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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 20, 1888
Died
March 24, 1958
Place of Birth
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- John Harvey "Oscar" Gahan
- John Harvey Gahan
- Arvé
- John Harvey Gerald "Oscar" Gahan
- John Harvey Gerald Gahan
Oscar Gahan
0.1 Popularity
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
5.0
Barfly
Billy the Kid Trapped
1942
4.0
Third Miner
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
1942
5.0
Man Reporting Murder
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
1941
0.0
Voter
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941
4.0
Gambler (uncredited)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
6.8
Bonanza Piano Player
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
4.1
Accordion Player
In Old Cheyenne
1941
4.0
Settler
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
4.5
Piano Player
Young Bill Hickok
1940
6.0
Barfly
Trailing Double Trouble
1940
Credits
Billy the Kid Trapped
as Barfly
1942
5.0
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
as Third Miner
1942
4.0
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
as Man Reporting Murder
1941
5.0
The Son of Davy Crockett
as Voter
1941
0.0
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Gambler (uncredited)
1941
4.0
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Bonanza Piano Player
1941
6.8
In Old Cheyenne
as Accordion Player
1941
4.1
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Settler
1940
4.0
Young Bill Hickok
as Piano Player
1940
4.5
Trailing Double Trouble
as Barfly
1940
6.0
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Barfly Watching Fight
1940
5.8
Lightning Strikes West
as Posse Rider
1940
3.0
The Cheyenne Kid
as Posse Rider
1940
3.3
In Old Monterey
as Guitarist
1939
5.3
New Frontier
as Accordion Player
1939
5.5
Riders of the Sage
as Powers Rider
1939
5.0
Frontier Pony Express
as Fiddler
1939
4.0
Southward Ho!
as Reb Soldier
1939
4.0
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Musician
1939
4.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Settler
1939
6.0
Sundown on the Prairie
as Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
1939
0.0
In Old Montana
as Rancher
1939
4.0
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Ghost Town Riders
1938
0.0
Six-Gun Trail
as Barfly
1938
3.0
Starlight Over Texas
as Henchman
1938
0.0
Gunsmoke Trail
as Gambler
1938
5.0
Whirlwind Horseman
as Holt
1938
4.0
The Feud Maker
as Settler
1938
4.0
Doomed at Sundown
as Roulette Table Man
1937
3.0
Moonlight on the Range
as Deputy
1937
0.0
Sing Cowboy Sing
as Townsman
1937
3.0
California Straight Ahead
1937
4.3
The Feud of the Trail
as Barfly
1937
4.5
The Silver Trail
as Curt
1937
5.0
Cheyenne Rides Again
as Card Player
1937
5.5
Valley of Terror
as Piano Player
1937
5.0
The Singing Buckaroo
as Cowhand Musician
1937
0.5
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The Roaming Cowboy
as Wagon Driver
1937
0.0
Rio Grande Ranger
as Barfly (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Vengeance of Rannah
as Henchman Nolan
1936
0.0
Ambush Valley
as Diggs
1936
4.0
The Fugitive Sheriff
as Fiddler (uncredited)
1936
0.0
The Unknown Ranger
as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Aces and Eights
as Gambler (uncredited)
1936
4.8
Gun Grit
as Henchman Don
1936
4.3
Red River Valley
as Construction Worker (uncredited)
1936
5.0
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Henchman
1936
0.0
Texas Jack
as Tuck, A Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
1935
0.0
Gun Play
as Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
1935
5.0
Western Frontier
as Barfly
1935
0.0
North of Arizona
as Fiddle Player
1935
4.2
Border Guns
as Barfly
1934
0.0