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