Oscar Gahan
Acting
Born August 20, 1888 · Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Died March 24, 1958
Also known as John Harvey "Oscar" Gahan · John Harvey Gahan · Arvé
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.
Filmography37 titles
Moonlight on the Range
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Trailing Double Trouble
Sheriff of Tombstone
The Feud Maker
Starlight Over Texas
Whirlwind Horseman
Vengeance of Rannah
Texas Jack
Riders of the Sage
In Old Montana
In Old Monterey
Valley of Terror
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid in Texas
Gunsmoke Trail
Cheyenne Rides Again
Red River Valley
Gun Play
New Frontier
Gun Grit
Ambush Valley
The Silver Trail
Aces and Eights
Billy the Kid Trapped
Southward Ho!
Young Bill Hickok
North of Arizona
Rough Riders' Round-up
The Feud of the Trail
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
The Cheyenne Kid
Frontier Pony Express
Doomed at Sundown
In Old Cheyenne
Sing Cowboy Sing
Six-Gun Trail