Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-07-17 (74 years old)
Deathday
1979-02-18
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known As
William Dennis Gargan
Bill Gargan
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.
1955
as Officer Bragan
1946
as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
1946
as Joe Harkness
1941
as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
1945
as Pete Willis
1945
as Joe Gallagher
1942
as Lee Davis
1946
as Tony Cochrane
1933
as Stephen Benbow
1939
as Police Sergeant Cassidy
1936
as Speed McFarland
1932
as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
1935
as Cliff Stanley
1934
as Stewart Corder
1946
as Lt. Sam Carson
1942
as Detective Inspector Lou
1942
as Ellery Queen
1942
as Ellery Queen
1942
as Ellery Queen
1944
as Sergeant Benson
1933
as Bob Hughes
1940
as Dane Wharton
1937
as Father Dolan
1940
as Walter Gifford
1935
as Numbers
1935
as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
1933
as Brazilian Pilot
1940
1956
as Harry Wood
1946
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
1932
as Regan
1948
as Mike Hanrohan
1933
as Steve Brennan
1946
as Inspector Wilson
1941
as Sam Peters
1940
as Joel Clare
1935
as Dan Wheeler
1939
as Bill Foster
1934
as Bob Medill
1939
as Arthur McHugh
1942
as Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
1939
as Thane Pardway
1942
as Mr. Timothy Rooney
1933
as Bill Allen
1935
as Van Gaard
1933
as Gene Pardway
1943
as Tom Harrigan
1935
as Pat O'Connor
1939
as Ace Boreman
1934
as Georgie
1948
as Harry Mitchell
1943
as 'Waltzy' Malone
1939
as Ed O'Malley
1935
as Duke Regan
1936
as Lt. Red Furness
1945
as 'Breezy' Barton
1942
as Tommy Fallon
1938
as Mike O'Mara
1939
as Ed Towers
1933
as Red Branahan
1940
as Stripes Thornton
1938
as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
1930
as Gangster (uncredited)
1932
as Johnny Baker
1938
as Johnny Martin
1938
as Dr. Jack Murray
1937
as Dwight Stanford
1936
as Speed Robertson
1949
as "Gunner" Peterson
1937
as Steve Browning
1937
as Fred Edwards
1936
as Bruce Corrigan
1936
as Perry Travis
1940
as Duffy
1932
as Fitzpatrick
1937
as Jack Furness
1936
as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
1937
as George Regan
1943
as Jess Arno
1941
as Craig Morrison
1942
as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
1945
as Drew Allen
1939
as Joe Turp
1941
as Himself
1946
as Martin Duncan
1956
as Marshal Sommers
1934
as Self (uncredited)
1935
1937
as Steve Rowan
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1945
as Sam Boone
1936
as Hal Cunningham
1937
as George Hayes
1936
as Peter Cornish
1941
as 'Trip' Hammer
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