Birthday
1902/07/17
Day of death
1964/02/19 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Edward F. Gargan, Edward P. Gargan, Ed Gargan
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 nex...Read more
(1938) Bringing Up Baby
as Zoo Official (uncredited)
(1930) It's All Over
as Jerry
(1942) Blondie for Victory
as Sergeant
(1945) Life with Blondie
as Hundefänger (uncredited)
(1950) Hit Parade of 1951
as Garrity
(1950) Belle of Old Mexico
as Sam
(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
(1951) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Milt (uncredited)
(1948) Adventures of Gallant Bess
as Deputy Sheriff
(1938) The Rage of Paris
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
(1942) A-Haunting We Will Go
as Police Lt. Foster
(1943) The Falcon in Danger
as Det. Bates
(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) The Saint Strikes Back
as Pinky Budd
(1950) So You Want a Raise
as ---
(1950) So You Want to Move
as ---
(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)
(1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Patrolman
(1944) Detective Kitty O'Day
as Mike Storm
(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
(1947) Exposed
as Big Mac
(1935) Behind the Green Lights
as Moran - a Cop
(1938) While New York Sleeps
as Sgt. White
(1936) Under Your Spell
as Detective (uncredited)
(1942) Flying with Music
as Joe
(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) Thanks for the Memory
as Flanahan
(1936) Grand Jury
as Policeman Burke
(1931) Two A.M.
as ---
(1945) Sing Your Way Home
as Jailer
(1931) The Door Knocker
as Man
(1934) Radio Dough
as Gang Leader (uncredited)
(1937) Jim Hanvey, Detective
as O. R.Smith
(1944) The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Kurtz
(1939) They All Come Out
as George "Bugs" Jacklin
(1937) Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as [scenes deleted]
(1931) The African Dodger
as ---
(1950) Key to the City
as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
(1931) Via Express
as ---
(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) The Gilded Lily
as Subway Guard
(1935) The Bride Comes Home
as Cab Driver
(1945) Twice Blessed
as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
(1938) Give Me a Sailor
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
(1935) A Notorious Gentleman
as ---
(1947) That's My Gal
as Mike
(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) She Had to Choose
as Higgins
(1937) High, Wide and Handsome
as Foreman
(1936) Stage Struck
as Rordan
(1935) One New York Night
as Trench
(1940) San Francisco Docks
as Hank
(1934) The Bands 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) Boy Trouble
as Cop
(1936) Sutter's Gold
as Wagon Driver
(1939) The Family Next Door
as Cop
(1936) Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as ---
(1933) Ace of Aces
as Whitaker (uncredited)
(1940) The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1938) Spring Madness
as Jim - a Policeman
(1946) Cinderella Jones
as Riley
(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)
(1939) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Truck Driver
(1945) High Powered
as Cal Williams
(1937) You Can't Buy Luck
as Butch (uncredited)
(1940) The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Chimp
(1939) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Sentry
(1940) Two Girls on Broadway
as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
(1939) Fixer Dugan
as Jake
(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
(1953) I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Frankie
(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
(1943) My Kingdom for a Cook
as Duke
(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) Brother Rat and a Baby
as Cab Driver
(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) The West Side Kid
as Donovan
(1935) Hands Across the Table
as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
(1940) Buck Benny Rides Again
as Policeman
(1946) The Dark Horse
as Eustace Kelly
(1948) Strike It Rich
as Mack
(1937) A Girl with Ideas
as Eddie
(1933) Queen Christina
as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
(1940) Northwest Passage
as Capt. Butterfield
(1944) San Fernando Valley
as Keno
(1940) The Doctor Takes a Wife
as George, the Doorman (uncredited)
(1938) Gateway
as Guard
(1940) City for Conquest
as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
(1939) 20,000 Men a Year
as Dunk
(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)
(1933) Pilgrimage
as ---
(1948) Campus Honeymoon
as Motorcycle Cop
(1947) Web of Danger
as Dolan, Restaurant Owner
(1945) Earl Carroll Vanities
as Policeman
(1946) Gay Blades
as Bartender
(1941) Thieves Fall Out
as Dudley Kane
(1933) The Girl in 419
as Lt. 'Babs' Riley
(1939) Cafe Society
as Cop
(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
(1950) Spooky Wooky
as ---
(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) Niagara Falls
as Chuck
(1937) The Go-Getter
as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
(1945) Follow That Woman
as Butch
(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) Roaming Lady
as Andy
(1939) Night Work
as Police Officer Flannigan
(1943) Princess O'Rourke
as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1941) Ice-Capades
as Joe, the Bouncer
(1940) Adventure in Diamonds
as Lou
(1946) Blonde Alibi
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
(1941) Flight from Destiny
as Hotel Doorman
(1941) Here Comes Happiness
as Joe
(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) Dangerous Waters
as Bosun
(1940) Girl from God's Country
as Poker Player
(1945) Her Highness and the Bellboy
as 1st Cop
(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) Up the River
as Tiny
(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) Wives Never Know
as Officer