William Gargan
Birthday
1905/07/17
Day of death
1979/02/18 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
William Dennis Gargan, Bill 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 a...Read more
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
(1942) A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Ellery Queen
(1942) A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Ellery Queen
(1942) Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
as Ellery Queen
(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) Don't Bet on Blondes
as Numbers
(1935) Black Fury
as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
(1933) Night Flight
as Brazilian Pilot
(1940) They Knew What They Wanted
as Joe
(1956) Miracle in the Rain
as Harry Wood
(1946) Till the End of Time
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
(1932) The Animal Kingdom
as Regan
(1948) Waterfront at Midnight
as Mike Hanrohan
(1933) Emergency Call
as Steve Brennan
(1946) Murder in the Music Hall
as Inspector Wilson
(1941) Cheers for Miss Bishop
as Sam Peters
(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) Things Are Looking Up
as Van Gaard
(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) Strictly Dynamite
as Georgie
(1948) The Argyle Secrets
as Harry Mitchell
(1943) Swing Fever
as 'Waltzy' Malone
(1939) The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Ed O'Malley
(1935) A Night at the Ritz
as Duke Regan
(1936) Navy Born
as Lt. Red Furness
(1945) She Gets Her Man
as 'Breezy' Barton
(1938) The Devil's Party
as Mike O'Mara
(1942) The Mayor of 44th Street
as Tommy Fallon
(1939) The Adventures of Jane Arden
as Ed Towers
(1933) Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Red Branahan
(1940) Isle Of Destiny
as Stripes Thornton
(1938) Personal Secretary
as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
(1930) Follow the Leader
as A Gangster
(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) Sporting Blood
as Duffy
(1932) The Misleading Lady
as Fitzpatrick
(1937) Wings Over Honolulu
as Jack Furness
(1936) Man Hunt
as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
(1937) Some Blondes Are Dangerous
as George Regan
(1943) No Place for a Lady
as Jess Arno
(1941) Keep 'Em Flying
as Craig Morrison
(1942) Bombay Clipper
as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
(1945) Song of the Sarong
as Drew Allen
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Joe Turp
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Himself
(1946) Swell Guy
as Martin Duncan
(1956) The Rawhide Years
as Marshal Sommers
(1934) The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1935) Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self
(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
(1948) Studio One
as Con McTaggart
(1949) Martin Kane, Private Eye
as ---
(1954) The George Gobel Show
as Self
(1953) The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as ---
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Officer Bragan