Edward Gargan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-07-17 (62 years old)

Deathday

1964-02-19

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Edward Gargan

Biography

Edward Gargan was born of Irish parents in Brooklyn, New York in 1902. He was the elder brother of actor William Gargan whose July 17 birthday he shared. Edward Gargan started as a musical comedy actor on Broadway. He sang in "Good News", "Rose-Marie", and other hit musicals of the 1920s, and also in opera. One of his early shows was "Polly of Hollywood" in 1927. He portrayed Patrolman Mulligan, one of the principals of "Strictly Dishonorable", in 1930. He went to Hollywood in 1932 and the next year was in the cast of the film "David Harum". For the next 19 years he appeared in a variety of movies. Gargan was one of the most prolific bit pl...

Acting

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Zoo Official (uncredited)

1930

1942

1945

Life with Blondie

as Hundefänger (uncredited)

1950

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour

as Longshoreman at dance

1940

Go West

as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)

1933

Bombshell

as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)

1942

My Sister Eileen

as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)

1950

Triple Trouble

as Officer Murphy

1945

A Sporting Chance

as Mike Ryan

1934

Wild Gold

as Eddie Sparks

1938

Carefree

as Policeman (uncredited)

1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1941

Tillie the Toiler

as Policeman

1948

1938

The Rage of Paris

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

1942

A-Haunting We Will Go

as Police Lt. Foster

1943

1944

The Falcon Out West

as Homicide Detective Bates

1942

The Falcon's Brother

as Detective Bates

1943

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Detective Bates

1943

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

as Detective Bates

1939

1947

The Ghost Goes Wild

as Newsstand man

1946

The Inner Circle

as Parking Ticket Cop

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Policeman in Park (uncredited)

1944

1934

Belle of the Nineties

as Stogie (Ruby's agent)

1938

Crime School

as Officer Hogan

1942

My Favorite Blonde

as Mulrooney

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1947

Exposed

as Big Mac

1935

Behind the Green Lights

as Moran - a Cop

1938

1936

Under Your Spell

as Detective (uncredited)

1946

Behind the Mask

as Detective Dixon

1940

Wolf of New York

as W. Thornton Upshaw

1935

False Pretenses

as Mike O'Reilly

1936

Anything Goes

as Detective

1939

Lucky Night

as Policeman

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)

1938

1936

Grand Jury

as Policeman Burke

1945

1934

Radio Dough

as Gang Leader (uncredited)

1937

1939

They All Come Out

as George "Bugs" Jacklin

1937

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

as [scenes deleted]

1950

Key to the City

as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)

1935

We're in the Money

as Clancy O'Rourke

1939

The Flying Irishman

as J.R. Robinson

1940

Spring Parade

as Inga - the Fortune Teller

1935

1935

1945

Twice Blessed

as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)

1938

Give Me a Sailor

as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

1947

1934

Port of Lost Dreams

as Porky the Freda's 'Crew'

1937

Danger Patrol

as John Donovan

1931

Tarnished Lady

as Al - Man in Bar

1934

1936

Stage Struck

as Rordan

1935

1934

The Band Plays On

as Lumberjack

1934

Registered Nurse

as Officer Pat O'Brien

1937

Madame X

as Mate of Dorcas

1937

The Man Who Found Himself

as Policeman in Park

1939

1936

Sutter's Gold

as Wagon Driver

1933

Ace of Aces

as Whitaker (uncredited)

1940

The Villain Still Pursued Her

as Bartender (uncredited)

1938

Spring Madness

as Jim - a Policeman

1946

1939

On Your Toes

as First Policeman

1939

Honolulu

as Second Detective

1939

Blondie Meets the Boss

as Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)

1941

Three Sons o' Guns

as Sylvester

1936

Boulder Dam

as Pa's Guest (uncredited)

1939

A Child Is Born

as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)

1939

Another Thin Man

as Detective Quinn (uncredited)

