Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    52

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    August 20, 1888 ( 70 years old )

  • 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

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.

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