William Gargan
Born: 1905-07-17 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died: 1979-02-18
Known For: Acting
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 appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.
Filmography
2003
- Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1956
- The Rawhide Years as Marshal Sommers
- Miracle in the Rain as Harry Wood
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Officer Bragan
- Man on the Ledge as Officer Bragan
1954
- The George Gobel Show as Self
1949
- Martin Kane, Private Eye
- Dynamite as "Gunner" Peterson
1948
- Studio One as Con McTaggart
- Waterfront at Midnight as Mike Hanrohan
- The Argyle Secrets as Harry Mitchell
1946
- Till the End of Time as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
- Behind Green Lights as Lt. Sam Carson
- Night Editor as Tony Cochrane
- Swell Guy as Martin Duncan
- Strange Impersonation as Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
- Murder in the Music Hall as Inspector Wilson
- Rendezvous 24 as Agent Larry Cameron
- Hot Cargo as Joe Harkness
1945
- The Bells of St. Mary's as Joe Gallagher
- Midnight Manhunt as Pete Willis
- She Gets Her Man as 'Breezy' Barton
- Song of the Sarong as Drew Allen
- Follow That Woman as Sam Boone
1944
- The Canterville Ghost as Sergeant Benson
1943
- Swing Fever as 'Waltzy' Malone
- No Place for a Lady as Jess Arno
- Harrigan's Kid as Tom Harrigan
1942
- Who Done It? as Detective Inspector Lou
- A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen as Ellery Queen
- The Mayor of 44th Street as Tommy Fallon
- Miss Annie Rooney as Mr. Timothy Rooney
- Bombay Clipper as James Montgomery 'Jim' Wilson
- Sealed Lips as Lee Davis
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Ellery Queen
- Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen as Ellery Queen
- Destination Unknown as Briggs Hannon - aka Terry Jordan
1941
- I Wake Up Screaming as Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
- Flying Cadets as 'Trip' Hammer
- Cheers for Miss Bishop as Sam Peters
- Keep 'Em Flying as Craig Morrison
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 as Self (uncredited)
1940
- Turnabout as Joel Clare
- They Knew What They Wanted as Joe
- Star Dust as Dane Wharton
- Sporting Blood as Duffy
- Double Alibi as Walter Gifford
- Isle Of Destiny as Stripes Thornton
1939
- Women in the Wind as Ace Boreman
- The House of Fear as Arthur McHugh
- Broadway Serenade as Bill Foster
- Within the Law as Police Sergeant Cassidy
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Joe Turp
- The Housekeeper's Daughter as Ed O'Malley
- The Adventures of Jane Arden as Ed Towers
- Three Sons as Thane Pardway
1938
- The Crowd Roars as Johnny Martin
- The Devil's Party as Mike O'Mara
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet as Dr. Jack Murray
- Personal Secretary as Marcus 'Mark' Farrell
1937
- You Only Live Once as Father Dolan
- Reported Missing as Steve Browning
- You're a Sweetheart as Fred Edwards
- Wings Over Honolulu as Jack Furness
- She Asked for It as Dwight Stanford
- Behind the Mike as George Hayes
- Some Blondes Are Dangerous as George Regan
- Breezing Home as Steve Rowan
1936
- The Milky Way as Speed McFarland
- Blackmailer as Peter Cornish
- Man Hunt as Henry Wadsworth 'Hank' Dawson
- Alibi for Murder as Perry Travis
- Navy Born as Lt. Red Furness
- Fury and the Woman as Bruce Corrigan
- The Sky Parade as Speed Robertson
- Flying Hostess as Hal Cunningham
1935
- Traveling Saleslady as Pat O'Connor
- Broadway Gondolier as Cliff Stanley
- Black Fury as Slim Johnson, Company Policeman
- Bright Lights as Dan Wheeler
- Things Are Looking Up as Van Gaard
- Don't Bet on Blondes as Numbers
- Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
- A Night at the Ritz as Duke Regan
1934
- Four Frightened People as Stewart Corder
- Strictly Dynamite as Georgie
- British Agent as Bob Medill
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- The Line-Up as Bob Curtis
1933
- The Story of Temple Drake as Stephen Benbow
- Night Flight as Brazilian Pilot
- Emergency Call as Steve Brennan
- Sweepings as Gene Pardway
- Lucky Devils as Bob Hughes
- Headline Shooter as Bill Allen
- Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Red Branahan
1932
- Rain as Sergeant Tim O'Hara
- The Animal Kingdom as Regan
- The Sport Parade as Johnny Baker
- The Misleading Lady as Fitzpatrick
1930
- Follow the Leader as Gangster (uncredited)