- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Harvey Gahan
- Nickname
- The Arizona Wranglers
- 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, father of child actress Baby Rose, Grandfather of Sharmagne Leland-St. John-Sylbert, Great-grandfather of 'Daisy Alexandra Sylbert'.- IMDb mini biography by: Rose Martin
- One of the busiest bit-part players in B-Westerns of the late 1930s, Canadian-born Oscar Gahan (born John Harvey Gahan) began his 1935-1942 screen career as a member of several hillbilly music groups, including The Arizona Wranglers (aka The Range Riders), which also included stalwart B-Western player Jack Kirk, stuntman Jack Jones, and Deuce Spriggens. Gahan appeared both with the music group and on his own, usually cast as a henchman.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesJosephine Whiteley(November 1, 1919 - ?)Julia Magdaline Newell(June 21, 1911 - ?)Josephine Morong Runnels(? - 1933) (divorced)Marguerite(? - March 24, 1958) (his death)
- ParentsSarah PorterfieldJohn James Gahan
- RelativesSharmagne Leland-St. John(Grandchild)
- His fiddle
- He was in the band The Arizona Wranglers.
- Wrote "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Wagon Wheels" and many other well-known "cowboy" songs, but sold the rights for $25.00 each.
- Grandfather of Sharmagne Leland-St. John Sylbert.
- Great-grandfather of Daisy Alexandra Sylbert-Torres.
- Married Josephine Morong Runnels, granddaughter of Chief Que Que Tas of the San Poil band of aboriginal people in three separate ceremonies--one by a Catholic priest, another in a Native American tribal ritual and the third by a Supreme Court judge.
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