942 • Third Miner
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941 • Man Reporting Murder
The Son of Davy Crockett
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941 • Voter
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 • Gambler (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 • Bonanza Piano Player
In Old Cheyenne
In Old Cheyenne
1941 • Accordion Player
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940 • Settler

Full filmography

Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941 • Man Reporting Murder
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Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 • Gambler (uncredited)
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Sheriff of Tombstone
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 • Bonanza Piano Player
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In Old Cheyenne
In Old Cheyenne
1941 • Accordion Player
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Young Bill Hickok
Young Bill Hickok
1940 • Piano Player
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Billy the Kid in Texas
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940 • Barfly Watching Fight
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The Cheyenne Kid
The Cheyenne Kid
1940 • Posse Rider
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In Old Monterey
In Old Monterey
1939 • Guitarist
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New Frontier
New Frontier
1939 • Accordion Player
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Riders of the Sage
Riders of the Sage
1939 • Powers Rider
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Southward Ho!
Southward Ho!
1939 • Reb Soldier
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Sundown on the Prairie
Sundown on the Prairie
1939 • Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
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In Old Montana
In Old Montana
1939 • Rancher
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Gunsmoke Trail
Gunsmoke Trail
1938 • Gambler
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The Feud Maker
The Feud Maker
1938 • Settler
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Doomed at Sundown
Doomed at Sundown
1937 • Roulette Table Man
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Cheyenne Rides Again
Cheyenne Rides Again
1937 • Card Player
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Valley of Terror
Valley of Terror
1937 • Piano Player
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The Singing Buckaroo
The Singing Buckaroo
1937 • Cowhand Musician
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The Roaming Cowboy
1937 • Wagon Driver
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Rio Grande Ranger
Rio Grande Ranger
1936 • Barfly (uncredited)
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Vengeance of Rannah
Vengeance of Rannah
1936 • Henchman Nolan
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The Fugitive Sheriff
The Fugitive Sheriff
1936 • Fiddler (uncredited)
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The Unknown Ranger
The Unknown Ranger
1936 • Fiddle Player (uncredited)
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Aces and Eights
Aces and Eights
1936 • Gambler (uncredited)
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Gun Grit
Gun Grit
1936 • Henchman Don
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Red River Valley
Red River Valley
1936 • Construction Worker (uncredited)
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Texas Jack
Texas Jack
1935 • Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
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Gun Play
Gun Play
1935 • Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
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North of Arizona
North of Arizona
1935 • Fiddle Player
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Border Guns
Border Guns
1934 • Barfly
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