Edward Gargan
Born: 1902-07-17 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1964-02-19
Known For: Acting
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 players in the history of the movies, specializing in dumb policemen and dense sidekicks. He appeared in nearly 300 feature films over a three-decade span between 1921 and 1952, and television work from 1951 to 1953. Gargan died in New York City in 1964.
Filmography
1953
- I Was a Burlesque Queen as Frankie
1951
- Bedtime for Bonzo as Policeman (as Ed Gargan)
- Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man as Milt (uncredited)
1950
- Triple Trouble as Officer Murphy
- Key to the City as S.F. Cop - Fire Escape (uncredited)
- Spooky Wooky
- Father of the Bride as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)
- Hit Parade of 1951 as Garrity
- Belle of Old Mexico as Sam
- So You Want to Move
- So You Want a Raise
1949
- Hold That Baby! as Policeman Burton
1948
- Campus Honeymoon as Motorcycle Cop
- You Gotta Stay Happy as Detective (Uncredited)
- Strike It Rich as Mack
- Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! as Ted (uncredited)
- Daredevils of the Clouds as Tap-It Bowers
- Adventures of Gallant Bess as Deputy Sheriff
1947
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
- Saddle Pals as Jailer
- The Brasher Doubloon as Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Little Miss Broadway as Uncle George
- Linda, Be Good as Frankie
- Web of Danger as Dolan, Restaurant Owner
- So You're Going to Be a Father as Pie Truck Driver (uncredited)
- The Ghost Goes Wild as Newsstand man
- Exposed as Big Mac
- That's My Gal as Mike
1946
- Cinderella Jones as Riley
- Little Giant as Policeman (uncredited)
- Blonde Alibi as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
- The Dark Horse as Eustace Kelly
- Deadline at Dawn as Bouncer (uncredited)
- Gay Blades as Bartender
- The Inner Circle as Parking Ticket Cop
- Behind the Mask as Detective Dixon
- Crack-Up as Cop in Arcade (Uncredited)
1945
- High Powered as Cal Williams
- Twice Blessed as Outraged Baseball Fan (uncredited)
- Dangerous Partners as Police Sgt. at Kempen's Apartment (uncredited)
- Life with Blondie as Hundefänger (uncredited)
- Her Highness and the Bellboy as 1st Cop
- Follow That Woman as Butch
- The Naughty Nineties as Baxter - Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
- Sing Your Way Home as Jailer
- Earl Carroll Vanities as Policeman
- She Wouldn't Say Yes as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Wonder Man as Policeman in Park
- A Sporting Chance as Mike Ryan
1944
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Mickey Finnegan (uncredited)
- The Falcon Out West as Homicide Detective Bates
- San Fernando Valley as Keno
- Detective Kitty O'Day as Mike Storm
- The Great Alaskan Mystery as Kurtz
1943
- Princess O'Rourke as Slugged Pedestrian (uncredited)
- Hit the Ice as Bank Policeman (uncredited)
- In Old Oklahoma as Kelsey, Palace Hotel Waiter
- The Falcon Strikes Back as Detective Bates
- My Kingdom for a Cook as Duke
- The Falcon in Danger as Det. Bates
- The Falcon and the Co-Eds as Detective Bates
- The West Side Kid as Donovan
- Something to Shout About as Detective Stone
- Thank Your Lucky Stars as Doorman (uncredited)
- Tahiti Honey as George, the Bartender
1942
- The Falcon's Brother as Detective Bates
- The Falcon Takes Over as Detective Bates (Uncredited)
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Bombardier (uncredited)
- Lady in a Jam as Deputy
- A-Haunting We Will Go as Police Lt. Foster
- Meet the Stewarts as Moving Man
- Between Us Girls as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Dr. Kildare's Victory as Willie Brooks
- Fly By Night as Officer Charlie Prescott
- Flying with Music as Joe
- A Date with the Falcon as Detective Bates (uncredited)
- Miss Annie Rooney as Policeman
- Over My Dead Body as Police Sergeant
- My Sister Eileen as Murphy - Policeman (uncredited)
- My Favorite Blonde as Mulrooney
- Blondie for Victory as Sergeant
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy as Mr. Johnson - Detective
- What's Cookin'? as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1941
- Four Mothers as Harry (uncredited)
- Niagara Falls as Chuck
- Ice-Capades as Joe, the Bouncer
- Flight from Destiny as Hotel Doorman
- Here Comes Happiness as Joe
- Tillie the Toiler as Policeman
- Three Sons o' Guns as Sylvester
- Thieves Fall Out as Dudley Kane
1940
- Northwest Passage as Capt. Butterfield
- Johnny Apollo as Detective (uncredited)
- Road to Singapore as Bill - Sailor (uncredited)
- The Villain Still Pursued Her as Bartender (uncredited)
- The Saint's Double Trouble as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- Spring Parade as Inga - the Fortune Teller
- Susan and God as Cabbie (uncredited)
