Oscar 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.

Known For

Billy the Kid Trapped 1942 ★ 5.5
The Lone Rider and the Bandit 1942 ★ 5.0
Sheriff of Tombstone 1941 ★ 7.2
In Old Cheyenne 1941 ★ 4.6
The Son of Davy Crockett 1941 ★ 10.0
Trailing Double Trouble 1940 ★ 7.5
New Frontier 1939 ★ 5.7
Rough Riders' Round-up 1939 ★ 5.3
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939 ★ 7.3
Riders of the Sage 1939 ★ 6.5
Southward Ho! 1939 ★ 5.5
In Old Monterey 1939 ★ 6.3
Frontier Pony Express 1939 ★ 5.0
Whirlwind Horseman 1938 ★ 7.0
Valley of Terror 1937 ★ 6.3
Aces and Eights 1936 ★ 5.6
The Unknown Ranger 1936 ★ 7.0
Red River Valley 1936 ★ 6.0
Headin' for the Rio Grande 1936 ★ 8.0
Ambush Valley 1936 ★ 6.1
The Fugitive Sheriff 1936 ★ 10.0
Gun Play 1935 ★ 6.0
Western Frontier 1935 ★ 9.0
The Whirlwind Rider 1934