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.
Filmography
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Movies 53
Third Miner
The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
Movie
Man Reporting Murder
Billy The Kid's Round-Up (1941)
Movie
Gambler (uncredited)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
Movie
Bonanza Piano Player
Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
Movie
Accordion Player
In Old Cheyenne (1941)
Movie
Piano Player
Young Bill Hickok (1940)
Movie
Barfly Watching Fight
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Movie
Posse Rider
Lightning Strikes West (1940)
Movie
Posse Rider
The Cheyenne Kid (1940)
Movie
Guitarist
In Old Monterey (1939)
Movie
Accordion Player
New Frontier (1939)
Movie
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Powers Rider
Riders of the Sage (1939)
Movie
Reb Soldier
Southward Ho! (1939)
Movie
Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
Movie
Rancher
In Old Montana (1939)
Movie
Henchman
Starlight Over Texas (1938)
Movie
Gambler
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
Movie
Settler
The Feud Maker (1938)
Movie
Roulette Table Man
Doomed at Sundown (1937)
Movie
Townsman
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
Movie
Curt - Henchman
The Silver Trail (1937)
Movie
Card Player
Cheyenne Rides Again (1937)
Movie
Piano Player
Valley of Terror (1937)
Movie
Cowhand Musician
The Singing Buckaroo (1937)
Movie
Wagon Driver
The Roaming Cowboy (1937)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
Movie
Nolan - Henchman
Vengeance of Rannah (1936)
Movie
Fiddler (uncredited)
The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
Movie
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
The Unknown Ranger (1936)
Movie
Gambler (uncredited)
Aces and Eights (1936)
Movie
Henchman Don
Gun Grit (1936)
Movie
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Red River Valley (1936)
Movie
Tuck - a Minstrel (Nip in Credits)
Texas Jack (1935)
Movie
Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
Gun Play (1935)
Movie
Fiddle Player
North of Arizona (1935)
Movie
Henchman
The Border Menace (1934)
Movie
Barfly
Border Guns (1934)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1888-08-20
Deathday1958-03-24 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceOrangeville, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
Also Known AsJohn Harvey "Oscar" Gahan, John Harvey Gahan, Arvé, John Harvey Gerald "Oscar" Gahan, John Harvey Gerald Gahan
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