Acting credits
50
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Oscar Gahan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.1
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Movies: 50Series: 0
TMDB ID: 117585
IMDb ID: nm0301104
Known for: Acting
Born: August 20, 1888
Died: March 24, 1958
Age: 69
Place of birth: Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 1942
Years active: 9
Average TMDB rating: 5.5
Wikidata: Q6238150
Also known as
John Harvey "Oscar" Gahan • John Harvey Gahan • Arvé • John Harvey Gerald "Oscar" Gahan • John Harvey Gerald Gahan
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Oscar Gahan.
5.0
Billy the Kid Trapped
as Barfly
1942 Movie
4.0
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Third Miner
1942 Movie
5.0
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Man Reporting Murder
1941 Movie
The Son of Davy Crockett
as Voter
1941 Movie
4.0
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Gambler (uncredited)
1941 Movie
6.8
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Bonanza Piano Player
1941 Movie
4.1
In Old Cheyenne
as Accordion Player
1941 Movie
4.0
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Settler
1940 Movie
4.5
Young Bill Hickok
as Piano Player
1940 Movie
6.0
Trailing Double Trouble
as Barfly
1940 Movie
5.8
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Barfly Watching Fight
1940 Movie
3.0
Lightning Strikes West
as Posse Rider
1940 Movie
3.3
The Cheyenne Kid
as Posse Rider
1940 Movie
5.3
In Old Monterey
as Guitarist
1939 Movie
5.5
New Frontier
as Accordion Player
1939 Movie
5.0
Riders of the Sage
as Powers Rider
1939 Movie
4.0
Frontier Pony Express
as Fiddler
1939 Movie
4.0
Southward Ho!
as Reb Soldier
1939 Movie
4.0
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Musician
1939 Movie
6.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Settler
1939 Movie
Sundown on the Prairie
as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
1939 Movie
4.0
In Old Montana
as Rancher
1939 Movie
3.0
Six-Gun Trail
as Barfly
1938 Movie
Starlight Over Texas
as Henchman
1938 Movie