William Gargan
2.6Acting

William Gargan

Jul 17, 1905 - Brooklyn, New York, USA

William Gargan, born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 17, 1979 aged 73 on a flight between New York and San Diego.

He was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.

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Cast

Media
Movie1955Man on the LedgeOfficer Bragan
Movie1946Strange ImpersonationDr. Stephen Lindstrom
Movie1946Hot CargoJoe Harkness
Movie1941I Wake Up ScreamingJerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Movie1945Midnight ManhuntPete Willis
Movie1945The Bells of St. Mary'sJoe Gallagher
Movie1942Sealed LipsLee Davis
Movie1946Night EditorTony Cochrane
Movie1933The Story of Temple DrakeStephen Benbow
Movie1939Within the LawPolice Sergeant Cassidy
Movie1936The Milky WaySpeed McFarland
Movie1935Broadway GondolierCliff Stanley
Movie1932RainSergeant Tim O'Hara
Movie1934Four Frightened PeopleStewart Corder
Movie1946Behind Green LightsLt. Sam Carson
Movie1942Who Done It?Detective Inspector Lou
Movie1942A Close Call for Ellery QueenEllery Queen
Movie1942A Desperate Chance for Ellery QueenEllery Queen
Movie1942Enemy Agents Meet Ellery QueenEllery Queen
Movie1944The Canterville GhostSergeant Benson
Movie1933Lucky DevilsBob Hughes
Movie1940Star DustDane Wharton
Movie1937You Only Live OnceFather Dolan
Movie1940Double AlibiWalter Gifford
Movie1935Don't Bet on BlondesNumbers
Movie1935Black FurySlim Johnson, Company Policeman
Movie1933Night FlightBrazilian Pilot
Movie1940They Knew What They WantedJoe
Movie1956Miracle in the RainHarry Wood
Movie1946Till the End of TimeSgt. Gunny Watrous
Movie1932The Animal KingdomRegan
Movie1948Waterfront at MidnightMike Hanrohan
Movie1933Emergency CallSteve Brennan
Movie1946Murder in the Music HallInspector Wilson
Movie1941Cheers for Miss BishopSam Peters
Movie1940TurnaboutJoel Clare
Movie1935Bright LightsDan Wheeler
Movie1939Broadway SerenadeBill Foster
Movie1934British AgentBob Medill
Movie1939The House of FearArthur McHugh
Movie1942Destination UnknownBriggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
Movie1939Three SonsThane Pardway
Movie1942Miss Annie RooneyMr. Timothy Rooney
Movie1933Headline ShooterBill Allen
Movie1935Things Are Looking UpVan Gaard
Movie1933SweepingsGene Pardway
Movie1943Harrigan's KidTom Harrigan
Movie1935Traveling SalesladyPat O'Connor
Movie1939Women in the WindAce Boreman
Movie1934Strictly DynamiteGeorgie
Movie1948The Argyle SecretsHarry Mitchell
Movie1943Swing Fever'Waltzy' Malone
Movie1939The Housekeeper's DaughterEd O'Malley
Movie1935A Night at the RitzDuke Regan
Movie1936Navy BornLt. Red Furness
Movie1945She Gets Her Man'Breezy' Barton
Movie1938The Devil's PartyMike O'Mara
Movie1942The Mayor of 44th StreetTommy Fallon
Movie1939The Adventures of Jane ArdenEd Towers
Movie1933Aggie Appleby, Maker of MenRed Branahan
Movie1940Isle Of DestinyStripes Thornton
Movie1938Personal SecretaryMarcus 'Mark' Farrell
Movie1930Follow the LeaderGangster (uncredited)
Movie1932The Sport ParadeJohnny Baker
Movie1938The Crowd RoarsJohnny Martin
Movie1938The Crime of Doctor HalletDr. Jack Murray
Movie1937She Asked for ItDwight Stanford
Movie1936The Sky ParadeSpeed Robertson
Movie1949Dynamite"Gunner" Peterson
Movie1937Reported MissingSteve Browning
Movie1937You're a SweetheartFred Edwards
Movie1936Fury and the WomanBruce Corrigan
Movie1936Alibi for MurderPerry Travis
Movie1940Sporting BloodDuffy
Movie1932The Misleading LadyFitzpatrick
Movie1937Wings Over HonoluluJack Furness
Movie1936Man HuntHenry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
Movie1937Some Blondes Are DangerousGeorge Regan
Movie1943No Place for a LadyJess Arno
Movie1941Keep 'Em FlyingCraig Morrison
Movie1942Bombay ClipperJames Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
Movie1945Song of the SarongDrew Allen
Movie1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the PresidentJoe Turp
Movie1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1Himself
Movie1946Swell GuyMartin Duncan
Movie1956The Rawhide YearsMarshal Sommers
Movie1934The Hollywood Gad-AboutSelf (uncredited)
Movie1935Things You Never See on the ScreenSelf
Movie1937Breezing HomeSteve Rowan
Movie2003Complicated WomenSelf (archive footage)
Movie1945Follow That WomanSam Boone
Movie1936Flying HostessHal Cunningham
Movie1937Behind the MikeGeorge Hayes
Movie1936BlackmailerPeter Cornish
Movie1941Flying Cadets'Trip' Hammer
TV Show1948Studio OneCon McTaggart1
TV Show1949Martin Kane, Private Eye4
TV Show1954The George Gobel ShowSelf1
TV Show1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1
TV Show1955The 20th Century Fox HourOfficer Bragan1
TV Show1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf1

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