- It All Came True as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Chimp
- San Francisco Docks as Hank
- Wolf of New York as W. Thornton Upshaw
- Charlie Chan in Panama as Plant Workman
- An Angel from Texas as New York Policeman
- Girl from God's Country as Poker Player
- This Thing Called Love as Police Officer
- Brother Rat and a Baby as Cab Driver
- Queen of the Mob as Bank Guard
- Street of Memories as Mike Sullivan
- Go West as Railroad Ticket Seller (uncredited)
- The Doctor Takes a Wife as George, the Doorman (uncredited)
- City for Conquest as Joe - Foreman (uncredited)
- Two Girls on Broadway as Policeman Guarding Courtroom (uncredited)
- Buck Benny Rides Again as Policeman
- Adventure in Diamonds as Lou
- Castle on the Hudson as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
1939
- Honolulu as Second Detective
- Boy Trouble as Cop
- Lucky Night as Policeman
- Another Thin Man as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
- Night Work as Police Officer Flannigan
- Fixer Dugan as Jake
- A Child Is Born as Officer Riley - Police Guard (uncredited)
- The Saint Strikes Back as Pinky Budd
- The Family Next Door as Cop
- On Your Toes as First Policeman
- 20,000 Men a Year as Dunk
- They All Come Out as George "Bugs" Jacklin
- Blondie Meets the Boss as Garden Café Doorman (uncredited)
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as Police Officer
- $1,000 a Touchdown as Ironmansky (uncredited)
- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Truck Driver
- The Spellbinder as Tom, Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
- The Flying Irishman as J.R. Robinson
- Cafe Society as Cop
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Sentry
1938
- Carefree as Policeman (uncredited)
- Spring Madness as Jim - a Policeman
- Crime School as Officer Hogan
- Give Me a Sailor as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Rage of Paris as Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Bringing Up Baby as Zoo Official (uncredited)
- Thanks for the Memory as Flanahan
- Love on a Budget as Big Furniture Mover
- Up the River as Tiny
- While New York Sleeps as Sgt. White
- Annabel Takes a Tour as Longshoreman at dance
- Straight, Place and Show as Detective Globe
- Gateway as Guard
1937
- Madame X as Mate of Dorcas
- Danger Patrol as John Donovan
- Wallaby Jim of the Islands as [scenes deleted]
- Jim Hanvey, Detective as O. R.Smith
- The Man Who Found Himself as Policeman in Park
- The Great O'Malley as Policeman Driving Radio Car (uncredited)
- You Can't Buy Luck as Butch (uncredited)
- High, Wide and Handsome as Foreman
- A Girl with Ideas as Eddie
- The Go-Getter as Police Officer Riley (uncredited)
- Back in Circulation as Policeman at Train Wreck (uncredited)
- We're on the Jury as Officer Clark
1936
- Ceiling Zero as Doc Wilson
- Grand Jury as Policeman Burke
- Stage Struck as Rordan
- Great Guy as Henchman Al
- Anything Goes as Detective
- The Walking Dead as Guard Sitting Outside Warden's Office (uncredited)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Bodyguard (uncredited)
- Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
- Dangerous Waters as Bosun
- Wives Never Know as Officer
- Under Your Spell as Detective (uncredited)
- Sutter's Gold as Wagon Driver
- My Man Godfrey as Detective (uncredited)
- Boulder Dam as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
- Roaming Lady as Andy
1935
- False Pretenses as Mike O'Reilly
- The Gilded Lily as Guard
- Here Comes Cookie as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Bride Comes Home as Cab Driver
- Two for Tonight as Taxi Driver
- One New York Night as Trench
- A Notorious Gentleman as Detective
- Behind the Green Lights as Moran - a Cop
- Hands Across the Table as Pinky Kelly (uncredited)
- Man on the Flying Trapeze as Patrolman
- We're in the Money as Clancy O'Rourke
1934
- Queen Christina as Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
- Wild Gold as Eddie Sparks
- We Live Again as Warden's assistant
- The Band Plays On as Lumberjack
- She Had to Choose as Higgins
- Belle of the Nineties as Stogie (Ruby's agent)
- David Harum as Bill Montague (uncredited)
- Port of Lost Dreams as Porky the Freda's 'Crew'
- Registered Nurse as Officer Pat O'Brien
- Radio Dough as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1933
- Pilgrimage
- Bombshell as Second Immigration Officer (uncredited)
- Gambling Ship as Deputy (uncredited)
- Mary Stevens, M.D. as 'Captain' the Policeman (uncredited)
- Three Cornered Moon as Mike, the Landlord (uncredited)
- The Girl in 419 as Lt. 'Babs' Riley
- Ace of Aces as Whitaker (uncredited)
1931
- Tarnished Lady as Al - Man in Bar
- The Door Knocker as Man
- The Girl Habit as Detective
- Via Express
- The African Dodger
- Two A.M.
1930
- It's All Over as Jerry