William Gargan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-07-17 (74 years old)

Deathday

1979-02-18

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

William Gargan

Biography

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.

Acting

1955

Man on the Ledge

as Officer Bragan

1946

Strange Impersonation

as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom

1946

Hot Cargo

as Joe Harkness

1941

I Wake Up Screaming

as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald

1945

Midnight Manhunt

as Pete Willis

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's

as Joe Gallagher

1942

Sealed Lips

as Lee Davis

1946

Night Editor

as Tony Cochrane

1933

The Story of Temple Drake

as Stephen Benbow

1939

Within the Law

as Police Sergeant Cassidy

1936

The Milky Way

as Speed McFarland

1932

Rain

as Sergeant Tim O'Hara

1935

Broadway Gondolier

as Cliff Stanley

1934

Four Frightened People

as Stewart Corder

1946

Behind Green Lights

as Lt. Sam Carson

1942

Who Done It?

as Detective Inspector Lou

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Sergeant Benson

1933

Lucky Devils

as Bob Hughes

1940

Star Dust

as Dane Wharton

1937

You Only Live Once

as Father Dolan

1940

Double Alibi

as Walter Gifford

1935

1935

Black Fury

as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman

1933

Night Flight

as Brazilian Pilot

1956

Miracle in the Rain

as Harry Wood

1946

Till the End of Time

as Sgt. Gunny Watrous

1932

1948

Waterfront at Midnight

as Mike Hanrohan

1933

Emergency Call

as Steve Brennan

1946

Murder in the Music Hall

as Inspector Wilson

1941

1940

Turnabout

as Joel Clare

1935

Bright Lights

as Dan Wheeler

1939

Broadway Serenade

as Bill Foster

1934

British Agent

as Bob Medill

1939

The House of Fear

as Arthur McHugh

1942

Destination Unknown

as Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan

1939

Three Sons

as Thane Pardway

1942

Miss Annie Rooney

as Mr. Timothy Rooney

1933

Headline Shooter

as Bill Allen

1935

1933

Sweepings

as Gene Pardway

1943

Harrigan's Kid

as Tom Harrigan

1935

Traveling Saleslady

as Pat O'Connor

1939

Women in the Wind

as Ace Boreman

1934

1948

The Argyle Secrets

as Harry Mitchell

1943

Swing Fever

as 'Waltzy' Malone

1939

1935

A Night at the Ritz

as Duke Regan

1936

Navy Born

as Lt. Red Furness

1945

She Gets Her Man

as 'Breezy' Barton

1942

1938

The Devil's Party

as Mike O'Mara

1933

1940

Isle Of Destiny

as Stripes Thornton

1938

Personal Secretary

as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell

1930

Follow the Leader

as Gangster (uncredited)

1932

The Sport Parade

as Johnny Baker

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Johnny Martin

1938

The Crime of Doctor Hallet

as Dr. Jack Murray

1937

She Asked for It

as Dwight Stanford

1936

The Sky Parade

as Speed Robertson

1949

Dynamite

as "Gunner" Peterson

1937

Reported Missing

as Steve Browning

1937

You're a Sweetheart

as Fred Edwards

1936

Fury and the Woman

as Bruce Corrigan

1936

Alibi for Murder

as Perry Travis

1940

1932

The Misleading Lady

as Fitzpatrick

1937

Wings Over Honolulu

as Jack Furness

1936

Man Hunt

as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson

1937

1943

1941

Keep 'Em Flying

as Craig Morrison

1942

Bombay Clipper

as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson

1945

Song of the Sarong

as Drew Allen

1946

Swell Guy

as Martin Duncan

1956

The Rawhide Years

as Marshal Sommers

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1937

Breezing Home

as Steve Rowan

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1945

Follow That Woman

as Sam Boone

1936

Flying Hostess

as Hal Cunningham

1937

Behind the Mike

as George Hayes

1936

Blackmailer

as Peter Cornish

1941

Flying Cadets

as 'Trip' Hammer

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