1934

We Live Again

as Warden's assistant

1939

The Spellbinder

as Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

1945

High Powered

as Cal Williams

1937

You Can't Buy Luck

as Butch (uncredited)

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)

1939

1937

The Great O'Malley

as Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Bouncer (uncredited)

1942

Fly By Night

as Officer Charlie Prescott

1942

Meet the Stewarts

as Moving Man

1947

Linda, Be Good

as Frankie

1948

Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

as Ted (uncredited)

1942

Lady in a Jam

as Deputy

1940

Charlie Chan in Panama

as Plant Workman

1940

The Saint's Double Trouble

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

1938

Love on a Budget

as Big Furniture Mover

1943

Tahiti Honey

as George, the Bartender

1936

Great Guy

as Henchman Al

1940

1942

What's Cookin'?

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

1945

Dangerous Partners

as Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)

1940

Street of Memories

as Mike Sullivan

1943

1935

Hands Across the Table

as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)

1940

1946

The Dark Horse

as Eustace Kelly

1948

1937

1933

Queen Christina

as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)

1940

Northwest Passage

as Capt. Butterfield

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as George, the Doorman (uncredited)

1938

Gateway

as Guard

1940

City for Conquest

as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)

1940

Susan and God

as Cabbie (uncredited)

1937

Back in Circulation

as Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)

1940

It All Came True

as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Death Row Guard (uncredited)

1933

Gambling Ship

as Deputy (uncredited)

1942

Between Us Girls

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1940

This Thing Called Love

as Police Officer

1940

An Angel from Texas

as New York Policeman

1940

Road to Singapore

as Bill - Sailor (uncredited)

1949

Hold That Baby!

as Policeman Burton

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Detective (uncredited)

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Doorman (uncredited)

1948

Campus Honeymoon

as Motorcycle Cop

1947

Web of Danger

as Dolan, Restaurant Owner

1945

1946

Gay Blades

as Bartender

1941

Thieves Fall Out

as Dudley Kane

1933

The Girl in 419

as Lt. 'Babs' Riley

1939

1945

Wonder Man

as Policeman in Park

1947

Saddle Pals

as Jailer

1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Police Officer

1941

Four Mothers

as Harry (uncredited)

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Bombardier (uncredited)

1937

We're on the Jury

as Officer Clark

1947

Little Miss Broadway

as Uncle George

1938

Straight, Place and Show

as Detective Globe

1942

A Date with the Falcon

as Detective Bates (uncredited)

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Doc Wilson

1942

Over My Dead Body

as Police Sergeant

1942

Miss Annie Rooney

as Policeman

1941

1937

The Go-Getter

as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)

1945

1942

Dr. Kildare's Victory

as Willie Brooks

1936

The Walking Dead

as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)

1942

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

as Mr. Johnson - Detective

1943

In Old Oklahoma

as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter

1939

$1,000 a Touchdown

as Ironmansky (uncredited)

1943

Something to Shout About

as Detective Stone

1942

The Falcon Takes Over

as Detective Bates (Uncredited)

1936

1939

Night Work

as Police Officer Flannigan

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)

1941

Ice-Capades

as Joe, the Bouncer

1946

Blonde Alibi

as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

1941

Flight from Destiny

as Hotel Doorman

1950

Father of the Bride

as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)

1947

The Brasher Doubloon

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

1943

Hit the Ice

as Bank Policeman (uncredited)

1945

The Naughty Nineties

as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

1946

Little Giant

as Policeman (uncredited)

1936

1940

1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Detective (Uncredited)

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Detective (uncredited)

1951

Bedtime for Bonzo

as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)

1938

1947

So You're Going to Be a Father

as Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)

1931

The Girl Habit

as Detective

1940

Queen of the Mob

as Bank Guard

1948

Daredevils of the Clouds

as Tap-It Bowers

1946

Crack-Up

as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)

1935

Two for Tonight

as Taxi Driver

1934

David Harum

as Bill Montague (uncredited)

1936

1935

Here Comes Cookie

as Policeman (uncredited)

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)

1933

Three Cornered Moon

as Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)

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